Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the VI Paralympic Games
Paralympic Weightlifting
Competitors	58 from 18 nations
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Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of eleven events for men.^[1]

Participating nations[]

There were 58 male competitors representing 18 nations.^[2]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

There were 18 medal winners representing nine nations.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	2	0	6
2	France (FRA)	3	4	3	10
3	Israel (ISR)	2	0	1	3
4	Poland (POL)	1	2	2	5
5	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	0	1
6	United States (USA)	0	2	0	2
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
8	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		11	10	10	31

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's light-featherweight -51 kg paraplegic details	Israel	Poland	France
Men's featherweight -57 kg amputee details	Indonesia	None	None
Men's featherweight -57 kg paraplegic details	Benny Nilsson  Sweden	France	Poland
Men's lightweight -65 kg amputee	Chorrihons  France	France	Barry Kalms  Australia
Men's lightweight -65 kg paraplegic	Poland	United States	Poland
Men's middleweight -75 kg amputee	France	Sweden	Iceland
Men's middleweight -75 kg paraplegic	France	Edward Coyle  United States	Brian McNicholl  Australia
Men's light-heavyweight -85 kg amputee	Sweden	France	Belgium
Men's light-heavyweight -85 kg paraplegic	Israel	Ryszard Tomaszewski  Poland	France
Men's heavyweight +85 kg amputee	Sweden	Sweden	France
Men's heavyweight +85 kg paraplegic	Sweden	France	Israel

References[]

• Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Paralympics (Arnhem) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)