Men Middle Heaviweight 90kg Olympic Games Moskva (URS) 1980 - 27th July, Gold Medal: Péter Baczakó, Hungary
Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva.
Final Ranking
Total
Snatch
Cl.&Jrk
age
1. Péter Baczakó
HUN
377.5kg
170.0 =OR
207.5
28
2. Rumen Aleksandrov
BUL
375.0kg
170.0 =OR
205.0
20
3. Frank Mantek
GDR
370.0kg
165.0
205.0
21
4. Dalibor Řehák
TCH
365.0kg
165.0
200.0
24
5. Witold Walo
POL
360.0kg
160.0
200.0
25
6. Lubomír Sršeň
TCH
357.5kg
160.0
197.5
26
7. Vasile Groapă
ROU
355.0kg
160.0
195.0
25
8. Nikos Iliadis
GRE
345.0kg
150.0
195.0
29
9. Gary Langford
GBR
330.0kg
150.0
180.0
27
10.Norberto Oberburger
ITA
315.0kg
147.5
167.5
19
11.Luis Rosito
GUA
307.5kg
132.5
175.0
29
12.Víctor Ruiz
MEX
300.0kg
135.0
165.0
22
13.Guðmundur Helgason
ISL
295.0kg
135.0
160.0
19
-. Ferenc Antalovics
HUN
165.0kg
165.0
NM
27
-. Luigi Fratangelo
AUS
142.5kg
142.5
NM
22
-. David Rigert
URS
NM
NM
DNS
33
-. Hugo De Grauwe
BEL
NM
NM
DNS
26
-. Sann Myint
BIR
NM
NM
DNS
28
David Rigert (URS) 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 100 kg.
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 Rolf Milser (FRG), 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 Peter Baczakó, who had won Olympic bronze as a light-heavyweight in 1976. He was tied by Rumen Aleksandrov (BUL) and Frank Mantek (GDR).
HUN
BUL
GDR
TCH
POL
ROU
GRE
GBR
ITA
GUA
MEX
ISL
AUS
URS
BEL
BIR