| Date | 21 July 1980 |
|---|---|
| Location | Dvorets sporta Izmaylovo, Moskva |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yurik Sarkisyan |  URS | 157.5 | |||
| =2 | Daniel Núñez |  CUB | 150.0 | |||
| =2 | Andreas Letz |  GDR | 150.0 | |||
| =2 | Yang Eui-Yong |  PRK | 150.0 | |||
| =5 | Tadeusz Dembończyk |  POL | 145.0 | |||
| =5 | Imre Stefanovics |  HUN | 145.0 | |||
| 7 | Gheorghe Maftei |  ROU | 142.5 | |||
| =8 | Petre Pavel | ROU | 140.0 | |||
| =8 | Ioannis Sidiropoulos |  GRE | 140.0 | |||
| 10 | Choe Jong-Sop | PRK | 137.5 | |||
| =11 | Ahmed Tarbi |  ALG | 135.0 | |||
| =11 | Abdul Karim Gizar |  IRQ | 135.0 | |||
| =13 | Arvo Ojalehto |  FIN | 132.5 | |||
| =13 | Johnny Helsing |  SWE | 132.5 | |||
| 15 | Pertti Torikka | SWE | 130.0 | |||
| 16 | Lorry Orsini |  AUS | 125.0 | |||
| 17 | Ali Shalabi |  LBA | 120.0 | |||
| 18 | Ashok Kumar Karki |  NEP | 80.0 | |||
| György Kőszegi | HUN | – | ||||
| Bruno Lebrun |  FRA | – | ||||
| Tamil Selwan Muniswamy |  IND | – |
