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 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 res ...

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 20 July in the

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. The competition was very close with the top four lifters all having the same total.

Kanybek Osmonaliyev Kanybek Osmonaliyevich Osmonaliyev (russian: Каныбек Осмоналиевич Осмоналиев) (born November 19, 1953 in Beysheke, Kirghiz SSR) is a former Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion and world champion. He won gold medal in ...

won the gold medal as he was 0.2 kg lighter than

Ho Bong-chol Ho Bong-chol (born 21 August 1959) is a North Korean weightlifter. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiysk ...

, while North Korean

Han Gyong-si Han Gyong-si (born 18 May 1954) is a North Korean weightlifter. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ...

and Hungarian Béla Oláh both weighed 52.00 kg at the weigh-in before the event, but were re-weighed after the competition was over;

weighed 0.1 kg less than Béla Oláh, and was thus awarded the bronze medal.

Results

New records

References

The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three
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p. 327. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2015. {{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting At The 1980 Summer Olympics - Men's 52 Kg Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics