67,5KG | 1984 | Friendship Cup (Varna, BUL) | Rusev vs. Varbanov

The fourth session of 1984’s Friendship Cup; the 67,5kg’s category. Weightlifting at the Friendship Games was contested at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria between 12 and 16 September 1984. 80 athletes competed in 10 events. World records were broken thirty times during the competition. “Two lifters represented Bulgaria in the 67,5kg class: Yanko Rusev and Alexander Varbanov. The Soviet team was represented by V. Grachov (guest). In the snatch, both bulgarians ended with 145kg. In his 1st attempt, Grachov snatched 152,5kg. However, he wasn’t able to break the world record with 157,5kg in the remaining attempts. In the clean & jerk, bulgarians were obviously stronger than Grachov who ended up with 182,5kg. Rusev lifted 192,5kg and Varbanov managed to break the world record (200kg) in the 4th attempt. The results in total were: Rusev - 337,5kg, Varbanov and Grachov - 335kg.“ /based on: Timing, results are below.