Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event (– 56 kg) is the second-lightest men's event at the Olympic weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 52 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on 27 July 1992 in the Pavelló de l'Espanya Industrial.[1]

Men's 56 kg at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Pavelló de l'Espanya Industrial
Date	27 July 1992
Competitors	22 from 17 nations
Winning total	287.5 kg
Medalists
Jeon Byeong-gwan  South Korea Liu Shoubin  China Luo Jianming  China

Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
	Men
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	100 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted. Ties were broken by the lifter with the lightest body weight.