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).
Medal summary 52 kg 56 kg 60 kg67.5 kg75 kg82.5 kg90 kg100 kg110 kg +110 kg
Medal table
Results 52 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Kanybek OsmonaliyevUSSR107.5 137.5245.0 (OR) 2 Ho Bong CholDPR Korea 110.0 135.0 245.0 3 Gyong Si HanDPR Korea110.0 135.0 245.0 4 Bela OlahHungary110.0 135.0 245.0 5 Stefan LeletkoPoland105.0 135.0 240.0 6 Ferenc HornyakHungary107.5 130.0 237.5
56 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Daniel NúñezCuba125.0 150.0 275.0 (WR, OR) 2 Yurik SarkisyanUSSR112.5 157.5 270.0 (JWR) 3 Tadeusz DembonczykPoland120.0 145.0265.0 4 Andreas LetzGDR115.0 150.0 265.0 5 Eui Yong YangD.P.R.Korea112.5 150.0 262.5 6 Imre StefanovicsHungary115.0 145.0 260.0
60 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Viktor MazinUSSR 130.0 160.0 290.0 (OR) 2 Stefan DimitrovBulgaria127.5 160.0 287.5 3 Marek SewerynPoland127.5 155.0 282.5 4 Antoni PawlakPoland120.0 155.0 275.0 5 Julio LoscosCuba125.0 150.0 275.0 6 Frantisek NedvedCzechoslovakia 122.5 150.0 272.5
67.5 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Yanko RusevBulgaria147.5 195.0 342.5 (WR, OR) 2 Joachim KunzGDR 145.0 190.0 335.0 3 Mincho PachovBulgaria142.5 182.5 325.0 4 Daniel SenetFrance147.5 175.0 322.5 5 Gunter AmbrassGDR 140.0 180.0 320.0 6 Zbigniew KaczmarekPoland140.0 177.5 317.5
75 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Asen ZlatevBulgaria160.0 200.0 360.0 (WR, OR) 2 Aleksandr PerviUSSR 157.5 200.0 357.5 3 Nedeltcho KolevBulgaria157.5 187.5 345.0 4 Julio EcheniqueCuba145.0 182.5 327.5 5 Oragomir CiorolanRomania140.0 182.5 322.5 6 Tapio KinnunenFinland142.5 177.5 320.0
82.5 kg
Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Yurik VardanyanUSSR177.5 222.5 400.0 (WR, OR) 2 Blagoi BlagoevBulgaria175.0 197.5 372.5 3 Dusan PoliacikCzechoslovakia 160.0 207.5 367.5 4 Jan LisowskiPoland150.0 205.0 355.0 5 Krasimir DrandarovBulgaria 155.0 200.0 355.0 6 Pawel RabczewskiPoland155.0 195.0 350.0
90 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Peter BaczakoHungary170.0 207.5 377.5 2 Rumen AleksandrovBulgaria170.0 205.0 375.0 3 Frank MantekGDR165.0 205.0 370.0 4 Dalibor ŘehakCzechoslovakia 165.0 200.0 365.0 5 Witold WaloPoland160.0 200.0 360.0 6 Lubomir SršeňCzechoslovakia 160.0 197.5 357.5 7 Vasile GroapăRomania160.0 195.0 355.0 8 Nikolaos IliadisGreece150.0 195.0 345.0 9 Gary LangfordGreat Britain150.0 180.0 330.0 10 Norberto OberburgerItaly147.5 167.5 315.0 11 Luis RositoGuatemala132.5 175.0 322.5 12 Victor RuizMexico135.0 165.0 300.0 13 Guðmundur HelgasonIceland135.0 160.0 295.0 - David RigertUSSR 0 - NM - Hugo De GrauweBelgium 0 - NM - Sann Myint Burma 0 - NM - Ferenc AntalovicsHungary165.0 0 NM - Luigi FratangeloAustralia142.0 0 NM
100 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Ota ZarembaCzechoslovakia180.0 215.0 395.0 (OR) 2 Igor NikitinUSSR177.5 215.0 392.5 3 Alberto BlancoCuba172.5 212.5 385.0 4 Michael HennigGDR165.0 217.5 382.5 5 Janos SolyomvariHungary175.0 205.0 380.0 6 Manfred FunkeGDR170.0 207.5 377.5
110 kg
Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Leonid TaranenkoUSSR182.5 240.0 422.5 (WR, OR) 2 Valentin KhristovBulgaria185.0 220.0 405.0 3 György SzalaiHungary172.5 217.5 390.0 4 Leif NilssonSweden167.5 212.5 380.0 5 Vinzenz HortnaglAustria170.0 202.5 372.5 6 Stefan TasnadiRomania165.0 195.0 360.0
+110 kg Final RankAthleteCountry SnatchCl.&JTotal 1 Sultan RakhmanovUSSR195.0 245.0 440.0 2 Jurgen HeuserGDR 182.5 227.5 410.0 3 Tadeusz RutkowskiPoland180.0 227.5 407.5 4 Rudolf StrejcekCzechoslovakia 182.5 220.0 402.5 5 Bohuslav BraumCzechoslovakia 180.0 217.5 397.5 6 Francisco MendezCuba175.0 220.0 395.0
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
External links Official Olympic Report