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Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Izmaylovo Palace of Sports, Moskva
Date Started: July 22, 1980
Date Finished: July 22, 1980
Format: Total of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.
| Gold: | Viktor Mazin |
| Silver: | Stefan Dimitrov |
| Bronze: | Marek Seweryn |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Mazin | 26 | Soviet Union | URS | Gold | 290.0 | OR |
| 2 | Stefan Dimitrov | 22 | Bulgaria | BUL | Silver | 287.5 | |
| 3 | Marek Seweryn | 22 | Poland | POL | Bronze | 282.5 | |
| 4 | Antoni Pawlak | 29 | Poland | POL | 275.0 | ||
| 5 | Julio Loscos | 19 | Cuba | CUB | 275.0 | ||
| 6 | František Nedvěd | 29 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 272.5 | ||
| 7 | Víctor Pérez | 27 | Cuba | CUB | 270.0 | ||
| 8 | Gelu Radu | 22 | Romania | ROU | 265.0 | ||
| 9 | Jean-Claude Chavigny | 28 | France | FRA | 255.0 | ||
| 10 | Fajsal Matloub Fat'hi | Iraq | IRQ | 252.5 | |||
| 11 | Mohamed Gouni | 33 | Algeria | ALG | 247.5 | ||
| 12 | Geoffrey Laws | 23 | Great Britain | GBR | 245.0 | ||
| 13 | Faouaz Nadirin | 27 | Syria | SYR | 230.0 | ||
| 14 | Sydney Ikebaku | 24 | Nigeria | NGR | 222.5 | ||
| 15 | Rajendra Pradhan | 25 | Nepal | NEP | 152.5 | ||
| AC | Paulo de Sene | 32 | Brazil | BRA | [100.0] | ||
| AC | Constantin Chiru | 22 | Romania | ROU | DNF | ||
| AC | Jeffrey Bryce | 32 | Great Britain | GBR | DNF |