Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

Men's 75 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Date	24 July
Competitors	16 from 14 nations
Medalists
01 ! Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria 02 ! Aleksandr Pervi  Soviet Union 03 ! Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	100 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

These are the results of the Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (– 75 kg) at the 1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in Moscow. A total of 16 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum body weight of 75 kilograms.

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 July 24 in the Izmailovo Sports Palace.^[1][2]

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
			1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
01 !	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	74.65	155	160	162.5	160	190	200	205	200	360
02 !	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	74.20	152.5	157.5	157.5	157.5	190	200	205	200	357.5
03 !	Nedelcho Kolev (BUL)	73.90	152.5	157.5	162.5	157.5	187.5	195	197.5	187.5	345
4	Julio Echenique (CUB)	73.35	145	150	150	145	182.5	187.5	187.5	182.5	327.5
5	Dragomir Ciorolan (ROU)	74.65	140	145	145	140	182.5	190	190	182.5	322.5
6	Tapio Kinnunen (FIN)	74.10	142.5	147.5	147.5	142.5	172.5	177.5	180	177.5	320
7	Bertil Sollevi (SWE)	74.75	130	135	137.5	137.5	172.5	177.5	177.5	172.5	310
8	Newton Burrowes (GBR)	74.85	130	135	135	130	167.5	172.5	172.5	172.5	302.5
9	Rogelio Weatherbee (MEX)	74.85	130	135	135	135	160	165	170	165	300
10	Vincenzo Pedicone (ITA)	73.70	130	130	135	130	160	165	167.5	165	295
11	Kevin Kennedy (GBR)	74.00	130	140	140	130	160	165	165	160	295
12	Dušan Mirković (YUG)	74.45	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	162.5	170	170	162.5	290
13	Damdinsürengiin Boldbayar (MGL)	73.90	127.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	155	162.5	162.5	155	282.5
14	Sampson Cosmas (NGR)	74.80	110	115	117.5	115	140	140	145	140	255
-	Günter Schliwka (GDR)	73.50	145	150	150	150	187.5	187.5	187.5	-	DNF
-	Mohamed Tarabulsi (LIB)	74.75	142.5	142.5	142.5	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

New records

Snatch[1]	160.0 kg	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	OR
Clean & Jerk[1][3]	200.0 kg	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	WR
Clean & Jerk[1][3]	205.0 kg	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	WR
Clean & Jerk[1][4]	205.5 kg	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	WR
Total[1][3]	357.5 kg	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	WR
Total[1][4]	360.0 kg	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	WR

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three. PDF. p. 334. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
2. ↑ Weightlifting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Middleweight. Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
3. 1 2 3 Aleksandr Pervy. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century. Lift Up. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
4. 1 2 Asen Zlatev. Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century. Lift Up. Retrieved 4 June 2015.