| Event: | Weightlifting |
| Games: | 1980 Summer |
| Venue: | Izmailovo Sports Palace |
| Dates: | 20–30 July 1980 |
| Competitors: | 172 |
| Nations: | 39 |
| Prev: | 1976 |
| Next: | 1984 |
Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by ten events (all - men's individual), held between 20 and 30 July at the Izmailovo Sports Palace, situated alongside the Izmailovo Park (eastern part of Moscow).[1]
| 52 kg | ||||
| 56 kg | ||||
| 60 kg | ||||
| 67.5 kg | ||||
| 75 kg | ||||
| 82.5 kg | ||||
| 90 kg | ||||
| 100 kg | ||||
| 110 kg | ||||
| +110 kg |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Kanybek Osmonaliyev | USSR | 107.5 | 137.5 | 245.0 (OR) | |
| 2 | Ho Bong Chol | DPR Korea | 110.0 | 135.0 | 245.0 | |
| 3 | Gyong Si Han | DPR Korea | 110.0 | 135.0 | 245.0 | |
| 4 | Bela Olah | Hungary | 110.0 | 135.0 | 245.0 | |
| 5 | Stefan Leletko | Poland | 105.0 | 135.0 | 240.0 | |
| 6 | Ferenc Hornyak | Hungary | 107.5 | 130.0 | 237.5 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Daniel Núñez | Cuba | 125.0 | 150.0 | 275.0 (WR, OR) | |
| 2 | Yurik Sarkisyan | USSR | 112.5 | 157.5 | 270.0 (JWR) | |
| 3 | Tadeusz Dembonczyk | Poland | 120.0 | 145.0 | 265.0 | |
| 4 | Andreas Letz | GDR | 115.0 | 150.0 | 265.0 | |
| 5 | Eui Yong Yang | D.P.R.Korea | 112.5 | 150.0 | 262.5 | |
| 6 | Imre Stefanovics | Hungary | 115.0 | 145.0 | 260.0 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Viktor Mazin | USSR | 130.0 | 160.0 | 290.0 (OR) | |
| 2 | Stefan Dimitrov | Bulgaria | 127.5 | 160.0 | 287.5 | |
| 3 | Marek Seweryn | Poland | 127.5 | 155.0 | 282.5 | |
| 4 | Antoni Pawlak | Poland | 120.0 | 155.0 | 275.0 | |
| 5 | Julio Loscos | Cuba | 125.0 | 150.0 | 275.0 | |
| 6 | Frantisek Nedved | Czechoslovakia | 122.5 | 150.0 | 272.5 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Yanko Rusev | Bulgaria | 147.5 | 195.0 | 342.5 (WR, OR) | |
| 2 | Joachim Kunz | GDR | 145.0 | 190.0 | 335.0 | |
| 3 | Mincho Pachov | Bulgaria | 142.5 | 182.5 | 325.0 | |
| 4 | Daniel Senet | France | 147.5 | 175.0 | 322.5 | |
| 5 | Gunter Ambrass | GDR | 140.0 | 180.0 | 320.0 | |
| 6 | Zbigniew Kaczmarek | Poland | 140.0 | 177.5 | 317.5 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Asen Zlatev | Bulgaria | 160.0 | 200.0 | 360.0 (WR, OR) | |
| 2 | Aleksandr Pervi | USSR | 157.5 | 200.0 | 357.5 | |
| 3 | Nedeltcho Kolev | Bulgaria | 157.5 | 187.5 | 345.0 | |
| 4 | Julio Echenique | Cuba | 145.0 | 182.5 | 327.5 | |
| 5 | Oragomir Ciorolan | Romania | 140.0 | 182.5 | 322.5 | |
| 6 | Tapio Kinnunen | Finland | 142.5 | 177.5 | 320.0 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Yurik Vardanyan | USSR | 177.5 | 222.5 | 400.0 (WR, OR) | |
