Weightlifting Failure & Success - Moscow 1980 Olympics
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A look back at some of the success and failure stories from the weightlifting events at the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games.
Much of the focus leading up to the weightlifting tournament at the 1980 Olympic Games was on an injury to Russian legend Vassily Alekseyev.
The scene was set for the 353-pound giant from Ryazan to make it an unprecedented hat-trick of gold medals in the super heavyweight category after record-breaking triumphs in Munich and Montreal.
However an injury originally picked up just before the 1978 world championships in Pennsylvania restricted his chances and he was eliminated in the early stages.
Russian lifters dominated, however, with five of the 10 gold medals on offer taken by the home contingent.
Kanybek Osmanaliyev and Viktor Mazin took the honours in the now defunct flyweight and featherweight divisions, the former winning by the slenderest of margins on lower bodyweight.
Yet it was two Bulgarians who set the competition alight at the Izmailovo Sports Palace.
First Yanko Rusev took the lightweight gold with a new Olympic and world record, his overall total of 342.5kgs including a world record jerk of 195kgs putting him streets ahead of the field.
Team-mate Assen Zlatev then followed suit in the middleweight category to take gold with 360kgs and then achieved a jerk world record of 205.5kgs after the competition had been completed.
Home fans had something to cheer about once more when Yurik Vardanian crushed the opposition in the light heavyweight field, winning by an unprecedented 27.5kgs with a winning total of 400kgs, a score which would have won him gold in the first and middle heavyweight classes.
Belarus-born Leonid Taranenko took the heavyweight gold for Russia, and 12 years later was to gain a silver for the unified team at the Barcelona Games at super-heavyweight level.
With Alekseyev bowing out in the early stages, Sultan Rakhmanov proved a worthy successor by jerking an eye-watering 245kgs to lift gold by a healthy margin in the super heavyweight.
Find more about the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: www.olympic.org/moscow-1980-su...
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The most impressive fact is that they had better cameras with high definition in 1980 than CZcams videos posted in 2005!!! Lol
It's called film, and it's still superior to most digital cameras to this day.
The amazing thing to me is watching films from the 60s or 70s that look just as good or better than any modern day film.
@@Terbyn but how do I buy one? Of they still record like that, I'll buy one from the 80's myself!
@@staypositive4358Mention som bro. They might even have better plots than our movies nowadays
@@staypositive4358, old movies much better and interesting to watch
I gained 10kg muscle just by watching this.
Underrated comment 😂
😅👍
me too.
And I tested positive for roids watching this
'Acid' Joke tbh👎
Guess they had a “one size fits all” singlet policy in 1980
XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD
Weightlifting Most tough sport to compete in. Requires huge amount of training,efforts for years to be perfect weightlifter. And believe me, even one second of wrong technique can turn in to serious injury or even life threat to any weightlifter. So always huge respect to all participants in this game , particularly in Olympics.
0:04 Hannibal Lecter
0:36 Muhammad Ali
0:41 Richard Hammond
0:46 Borat
0:50 Putin
1:27 Lieutenant Dan
2:06 Luke Skywalker
There.
+ajajaaukka 0:04 Sir Anthony Hopkins
+ajajaaukka Richard hammond that's who he reminded me of, thank you !
+ajajaaukka You my friend deserve a like. lol
Мне кажется на 2:06 все таки john brzenk
+ajajaaukka hahaha hannibal lecter and lieutenant dan wer my personal favs
1:27 György Szalai (born 14 February 1951). Hungarian heavyweight weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 1980 Olympics. Lets' wish him and good health and long and happy life! He was 180 cm and 108 kg on the Moscow Olympics.
Kösszí ' ! 🍀🍀♠ Nem tudtam a nevét ! ❤
Thank you
Lieutenant Dan
Mop
He won the gold at the haircut competition
It's just beautiful when they make the lift, love the expressions on their faces
Yea
Nothing but RESPECT for all thee athletes!!!
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This video is absolute art masterpiece in many ways: lifters, Rigert doing snatch bottom helicopter fail, music, struggle, Moscow, uncertainty, György Szalai's move at 2:30...
Der i
1:28 name of him?
Rigert had a fantastic physique as well.
@Aierek Yes.
@Aierek Yes. When the names are impossible to memorize, even for switching over to safari to write and google the name, then it's usually a Hungarian name. That language grammar is proper weird innit.
1:28 That is the manliest man I've ever seen
This is Jhon Connor from future)
Yeah because he is liuetenant dan.
Agreed. And the hair makes him even more epic, wrap a white cloth and he would pass for an athlete from ancient Olympia
I was worried about a ball popping out of the suit
Indian
Years of hardwork, dedication and sheer willpower...
Gyorgy Szalai, with that look and physique, could have easily become a Hollywood star.
