weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

{{short description|Weightlifting at the Olympics}}

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{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Weightlifting

| games = 1980 Summer

| image = Weightlifting Moscow 1980.jpg

| image_size = 100px

| venue = Izmailovo Sports Palace

| dates = 20–30 July 1980

| competitors = 172

| nations = 39

| prev = 1976

| next = 1984

}}

{{WeightliftingAt1980SummerOlympics}}

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by ten events (all — men's individual), held between 20 and 30 July at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, situated alongside the Izmailovo Park (eastern part of Moscow).{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WLT/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/WLT/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Weightlifting at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=12 January 2020}}

Medal summary

{{MedalistTable| width=225|labelwidth=200}}
52 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Kanybek Osmonaliyev|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Ho Bong-chol|PRK|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Han Gyong-si|PRK|1980 Summer}}

56 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Daniel Núñez|CUB|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Yurik Sarkisyan|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Tadeusz Dembończyk|POL|1980 Summer}}

60 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Viktor Mazin|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Stefan Dimitrov|BUL|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Marek Seweryn|POL|1980 Summer}}

67.5 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Yanko Rusev|BUL|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Joachim Kunz|GDR|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Mincho Pashov|BUL|1980 Summer}}

75 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Asen Zlatev|BUL|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Aleksandr Pervi|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Nedelcho Kolev|BUL|1980 Summer}}

82.5 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Yurik Vardanyan|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Blagoy Blagoev|BUL|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Dušan Poliačik|TCH|1980 Summer}}

90 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Péter Baczakó|HUN|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Rumen Aleksandrov|BUL|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Frank Mantek|GDR|1980 Summer}}

100 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Ota Zaremba|TCH|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Igor Nikitin|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Alberto Blanco|CUB|1980 Summer}}

110 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Leonid Taranenko|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Valentin Khristov|BUL|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|György Szalai|HUN|1980 Summer}}

+110 kg
{{DetailsLink|Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Sultan Rakhmanov|URS|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Jürgen Heuser|GDR|1980 Summer}}

|{{flagIOCmedalist|Tadeusz Rutkowski|POL|1980 Summer}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = FlagIOCteam

| event = 1980 Summer

| team =

| gold_URS = 5 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 0

| gold_BUL = 2 | silver_BUL = 4 | bronze_BUL = 2

| gold_CUB = 1 | silver_CUB = 0 | bronze_CUB = 1

| gold_TCH = 1 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1

| gold_HUN = 1 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1

| gold_GDR = 0 | silver_GDR = 2 | bronze_GDR = 1

| gold_PRK = 0 | silver_PRK = 1 | bronze_PRK = 1

| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 3

}}

Results

=52 kg=

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Kanybek OsmonaliyevUSSR107.5137.5245.0 (OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Ho Bong CholDPR Korea110.0135.0245.0
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| 3

Gyong Si HanDPR Korea110.0135.0245.0
4Bela OlahHungary110.0135.0245.0
5Stefan LeletkoPoland105.0135.0240.0
6Ferenc HornyakHungary107.5130.0237.5

=56 kg=

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Daniel NúñezCuba125.0150.0275.0 (WR, OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Yurik SarkisyanUSSR112.5157.5270.0 (JWR)
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Tadeusz DembonczykPoland120.0145.0265.0
4Andreas LetzGDR115.0150.0265.0
5Eui Yong YangD.P.R.Korea112.5150.0262.5
6Imre StefanovicsHungary115.0145.0260.0

File:RIAN archive 103479 Soviet weight-lifter Viktor Mazin during the XXII Olympic Games.jpg

=60 kg=

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Viktor MazinUSSR130.0160.0290.0 (OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Stefan DimitrovBulgaria127.5160.0287.5
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Marek SewerynPoland127.5155.0282.5
4Antoni PawlakPoland120.0155.0275.0
5Julio LoscosCuba125.0150.0275.0
6Frantisek NedvedCzechoslovakia122.5150.0272.5

