The Men's 56 kilograms weightlifting event at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
was held in
ExCeL London
ExCeL London (an abbreviation for Exhibition Centre London) is an exhibition centre, international convention centre and former hospital in the Custom House, Newham, Custom House area of London Borough of Newham, Newham, East London. It is sit ...
on 29 July.
Summary
Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the
snatch and the
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without res ...
, with three lifts allowed for each lift. In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won. Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.
On 22 December 2018, it was announced that Azerbaijan's
Valentin Hristov, London 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, had tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. In March 2019, Hristov was disqualified after the re-analysis of his samples were positive for
oralturinabol. Medals were reallocated.
IOC Executive Board approves medal reallocations from Olympic Games London 2012
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Schedule
All times are British Summer Time
During British Summer Time (BST), civil time in the United Kingdom is advanced one hour forward of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), in effect changing the time zone from UTC±00:00 to UTC+01:00, so that mornings have one hour less daylight, and ev ...
( UTC+01:00)
Records
Results
New records
References
Results
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Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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