Very good quality of video for 1980 Olympics ,Good Job Olympics Team Channel 👍
A great tribute to Olympic lifting and should inspire more lifters to train.
Yes
Best of the most entertaining videos I have ever seen. A BIG THANK YOU!!!
Love the grit and unpolished look of those days, 80's were awesome!
ano, dnes vidis "chlapy" s kabelkou a rtenkou, posunuli jsme se do sracek
Super.ролик в котором столько энергии, столько эмоций и столько труда. Супер
Those facial expressions are pure poetry.
2:18 Asen Zlatev and Yanko Rusev in the beginning of the domination of the Bulgarian weithlifting system.
1:28 Lieutenant Dan got his legs back
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
best comment ever
not only legs; )
kyle shumate d
hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha...made my day :)
Very interesting haircuts
Same Barber as North Koreas Kim Jong Un!!
because it's mans
Spyros Venieris 69
It was the 80s certainly subjective tho
real man hear cuts, now we only see pussies like bidibuilders
The more I watch this sport, the more I appreciate it.
Сильное видео!
Сколько эмоций
Офигенное напряжение! Спасибо за видео.
Suddenly I feel strong and wanna start going to the gym :-p
Nice vid!!!
Iiiij
1:09 Sardar saab ji
Thank you, comrade, we do appreciate this.
Amazing editing!
The struggle is real, amazing!
1980 Boycott hurt so many dreams. Qualified and never went. No politician should ever supercede an athletes dream. Stay out of it!!!
Байкот , байкотом но сильнейшие все были там 💪
@@user-mz4pz7jc2g kkiñ2leb
Lii
Says a Russian who's ok when his countrymates cheat with doping.
@@saamohod They all use peds.. Always have since the late 1940s..
When almost all of Russia’s athletes cheat, it’s good that they’re banned.
Goosebumps and an aching back was all I was left with after watching this video.
Name/title of the music please???!?
эти лица )) эти эмоции, это сила!
I don't even train Olympic but it's fun to watch. Powerlifting or Olympic you see the same passion for the sport. Been in PL for a number of years now but Oly has always been something I'm curious about just don't really have the means to do it (nor do I feel that I'm flexible enough as front rack doesn't go well with my fucked up wrists).
Nice editing. Nice music.
Amazing edit and video overall
El trabajo y el entrenamiento constante es quien solo da frutos de éxitos!...
Back when everyone still watched the Olympics.
We all going to ignore Hannibal Lecter sizing up his next victim at 0:03?
Wow! Nice compilation.
Lieutenant Dan is awesome!
_THE ULTIMATE LOOKALIKE LIST_
0:04 Hannibal Lecter
0:08 Mao Zedong
0:23 Arnold Schwarzenegger
0:36 Muhammad Ali
0:41 Richard Hammond
0:46 Borat
0:50 Putin with moustache
1:10 Keichi Tsuchiya
1:27 Lieutenant Dan on steroids
2:05 Ricardo Carvalho
2:06 Luke Skywalker using the force
2:11 Andrea Pirlo
2:13 Matt Ogus
He really do look like a real life Borat.
its nice!
damit
Excellent ;-D
EXCELLENT !!!!!!!
Great video, like it!!!!
Каков красавец венгр ! Вот кого в кино надо было снимать. Одни кудри чего стоят.
Big congratulations to the editors and sound engineers, well done!
1:14 didn't know Jack Black was in the 1980s Olympics
Great video 👍🏼
1:27 That is how I would imagine Samson from the Bible to look like lol. What a monster.
Peace, Billy
+FORGE Georgy Szalai
Hungary! Szalai György
Thanks for the peace bro
Same he looks very manly
that was amazing!
I am always amazed when their heads don't explode.
डोकं
epic video!!
It would be great to be able to see the opening ceremony of games as interesting as those in Moscow.
meli jsme moznost videt Sochi, ano, vim, jine, ale stale ruske ceremonialy jsou nejlepsi a nejpusobivejsi
Gyorgy Szalai was a beast!
Yanko Rusev was first in his category and Mincho Pashov second they are both from Bulgaria ❤💪🏾
When Bulgaria reigned in weightlifting... The legacy of the late Iván Abadziev..
Hard work never fails🥳🥳
awesome video
looked more real and raw than what i see today
its a wonder ,, how come the official Olympic channel doesn't have a single Vasily Alekseyev video ?
Super lifter 👍👏👏
Will the song forever remain as a mystery?
+Xspy70 I'd really like to know it, so intense and epic, but even soundhound can't find it
+metalhood just download the video and you get the song.
Cancer Zone I don't want the ambient sounds and voices with the song.
Chain Gangsta by Matt Hill and David O'Brien
Kayla Dennise After 2 years - the song has been found. The legends were true! You are our savior!
