Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg

Men's 110 kg at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Izmailovo Sports Palace
Date	29 July
Competitors	13 from 13 nations
Medalists
Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union Valentin Khristov  Bulgaria György Szalai  Hungary

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	100 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

These are the results of the Men's Heavyweight II Weightlifting Event (– 110 kg) at the 1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in Moscow. A total of 13 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum body weight of 110 kilograms.

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 July 29 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
	Leonid Taranenko (URS)	109.90	182.5	182.5	190	182.5	220	235	240	240	422.5
	Valentin Khristov (BUL)	109.55	177.5	182.5	185	185	220	235	235	220	405
	György Szalai (HUN)	108.10	167.5	167.5	172.5	172.5	212.5	217.5	225	217.5	390
4	Leif Nilsson (SWE)	108.70	167.5	167.5	172.5	167.5	212.5	212.5	225	212.5	380
5	Vinzenz Hörtnagl (AUT)	108.50	165	170	172.5	170	202.5	210	210	202.5	372.5
6	Ştefan Taşnadi (ROU)	108.45	165	170	170	165	195	207.5	207.5	195	360
7	Donald Mitchell (AUS)	109.10	157.5	162.5	167.5	162.5	185	190	190	190	352.5
8	Dimitrios Zarzavatsidis (GRE)	109.20	150	155	160	155	192.5	200	200	192.5	347.5
9	Viktor Sirkiä (FIN)	109.50	150	155	155	150	192.5	192.5	192.5	192.5	342.5
10	Andy Drzewiecki (GBR)	107.05	140	140	145	140	175	180	185	180	320
11	Ali Abdul Kader Maneer (IRQ)	101.90	135	145	145	135	160	165	-	165	300
12	Mario Rodríguez (DOM)	106.05	117.5	125	135	125	155	162.5	170	162.5	287.5
-	Pavel Khek (TCH)	108.90	175	175	177.5	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

New records

Snatch[1]	185.0 kg	Valentin Khristov (BUL)	OR
Clean & Jerk[1][3]	240.0 kg	Leonid Taranenko (URS)	WR
Total[1][3]	422.5 kg	Leonid Taranenko (URS)	WR

References

1. The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three. PDF. p. 339. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
2. Weightlifting at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight II. Sports Reference. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
3. Leonid Taranenko, Top Olympic Lifters of the 20th Century. Lift Up. Retrieved 6 June 2015.