1980 European Weightlifting Championships

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The 1980 European Weightlifting Championships were held at the Pinki Hall in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia from April 26 to May 4, 1980. This was the 59th edition of the event. There were 156 men in action from 26 nations.

Medal summary[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	107.5 kg	Stefan Leletko  Poland	102.5 kg	Jacek Gutowski  Poland	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Stefan Leletko  Poland	135.0 kg	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	132.5 kg	Jacek Gutowski  Poland	122.5 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Stefan Leletko  Poland	237.5 kg	Jacek Gutowski  Poland	225.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Soviet Union	117.5 kg	Bulgaria	115.0 kg	Andreas Letz  East Germany	110.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Andreas Letz  East Germany	147.5 kg	Soviet Union	145.0 kg	Frank Mavius  East Germany	145.0 kg
Total	Soviet Union	262.5 kg	Andreas Letz  East Germany	257.5 kg	Frank Mavius  East Germany	255.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	127.5 kg	Poland	125.0 kg	Poland	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	157.5 kg	Gelu Radu  Romania	150.0 kg
Total	Stefan Dimitrov  Bulgaria	285.0 kg	Yurik Sarkisyan  Soviet Union	280.0 kg	Poland	275.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	147.5 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	140.0 kg	Daniel Senet  France	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	190.0 kg WR	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	175.0 kg	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky  West Germany	175.0 kg
Total	Yanko Rusev  Bulgaria	337.5 kg WR	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	315.0 kg	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky  West Germany	312.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	160.0 kg	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	157.5 kg	Aleksandr Pervy  Soviet Union	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	197.5 kg WR	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	192.5 kg	Aleksandr Pervy  Soviet Union	192.5 kg
Total	Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria	355.0 kg WR	Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria	347.5 kg	Aleksandr Pervy  Soviet Union	347.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Poland	157.5 kg	Poland	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	200.0 kg	West Germany	192.5 kg	Norbert Bergmann  West Germany	192.5 kg
Total	Yurik Vardanyan  Soviet Union	367.5 kg	Detlef Blasche  East Germany	345.0 kg	West Germany	342.5 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	175.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	215.0 kg	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	215.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	212.5 kg
Total	Rumen Aleksandrov  Bulgaria	390.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	382.5 kg	Gennady Bessonov  Soviet Union	382.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Hungary	172.5 kg	László Varga  Hungary	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Michael Hennig  East Germany	210.0 kg	Plamen Asparukhov  Bulgaria	202.5 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	387.5 kg	Michael Hennig  East Germany	372.5 kg	Plamen Asparukhov  Bulgaria	370.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	190.0 kg WR	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	175.0 kg	Pavel Khek  Czechoslovakia	175.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	230.0 kg	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	227.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	217.5 kg
Total	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	420.0 kg WR	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	402.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	390.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	190.0 kg	Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Rudolf Strejček  Czechoslovakia	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	232.5 kg	Bulgaria	232.5 kg
Total	Sultan Rakhmanov  Soviet Union	430.0 kg	Bulgaria	417.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	407.5 kg

Medal table[]

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	2	2	10
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	3	1	8
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	4	3	7
4	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
5	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 nations)		10	10	10	30

References[]

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• М. Л. Аптекарь. «Тяжёлая атлетика. Справочник.» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — 416 с. (in Russian)