These are the results of the Men's Featherweight Weightlifting Event (– 60 kg) at the
1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
. A total of 18 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum
body weight
Human body weight is a person's mass or weight.
Strictly speaking, body weight is the measurement of mass without items located on the person. Practically though, body weight may be measured with clothes on, but without shoes or heavy accessori ...
of 60 kilograms.
Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the
snatch and
clean and jerk
The clean and jerk is a composite of two weightlifting movements, most often performed with a barbell: the clean and the jerk. During the ''clean'', the lifter moves the barbell from the floor to a racked position across the deltoids, without rest ...
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 22 July in the
Izmailovo Sports Palace.
Results
New records
References
[The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three]
PDF
p. 331. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics