Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg explained

Games:	1980 Summer
Event:	Men's 52 kg
Date:	20 July
Nations:	15
Competitors:	18
Venue:	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Gold:	Kanybek Osmonaliyev
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Ho Bong-chol
Silvernoc:	PRK
Bronze:	Han Gyong-si
Bronzenoc:	PRK
Prev:	Montréal 1976
Next:	Los Angeles 1984

The Men's Flyweight Weightlifting Event ( - 52 kg) is the lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 52 kilograms of body mass. Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and clean and jerk lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners. Competition took place on 20 July in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.

The competition was very close with the top four lifters all having the same total. Kanybek Osmonaliyev won the gold medal as he was 0.2 kg lighter than Ho Bong-chol, while North Korean Han Gyong-si and Hungarian Béla Oláh both weighed 52.00 kg at the weigh-in before the event, but were re-weighed after the competition was over; Han Gyong-si weighed 0.1 kg less than Béla Oláh, and was thus awarded the bronze medal.

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
		51.70	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	132.5	137.5	142.5	137.5	245
		51.90	105	110	113	110	135	140	140	135	245
		52.00	105	110	113	110	135	140	140	135	245
4		52.10	102.5	107.5	110	110	130	135	135	135	245
5		51.70	100	105	107.5	105	130	135	140	135	240
6		52.00	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	130	130	135	130	237.5
7		51.45	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	127.5	127.5	130	130	232.5
8		51.65	90	95	97.5	97.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	215
9		51.95	90	95	97.5	95	112.5	117.5	120	120	215
10		51.70	90	95	95	95	112.5	117.5	117.5	112.5	207.5
11		52.00	90	90	90	90	117.5	127.5	127.5	117.5	207.5
12		51.65	85	85	90	90	110	115	115	110	200
13		51.60	82.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	115	120	122.5	115	197.5
14		51.45	77.5	85	87.5	85	105	110	110	105	190
15		51.95	85	85	87.5	85	105	105	105	105	190
16		51.25	80	85	85	80	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	187.5
-		51.90	90	95	-	90	-	-	-	-	DNF
-		51.65	90	95	95	90	120	120	120	0	DNF

New records

Snatch^[1]	113.0 kg		WR
Total	245.0 kg		OR

References

1. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=80 Gyong-Si Han. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century

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