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
Competitors	58 from 18 nations
←1976 1984→

Participating nations

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

•   Australia (3)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Canada (1)
•   Egypt (1)
•   France (11)
•   Great Britain (6)
•   Iceland (2)
•   Indonesia (2)
•   Israel (3)
•   Kenya (2)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Norway (1)
•   Poland (6)
•   Sweden (7)
•   Switzerland (5)
•   United States (4)
•   West Germany (1)

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	2	0	6
2	France (FRA)	3	4	3	10
3	Israel (ISR)	2	0	1	3
4	Poland (POL)	1	2	2	5
5	Indonesia (INA)	1	0	0	1
6	United States (USA)	0	2	0	2
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
8	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		11	10	10	31

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's light-featherweight -51 kg paraplegic details	Shmuel Haimovitz   Israel	Eugeniusz Skarupa   Poland	Jean-Michel Barberane   France
Men's featherweight -57 kg amputee details	R. S. Arlen   Indonesia	None	None
Men's featherweight -57 kg paraplegic details	Benny Nilsson   Sweden	Joseph Ponnier   France	Zdzislaw Kolodziej   Poland
Men's lightweight -65 kg amputee details	Chorrihons   France	B. Dersigneri   France	Barry Kalms   Australia
Men's lightweight -65 kg paraplegic details	Jerzy Kuskowski   Poland	Charles Roedelbronn   United States	Bogdan Lis   Poland
Men's middleweight -75 kg amputee details	Bernard Barberet   France	Kurt Henningsson   Sweden	Jonas Oskarson   Iceland
Men's middleweight -75 kg paraplegic details	Jean Grandsire   France	Edward Coyle   United States	Brian McNicholl   Australia
Men's light-heavyweight -85 kg amputee details	Stig Soederborg   Sweden	J. Chauvel   France	Marcel Chollot   Belgium
Men's light-heavyweight -85 kg paraplegic details	Abraham Strauch   Israel	Ryszard Tomaszewski   Poland	Gerard Houdmond   France
Men's heavyweight +85 kg amputee details	Arne Karlsson   Sweden	Nils Karreberg   Sweden	J. L. Dury   France
Men's heavyweight +85 kg paraplegic details	Bengt Lindberg   Sweden	N. Clemente   France	Shalom Dlugatch   Israel

References

1. "Arnhem 1980 – Weightlifting". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
2. "Arnhem 1980 – Weightlifting – Participants". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
3. "Arnhem 1980 – Weightlifting – Medal Standings". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-20.

• from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)