Claim: Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of eleven events for men and included 18 medal winning participants from nine countries.
Evidence: Jean-Michel Barberane
France Joseph Ponnier
France B. Dersigneri
France Chorrihons
France Bernard Barberet
France Jean Grandsire
France J. Chauvel
France N. Clemente
France Gerard Houdmond
France J. L. Dury
France Shmuel Haimovitz
Israel Samuel Dlugatch
Israel Abraham Strauch
Israel R. S. Arlen
Indonesia Barry Kalms
Australia Jonas Oskarson
Iceland Marcel Chollot
Belgium Brian McNicholl
Australia Eugeniusz Skarupa
Poland Zdzislaw Kolodziej
Poland Jerzy Kuskowski
Poland Bengt Lindberg
Sweden Arne Karlsson
Sweden Nils Karreberg
Sweden Stig Soederborg
Sweden Kurt Henningsson
Sweden Benny Nilsson
Sweden Charles Roedelbronn
United States Edward Coyle
United States Bogdan Lis
Poland