Men Lightweight 67.5kg Weightlifting Olympic Games Moskva (URS) 1980 - 23th July, Gold Medal:
Venue: Izamiolovo Palace of Sports, Moskva.
Final Ranking
Total
Snatch
Cl.&Jrk
age
1. Yanko Rusev
BUL
342.5kg WR
147.5 OR
195.0 WR
21
2. Joachim Kunz
GDR
335.0kg
145.0
190.0
21
3. Mincho Pashov
BUL
325.0kg
142.5
182.5
18
4. Daniel Senet
FRA
322.5kg
147.5 OR
175.0
27
5. Gunter Ambraß
GDR
320.0kg
140.0
180.0
24
6. Zbigniew Kaczmarek
POL
317.5kg
140.0
177.5
33
7. Raúl González
CUB
317.5kg
145.0
172.5
23
8. Virgil Dociu
ROU
310.0kg
140.0
170.0
26
9. Dušan Drška
TCH
290.0kg
130.0
160.0
27
10.Juhani Salakka
FIN
282.5kg
130.0
152.5
29
11.Bill Stellios
AUS
282.5kg
122.5
160.0
21
12.Nicolas Lasorsa
FRA
280.0kg
125.0
155.0
26
13.Li Gwang-Ju
PRK
280.0kg
125.0
155.0
27
14.Leo Isaac
GBR
275.0kg
117.5
157.5
25
15.Pavlos Lespouridis
GRE
270.0kg
120.0
150.0
21
16.Walter Legel
AUT
270.0kg
120.0
150.0
40
17.Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed
IRQ
270.0kg
120.0
150.0
17
18.Alan Winterbourne
GBR
267.5kg
117.5
150.0
33
19.Andrés Santoyo
MEX
260.0kg
115.0
145.0
28
20.Sergio De Luca
SMR
255.0kg
110.0
145.0
24
Yanko Rusev (BUL) came in as the favorite as the world record holder and 1978-79 World Champion.
Rusev took the lead with a snatch of 147.5 kg, matched by Daniel Senet (FRA), but Rusev`s world record clean & jerk of 195.0 kg brought him the expected gold medal, and a world record total of 342.5 kg.
Senet dropped off the podium, with Joachim Kunz (GDR) winning silver and Mincho Pachov (BUL) the bronze.
None would compete in 1984 because of the Soviet-led boycott, but Kunz would return and win the gold medal in this class at Seoul in 1988.