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Weightlifting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games:

Men's Heavyweight II

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Games: Next Summer Games

Events:
Phases:

Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union
Venue(s): Izmaylovo Palace of Sports, Moskva
Date Started: July 29, 1980
Date Finished: July 29, 1980
Format: Total of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Gold: URS Leonid Taranenko
Silver: BUL Valentin Khristov
Bronze: HUN György Szalai

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal K
1 Leonid Taranenko 24 Soviet Union URS Gold 422.5 WR
2 Valentin Khristov 24 Bulgaria BUL Silver 405.0
3 György Szalai 29 Hungary HUN Bronze 390.0
4 Leif Nilsson 27 Sweden SWE 380.0
5 Vinzenz Hörtnagl 32 Austria AUT 372.5
6 Ştefan Taşnadi 27 Romania ROU 360.0
7 Don Mitchell 25 Australia AUS 352.5
8 Dimitrios Zarzavatsidis 24 Greece GRE 347.5
9 Viktor Sirkiä 31 Finland FIN 342.5
10 Andy Drzewiecki 32 Great Britain GBR 320.0
11 Ali Abdul Kader Maneer Iraq IRQ 300.0
12 Mario Rodríguez Dominican Republic DOM 287.5
AC Pavel Khek 22 Czechoslovakia TCH DNF