Men Middleweight 75kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 24th July

Men Middleweight 75kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 24th July - Gold Medal: Asen Zlatev, Bulgaria

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

Final Ranking		Total	wgt	Snatch	1.	2.	3.	Cl&Jrk	1.	2.	3.
1. Asen Zlatev	Bulgaria	360.0kg	74.65	160.0¹	155.0	160.0	~~162.5~~	200.0²	190.0	200.0	~~205.0~~
2. Alexander Pervy	Soviet Union	357.5kg	74.20	152.5³	152.5	~~157.5~~	157.5	200.0¹	190.0	200.0	~~205.0~~
3. Nedelcho Kolev	Bulgaria	345.0kg	73.90	157.5²	152.5	157.5	~~162.5~~	187.5³	187.5	~~195.0~~	~~197.5~~
4. Julio Echenique	Cuba	327.5kg	73.35	145.0⁵	145.0	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	182.5⁴	182.5	~~187.5~~	~~187.5~~
5. Dragomir Cioroslan	Romania	322.5kg	74.65	140.0⁷	140.0	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	182.5⁵	182.5	~~190.0~~	~~190.0~~
6. Tapio Kinnunen	Finland	320.0kg	74.10	142.5⁶	142.5	~~147.5~~	~~147.5~~	177.5⁶	172.5	177.5	~~180.0~~
7. Bertil Sollevi	Sweden	310.0kg	74.75	137.5⁸	130.0	135.0	137.5	177.5⁷	172.5	~~177.5~~	~~177.5~~
8. Newton Burrowes	Great Britain	302.5kg	74.85	130.0¹²	130.0	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	172.5⁸	167.5	~~172.5~~	172.5
9. Rogelio Weatherbee	Mexico	300.0kg	74.85	135.0¹⁰	130.0	~~135.0~~	135.0	165.0¹⁰	160.0	165.0	~~167.5~~
10.Vincenzo Pedicone	Italy	295.0kg	73.70	130.0¹¹	~~130.0~~	130.0	~~135.0~~	165.0⁹	160.0	165.0	~~170.0~~
11.Kevin Kennedy	Great Britain	295.0kg	74.00	135.0⁹	~~135.0~~	135.0	~~140.0~~	160.0¹²	160.0	~~165.0~~	~~165.0~~
12.Dusan Mirkovic	Yugoslavia	290.0kg	74.45	127.5¹⁴	127.5	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~	162.5¹¹	162.5	~~170.0~~	~~170.0~~
13.Damdinsuren Boldbayar	Mongolia	282.5kg	73.90	127.5¹³	~~127.5~~	~~127.5~~	127.5	155.0¹³	155.0	~~162.5~~	~~162.5~~
14.Sampson Cosmas	Nigeria	255.0kg	74.80	115.0¹⁵	110.0	115.0	~~117.5~~	140.0¹⁴	~~140.0~~	140.0	~~145.0~~
-. Gunther Schliwka	East Germany	NW	73.50	150.0⁴	145.0	~~150.0~~	150.0	0	~~187.5~~	~~187.5~~	~~187.5~~
-. Zoneir Kheir Mohamed Trabulsi	Lebanon	NW	74.75	0	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~	~~142.5~~	0	---	---	---

Tony Urrutia (CUB) had won the World Championships in 1977-79 and should have been the favorite, but at a meet in Mexico City in early 1980, Urrutia used his bedsheets to climb out his bedroom window, escape from the Cuban team, and defected to the United States.
He had been sixth in the Olympics as a lightweight in 1976, and would compete again in the Olympics, but in 1988-92 for the United States.
In his absence, the gold medal went to the Bulgarian world record holder Asen Zlatev, who bettered his own world record with 360.0 kg. Silver went to Soviet Ukrainian Oleksander Perviy, while bronze was won by Zlatev's teamate Nedelcho Kolev.

2024 89kg: Karlos Nasar (BUL)

2020 81kg: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)

2016 77kg: vacant

2012 77kg: Lü Xiaojun (CHN)

2008 77kg: Sa Jae-hyouk (KOR)

2004 77kg: Taner Sağır (TUR)

2000 77kg: Zhan Xugang (CHN)

1996 76kg: Pablo Lara (CUB)

1992 75kg: Tudor Casapu (EUN)

_ 1988 Weightlifting Men Middleweight 75kg: Borislav Gidikov (BUL)

_ 1984 Weightlifting Men Middleweight 75kg: Karl-Heinz Radschinsky (FRG)

_ 1980 Weightlifting Men Middleweight 75kg: Asen Zlatev (BUL)