Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by ten events (all — men's individual), held between July 20 and July 30 at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, situated alongside the Izmailovo Park (eastern part of Moscow).

Medal summary

Medal table

1	Soviet Union (URS)	5	3	0	8
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	4	2	8
3	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	1	2
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	1	2
6	East Germany (GDR)	0	2	1	3
7	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	1	2
8	Poland (POL)	0	0	3	3
	Total	10	10	10	30

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
52 kg	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	Ho Bong Chol  North Korea	Han Gyong Si  North Korea
56 kg	Daniel Nuñez  Cuba	Yurik Sarkisian  Soviet Union	Tadeusz Dembończik  Poland
60 kg	Viktor Mazin  Soviet Union	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	Marek Seweryn  Poland
67,5 kg	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	Mincho Pashov  Bulgaria
75 kg	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	Aleksandr Perviy  Soviet Union	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria
82,5 kg	Yurik Vardanian  Soviet Union	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia
90 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	Frank Mantek  East Germany
100 kg	Ota Zaremba  Czechoslovakia	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	Alberto Blanco  Cuba
110 kg	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	György Szalai  Hungary
+110 kg	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	Tadeusz Rutkovski  Poland

Results

52 kg

Rank	Name	Body Weight	Snatch (kg)	Clean & Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)|}
							Kanybek Osmonaliyev (URS)	51.70	107,5	137,5	245,0
	Ho Bong Chol (PRK)	51.90	110,0	135,0	245,0
	Han Gyong Si (PRK)	52.00	110,0	135,0	245,0
4	Béla Oláh (HUN)	55.43	110,0	135,0	245,0
5	Stefan Leletko (POL)	55.85	105,0	135,0	240,0
6	Ferenc Hornyák (HUN)	55.67	120	120	125	120	152	161	166	152	272
7	Francisco Casamayor (CUB)	55.53	115	115	120	115	146	150	150	150	265
8	Adyaagiyn Jugdernamjil (MGL)	55.77	116	121	123	121	144	144	148	144	265
9	Gaetano Tosto (ITA)	55.84	103	103	106	106	142	147	153	153	259
10	Ioannis Katsaidonis (GRE)	55.64	112	116	120	116	142	146	146	142	258
11	Humberto Fuentes (VEN)	55.79	108	112	114	114	138	142	142	142	256
12	Joseph Chiaparro (BEL)	55.74	107	112	112	112	135	140	142	140	252
13	Raul Manuel Correia (POR)	55.94	109	112	114	114	132	135	137	137	251
14	Imade Kadro (SYR)	55.99	102	107	110	110	132	137	140	137	247
15	Almabruk Mahmud Mahmud (LBA)	55.63	105	109	112	109	130	130	135	130	239
16	Durval de Moraes (BRA)	55.88	120	125	127	127	140	140	140	–	DNF
–	Karunagaran Ekambaram (IND)	55.87	123	126	130	126	142	142	142	–	DNF
–	Dorjiyn Enkhbaatar (MGL)	55.82	122	122	122	–	–	–	–	–	DNF

56 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Daniel Nuñez	Cuba	125.0	150.0	275.0 (WR,OR)
2	Yurik Sarkisian	USSR	112.5	157.5	270.0 (JWR)
3	Tadeusz Dembonczyk	Poland	120.0	145.0	265.0
4	Andreas Letz	GDR	115.0	150.0	265.0
5	Eui Yong Yang	D.P.R.Korea	112.5	150.0	262.5
6	Imre Stefanovics	Hungary	115.0	145.0	260.0

60 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Viktor Mazin	USSR	130.0	160.0	290.0 (OR)
2	Stefan Dimitrov	Bulgaria	127.5	160.0	287.5
3	Marek Seweryn	Poland	127.5	155.0	282.5
4	Antoni Pawlak	Poland	120.0	155.0	275.0
5	Julio Loscos	Cuba	125.0	150.0	275.0
6	Frantisek Nedved	Czechoslovakia	122.5	150.0	272.5

67.5 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Yanko Rusev	Bulgaria	147.5	195.0	342.5 (WR,OR)
2	Joachim Kunz	GDR	145.0	190.0	335.0
3	Mincho Pachov	Bulgaria	142.5	162.5	325.0
4	Daniel Senet	France	147.5	175.0	322.5
5	Gunter Ambrass	GDR	140.0	160.0	320.0
6	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	Poland	140.0	177.5	317.5

75 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Asen Zlatev	Bulgaria	160.0	200.0	360.0 (WR,OR)
2	Oleksander Pervy	USSR	157.5	200.0	357.5
3	Nedeltcho Kolev	Bulgaria	157.5	187.5	345.0
4	Julio Echenique	Cuba	145.0	162.5	327.5
5	Oragomir Ciorolan	Romania	140.0	162.5	322.5
6	Tapio Kinnunen	Finland	142.5	177.5	320.0

82.5 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Yurik Vardanian	USSR	177.5	222.5	400.0 (WR,OR)
2	Blagoi Blagoev	Bulgaria	175.0	197.5	372.5
3	Dusan Poliacik	Czechoslovakia	160.0	207.5	367.5
4	Jan Lisowski	Poland	150.0	205.0	355.0
5	Krasimir Drandarov	Bulgaria	155.0	200.0	355.0
6	Pawel Rabczewski	Poland	155.0	195.0	350.0

90 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Peter Baczako	Hungary	170.0	207.5	377.5
2	Rumen Alexandrov	Bulgaria	170.0	205.0	375.0
3	Frank Mantek	GDR	165.0	205.0	370.0
4	Dalibor Rehak	Czechoslovakia	165.0	200.0	365.0
5	Witold Walo	Poland	160.0	200.0	360.0
6	Lubomir Srsen	Czechoslovakia	160.0	197.5	357.5

100 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Ota Zaremba	Czechoslovakia	180.0	215.0	395.0 (OR)
2	Igor Nikitin	USSR	177.5	215.0	392.5
3	Alberto Blanco	Cuba	172.5	212.5	385.0
4	Michael Hennig	GDR	165.0	217.5	382.5
5	Janos Solyomvari	Hungary	175.0	205.0	380.0
6	Manfred Funke	GDR	170.0	207.5	377.5

110 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Leonid Taranenko	USSR	182.5	240.0	422.5 (WR,OR)
2	Valentin Hristov	Bulgaria	185.0	220.0	405.0
3	Gyorgy Szalai	Hungary	172.5	217.5	390.0
4	Leif Nilsson	Sweden	167.5	212.5	380.0
5	Vinzenz Hortnagl	Austria	170.0	202.5	372.5
6	Stefan Tasnadi	Romania	165.0	195.0	360.0

+110 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Sultan Rakhmanov	USSR	195.0	245.0	440.0
2	Jurgen Heuser	GDR	182.5	227.5	410.0
3	Tadeusz Rutkowski	Poland	160.0	227.5	407.5
4	Rudolf Strejcek	Czechoslovakia	162.5	220.0	402.5
5	Bohuslav Braum	Czechoslovakia	160.0	217.5	397.5
6	Francisco Mendez	Cuba	175.0	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

• Official Olympic Report