Wow it’s awesome just watching the effort of this weight lifters just saw the face and arms, I haven’t seen that efforts in 2020 I mean this weight lifters are giving almost all even they don’t care injuries, just want a medal for his countries. Awesome 👏
I saw Borat and Luke Skywalker in there
and don't forget lieutenant dan
2.07 Skywalker ;-) Or one of ABBA...
i saw Muhammad Ali @ 0:36
ajajaaukka o.O that was Booker T.
2:11 Chuck Norris
Love the 1980s style
Its from "Sports -- you are Peace!" movie which was influenced by Munich "Visions of 8" which itself contained similar funny weightlifting segment. Some lifters are the the same in both movie.
So interesting looking at these big men back then knowing that somewhere in the future someone about half their size would dominate their sport like never before
Lifting those weights are like lifting your dream damm heavy
I love weight lifting,
One of the most basic human function, just as simple as running.
Hey Zysama102, which country do you hold the record from? I am a man in his thirties who would like to break a record for weightlifting. The record is not in Olympic lifting, but rather it is more of an endurance record from the Guinness Book of World Records. I have to be able to bench press a little more than 300k lbs in one hour. I was hoping for some advice.
I remember Vardanyan's jump over the stand with talc😃
Мазин, Виктор Иванович Клуб Енбек (Шахтинск) В 1980-1981 установил 7 мировых рекордов и 8 рекордов СССР.
Не удивительно, с такой допинговой традицией.
@@saamohod вам лишь бы всё обосрать
@@user-jg3my3uo9r Правда глаза колет?
@@saamohod а что скажете про "братьев" Уильямс
Блин, здоровые люди, без телефонов и компьютеров.
Excellent 👌
What a cameras clarity at first I thought it was a film clip or something 👍
ONE OF MY IDOLS IS VASILI ALEXEEV
He was at his peak during the golden age of ABC's Wide World of Sports. I was just a kid then and he was a staple back then along with Ali and the Harlem Globetrotters. It seemed like anything he wanted to lift he could. His greatness and charisma likely won't be duplicated.
He was a wife-beater, according to Pisarenko.
@@sergiotl7378 filme de acao dublado em portugued
1:20 YURIK VARDANIAN!
Interesting barbell design. Rogue has now brought it back with their Russian Barbell series.
2:07 this guy looks like rajpal yadav 😂
This clip is pure raw human energy 💥👏🏻 👍🏻
Not pure... These guys were Juiced up beyond recognition
wow those spandex surely look a lot sexier than contemporaries...
у видео есть душа. definitely this video has soul
Hats off to the editor
two things I've learned from this video; the human body is incredibly fragile and the human body is also capable of incredible feats
They certainly do lift bruh. all jokes aside damn this was an intense short video. Who was the first big behemoth sized man in video, who sadly failed? He was huge.
Sweet. What is his name, he was a beast.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Alekseyev?wprov=sfla1
Found him.
Sad he died.
Vasily Alekseyev
Class video
Bro, almost the entire Warsaw Pact fam is here lmao. What a vibe competition with the boys
1:27 Lieutenant Dan is pretty swole
lmao
Bob Barker HAHAHA I though the same but with legs and on steroids.
I though It was only me😂
2
0:40 I didnt know Johan Cruijff was a weightlifter
555555555
This is FRIGGIN great.. By the way, ANYONE KNOWS THE SONG?
EPIC!
2:07 Tyrion Lannister.
i can't understand why some people mocking with that golden era weightlifters? whats wrong with you folks
Drugs are in use still today,but there isn't legends.
+Kamuran Deliormanli I think Ilya Ilyin is legend in the making
R
thank you.
that was great, very inspirat
Youry Vartanyan was the greatest
In 83,5 kg, he got the gold with 400Kg
The winners of 92 and 100kg did under 400Kg
You got numbers wrong, it's 82,5 instead of 83,5 and 90 instead of 92
Это Сила!Не яйца как в билдинге брить,СИЛА!
where is the original of this video with original music?
Куда смотрит СЭС и Тренеры у спортиков подмышек гнёзда Цапли???!!!
1:28 (the long haired guy) as mentioned already by others - is Gyorgy Szalai of Hungary. He won Bronze that year in the Heavyweight division.
I'm seeing all these comparisons to Lieutenant Dan with his appearance, I can see that to some degree, but for anyone familiar with K1 or MMA I'm sure many will be able to see a much closer resemblance between Gyorgy and fighter Mark Hunt (even in their facial expressions under load).
What?? Mark hunt is a chunky Samoan guy that looks absolutely nothing like him
I get 80’s cold war vibes from this.
Como han cambiado los atletas hoy en dia eso lo levantan y hasta mas
Is that Antony Hopkins at 0:05? Ala Hannibal ?