Men Bantamweight 56kg Weightlifting Olympic Games Moskva (URS) 1980 - 21th July, Gol Medal: Daniel Núñez, Cuba
Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva.
Final RankingTotalSnatchCl.&Jrkage
1. Daniel NúñezCUBCUB275.0kg WR125.0 WR150.021
2. Yuri SarkisyanURSURS270.0kg112.5157.5 WR18
3. Tadeusz DembończykPOLPOL265.0kg120.0145.024
4. Andreas LetzGDRGDR265.0kg115.0150.018
5. Yang Eui-YongPRKPRK262.5kg112.5137.528
6. Imre StefanovicsHUNHUN260.0kg115.0145.025
7. Gheorghe MafteiROUROU247.5kg105.0142.525
8. Petre PavelROUROU245.0kg105.0140.022
9. Choe Jong-SopPRKPRK242.5kg105.0150.020
10.Ioannis SidiropoulosGREGRE242.5kg102.5140.023
11.Ahmed TarbiALGALG240.0kg105.0135.026
12.Abdul Karim GizarIRQIRQ240.0kg105.0135.0
13.Arvo OjalehtoFINFIN237.5kg105.0132.523
14.Johnny HelsingSWESWE232.5kg100.0132.524
15.Pertti TorikkaSWESWE230.0kg100.0130.025
16.Lorry OrsiniAUSAUS220.0kg95.0125.020
17.Ali ShalabiLBALBA215.0kg95.0120.0
18.Ashok Kumar KarkiNEPNEP145.0kg65.080.024
-. György KőszegiHUNHUN110.0kg110.0NM29
-. Bruno LebrunFRAFRA105.0kg105.0NM23
-. Tamil Selwan MuniswamyINDIND100.0kg100.0NM25
None of the medalists from 1976 had returned but the 1978 World Champion, Daniel Nunez (CUB), was in Moskva. He put the gold medal away with a world record snatch of 125.0 kg.
Although Soviet Armenian Yuri Sarkisyan cleaned & jerked a world record 157.5 kg to take the silver medal.
The bronze appeared to be a tie between Tadeusz Dembocczyk (POL) and Andreas Letz (GDR), who both lifted 265.0 kg and both had weighed 55.6 kg at the weigh-in.
They were re-weighed after the competition, with Dembovczyk getting the bronze medal, another example, as in the flyweight class, of a medal awarded because one guy sweated more than the other.
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index Weightlifting Moskva 1980
Men Flyweight under 52kg
Men Bantamweight under 56kg
Men Featherweight under 60kg
Men Lightweight under 67.5kg
Men Middleweight under 75kg
Men Light Heavyweight under 82.5kg
Men Middle Heavyweight under 90kg
Men Heavyweight under 100kg
Men Heavyweight under 110kg
Men Super Heavyweight Over 110kg
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