1980 World Weightlifting Championships

1980 Men's World Championships

Host city	Moscow, Soviet Union
Dates	20–30 July 1980

The 1980 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from July 20 to July 30, 1980. There were 173 men in action from 40 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1980 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counts for World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Ho Bong-chol  North Korea	110.0 kg	Han Gyong-si  North Korea	110.0 kg	Béla Oláh  Hungary	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	137.5 kg	Stefan Leletko  Poland	135.0 kg	Ho Bong-chol  North Korea	135.0 kg
Total	Kanybek Osmonaliyev  Soviet Union	245.0 kg	Ho Bong-chol  North Korea	245.0 kg	Han Gyong-si  North Korea	245.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	125.0 kg WR	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	120.0 kg	Imre Stefanovics  Hungary	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	157.5 kg WR	Andreas Letz  East Germany	150.0 kg	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	150.0 kg
Total	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	275.0 kg WR	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	270.0 kg	Tadeusz Dembończyk  Poland	265.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Viktor Mazin  Soviet Union	130.0 kg	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	127.5 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	160.0 kg	Viktor Mazin  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	155.0 kg
Total	Viktor Mazin  Soviet Union	290.0 kg	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	287.5 kg	Marek Seweryn  Poland	282.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	147.5 kg	Daniel Senet  France	147.5 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	195.0 kg WR	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	190.0 kg	Mincho Pashov  Bulgaria	182.5 kg
Total	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	342.5 kg WR	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	335.0 kg	Mincho Pashov  Bulgaria	325.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	160.0 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	157.5 kg	Aleksandr Pervy  Soviet Union	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Pervy  Soviet Union	200.0 kg	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	200.0 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	187.5 kg
Total	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	360.0 kg WR	Aleksandr Pervy  Soviet Union	357.5 kg	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	345.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	177.5 kg WR	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	175.0 kg	Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	222.5 kg WR	Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia	207.5 kg	Jan Lisowski  Poland	205.0 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	400.0 kg WR	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	372.5 kg	Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia	367.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	170.0 kg	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	170.0 kg	Frank Mantek  East Germany	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	207.5 kg	Frank Mantek  East Germany	205.0 kg	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	205.0 kg
Total	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	377.5 kg	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	375.0 kg	Frank Mantek  East Germany	370.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Ota Zaremba  Czechoslovakia	180.0 kg	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	János Sólyomvári  Hungary	175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Michael Hennig  East Germany	217.5 kg	Ota Zaremba  Czechoslovakia	215.0 kg	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	215.0 kg
Total	Ota Zaremba  Czechoslovakia	395.0 kg	Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union	392.5 kg	Alberto Blanco  Cuba	385.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	182.5 kg	György Szalai  Hungary	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	240.0 kg WR	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	220.0 kg	György Szalai  Hungary	217.5 kg
Total	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	422.5 kg WR	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	405.0 kg	György Szalai  Hungary	390.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Rudolf Strejček  Czechoslovakia	182.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	182.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	245.0 kg	Tadeusz Rutkowski  Poland	227.5 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	227.5 kg
Total	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	440.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	410.0 kg	Tadeusz Rutkowski  Poland	407.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	3	0	8
2	Bulgaria	2	4	2	8
3	Cuba	1	0	1	2
	Czechoslovakia	1	0	1	2
	Hungary	1	0	1	2
6	East Germany	0	2	1	3
7	North Korea	0	1	1	2
8	Poland	0	0	3	3
Totals (8 entries)		10	10	10	30

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	14	6	2	22
2	Bulgaria	7	10	5	22
3	Hungary	3	0	6	9
4	Czechoslovakia	2	3	2	7
5	Cuba	2	0	2	4
6	East Germany	1	5	5	11
7	North Korea	1	2	2	5
8	Poland	0	3	6	9
9	France	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		30	30	30	90

See also

• Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine