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

Men's 52 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Date	20 July
Competitors	18 from 15 nations
Medalists
Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union Ho Bong Chol  North Korea Han Gyong Si  North Korea

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	100 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

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 July 20 in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.^[1][2]

The competition was very close with the top four lifters all having the same total.^[1][2] Kanybek Osmonaliyev won the gold medal as he was 0.2 kg lighter than Ho Bong Chol. North Korean Han Gyong-Si and Hungarian Béla Oláh both weighed 52.0 kg at the weigh-in before the event. They were re-weighed after the competition was over, Han Gyong Si weighed 0.1 kg less than Béla Oláh and was then awarded the bronze medal.^[2]

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Kanybek Osmonaliyev (URS)	51.70	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	132.5	137.5	142.5	137.5	245
	Ho Bong Chol (PRK)	51.90	105	110	113	110	135	140	140	135	245
	Han Gyong Si (PRK)	52.0	105	110	113	110	135	140	140	135	245
4	Béla Oláh (HUN)	52.0	102.5	107.5	110	110	130	135	135	135	245
5	Stefan Leletko (POL)	51.70	100	105	107.5	105	130	135	140	135	240
6	Ferenc Hornyák (HUN)	52.0	102.5	107.5	110	107.5	130	130	135	130	237.5
7	Francisco Casamayor (CUB)	51.45	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	127.5	127.5	130	130	232.5
8	Adyaagiin Jügdernamjil (MGL)	51.65	90	95	97.5	97.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	215
9	Gaetano Tosto (ITA)	51.95	90	95	97.5	95	112.5	117.5	120	120	215
10	Ioannis Katsaidonis (GRE)	51.70	90	95	95	95	112.5	117.5	117.5	112.5	207.5
11	Humberto Fuentes (VEN)	52.0	90	90	90	90	117.5	127.5	127.5	117.5	207.5
12	Giuseppe Chiapparo (BEL)	51.65	85	85	90	90	110	115	115	110	200
13	Raúl Diniz (POR)	51.60	82.5	87.5	87.5	82.5	115	120	122.5	115	197.5
14	Imade Kadro (SYR)	51.45	77.5	85	87.5	85	105	110	110	105	190
15	Almabruk Mahmud Mahmud (LBA)	51.95	85	85	87.5	85	105	105	105	105	190
16	Durval de Moraes (BRA)	51.25	80	85	85	80	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	187.5
-	Karunagaran Ekambaram (IND)	51.90	90	95	-	90	-	-	-	-	DNF
-	Dorjiin Enkhbaatar (MGL)	51.65	90	95	95	90	120	120	120	0	DNF

New records

Snatch[1][3]	113.0 kg	Han Gyong Si (PRK)	WR
Total[1]	245.0 kg	Kanybek Osmonaliyev (URS)	OR

References

1. The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three. PDF. p. 327. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
2. Weightlifting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Flyweight. Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
3. Gyong-Si Han. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century. Lift Up. Retrieved 4 June 2015.