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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@Pokarface7 5 жыл бұрын

The most impressive fact is that they had better cameras with high definition in 1980 than KZfaq videos posted in 2005!!! Lol

@Terbyn 3 жыл бұрын

It's called film, and it's still superior to most digital cameras to this day.

@staypositive4358 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Pokarface7 3 жыл бұрын

@@Terbyn but how do I buy one? Of they still record like that, I'll buy one from the 80's myself!

@Pokarface7 3 жыл бұрын

@@staypositive4358Mention som bro. They might even have better plots than our movies nowadays

@yevhennashchokin1776 3 жыл бұрын

@@staypositive4358, old movies much better and interesting to watch

@knowledgedaily1173 3 жыл бұрын

I gained 10kg muscle just by watching this.

@ujjawalmayanksrivastava225 3 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment 😂

@mtfd554 3 жыл бұрын

😅👍

@babypunching1266 3 жыл бұрын

me too.

@shakoiatenhawithacrossjaco9051 3 жыл бұрын

And I tested positive for roids watching this

@tarikmounih3559 3 жыл бұрын

'Acid' Joke tbh👎

@fluffstuffpootiebean1688 3 жыл бұрын

Guess they had a “one size fits all” singlet policy in 1980

@yobro18 2 жыл бұрын

XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD

@mattjohnson582 10 жыл бұрын

It's just beautiful when they make the lift, love the expressions on their faces

@FierceBoy101 2 жыл бұрын

Yea

@krisztian142 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@mickeymickey2188 3 жыл бұрын

Kösszí ' ! 🍀🍀♠ Nem tudtam a nevét ! ❤

@manishmalviya1620 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Petothegreatone 2 жыл бұрын

Lieutenant Dan

@adxamegamqulov8686 2 жыл бұрын

Mop

@Aguijon1982 2 жыл бұрын

He won the gold at the haircut competition

@ajajaaukka 9 жыл бұрын

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.

@conradsmithlacsina4166 8 жыл бұрын

+ajajaaukka 0:04 Sir Anthony Hopkins

@hobit7585 8 жыл бұрын

+ajajaaukka Richard hammond that's who he reminded me of, thank you !

@Benaddicted11trkfbal 8 жыл бұрын

+ajajaaukka You my friend deserve a like. lol

@JohnnySlims 8 жыл бұрын

Мне кажется на 2:06 все таки john brzenk

@MrDavid650 8 жыл бұрын

+ajajaaukka hahaha hannibal lecter and lieutenant dan wer my personal favs

@bhalchandrashewale6064 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@der7395 7 жыл бұрын

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...

@ghsusujsjs5517 6 жыл бұрын

Der i

@puppy8125 5 жыл бұрын

1:28 name of him?

@odessafile75 4 жыл бұрын

Rigert had a fantastic physique as well.

@odessafile75 4 жыл бұрын

@Aierek Yes.

@pronemanoldbutyoung5548 3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@J.Ali1888 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing but RESPECT for all thee athletes!!!

@karthiayanishoranur9475 3 жыл бұрын

- '

@Kocis19 10 жыл бұрын

1:28 Lieutenant Dan got his legs back

@KylePlaysHisGuitar 9 жыл бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

@nikitadavidov4412 9 жыл бұрын

best comment ever

@user-vq9pp8ej2f 5 жыл бұрын

not only legs; )

@teguhmahesa3892 5 жыл бұрын

kyle shumate d

@drakestar13 5 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha...made my day :)

@runswithbears3517 5 жыл бұрын

Those facial expressions are pure poetry.

@lordstinson8095 4 жыл бұрын

1:28 That is the manliest man I've ever seen

@user-rn7ug4tm4x 3 жыл бұрын

This is Jhon Connor from future)

@EgeCagan95 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah because he is liuetenant dan.

