1980 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Moskva
Country URS
Held 20 – 30 July 1980
Competitors 39
Countries 9

Olympic Games

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-60 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-75 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
-75 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 2
-75 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2
-82.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-90 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-100 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
-110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
+110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
+110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
+110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 14 6 2 22
2 Bulgaria BUL 7 10 5 22
3 Hungary HUN 3 0 6 9
4 Czechoslovakia TCH 2 3 2 7
5 Cuba CUB 2 0 2 4
6 East Germany GDR 1 5 5 11
7 North Korea PRK 1 2 2 5
8 Poland POL 0 3 6 9
9 France FRA 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men Ho Bong-Chol PRK Han Gyong-Si PRK Béla Oláh HUN
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS Stefan Leletko POL Ho Bong-Chol PRK
-52 kg Total, Men Kanybek Osmonaliyev URS Ho Bong-Chol PRK Han Gyong-Si PRK
-56 kg Snatch, Men Daniel Núñez CUB Tadeusz Dembończyk POL Imre Stefanovics HUN
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yurik Sarkisyan URS Andreas Letz GDR Daniel Núñez CUB
-56 kg Total, Men Daniel Núñez CUB Yurik Sarkisyan URS Tadeusz Dembończyk POL
-60 kg Snatch, Men Viktor Mazin URS Stefan Dimitrov BUL Marek Seweryn POL
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Stefan Dimitrov BUL Viktor Mazin URS Marek Seweryn POL
-60 kg Total, Men Viktor Mazin URS Stefan Dimitrov BUL Marek Seweryn POL
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Daniel Senet FRA Joachim Kunz GDR
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Joachim Kunz GDR Mincho Pashov BUL
-67.5 kg Total, Men Yanko Rusev BUL Joachim Kunz GDR Mincho Pashov BUL
-75 kg Snatch, Men Asen Zlatev BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL Aleksandr Pervy URS
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksandr Pervy URS Asen Zlatev BUL Nedelcho Kolev BUL
-75 kg Total, Men Asen Zlatev BUL Aleksandr Pervy URS Nedelcho Kolev BUL
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Blagoy Blagoev BUL Dušan Poliačik TCH
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Dušan Poliačik TCH Jan Lisowski POL
-82.5 kg Total, Men Yuri Vardanyan URS Blagoy Blagoev BUL Dušan Poliačik TCH
-90 kg Snatch, Men Péter Baczakó HUN Rumen Aleksandrov BUL Frank Mantek GDR
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Péter Baczakó HUN Frank Mantek GDR Rumen Aleksandrov BUL
-90 kg Total, Men Péter Baczakó HUN Rumen Aleksandrov BUL Frank Mantek GDR
-100 kg Snatch, Men Ota Zaremba TCH Igor Nikitin URS János Sólyomvári HUN
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Michael Hennig GDR Ota Zaremba TCH Igor Nikitin URS
-100 kg Total, Men Ota Zaremba TCH Igor Nikitin URS Alberto Blanco CUB
-110 kg Snatch, Men Valentin Hristov BUL Leonid Taranenko URS György Szalai HUN
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Leonid Taranenko URS Valentin Hristov BUL György Szalai HUN
-110 kg Total, Men Leonid Taranenko URS Valentin Hristov BUL György Szalai HUN
+110 kg Snatch, Men Sultanbay Rakhmanov URS Rudolf Strejček TCH Jürgen Heuser GDR
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Sultanbay Rakhmanov URS Tadeusz Rutkowski POL Jürgen Heuser GDR
+110 kg Total, Men Sultanbay Rakhmanov URS Jürgen Heuser GDR Tadeusz Rutkowski POL