Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 kg

These are the results of the Men's Heavyweight I Weightlifting Event (– 100 kg) at the 1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in Moscow. A total of 18 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum body weight of 100 kilograms.

Men's 100 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Date	28 July 1980
Competitors	18 from 16 nations
Medalists
Ota Zaremba  Czechoslovakia Igor Nikitin  Soviet Union Alberto Blanco  Cuba
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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 28 July 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
	Ota Zaremba (TCH)	99.15	175	180	180	180	205	210	215	215	395
	Igor Nikitin (URS)	99.25	167.5	175	177.5	177.5	210	215	220	215	392.5
	Alberto Blanco (CUB)	98.15	167.5	172.5	175	172.5	207.5	212.5	220	212.5	385
4	Michael Henning (GDR)	98.35	165	170	170	165	212.5	217.5	222.5	217.5	382.5
5	János Sólyomvári (HUN)	98.25	175	175	180	175	205	205	212.5	205	380
6	Manfred Funke (GDR)	98.65	170	175	175	170	207.5	212.5	212.5	207.5	377.5
7	Anton Baraniak (TCH)	98.90	160	160	165	165	210	217.5	217.5	210	375
8	László Varga (HUN)	97.15	167.5	172.5	175	172.5	195	200	200	195	367.5
9	Michael Persson (SWE)	97.90	152.5	157.5	160	160	192.5	197.5	200	200	360
10	Pekka Niemi (FIN)	99.35	150	155	155	155	192.5	192.5	207.5	192.5	347.5
11	John Burns (GBR)	99.80	157.5	157.5	162.5	157.5	180	190	190	180	337.5
12	Birgir Borgþórsson (ISL)	95.95	142.5	147.5	150	147.5	182.5	187.5	187.5	182.5	330
13	Omar Yousfi (ALG)	98.55	132.5	132.5	140	140	172.5	180	185	180	320
14	Addison Dale (ZIM)	91.35	100	105	105	100	125	130	130	125	225
-	Plamen Asparukhov (BUL)	99.60	170	175	175	170	205	205	205	-	DNF
-	Raef Ftouni (LIB)	96.40	132.5	132.5	140	140	170	170	170	-	DNF
-	Franz Strizik (AUT)	98.55	155	155	155	-	-	-	-	-	DNF
-	Michel Broillet (SUI)	95.10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	—

New records

Snatch[1]	180.0 kg	Ota Zaremba (TCH)	OR
Clean & Jerk[1]	217.5 kg	Michael Henning (GDR)	OR
Total[1]	395.0 kg	Ota Zaremba (TCH)	OR