@ren7a8ero 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. And the hair makes him even more epic, wrap a white cloth and he would pass for an athlete from ancient Olympia

@oscargomez4970 2 жыл бұрын

I was worried about a ball popping out of the suit

@bobykholiya5561 2 жыл бұрын

Indian

@babakbagheri2243 6 жыл бұрын

Gyorgy Szalai, with that look and physique, could have easily become a Hollywood star.

@oldmanjudo6241 4 жыл бұрын

Love the grit and unpolished look of those days, 80's were awesome!

@toyena8290 Жыл бұрын

ano, dnes vidis "chlapy" s kabelkou a rtenkou, posunuli jsme se do sracek

@niteshkukreja640 5 жыл бұрын

Years of hardwork, dedication and sheer willpower...

@rfjohns1715 11 жыл бұрын

A great tribute to Olympic lifting and should inspire more lifters to train.

@FierceBoy101 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@kamuranDeliormanli 4 жыл бұрын

2:18 Asen Zlatev and Yanko Rusev in the beginning of the domination of the Bulgarian weithlifting system.

@marvinberton4004 3 жыл бұрын

The more I watch this sport, the more I appreciate it.

@erdemmuratt1051 6 жыл бұрын

Best of the most entertaining videos I have ever seen. A BIG THANK YOU!!!

@danielhega 11 жыл бұрын

Suddenly I feel strong and wanna start going to the gym :-p Nice vid!!!

@pochiramdagurwad4960 4 жыл бұрын

Iiiij

@christianwijaya6906 3 жыл бұрын

Very good quality of video for 1980 Olympics ,Good Job Olympics Team Channel 👍

@robinpoletajev9318 7 жыл бұрын

1980 Boycott hurt so many dreams. Qualified and never went. No politician should ever supercede an athletes dream. Stay out of it!!!

@user-mz4pz7jc2g 4 жыл бұрын

Байкот , байкотом но сильнейшие все были там 💪

@arturomaldonado3010 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-mz4pz7jc2g kkiñ2leb Lii

@saamohod 3 жыл бұрын

Says a Russian who's ok when his countrymates cheat with doping.

@DarkLinkAD 3 жыл бұрын

@@saamohod They all use peds.. Always have since the late 1940s..

@samuelbrice3699 3 жыл бұрын

When almost all of Russia’s athletes cheat, it’s good that they’re banned.

@pratyushukla 3 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps and an aching back was all I was left with after watching this video.

@laveinfr4476 3 жыл бұрын

Сильное видео! Сколько эмоций

@spyridonvenieris9343 8 жыл бұрын

Very interesting haircuts

@davewilliams5102 6 жыл бұрын

Same Barber as North Koreas Kim Jong Un!!

@4thirst 5 жыл бұрын

because it's mans

@jayaannamalaisamy4307 5 жыл бұрын

Spyros Venieris 69

@michaelgoda7150 5 жыл бұрын

It was the 80s certainly subjective tho

@iJorgePaz 4 жыл бұрын

real man hear cuts, now we only see pussies like bidibuilders

@Tuggumimonster 4 жыл бұрын

The struggle is real, amazing!

@user-my5jq3cb9y 3 жыл бұрын

Офигенное напряжение! Спасибо за видео.

@user-ef4lr7to5m 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, comrade, we do appreciate this.

@nygardener5592 3 жыл бұрын

Super.ролик в котором столько энергии, столько эмоций и столько труда. Супер

@sergiougodnikov8861 5 жыл бұрын

эти лица )) эти эмоции, это сила!

@preetsingh6846 5 жыл бұрын

1:09 Sardar saab ji

@JamesAWebbIV 9 жыл бұрын

I am always amazed when their heads don't explode.

@hiteshmeena7829 5 жыл бұрын

डोकं

@donovandownes5064 3 жыл бұрын

We all going to ignore Hannibal Lecter sizing up his next victim at 0:03?

@ParabolaTool 9 жыл бұрын

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).

@Sol66459 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing editing!

