The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 7 to November 15. The men's competition in the bantamweight (56 kg) division was staged on 10 November 1998.
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snatch |  Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
135.0 kg |  Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
127.5 kg |  William Vargas (CUB) |
127.5 kg |
| Clean & Jerk | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
160.0 kg |  Ivan Ivanov (BUL) |
160.0 kg | Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
157.5 kg |
| Total | Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
295.0 kg | Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
285.0 kg | Ivan Ivanov (BUL) |
282.5 kg |
Records edit
Prior to this competition, the existing world records were as follows.
| World Record | Snatch | World Standard | 135.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
| Clean & Jerk | Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
165.5 kg | Szekszárd, Hungary | 9 May 1998 | |
| Total | World Standard | 300.0 kg | — | 1 January 1998 |
Results edit
| Rank | Athlete | Body weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | ||||
 |
Halil Mutlu (TUR) |
55.66 | 130.0 | 135.0 | |
160.0 | |
295.0 | |||
 |
Lan Shizhang (CHN) |
55.85 | 122.5 | 127.5 | |
157.5 |  |
285.0 | |||
| |
Ivan Ivanov (BUL) |
55.86 | 122.5 | 4 | 155.0 | 160.0 | |
282.5 | |||
| 4 | William Vargas (CUB) |
55.94 | 127.5 | |
150.0 | 155.0 | 4 | 282.5 | |||
| 5 |  Adrian Jigău (ROM) |
55.79 | 117.5 | 6 | 145.0 | 5 | 262.5 | ||||
| 6 | Traian Cihărean (ROM) |
55.87 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 5 | 140.0 | 7 | 260.0 | |||
| 7 |  Éric Bonnel (FRA) |
55.50 | 110.0 | 8 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 142.5 | 6 | 252.5 | ||
| 8 |  László Tancsics (HUN) |
55.18 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 7 | 135.0 | 10 | 250.0 | |||
| 9 |  Toshiyuki Notomi (JPN) |
55.28 | 105.0 | 107.5 | 10 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 9 | 245.0 | ||
| 10 |  Ali Hamid (EGY) |
55.81 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 110.0 | 9 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 11 | 245.0 | |
| 11 | Michael Ponchard (FRA) |
55.69 | 95.0 | 13 | 127.5 | 12 | 222.5 | ||||
| 12 |  Nafaa Benami (ALG) |
54.24 | 90.0 | 100.0 | 12 | 110.0 | 117.5 | 14 | 217.5 | ||
| 13 |  François Lagacé (CAN) |
55.62 | 95.0 | 100.5 | 102.5 | 11 | 112.5 | 15 | 215.0 | ||
| 14 |  Anatoli Shavalov (ISR) |
55.83 | 95.0 | 14 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 13 | 215.0 | |||
| — |  Juan Carlos Fernández (COL) |
55.90 | — | 135.0 | 140.0 | 8 | — | ||||
| — | Gennadi Oleinik (ISR) |
55.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||