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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Izmaylovo Palace of Sports, Moskva
Date Started: July 27, 1980
Date Finished: July 27, 1980
Format: Total of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.
Gold: | Péter Baczakó |
Silver: | Rumen Aleksandrov |
Bronze: | Frank Mantek |
Soviet [David Rigert] had been the top lifter in this class throughout the 1970s, but as the heavy favorite, had bombed out at the 1972 Olympics, failing to make a lift in the snatch. He came back to win the gold medal in 1976. He was considered a challenger for gold in 1980 but was no longer as dominant as he had been, although he had won the 1978 World Championship in heavyweight I class. However, Rigert did a reprise of 1972, failing to make a lift in the snatch, and was disqualified. The other top lifter in this class was West German [Rolf Milser], 1978 World Champion, and runner-up at the Worlds in 1977 and 1979. Milser could not compete in 1980 as West Germany joined the USA-led boycott, which left the class wide-open after Rigert went out. In the end the surprise gold medal was won by Hungarian [Péter Baczakó], who had won Olympic bronze as a light-heavyweight in 1976. He was tied by Bulgarian [Rumen Aleksandrov] and East German [Frank Mantek].
Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | K | |
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1 | Péter Baczakó | 28 | Hungary | HUN | Gold | 377.5 | |
2 | Rumen Aleksandrov | 20 | Bulgaria | BUL | Silver | 375.0 | |
3 | Frank Mantek | 21 | East Germany | GDR | Bronze | 370.0 | |
4 | Dalibor Åehák | 24 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 365.0 | ||
5 | Witold Walo | 25 | Poland | POL | 360.0 | ||
6 | LubomÃr SrÅ¡eÅ | 26 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 357.5 | ||
7 | Vasile GroapÄ | 25 | Romania | ROU | 355.0 | ||
8 | Nikos Iliadis | 29 | Greece | GRE | 345.0 | ||
9 | Gary Langford | 27 | Great Britain | GBR | 330.0 | ||
10 | Norberto Oberburger | 19 | Italy | ITA | 315.0 | ||
11 | Luis Rosito | 29 | Guatemala | GUA | 307.5 | ||
12 | VÃctor Ruiz | 22 | Mexico | MEX | 300.0 | ||
13 | Guðmundur Helgason | 19 | Iceland | ISL | 295.0 | ||
AC | Luigi Fratangelo | 22 | Australia | AUS | [142.5] | ||
AC | Ferenc Antalovics | 27 | Hungary | HUN | [165.0] | ||
AC | David Rigert | 33 | Soviet Union | URS | DNF | ||
AC | Hugo De Grauwe | 26 | Belgium | BEL | DNF | ||
AC | Sann Myint | 28 | Myanmar | MYA | DNF |