@alejandrohernandezrivera2467 4 жыл бұрын

It would be great to be able to see the opening ceremony of games as interesting as those in Moscow.

@toyena8290 Жыл бұрын

meli jsme moznost videt Sochi, ano, vim, jine, ale stale ruske ceremonialy jsou nejlepsi a nejpusobivejsi

@rebbulldesertduke 3 жыл бұрын

Back when everyone still watched the Olympics.

@markycupko 8 жыл бұрын

_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

@ManicMindTrick 8 жыл бұрын

He really do look like a real life Borat.

@3aeren 8 жыл бұрын

its nice!

@dwayneboyett8244 7 жыл бұрын

damit

@walhalla254 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent ;-D

@thierrylenine3378 7 жыл бұрын

EXCELLENT !!!!!!!

@MrGUILLERMOPLAZA 11 жыл бұрын

El trabajo y el entrenamiento constante es quien solo da frutos de éxitos!...

@strongaesthetics 4 жыл бұрын

Name/title of the music please???!?

@medicenanonimo 9 жыл бұрын

Lieutenant Dan is awesome!

@daniel3030ha 5 жыл бұрын

1:14 didn't know Jack Black was in the 1980s Olympics

@olegaleksandrov2085 5 жыл бұрын

Nice editing. Nice music.

@VonZamla 11 жыл бұрын

Gyorgy Szalai was a beast!

@MrCharrrles 9 жыл бұрын

I saw Borat and Luke Skywalker in there

@Pesas.Baires 9 жыл бұрын

and don't forget lieutenant dan

@larsr.9310 9 жыл бұрын

2.07 Skywalker ;-) Or one of ABBA...

@ajajaaukka 9 жыл бұрын

i saw Muhammad Ali @ 0:36

@sk8m4f14 9 жыл бұрын

ajajaaukka o.O that was Booker T.

@MagliaNera 9 жыл бұрын

2:11 Chuck Norris

@bobbarker8536 10 жыл бұрын

1:27 Lieutenant Dan is pretty swole

@7.5Mviews 6 жыл бұрын

lmao

@Guillermo153 6 жыл бұрын

Bob Barker HAHAHA I though the same but with legs and on steroids. I though It was only me😂

@neerajpaul8685 5 жыл бұрын

@Teacher2Polis2XtraRice 11 жыл бұрын

Wow! Nice compilation.

@chrisd997 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing edit and video overall

@toyena8290 2 жыл бұрын

Big congratulations to the editors and sound engineers, well done!

@MYT1301 11 жыл бұрын

that was amazing!

@sriraj2069 2 жыл бұрын

What a cameras clarity at first I thought it was a film clip or something 👍

@yourbestfriend194 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, like it!!!!

@user-zk5jq2qr9j 4 жыл бұрын

Каков красавец венгр ! Вот кого в кино надо было снимать. Одни кудри чего стоят.

@du39104 8 жыл бұрын

wow those spandex surely look a lot sexier than contemporaries...

@Xspy70 9 жыл бұрын

Will the song forever remain as a mystery?

@philruu 8 жыл бұрын

+Xspy70 I'd really like to know it, so intense and epic, but even soundhound can't find it

@skaizu 8 жыл бұрын

+metalhood just download the video and you get the song.

@Xspy70 8 жыл бұрын

Cancer Zone I don't want the ambient sounds and voices with the song.

@Infinite334 7 жыл бұрын

Chain Gangsta by Matt Hill and David O'Brien

@Xspy70 7 жыл бұрын

Kayla Dennise After 2 years - the song has been found. The legends were true! You are our savior!

@garethmillar978 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 👍🏼

@aleksandarboyadzhiev4710 4 жыл бұрын

Yanko Rusev was first in his category and Mincho Pashov second they are both from Bulgaria ❤💪🏾

@carlosaraujo9037 4 жыл бұрын

When Bulgaria reigned in weightlifting... The legacy of the late Iván Abadziev..

