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Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 82.5 kg

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Men's 82.5 kg
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueIzmailovo Sports Palace
Date26 July 1980
Competitors19 from 17 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia

These are the results of the Men's Light-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (– 82.5 kg) at the 1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in Moscow. A total of 19 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum body weight of 82.5 kilograms.

Each weightlifter had three attempts for both the snatch and clean and jerk lifting methods. The total of the best successful lift of each method was used to determine the final rankings and medal winners. Competition took place on 26 July in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.[1][2]

Results

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Rank Name Body weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg)
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yurik Vardanyan (URS)81.70165172.5177.5177.5205215.5222.5222.5400
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)81.60165170175175192.5197.5-197.5372.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dušan Poliačik (TCH)82.00155160160160200205207.5207.5367.5
4 Jan Lisowski (POL)81.85150155155150197.5205210205355
5 Krasimir Drandarov (BUL)81.95150155155155200205212.5200355
6 Paweł Rabczewski (POL)82.30155160160155195195202.5195350
7 Detlef Blasche (GDR)80.95152.5152.5157.5152.5192.5197.5197.5192.5345
8 Juhani Avellan (FIN)82.35150155-150182.5182.5190182.5332.5
9 Vladimir Zrnić (YUG)82.30137.5142.5142.5142.5180187.5187.5187.5330
10 Stefan Jonsson (SWE)82.35137.5142.5142.5142.5180185187.5185327.5
11 Talal Hassoun Abdul Kader (IRQ)81.55137.5142.5145145177.5182.5182.5177.5322.5
12 Erling Johansen (DEN)81.40142.5147.5150147.5170175175170317.5
13 Stephen Pinsent (GBR)79.50135135140135170175175170305
14 Salem Ajjoub (SYR)82.50127.5132.5132.5127.5170175177.5175302.5
- Petre Dumitru (ROM)81.90155160160155190190190-DNF
- Robert Kabbas (AUS)81.60142.5147.5147.5142.5182.5182.5182.5-DNF
- Þorsteinn Leifsson (ISL)82.40125130130125160160160-DNF
- Bertalan Mandzák (HUN)81.80155155155-----DNF
- Serge Van Cottom (BEL)81.55132.5132.5132.5-----DNF

New records

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Snatch[1][3] 177.5 kg  Yurik Vardanyan (URS) WR
Clean & Jerk[1][3] 222.5 kg  Yurik Vardanyan (URS) WR
Total[1][3] 400.0 kg  Yurik Vardanyan (URS) WR

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three. PDF. p. 335. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Weightlifting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight. Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Yurik Vardanyan, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century. Lift Up. Retrieved 6 June 2015.