thumb|right|400px|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 20 and 30 July at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, situated alongside the Izmailovo Park (eastern part of Moscow).

Medal summary

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|52&nbsp;kg<br />

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|56&nbsp;kg<br />

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|60&nbsp;kg<br />

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|67.5&nbsp;kg<br />

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|75&nbsp;kg<br />

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|82.5&nbsp;kg<br />

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|90&nbsp;kg<br />

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|100&nbsp;kg<br />

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|110&nbsp;kg<br />

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Medal table

Results

52 kg

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Kanybek Osmonaliyev||USSR||107.5|| 137.5||245.0 (OR)

|- bgcolor="silver"

| 2 ||Ho Bong Chol||DPR Korea|| 110.0|| 135.0 ||245.0

|- bgcolor="cc9966"

| 3 ||Gyong Si Han||DPR Korea||110.0 ||135.0 ||245.0

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| 4 ||Bela Olah||Hungary||110.0 ||135.0 ||245.0

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| 5 ||Stefan Leletko||Poland||105.0|| 135.0 ||240.0

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| 6 ||Ferenc Hornyak||Hungary||107.5|| 130.0 ||237.5

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56 kg

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Daniel Núñez||Cuba||125.0|| 150.0 ||275.0 (WR, OR)

|- bgcolor="silver"

| 2 ||Yurik Sarkisyan||USSR||112.5|| 157.5 ||270.0 (JWR)

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| 3 ||Tadeusz Dembonczyk||Poland||120.0|| 145.0||265.0

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| 4 ||Andreas Letz||GDR||115.0 ||150.0 ||265.0

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| 5 ||Eui Yong Yang||D.P.R.Korea||112.5 ||150.0 ||262.5

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| 6 ||Imre Stefanovics||Hungary||115.0 ||145.0 ||260.0

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thumb|right|250px|Viktor Mazin during his gold medal performance. RIAN photo.

60 kg

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Viktor Mazin||USSR|| 130.0 ||160.0 ||290.0 (OR)

|- bgcolor="silver"

| 2 ||Stefan Dimitrov||Bulgaria||127.5|| 160.0|| 287.5

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| 3 ||Marek Seweryn||Poland||127.5 ||155.0 ||282.5

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| 4 ||Antoni Pawlak||Poland||120.0|| 155.0|| 275.0

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| 5 ||Julio Loscos||Cuba||125.0 ||150.0 ||275.0

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| 6 ||Frantisek Nedved||Czechoslovakia|| 122.5 ||150.0 ||272.5

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67.5 kg

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Yanko Rusev||Bulgaria||147.5|| 195.0 ||342.5 (WR, OR)

|- bgcolor="silver"

| 2 ||Joachim Kunz||GDR|| 145.0 ||190.0 ||335.0

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| 3 ||Mincho Pachov||Bulgaria||142.5 ||182.5 ||325.0

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| 4 ||Daniel Senet||France||147.5 ||175.0 ||322.5

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| 5 ||Gunter Ambrass||GDR|| 140.0 ||180.0 ||320.0

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| 6 ||Zbigniew Kaczmarek||Poland||140.0|| 177.5|| 317.5

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75 kg

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Asen Zlatev||Bulgaria||160.0 ||200.0 ||360.0 (WR, OR)

|- bgcolor="silver"

| 2 ||Aleksandr Pervi||USSR|| 157.5 ||200.0 ||357.5

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| 3 ||Nedeltcho Kolev||Bulgaria||157.5|| 187.5 ||345.0

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| 4 ||Julio Echenique||Cuba||145.0 ||182.5 ||327.5

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| 5 ||Oragomir Ciorolan||Romania||140.0 ||182.5 ||322.5

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| 6 ||Tapio Kinnunen||Finland||142.5 ||177.5 ||320.0

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82.5 kg

thumb|250px|XXII Olympic Games. Winners of the weightlifting competition, 82.5 kg division. RIAN photo.

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Yurik Vardanyan||USSR||177.5 ||222.5 ||400.0 (WR, OR)

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| 2 ||Blagoi Blagoev||Bulgaria||175.0 ||197.5 ||372.5

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| 3 ||Dusan Poliacik||Czechoslovakia|| 160.0|| 207.5 ||367.5

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| 4 ||Jan Lisowski||Poland||150.0 ||205.0 ||355.0

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| 5 ||Krasimir Drandarov||Bulgaria|| 155.0 ||200.0 ||355.0

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| 6 ||Pawel Rabczewski||Poland||155.0 ||195.0 ||350.0

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===90&nbsp;kg===<!-- This section is linked from Hungarian olympic champions -->

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Peter Baczako||Hungary||170.0 ||207.5 ||377.5

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| 2 ||Rumen Aleksandrov||Bulgaria||170.0 ||205.0 ||375.0

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| 3 ||Frank Mantek||GDR||165.0 ||205.0 ||370.0

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| 4 ||Dalibor Řehak||Czechoslovakia|| 165.0 ||200.0 ||365.0

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| 5 ||Witold Walo||Poland||160.0 ||200.0 ||360.0

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| 6 ||Lubomir Sršeň||Czechoslovakia|| 160.0 ||197.5 ||357.5

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| 7 ||Vasile Groapă||Romania||160.0 ||195.0 ||355.0

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| 8 ||Nikolaos Iliadis||Greece||150.0 ||195.0 ||345.0

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| 9 ||Gary Langford||Great Britain||150.0 ||180.0 ||330.0

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| 10 ||Norberto Oberburger||Italy||147.5 ||167.5 ||315.0

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| 11 ||Luis Rosito||Guatemala||132.5 ||175.0 ||322.5

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| 12 ||Victor Ruiz||Mexico||135.0 ||165.0 ||300.0

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| 13 ||Guðmundur Helgason||Iceland||135.0 ||160.0 ||295.0

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| - ||David Rigert||USSR|| 0 || - ||NM

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| - ||Hugo De Grauwe||Belgium|| 0 || - ||NM

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| - ||Sann Myint ||Burma|| 0 || - ||NM

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| - ||Ferenc Antalovics||Hungary||165.0 || 0 ||NM

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| - ||Luigi Fratangelo||Australia||142.0 || 0 ||NM

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100 kg

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Ota Zaremba||Czechoslovakia||180.0 ||215.0 ||395.0 (OR)

|- bgcolor="silver"

| 2 ||Igor Nikitin||USSR||177.5 ||215.0 ||392.5

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| 3 ||Alberto Blanco||Cuba||172.5 ||212.5 ||385.0

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| 4 ||Michael Hennig||GDR||165.0 ||217.5 ||382.5

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| 5 ||Janos Solyomvari||Hungary||175.0 ||205.0 ||380.0

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| 6 ||Manfred Funke||GDR||170.0 ||207.5 ||377.5

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110 kg

thumb|250px|XXII Olympic Games. Winners of the weightlifting competition, 110 kg division. RIAN photo.

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Leonid Taranenko||USSR||182.5 ||240.0 ||422.5 (WR, OR)

|- bgcolor="silver"

| 2 ||Valentin Khristov||Bulgaria||185.0 ||220.0 ||405.0

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| 3 ||György Szalai||Hungary||172.5 ||217.5 ||390.0

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| 4 ||Leif Nilsson||Sweden||167.5 ||212.5 ||380.0

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| 5 ||Vinzenz Hortnagl||Austria||170.0 ||202.5 ||372.5

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| 6 ||Stefan Tasnadi||Romania||165.0 ||195.0 ||360.0

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+110 kg

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|Final <br /> Rank

|Athlete

|Country ||Snatch||Cl.&J||Total

|- bgcolor="gold"

| 1 ||Sultan Rakhmanov||USSR||195.0 ||245.0 ||440.0

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| 2 ||Jurgen Heuser||GDR|| 182.5 ||227.5 ||410.0

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| 3 ||Tadeusz Rutkowski||Poland||180.0 ||227.5 ||407.5

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| 4 ||Rudolf Strejcek||Czechoslovakia|| 182.5 ||220.0 ||402.5

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| 5 ||Bohuslav Braum||Czechoslovakia|| 180.0 ||217.5 ||397.5

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| 6 ||Francisco Mendez||Cuba||175.0 ||220.0 ||395.0

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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