| 2 | Blagoi Blagoev | Bulgaria | 175.0 | 197.5 | 372.5 | |
| 3 | Dusan Poliacik | Czechoslovakia | 160.0 | 207.5 | 367.5 | |
| 4 | Jan Lisowski | Poland | 150.0 | 205.0 | 355.0 | |
| 5 | Krasimir Drandarov | Bulgaria | 155.0 | 200.0 | 355.0 | |
| 6 | Pawel Rabczewski | Poland | 155.0 | 195.0 | 350.0 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total |
| 1 | Peter Baczako | Hungary | 170.0 | 207.5 | 377.5 |
| 2 | Rumen Aleksandrov | Bulgaria | 170.0 | 205.0 | 375.0 |
| 3 | Frank Mantek | GDR | 165.0 | 205.0 | 370.0 |
| 4 | Dalibor Řehak | Czechoslovakia | 165.0 | 200.0 | 365.0 |
| 5 | Witold Walo | Poland | 160.0 | 200.0 | 360.0 |
| 6 | Lubomir Sršeň | Czechoslovakia | 160.0 | 197.5 | 357.5 |
| 7 | Vasile Groapă | Romania | 160.0 | 195.0 | 355.0 |
| 8 | Nikolaos Iliadis | Greece | 150.0 | 195.0 | 345.0 |
| 9 | Gary Langford | Great Britain | 150.0 | 180.0 | 330.0 |
| 10 | Norberto Oberburger | Italy | 147.5 | 167.5 | 315.0 |
| 11 | Luis Rosito | Guatemala | 132.5 | 175.0 | 322.5 |
| 12 | Victor Ruiz | Mexico | 135.0 | 165.0 | 300.0 |
| 13 | Guðmundur Helgason | Iceland | 135.0 | 160.0 | 295.0 |
| - | David Rigert | USSR | 0 | - | NM |
| - | Hugo De Grauwe | Belgium | 0 | - | NM |
| - | Sann Myint | Burma | 0 | - | NM |
| - | Ferenc Antalovics | Hungary | 165.0 | 0 | NM |
| - | Luigi Fratangelo | Australia | 142.0 | 0 | NM |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Ota Zaremba | Czechoslovakia | 180.0 | 215.0 | 395.0 (OR) | |
| 2 | Igor Nikitin | USSR | 177.5 | 215.0 | 392.5 | |
| 3 | Alberto Blanco | Cuba | 172.5 | 212.5 | 385.0 | |
| 4 | Michael Hennig | GDR | 165.0 | 217.5 | 382.5 | |
| 5 | Janos Solyomvari | Hungary | 175.0 | 205.0 | 380.0 | |
| 6 | Manfred Funke | GDR | 170.0 | 207.5 | 377.5 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Leonid Taranenko | USSR | 182.5 | 240.0 | 422.5 (WR, OR) | |
| 2 | Valentin Khristov | Bulgaria | 185.0 | 220.0 | 405.0 | |
| 3 | György Szalai | Hungary | 172.5 | 217.5 | 390.0 | |
| 4 | Leif Nilsson | Sweden | 167.5 | 212.5 | 380.0 | |
| 5 | Vinzenz Hortnagl | Austria | 170.0 | 202.5 | 372.5 | |
| 6 | Stefan Tasnadi | Romania | 165.0 | 195.0 | 360.0 |
| Final Rank | Athlete | Country | Snatch | Cl.&J | Total | |
| 1 | Sultan Rakhmanov | USSR | 195.0 | 245.0 | 440.0 | |
| 2 | Jurgen Heuser | GDR | 182.5 | 227.5 | 410.0 | |
| 3 | Tadeusz Rutkowski | Poland | 180.0 | 227.5 | 407.5 | |
| 4 | Rudolf Strejcek | Czechoslovakia | 182.5 | 220.0 | 402.5 | |
| 5 | Bohuslav Braum | Czechoslovakia | 180.0 | 217.5 | 397.5 | |
| 6 | Francisco Mendez | Cuba | 175.0 | 220.0 | 395.0 |
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