Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg

These are the results of the Men's Super-Heavyweight Weightlifting Event (– +110 kg) at the 1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in Moscow. A total of twelve men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a body weight of 110 kilograms or more.

Men's +110 kg
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenueIzmailovo Sports Palace
Date30 July
Competitors12 from 8 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Sultan Rakhmanov Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Jürgen Heuser East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Tadeusz Rutkowski Poland

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 30 July in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.[1][2]

Results

RankNameBody weightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)Total (kg)
123Result123Result
 Sultan Rakhmanov (URS)145.25185190195195230237.5245245440
 Jürgen Heuser (GDR)133.95182.5182.5187.5182.5227.5227.5242.5227.5410
 Tadeusz Rutkowski (POL)124.90175180182.5180222.5227.5230227.5407.5
4  Rudolf Strejček (TCH)133.10182.5187.5187.5182.5220225225220402.5
5  Bohuslav Braum (TCH)148.45180180180180212.5217.5222.5217.5397.5
6  Francisco Méndez (CUB)134.30175180180175220230230220395
7  Robert Skolimowski (POL)148.50175175180175210222.5222.5210385
8  Talal Najjar (SYR)133.30145152.5157.5157.5200205207.5205362.5
-  Jouko Leppä (FIN)149.70150155160160210210210-DNF
-  Marin Parapancea (ROU)115.30162.5162.5162.5-----DNF
-  Gerardo Fernández (CUB)128.00170170170-----DNF
-  Vasily Alekseyev (URS)161.75180180180-----DNF

New records

Snatch[1]195.0 kg  Sultan Rakhmanov (URS)OR

References