Men Featherweight 52kg Weightlifting Olympic Games Moskva (URS) 1980 - 20th July, Gold Medal: Kanybek Osmonaliyev, Soviet Union
Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva.
Final RankingTotalSnatchCl.&Jrkage
1. Kanybek OsmonaliyevURSURS245.0kg OR107.5137.5 =OR26
2. Ho Bong-CholPRKPRK245.0kg OR110.0 OR135.020
3. Han Gyong-SiPRKPRK245.0kg OR110.0 OR135.026
4. Béla OláhHUNHUN245.0kg OR110.0 OR135.024
5. Stefan LeletkoPOLPOL240.0kg105.0135.026
6. Ferenc HornyákHUNHUN237.5kg107.5130.022
7. Francisco CasamayorCUBCUB232.5kg102.5130.031
8. Adyaagiin JügdernamjilMGLMGL215.0kg97.5117.527
9. Gaetano TostoITAITA215.0kg95.0120.032
10.Ioannis KatsaidonisGREGRE207.5kg95.0112.523
11.Humberto FuentesVENVEN207.5kg90.0117.518
12.Giuseppe ChiapparoBELBEL200.0kg90.0110.022
13.Raúl DinizPORPOR197.5kg82.5115.029
14.Imade KadroSYRSYR190.0kg85.0105.021
15.Almabruk Mahmud MahmudLBALBA190.0kg85.0105.0
16.Durval de MoraesBRABRA187.5kg80.0107.520
-. Karunagaran EkambaramINDIND90.0kg90.0NM26
-. Dorjiin EnkhbaatarMGLMGL90.0kg90.0NM26
This was the closest competition in Olympic weightlifting history with the first four lifters all registering the same weight.
The gold medal went to Kanybek Osmonaliyev (URS) who had won the 1978-79 World Championships on bodyweight, as Osmonaliyev was 0.2 kg lighter than Ho Bong-Chol (PRK).
Ho's teammate Han Gyong-Si and Bela Olah (HUN) had both weighed the same at 52.0 kg (0.1 kg more than Ho) prior to the competition so they were re-weighed after the event ended, and Han was awarded the bronze medal as by then he weighed 0.1 kg less than Olah. So in this case, Han Gyong-Si became an Olympic medalist because he sweated more than the other man.
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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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