These are the results of the Men's Middleweight Weightlifting Event (– 75 kg) at the
1980 Olympic Weightlifting competition in
Moscow
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. A total of 16 men competed in this event, limited to competitors with a maximum
body weight of 75 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 24 July in the
Izmailovo Sports Palace
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.
Results
New records
References
[The Official Report of the Games of the XXII Olympiad Moscow 1980 Volume Three]
PDF
p. 334. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
Sports Reference. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
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Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics