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

Men's 82.5 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Date	26 July
Competitors	19 from 17 nations
Medalists
01 ! Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union 02 ! Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria 03 ! Dušan Poliačik  Czechoslovakia

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	100 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

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 July 26 in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.^[1][2]

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
01 !	Yurik Vardanyan (URS)	81.70	165	172.5	177.5	177.5	205	215.5	222.5	222.5	400
02 !	Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)	81.60	165	170	175	175	192.5	197.5	-	197.5	372.5
03 !	Dušan Poliačik (TCH)	82.00	155	160	160	160	200	205	207.5	207.5	367.5
4	Jan Lisowski (POL)	81.85	150	155	155	150	197.5	205	210	205	355
5	Krasimir Drandarov (BUL)	81.95	150	155	155	155	200	205	212.5	200	355
6	Paweł Rabczewski (POL)	82.30	155	160	160	155	195	195	202.5	195	350
7	Detlef Blasche (GDR)	80.95	152.5	152.5	157.5	152.5	192.5	197.5	197.5	192.5	345
8	Juhani Avellan (FIN)	82.35	150	155	-	150	182.5	182.5	190	182.5	332.5
9	Vladimir Zrnić (YUG)	82.30	137.5	142.5	142.5	142.5	180	187.5	187.5	187.5	330
10	Stefan Jonsson (SWE)	82.35	137.5	142.5	142.5	142.5	180	185	187.5	185	327.5
11	Talal Hassoun Abdul Kader (IRQ)	81.55	137.5	142.5	145	145	177.5	182.5	182.5	177.5	322.5
12	Erling Johansen (DEN)	81.40	142.5	147.5	150	147.5	170	175	175	170	317.5
13	Stephen Pinsent (GBR)	79.50	135	135	140	135	170	175	175	170	305
14	Salem Ajjoub (SYR)	82.50	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	170	175	177.5	175	302.5
-	Petre Dumitru (ROM)	81.90	155	160	160	155	190	190	190	-	DNF
-	Robert Kabbas (AUS)	81.60	142.5	147.5	147.5	142.5	182.5	182.5	182.5	-	DNF
-	Þorsteinn Leifsson (ISL)	82.40	125	130	130	125	160	160	160	-	DNF
-	Bertalan Mandzák (HUN)	81.80	155	155	155	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
-	Serge Van Cottom (BEL)	81.55	132.5	132.5	132.5	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

New records

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

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.