Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Venue of the competition as it appeared during the Games. RIAN photo.

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
52 kg	Kanybek Osmonaliyev (URS)	Ho Bong Chol (PRK)	Han Gyong Si (PRK)
56 kg	Daniel Núñez (CUB)	Yurik Sarkisyan (URS)	Tadeusz Dembończyk (POL)
60 kg	Viktor Mazin (URS)	Stefan Dimitrov (BUL)	Marek Seweryn (POL)
67.5 kg	Yanko Rusev (BUL)	Joachim Kunz (GDR)	Mincho Pashov (BUL)
75 kg	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	Nedelcho Kolev (BUL)
82.5 kg	Yurik Vardanyan (URS)	Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)	Dušan Poliačik (TCH)
90 kg	Péter Baczakó (HUN)	Rumen Aleksandrov (BUL)	Frank Mantek (GDR)
100 kg	Ota Zaremba (TCH)	Igor Nikitin (URS)	Alberto Blanco (CUB)
110 kg	Leonid Taranenko (URS)	Valentin Khristov (BUL)	György Szalai (HUN)
+110 kg	Sultan Rakhmanov (URS)	Jürgen Heuser (GDR)	Tadeusz Rutkowski (POL)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

Results

52 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Kanybek Osmonaliyev	USSR	107.5	137.5	245.0 (OR)
2	Ho Bong Chol	DPR Korea	110.0	135.0	245.0
3	Gyong Si Han	DPR Korea	110.0	135.0	245.0
4	Bela Olah	Hungary	110.0	135.0	245.0
5	Stefan Leletko	Poland	105.0	135.0	240.0
6	Ferenc Hornyak	Hungary	107.5	130.0	237.5

56 kg

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Daniel Núñez	Cuba	125.0	150.0	275.0 (WR,OR)
2	Yurik Sarkisyan	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

Viktor Mazin during his gold medal performance. RIAN photo.

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	182.5	325.0
4	Daniel Senet	France	147.5	175.0	322.5
5	Gunter Ambrass	GDR	140.0	180.0	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	Aleksandr Pervi	USSR	157.5	200.0	357.5
3	Nedeltcho Kolev	Bulgaria	157.5	187.5	345.0
4	Julio Echenique	Cuba	145.0	182.5	327.5
5	Oragomir Ciorolan	Romania	140.0	182.5	322.5
6	Tapio Kinnunen	Finland	142.5	177.5	320.0

82.5 kg

XXII Olympic Games. Winners of the weightlifting competition, 82.5 kg division. RIAN photo.

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Yurik Vardanyan	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 Aleksandrov	Bulgaria	170.0	205.0	375.0
3	Frank Mantek	GDR	165.0	205.0	370.0
4	Dalibor Řehak	Czechoslovakia	165.0	200.0	365.0
5	Witold Walo	Poland	160.0	200.0	360.0
6	Lubomir Sršeň	Czechoslovakia	160.0	197.5	357.5
7	Vasile Groapă	Romania	160.0	195.0	355.0
8	Nikolaos Iliadis	Greece	150.0	195.0	345.0
9	Gary Langford	Great Britain	150.0	180.0	330.0
10	Norberto Oberburger	Italy	147.5	167.5	315.0
11	Luis Rosito	Guatemala	132.5	175.0	322.5
12	Victor Ruiz	Mexico	135.0	165.0	300.0
13	Guðmundur Helgason	Iceland	135.0	160.0	295.0
-	David Rigert	USSR	0	-	NM
-	Hugo De Grauwe	Belgium	0	-	NM
-	Sann Myint	Burma	0	-	NM
-	Ferenc Antalovics	Hungary	165.0	0	NM
-	Luigi Fratangelo	Australia	142.0	0	NM

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

XXII Olympic Games. Winners of the weightlifting competition, 110 kg division. RIAN photo.

Final Rank	Athlete	Country	Snatch	Cl.&J	Total
1	Leonid Taranenko	USSR	182.5	240.0	422.5 (WR,OR)
2	Valentin Khristov	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	180.0	227.5	407.5
4	Rudolf Strejcek	Czechoslovakia	182.5	220.0	402.5
5	Bohuslav Braum	Czechoslovakia	180.0	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