| | Top level | Event type
Bantamweight (≤56 kilograms), Men – Snatch
| Date | 21 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Location | Dvorets sporta Izmaylovo, Moskva |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | K | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Núñez |  CUB | 125.0 | |||
| 2 | Tadeusz Dembończyk |  POL | 120.0 | |||
| =3 | Andreas Letz |  GDR | 115.0 | |||
| =3 | Imre Stefanovics |  HUN | 115.0 | |||
| =5 | Yurik Sarkisyan |  URS | 112.5 | |||
| =5 | Yang Eui-Yong |  PRK | 112.5 | |||
| 7 | György Kőszegi | HUN | 110.0 | |||
| =8 | Gheorghe Maftei |  ROU | 105.0 | |||
| =8 | Petre Pavel | ROU | 105.0 | |||
| =8 | Choe Jong-Sop | PRK | 105.0 | |||
| =8 | Ahmed Tarbi |  ALG | 105.0 | |||
| =8 | Abdul Karim Gizar |  IRQ | 105.0 | |||
| =8 | Arvo Ojalehto |  FIN | 105.0 | |||
| =8 | Bruno Lebrun |  FRA | 105.0 | |||
| 15 | Ioannis Sidiropoulos |  GRE | 102.5 | |||
| =16 | Johnny Helsing |  SWE | 100.0 | |||
| =16 | Pertti Torikka | SWE | 100.0 | |||
| =16 | Tamil Selwan Muniswamy |  IND | 100.0 | |||
| =19 | Lorry Orsini |  AUS | 95.0 | |||
| =19 | Ali Shalabi |  LBA | 95.0 | |||
| 21 | Ashok Kumar Karki |  NEP | 65.0 |