Men Light Heavyweight 82.5kg Weightlifting Olympic Games Moskva (URS) 1980 - 26th July, Gold Medal: Yuri Vardanyan, Soviet Union
Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva.
Final RankingTotalSnatchCl.&Jrkage
1. Yuri VardanyanURSURS400.0kg WR177.5 WR225.5 WR24
2. Blagoy BlagoevBULBUL372.5kg175.0197.523
3. Dušan PoliačikTCHTCH367.5kg160.0207.525
4. Jan LisowskiPOLPOL355.0kg150.0205.027
5. Krasimir DrandarovBULBUL355.0kg155.0200.025
6. Paweł RabczewskiPOLPOL350.0kg155.0195.030
7. Detlef BlascheGDRGDR345.0kg152.5192.524
8. Juhani AvellanFINFIN332.5kg150.0182.534
9. Vladimir ZrnićYUGYUG330.0kg142.5187.526
10.Stefan JonssonSWESWE327.5kg142.5185.034
11.Talal Hassoun Abdul KaderIRQIRQ322.5kg145.0177.5
12.Erling JohansenDENDEN317.5kg147.5170.035
13.Stephen PinsentGBRGBR305.0kg135.0170.025
14.Salem AjjoubSYRSYR302.5kg127.5175.026
-. Þorsteinn LeifssonISLISL125.0kg125.0NM18
-. Robert KabbasAUSAUS142.5kg142.5NM25
-. Petre DumitruROUROU155.0kg155.0NM22
-. Serge Van CottomBELBELNMNMDNS27
-. Bertalan MandzákHUNHUNNMNMDNS22
There was no heavier favorite in the 1980 weightlifting tournament than Yurik Vardanyan (URS). Vardanyan held the world record, had not been defeated in three years, winning the 1977-79 World Championships, and also won lift gold medals in every lift at all three Worlds.
His gold medal in Moskva was won in dominant fashion, as he set world records in both lifts, and his world record total of 400.0 kg would have won the gold medal as a middle-heavyweight 90kg or a heavyweight 100 kg.
Blagoi Blagoev (BUL) won silver, fully 27.5 kg behind Vardanyan. In 1976 Blagoev had seemed to win the silver medal in this class, but was later disqualified for a doping positive.
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Men Flyweight under 52kg
Men Bantamweight under 56kg
Men Featherweight under 60kg
Men Lightweight under 67.5kg
Men Middleweight under 75kg
Men Light Heavyweight under 82.5kg
Men Middle Heavyweight under 90kg
Men Heavyweight under 100kg
Men Heavyweight under 110kg
Men Super Heavyweight Over 110kg
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