Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

These are the results of the Men's Featherweight Weightlifting Event (– 60 kg) at the 1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in Moscow. A total of 18 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum body weight of 60 kilograms.^[1]

Men's 60 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Date	22 July
Competitors	18 from 14 nations
Medalists
Viktor Mazin  Soviet Union Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria Marek Seweryn  Poland
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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 22 July in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.^[1][2]

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Viktor Mazin (URS)	59.65	122.5	127.5	130	130	155	160	162.5	160	290
	Stefan Dimitrov (BUL)	59.40	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	152.5	152.5	160	160	287.5
	Marek Seweryn (POL)	59.55	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	155	162.5	162.5	155	282.5
4	Antoni Pawlak (POL)	59.65	120	120	125	120	150	155	162.5	155	275
5	Julio Loscos (CUB)	59.70	120	125	127.5	125	150	150	157.5	150	275
6	František Nedvěd (TCH)	59.70	117.5	122.5	122.5	122.5	147.5	147.5	150	150	272.5
7	Víctor Pérez (CUB)	59.40	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	147.5	152.5	157.5	152.5	270
8	Gelu Radu (ROU)	60.00	115	120	120	115	150	150	157.5	150	265
9	Jean-Claude Chavigny (FRA)	59.60	110	115	115	115	140	150	150	140	255
10	Fajsal Matloub Fathi (IRQ)	60.00	105	112.5	115	115	132.5	137.5	140	137.5	252.5
11	Mohamed Gouni (ALG)	59.65	107.5	112.5	112.5	107.5	132.5	137.5	140	140	247.5
12	Geoffrey Laws (GBR)	60.00	105	110	112.5	110	135	135	140	135	245
13	Faouaz Nadirin (SYR)	59.90	97.5	102.5	105	102.5	122.5	127.5	130	127.5	230
14	Sydney Ikebaku (NGR)	59.65	90	97.5	102.5	97.5	115	120	125	125	222.5
15	Rajendra Pradhan (NEP)	59.20	62.5	67.5	70	67.5	80	85	90	85	152.5
-	Paulo Batista de Sene (BRA)	59.65	100	105	105	100	135	135	135	-	DNF
-	Constantin Chiru (ROU)	59.60	120	120	120	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
-	Jeffrey Bryce (GBR)	56.00	105	105	105	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

New records

Snatch[1]	130.0 kg	Viktor Mazin (URS)	OR
Total[1]	290.0 kg	Viktor Mazin (URS)	OR

References

1. The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three. PDF. p. 331. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
2. Weightlifting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Featherweight. Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2015.