Men Light Heavyweight 82.5kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 26th July

Men Light Heavyweight 82.5kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 26th July - Gold Medal: Yuri Vardanyan, Soviet Union

Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva. -- Competitors from -- nations.

Final Ranking		Total	wgt	Snatch	1.	2.	3.	Cl&Jrk	1.	2.	3.
1. Yurik Vardanyan	Soviet Union	400.0kg	81.70	177.5¹	165.0	172.5	177.5	222.5¹	205.0	215.5	222.5
2. Blagoi Blagoev	Bulgaria	372.5kg	81.60	175.0²	165.0	170.0	175.0	197.5⁵	192.5	197.5	---
3. Dusan Poliacik	Czechoslovakia	367.5kg	82.00	160.0³	155.0	~~160.0~~	160.0	207.5²	200.0	205.0	207.5
4. Jan Lisowski	Poland	355.0kg	81.85	150.0⁸	150.0	~~155.0~~	~~155.0~~	205.0³	197.5	205.0	~~210.0~~
5. Krasimir Drandarov	Bulgaria	355.0kg	81.95	150.0⁵	150.0	~~155.0~~	155.0	200.0⁴	200.0	~~205.0~~	~~212.5~~
6. Pawel Rabczewski	Poland	350.0kg	82.30	155.0⁶	155.0	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	195.0⁶	~~195.0~~	195.0	~~202.5~~
7. Detlef Blasche	East Germany	345.0kg	80.95	152.5⁷	~~152.5~~	152.5	~~157.5~~	192.5⁷	192.5	~~197.5~~	~~197.5~~
8. Juhani Avellan	Finland	332.5kg	82.35	150.0⁹	150.0	~~155.0~~	---	182.5¹⁰	~~182.5~~	182.5	~~190.0~~
9. Vladimir Zrnic	Yugoslavia	330.0kg	82.30	142.5¹³	137.5	~~142.5~~	142.5	187.5⁸	180.0	~~187.5~~	187.5
10.Stefan Jonsson	Sweden	327.5kg	82.35	142.5¹⁴	137.5	~~142.5~~	142.5	185.0⁹	180.0	185.0	~~187.5~~
11.Kader Talal Hassoun Abdul	Iraq	322.5kg	81.55	145.0¹¹	137.5	142.5	145.0	177.5¹¹	177.5	~~182.5~~	~~182.5~~
12.Erling Johansen	Denmark	317.5kg	81.40	147.5¹⁰	142.5	147.5	~~150.0~~	170.0¹⁴	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~
13.Stephen Pinsent	Great Britain	305.0kg	79.50	135.0¹⁵	~~135.0~~	135.0	~~140.0~~	170.0¹³	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~
14.Salem Ajjoub	Syria	302.5kg	82.50	127.5¹⁶	127.5	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~	175.0¹²	170.0	175.0	~~177.5~~
-. Dumitru Petre	Romania	NW	81.90	155.0⁴	155.0	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	0	~~190.0~~	~~190.0~~	~~190.0~~
-. Robert Kabbas	Australia	NW	81.60	142.5¹²	142.5	~~147.5~~	~~147.5~~	0	~~182.5~~	~~182.5~~	~~182.5~~
-. Thorsteinn Leifsson	Iceland	NW	82.40	125.0¹⁷	125.0	~~130.0~~	~~130.0~~	0	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~
-. Bertalan Mandzak	Hungary	NW	81.80	0	~~155.0~~	~~155.0~~	~~155.0~~	0	---	---	---
-. Serge Van Cottom	Belgium	NW	81.55	0	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~	0	---	---	---

There was no heavier favorite in the 1980 weightlifting tournament than Yurik Vardanyan (URS). Vardanyan held the world record, had not been defeated in three years, winning the 1977-79 World Championships, and also won lift gold medals in every lift at all three Worlds.
His gold medal in Moskva was won in dominant fashion, as he set world records in both lifts, and his world record total of 400.0 kg would have won the gold medal as a middle-heavyweight 90kg or a heavyweight 100 kg.
Blagoi Blagoev (BUL) won silver, fully 27.5 kg behind Vardanyan. In 1976 Blagoev had seemed to win the silver medal in this class, but was later disqualified for a doping positive.

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