@asaidweeman28 9 жыл бұрын

Love the 1980s style

@RitobanBhattacharya 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting barbell design. Rogue has now brought it back with their Russian Barbell series.

@THES3B4Scom 2 жыл бұрын

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 👏

@rahul123k 3 жыл бұрын

Lifting those weights are like lifting your dream damm heavy

@AlexAzzurri 3 жыл бұрын

its a wonder ,, how come the official Olympic channel doesn't have a single Vasily Alekseyev video ?

@kumarsubramanian6281 2 жыл бұрын

Super lifter 👍👏👏

@p3nguinish 10 жыл бұрын

awesome video

@vijayprasanth6322 2 жыл бұрын

Hard work never fails🥳🥳

@forgemindbodysoul 9 жыл бұрын

1:27 That is how I would imagine Samson from the Bible to look like lol. What a monster. Peace, Billy

@Daviderious 8 жыл бұрын

+FORGE Georgy Szalai

@armandjagyugy3598 8 жыл бұрын

Hungary! Szalai György

@billydagenham 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the peace bro

@joeylongchasen671 5 жыл бұрын

Same he looks very manly

@allgoo1930 6 жыл бұрын

I love weight lifting, One of the most basic human function, just as simple as running.

@kapatidtomas 3 жыл бұрын

Bro, almost the entire Warsaw Pact fam is here lmao. What a vibe competition with the boys

@realmacgrey6421 10 жыл бұрын

where is the original of this video with original music?

@manzodeek5810 3 жыл бұрын

This clip is pure raw human energy 💥👏🏻 👍🏻

@squierstrat9502 2 жыл бұрын

Not pure... These guys were Juiced up beyond recognition

@TIIKERI-jq4rh 8 жыл бұрын

ONE OF MY IDOLS IS VASILI ALEXEEV

@drwinston 7 жыл бұрын

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.

@sergiotl7378 6 жыл бұрын

He was a wife-beater, according to Pisarenko.

@erivaldobezerra1247 4 жыл бұрын

@@sergiotl7378 filme de acao dublado em portugued

@AzadSinghFitness 10 жыл бұрын

epic video!!

@MayorOfMoetown 5 жыл бұрын

looked more real and raw than what i see today

@Mazurkahay 7 жыл бұрын

Youry Vartanyan was the greatest In 83,5 kg, he got the gold with 400Kg The winners of 92 and 100kg did under 400Kg

@loluskekus 5 жыл бұрын

You got numbers wrong, it's 82,5 instead of 83,5 and 90 instead of 92

@eminhashimi4034 3 жыл бұрын

0:40 I didnt know Johan Cruijff was a weightlifter

@indraalfikri1441 6 ай бұрын

555555555

@logansmith7241 11 жыл бұрын

Class video

@mikayelgrigoryan6777 5 жыл бұрын

I remember Vardanyan's jump over the stand with talc😃

@carlbartoli 11 жыл бұрын

1:42, what a beast

@mihranhakobyan1575 11 жыл бұрын

1:20 YURIK VARDANIAN!

@gentlegoat6663 4 жыл бұрын

Those outfits are quite masterpieces themselves

@theunusualdispenser9474 5 жыл бұрын

I get 80’s cold war vibes from this.

@Edsel0201 5 жыл бұрын

0:10 I wanna become like him!

@yogeshmishra3320 4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@amitkumarparui9807 4 жыл бұрын

Who is that guy anyway??

@odessafile75 4 жыл бұрын

Vasily Alekseyev

@alk7130 3 жыл бұрын

like Vasily Alekseev, like one of the strongest weightlifter ever? Wow!

@iverar 3 жыл бұрын

@@alk7130 Alekseev was old and fat in 1980. He was terrible in these Olympics.

@AndrySimanjuntak0911 3 жыл бұрын

2:07 Tyrion Lannister.

@thedroidish 11 жыл бұрын

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.