=67.5 kg=

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Yanko RusevBulgaria147.5195.0342.5 (WR, OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Joachim KunzGDR145.0190.0335.0
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Mincho PachovBulgaria142.5182.5325.0
4Daniel SenetFrance147.5175.0322.5
5Gunter AmbrassGDR140.0180.0320.0
6Zbigniew KaczmarekPoland140.0177.5317.5

=75 kg=

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Asen ZlatevBulgaria160.0200.0360.0 (WR, OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Aleksandr PerviUSSR157.5200.0357.5
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Nedeltcho KolevBulgaria157.5187.5345.0
4Julio EcheniqueCuba145.0182.5327.5
5Oragomir CiorolanRomania140.0182.5322.5
6Tapio KinnunenFinland142.5177.5320.0

=82.5 kg=

File:RIAN archive 563373 1980 Olympics champion Yurik Vardanian.jpg

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Yurik VardanyanUSSR177.5222.5400.0 (WR, OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Blagoi BlagoevBulgaria175.0197.5372.5
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Dusan PoliacikCzechoslovakia160.0207.5367.5
4Jan LisowskiPoland150.0205.0355.0
5Krasimir DrandarovBulgaria155.0200.0355.0
6Pawel RabczewskiPoland155.0195.0350.0

===90 kg===

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Peter BaczakoHungary170.0207.5377.5
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Rumen AleksandrovBulgaria170.0205.0375.0
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Frank MantekGDR165.0205.0370.0
4Dalibor ŘehakCzechoslovakia165.0200.0365.0
5Witold WaloPoland160.0200.0360.0
6Lubomir SršeňCzechoslovakia160.0197.5357.5
7Vasile GroapăRomania160.0195.0355.0
8Nikolaos IliadisGreece150.0195.0345.0
9Gary LangfordGreat Britain150.0180.0330.0
10Norberto OberburgerItaly147.5167.5315.0
11Luis RositoGuatemala132.5175.0322.5
12Victor RuizMexico135.0165.0300.0
13Guðmundur HelgasonIceland135.0160.0295.0
-David RigertUSSR0-NM
-Hugo De GrauweBelgium0-NM
-Sann Myint Burma0-NM
-Ferenc AntalovicsHungary165.00NM
-Luigi FratangeloAustralia142.00NM

=100 kg=

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Ota ZarembaCzechoslovakia180.0215.0395.0 (OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Igor NikitinUSSR177.5215.0392.5
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Alberto BlancoCuba172.5212.5385.0
4Michael HennigGDR165.0217.5382.5
5Janos SolyomvariHungary175.0205.0380.0
6Manfred FunkeGDR170.0207.5377.5

=110 kg=

File:RIAN archive 484445 Winners of the weightlifting competition in the 1980 Olympics.jpg

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Leonid TaranenkoUSSR182.5240.0422.5 (WR, OR)
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Valentin KhristovBulgaria185.0220.0405.0
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

György SzalaiHungary172.5217.5390.0
4Leif NilssonSweden167.5212.5380.0
5Vinzenz HortnaglAustria170.0202.5372.5
6Stefan TasnadiRomania165.0195.0360.0

=+110 kg=

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Final
Rank

|Athlete

|Country

SnatchCl.&JTotal
bgcolor="gold"

| 1

Sultan RakhmanovUSSR195.0245.0440.0
bgcolor="silver"

| 2

Jurgen HeuserGDR182.5227.5410.0
bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3

Tadeusz RutkowskiPoland180.0227.5407.5
4Rudolf StrejcekCzechoslovakia182.5220.0402.5
5Bohuslav BraumCzechoslovakia180.0217.5397.5
6Francisco MendezCuba175.0220.0395.0

Remarks:

  • All weights are given in kilograms
  • WR=World Record, OR=Olympic Record, JWR=Junior World Record
  • Country names in the medal table are not given in the form they were used in the official documents of the IOC in 1980

References

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