Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Paralympics consisted of eleven events for men.[1]

Weightlifting
at the VI Paralympic Games
Paralympic Weightlifting
Competitors58 from 18 nations

Participating nations

There were 58 male competitors representing 18 nations.[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

There were 18 medal winners representing nine nations.[3]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Sweden (SWE)4206
2 France (FRA)34310
3 Israel (ISR)2013
4 Poland (POL)1225
5 Indonesia (INA)1001
6 United States (USA)0202
7 Australia (AUS)0022
8 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Iceland (ISL)0011
Totals (9 nations)11101031

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's light-featherweight
-51 kg paraplegic

Shmuel Haimovitz
 Israel
Eugeniusz Skarupa
 Poland
Jean-Michel Barberane
 France
Men's featherweight
-57 kg amputee

R. S. Arlen
 Indonesia
None None
Men's featherweight
-57 kg paraplegic

Benny Nilsson
 Sweden
Joseph Ponnier
 France
Zdzislaw Kolodziej
 Poland
Men's lightweight
-65 kg amputee

Chorrihons
 France
B. Dersigneri
 France
Barry Kalms
 Australia
Men's lightweight
-65 kg paraplegic

Jerzy Kuskowski
 Poland
Charles Roedelbronn
 United States
Bogdan Lis
 Poland
Men's middleweight
-75 kg amputee

Bernard Barberet
 France
Kurt Henningsson
 Sweden
Jonas Oskarson
 Iceland
Men's middleweight
-75 kg paraplegic

Jean Grandsire
 France
Edward Coyle
 United States
Brian McNicholl
 Australia
Men's light-heavyweight
-85 kg amputee

Stig Soederborg
 Sweden
J. Chauvel
 France
Marcel Chollot
 Belgium
Men's light-heavyweight
-85 kg paraplegic

Abraham Strauch
 Israel
Ryszard Tomaszewski
 Poland
Gerard Houdmond
 France
Men's heavyweight
+85 kg amputee

Arne Karlsson
 Sweden
Nils Karreberg
 Sweden
J. L. Dury
 France
Men's heavyweight
+85 kg paraplegic

Bengt Lindberg
 Sweden
N. Clemente
 France
Samuel Dlugatch
 Israel

References

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