Men Banthamweight 56kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 21st July

Men Banthamweight 56kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 21st July - Gold Medal: Daniel Núñez, Cuba

Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva. -- Competitors from -- nations.

Final Ranking		Total	wgt	Snatch	1.	2.	3.	Cl&Jrk	1.	2.	3.
1. Daniel Nunez	Cuba	275.0kg	55.60	125.0¹	117.5	122.5	125.0	150.0²	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~
2. Yurik Sarkisyan	Soviet Union	270.0kg	55.80	112.5⁶	~~112.5~~	112.5	~~117.5~~	157.5¹	150.0	155.0	157.5
3. Tadeusz Dembonczyk	Poland	265.0kg	55.60	120.0²	115.0	120.0	~~122.5~~	145.0⁶	140.0	~~145.0~~	145.0
4. Andreas Letz	East Germany	265.0kg	55.60	115.0⁴	110.0	~~115.0~~	115.0	150.0³	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~
5. Eui-Yong Yang	North Korea	262.5kg	55.75	112.5⁵	107.5	112.5	~~115.0~~	150.0⁴	145.0	~~150.0~~	150.0
6. Imre Stefanovics	Hungary	260.0kg	55.15	115.0³	110.0	~~115.0~~	115.0	145.0⁵	145.0	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~
7. Gheorghe Maftei	Romania	247.5kg	55.40	105.0⁹	105.0	~~110.0~~	~~110.0~~	142.5⁷	142.5	~~147.5~~	~~147.5~~
8. Pavel Petre	Romania	245.0kg	55.40	105.0⁸	~~105.0~~	~~105.0~~	105.0	140.0⁸	140.0	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~
9. Jong-Sop Choe	North Korea	242.5kg	55.70	105.0¹¹	100.0	105.0	~~110.0~~	137.5¹⁰	132.5	137.5	~~142.5~~
10.Ioannis Sidiropoulos	Greece	242.5kg	55.95	102.5¹⁵	~~102.5~~	102.5	~~107.5~~	140.0⁹	132.5	137.5	140.0
11.Ahmed Tarbi	Algeria	240.0kg	55.55	105.0¹⁰	100.0	105.0	~~107.5~~	135.0¹¹	127.5	132.5	135.0
12.Abdul Karim Kadum Gizar	Iraq	240.0kg	55.85	105.0¹²	100.0	105.0	~~107.5~~	135.0¹²	127.5	132.5	135.0
13.Arvo Ojalehto	Finland	237.5kg	55.95	105.0¹³	~~105.0~~	~~105.0~~	105.0	132.5¹⁴	132.5	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~
14.Johnny Helsing	Sweden	232.5kg	55.85	100.0¹⁷	~~95.0~~	95.0	100.0	132.5¹³	132.5	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~
15.Pertti Torikka	Sweden	230.0kg	55.70	100.0¹⁶	100.0	~~105.0~~	~~105.0~~	130.0¹⁵	130.0	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~
16.Lorenzo Orsini	Australia	220.0kg	55.15	95.0¹⁹	90.0	~~95.0~~	95.0	125.0¹⁶	120.0	~~125.0~~	125.0
17.Ali Shalaby	Libya	215.0kg	55.95	95.0²⁰	85.0	90.0	95.0	120.0¹⁷	115.0	120.0	~~125.0~~
18.Ashok Kumar Karki	Nepal	145.0kg	55.40	65.0²¹	60.0	65.0	~~67.5~~	80.0¹⁸	~~80.0~~	~~80.0~~	80.0
-. Gyorgy Koszegi	Hungary	NW	55.55	110.0⁷	110.0	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	0	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~
-. Bruno Lebrun	France	NW	56.00	105.0¹⁴	105.0	~~110.0~~	~~110.0~~	0	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~
-. Tamil Selvan Muniswamy	India	NW	56.00	100.0¹⁸	~~100.0~~	~~100.0~~	100.0	0	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~

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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1980 56kg: Daniel Núñez (CUB)