The Men's 56 kg weightlifting event was the lightest men's event at the competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 kilograms of body mass. The competition took place on October 4 at 18:30 and was the second Weightlifting event to conclude. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

Athletes

13 lifters were selected for the games.

	Athlete	Year of birth
1		1986
2		1989
3		1981
4		1981
5		1988
6		1989
7		1994
8		1990
9		1986
10		1990
11		1985
12		1984
13		1987

Results

Rank	Name	Country	B.weight (kg)	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Amirul Ibrahim		55.39	116	141	257
	Sukhen Dey Sukhen Dey Sukhen Dey is an Indian footballer who currently plays for Prayag United S.C. in the I-League.-Prayag United:During the summer of 2011 Dey signed his first contract with Prayag United S.C. of the I-League. He made his professional debut against Chirag United Club Kerala during the 2011 Indian...		55.57	112	140	252
	V. S. Rao Valluri Srinivasa Rao Valluri Srinivasa Rao is an Indian weightlifter from Andhra Pradesh. He works in the Corps of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering of the Indian Army.-Career:...		55.66	107	141	248
	Abdullah Ghafoor Abdullah Ghafoor Abdullah Ghafoor is a Pakistani weightlifter.-Family:Ghafoor is the son of Abdul Gahfoor and the younger brother of Mohammad Istiaq Ghafoor, both of whom have represented Pakistan internationally in weightlifting.-2010:...		55.57	104	133	237
	Kamal Bandara		55.68	103	130	233
	Sangeth Wijesooriya		55.29	98	120	218
	Lou Guinares		55.46	94	124	218
	Marc Coret		55.23	90	120	210
	Elson Brechtefeld		55.57	92	115	207
10	Morea Baru		55.36	90	115	205
-	Mohd Ismail		55.56	109	-	DNF
-	Ismail Katamba		55.83	90	-	DNF