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Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men

Date24 July 1980 — 14:00-19:00
StatusOlympic
LocationDvorets sporta Izmaylovo, Moskva
Participants16 from 14 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Cuban Tony Urrutia had won the World Championships in 1977-79 and should have been the favorite, but at a meet in Mexico City in early 1980, Urrutia used his bedsheets to climb out his bedroom window, escape from the Cuban team, and defected to the United States. He had been sixth in the Olympics as a lightweight in 1976, and would compete again in the Olympics, but in 1988-92 for the United States.

In his absence, the gold medal went to the Bulgarian world record holder Asen Zlatev, who bettered his own world record with 360.0 kg. Silver went to Soviet Ukrainian Oleksander Perviy, while bronze was won by Zlatev’s teamate Nedelcho Kolev.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Asen ZlatevBUL360.0WRGold
2Aleksandr PervyURS357.5WRSilver
3Nedelcho KolevBUL345.0Bronze
4Julio EcheniqueCUB327.5
5Dragomir CioroslanROU322.5
6Tapio KinnunenFIN320.0
7Bertil SolleviSWE310.0
8Newton BurrowesGBR302.5
9Rogelio WeatherbeeMEX300.0
10Vincenzo PediconeITA295.0
11Kevin Welch-KennedyGBR295.0
12Dušan MirkovićYUG290.0
13Damdinsürengiin BoldbayarMGL282.5
14Sampson CosmasNGR255.0
ACGünter SchliwkaGDR150.0
DNFMohamed Kheir TarabulsiLBN