Men First Heavyweight 56kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 28th July - Gold Medal: Ota Zaremba, Czechoslovakia
Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva. -- Competitors from -- nations.
Final Ranking
Total
wgt
Snatch
1.
2.
3.
Cl&Jrk
1.
2.
3.
1. Ota Zaremba
Czechoslovakia
395.0kg
99.15
180.01
175.0
180.0
180.0
215.02
205.0
210.0
215.0
2. Igor Nikitin
Soviet Union
392.5kg
99.25
177.52
167.5
175.0
177.5
215.03
210.0
215.0
220.0
3. Alberto Blanco Fernandez
Cuba
385.0kg
98.15
172.55
167.5
172.5
175.0
212.54
207.5
212.5
215.0
4. Michael Hennig
East Germany
382.5kg
98.35
165.08
165.0
170.0
170.0
217.51
212.5
217.5
222.5
5. Janos Solyomvari
Hungary
380.0kg
98.25
175.03
175.0
175.0
180.0
205.07
205.0
205.0
212.5
6. Manfred Funke
East Germany
377.5kg
98.65
170.06
170.0
175.0
175.0
207.56
207.5
212.5
212.5
7. Anton Baraniak
Czechoslovakia
375.0kg
98.90
165.09
160.0
160.0
165.0
210.05
210.0
217.5
217.5
8. Laszlo Varga
Hungary
367.5kg
97.15
172.54
167.5
172.5
175.0
195.09
195.0
200.0
200.0
9. Kalie Persson
Sweden
360.0kg
97.90
160.010
152.5
157.5
160.0
200.08
192.5
197.5
200.0
10.Pekka Niemi
Finland
347.5kg
99.35
155.012
150.0
155.0
155.0
192.510
192.5
192.5
207.5
11.John Burns
Great Britain
337.5kg
99.80
157.511
157.5
157.5
162.5
180.013
180.0
190.0
190.0
12.Birgir Thor Borgthorsson
Iceland
330.0kg
95.95
147.513
142.5
147.5
150.0
182.511
182.5
187.5
187.5
13.Omar Yousfi
Algeria
320.0kg
98.55
140.015
132.5
132.5
140.0
180.012
172.5
180.0
185.0
14.Brian Dale Addison
Yemen
225.0kg
91.35
100.016
100.0
105.0
105.0
125.014
125.0
130.0
130.0
-. Plamen Asparukhov
Bulgaria
NW
99.60
170.07
170.0
175.0
175.0
0
205.0
205.0
205.0
-. Raef Ftouni
Libya
NW
96.40
140.014
132.5
132.5
140.0
0
170.0
170.0
170.0
-. Franz Strizik
Austria
NW
98.55
0
155.0
155.0
155.0
0
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-. Michel Broillet
Switzerland
NW
95.10
0
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This was the first time this class was held at the Olympics, although it had been contested at the World Championships in 1977-79.
The only medalist from those three Worlds that competed in the class at Moskva was Alberto Blanco (CUB), bronze medalist in 1979. He would also win bronze at the 1980 Olympics, trailing the gold medalist Ota Zaremba (TCH), who had won a silver medal in the snatch at the 1979 Worlds.
The silver medal went to Igor Nikitin (URS), who had also won a silver at the 1978 European Championships.