Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

These are the results of the Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (– 75 kg) at the 1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in Moscow. A total of 16 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum body weight of 75 kilograms.

Men's 75 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Date	24 July 1980
Competitors	16 from 14 nations
Medalists
Asen Zlatev  Bulgaria Aleksandr Pervi  Soviet Union Nedelcho Kolev  Bulgaria
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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 24 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
	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	74.65	155	160	162.5	160	190	200	205	200	360
	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	74.20	152.5	157.5	157.5	157.5	190	200	205	200	357.5
	Nedelcho Kolev (BUL)	73.90	152.5	157.5	162.5	157.5	187.5	195	197.5	187.5	345
4	Julio Echenique (CUB)	73.35	145	150	150	145	182.5	187.5	187.5	182.5	327.5
5	Dragomir Cioroslan (ROU)	74.65	140	145	145	140	182.5	190	190	182.5	322.5
6	Tapio Kinnunen (FIN)	74.10	142.5	147.5	147.5	142.5	172.5	177.5	180	177.5	320
7	Bertil Sollevi (SWE)	74.75	130	135	137.5	137.5	172.5	177.5	177.5	172.5	310
8	Newton Burrowes (GBR)	74.85	130	135	135	130	167.5	172.5	172.5	172.5	302.5
9	Rogelio Weatherbee (MEX)	74.85	130	135	135	135	160	165	170	165	300
10	Vincenzo Pedicone (ITA)	73.70	130	130	135	130	160	165	167.5	165	295
11	Kevin Kennedy (GBR)	74.00	130	140	140	130	160	165	165	160	295
12	Dušan Mirković (YUG)	74.45	127.5	132.5	132.5	127.5	162.5	170	170	162.5	290
13	Damdinsürengiin Boldbayar (MGL)	73.90	127.5	127.5	127.5	127.5	155	162.5	162.5	155	282.5
14	Sampson Cosmas (NGR)	74.80	110	115	117.5	115	140	140	145	140	255
-	Günter Schliwka (GDR)	73.50	145	150	150	150	187.5	187.5	187.5	-	DNF
-	Mohamed Tarabulsi (LIB)	74.75	142.5	142.5	142.5	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

New records

Snatch[1]	160.0 kg	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	OR
Clean & Jerk[1][3]	200.0 kg	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	WR
Clean & Jerk[1][3]	205.0 kg	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	WR
Clean & Jerk[1][4]	205.5 kg	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	WR
Total[1][3]	357.5 kg	Aleksandr Pervi (URS)	WR
Total[1][4]	360.0 kg	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	WR