Men Super Heavyweight over 110kg Weightlifting XXII Olympic Games 1980 Moskva, Soviet Union - 30th July - Gold Medal: Sultan Rakhmanov, 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. Sultan Rakhmanov
Soviet Union
440.0kg
145.25
195.01
185.0
190.0
195.0
245.01
230.0
237.0
245.0
2. Jurgen Heuser
East Germany
410.0kg
133.95
182.53
182.5
182.5
187.5
227.53
227.5
227.5
242.5
3. Tadeusz Rutkowski
Poland
407.5kg
124.90
180.04
175.0
180.0
182.5
227.52
222.5
227.5
230.0
4. Rudolf Strejcek
Czechoslovakia
402.5kg
133.10
182.52
182.5
187.5
187.5
220.04
220.0
225.0
225.0
5. Boguslav Braum
Czechoslovakia
397.5kg
148.50
180.05
180.0
180.0
180.0
217.56
212.5
217.5
222.5
6. Francisco Mendez
Cuba
395.0kg
134.30
175.06
175.0
180.0
180.0
220.05
220.0
230.0
230.0
7. Robert Skolimowski
Poland
385.0kg
148.50
175.07
175.0
175.0
180.0
210.08
210.0
222.5
222.5
8. Talal Najjar
Syria
367.5kg
133.30
157.59
145.0
152.5
157.5
210.07
200.0
205.0
210.0
-. Jouko Leppa
Finland
NW
149.70
160.08
150.0
155.0
160.0
0
210.0
210.0
210.0
-. Vasili Alexeev
Soviet Union
NW
161.80
0
180.0
180.0
180.0
0
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-. Marin Parapancea
Romania
NW
115.30
170.0
170.0
170.0
0
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-. Gerardo Fernandez
Cuba
NW
128.00
170.0
170.0
170.0
0
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The last two gold medals at had been won by Vasily Alekseyev (URS) who also won the 1977 World Championships.
Alekseyev was injured at the 1978 Worlds and did not compete internationally until he was listed on the Soviet team for the 1980 Olympics. He was expected to be challenged by his teammate Sultan Rakhmanov, the 1979 World Champion.
In the snatch, Rakhmanov hoisted an Olympic record 195.0 kg, but Alekseyev failed on all three attempts, and his weightlifting career was over. Rakhmanov also had the best clean & jerk, with 245.0 kg, winning the gold medal by equalling Alekseyev's Olympic record total of 440.0 kg.
The silver went to Jurgen Heuser (GDR), the 1978 World Champion, while the bronze was won by Tadeusz Rutkowski (POL), who had also won an Olympic bronze medal in 1976 in the heavyweight class 110 kg.
Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Cuba
Syria
Finland
Romania