Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg explained

Games:	1980 Summer
Event:	Men's 56 kg
Date:	21 July
Nations:	17
Competitors:	21
Venue:	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Gold:	Daniel Núñez
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Yurik Sarkisyan
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Tadeusz Dembończyk
Bronzenoc:	POL
Prev:	Montréal 1976
Next:	Los Angeles 1984

The Men's Bantamweight Weightlifting Event ( - 56 kg) is the second lightest men's event at the weightlifting competition, limiting competitors to a maximum of 56 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 21 July in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.

For third place there was a tie between Tadeusz Dembończyk and Andreas Letz as they both weighed 55.60 kg at the weigh-in and they both had a 265 kg total. They were re-weighed after the event, Dembończyk weighed 0.1 kg less than Letz and was awarded the bronze medal.

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
		55.60	117.5	122.5	125	125	145	150	152.5	150	275
		55.80	112.5	112.5	117.5	112.5	150	155	157.5	157.5	270
		55.60	115	120	122.5	120	140	145	145	145	265
4		55.60	110	115	115	115	145	150	152.5	150	265
5		55.75	107.5	112.5	115	112.5	145	150	150	150	262.5
6		55.15	110	115	115	115	145	150	150	145	260
7		55.40	105	110	110	105	142.5	147.5	147.5	142.5	247.5
8		55.40	105	105	105	105	140	145	145	140	245
9		55.70	100	105	110	105	132.5	137.5	142.5	137.5	242.5
10		55.95	102.5	102.5	107.5	102.5	132.5	137.5	140	140	242.5
11		55.55	100	105	107.5	105	127.5	132.5	135	135	240
12		55.85	100	105	107.5	105	127.5	132.5	135	135	240
13		55.95	105	105	105	105	132.5	137.5	137.5	132.5	237.5
14		55.85	95	95	100	100	132.5	137.5	137.5	132.5	232.5
15		55.70	100	105	105	100	130	135	135	130	230
16		55.15	90	95	95	95	120	125	125	125	220
17		55.95	85	90	95	95	115	120	125	120	215
18		55.40	60	65	67.5	65	80	80	80	80	145
-		55.55	110	115	115	110	142.5	142.5	142.5	-	DNF
-		56.00	105	110	110	105	132.5	132.5	132.5	-	DNF
-		56.00	100	100	100	100	115	115	115	-	DNF

New records

Snatch^[1]	125.0 kg		WR
Clean & Jerk^[2]	157.5 kg		WR
Total	275.0 kg		WR

References

1. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=187 Daniel Núñez. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century
2. http://www.chidlovski.net/liftup/l_athleteResult.asp?a_id=229 Yurik Sarkisyan. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century

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