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

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 RankNameBody weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg)123Result123Result 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

SnatchDaniel Núñez. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century. Lift Up. Retrieved 4 June 2015.125.0 kgWRClean & JerkYurik Sarkisyan. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century. Lift Up. Retrieved 4 June 2015.157.5 kgWRTotal275.0 kgWR

References The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three. PDF. p. 330. Retrieved 4 June 2015. Weightlifting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight. Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2015.