Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
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Venue | St. Michel Arena |
Dates | 18–27 July 1976 |
Competitors | 173 from 46 nations |
The weightlifting competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of nine weight classes, all for men only. The clean and press was dropped from the included lifts after the 1972 games in Munich, due to disagreement over proper form.
Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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52 kg |
Aleksandr Voronin |
György Kőszegi |
Mohammad Nassiri |
56 kg |
Norair Nurikyan |
Grzegorz Cziura |
Kenkichi Ando |
60 kg |
Nikolay Kolesnikov |
Georghi Todorov |
Kazumasa Hirai |
67.5 kg |
Pyotr Korol |
Daniel Senet |
Kazimierz Czarnecki |
75 kg |
Yordan Mitkov |
Vardan Militosyan |
Peter Wenzel |
82.5 kg |
Valery Shary |
Trendafil Stoitchev |
Peter Baczako |
90 kg |
David Rigert |
Lee James |
Atanas Shopov |
110 kg |
Yuri Zaitsev |
Krastiu Semerdzhiev |
Tadeusz Rutkowski |
+110 kg |
Vasily Alekseyev 440.0kg OR |
Gerd Bonk405.0kg |
Helmut Losch387.5kg |
Zbigniew Kaczmarek of Poland originally won the 67.5 kg event, Valentin Khristov of Bulgaria originally won the 110 kg event, and Blagoy Blagoev of Bulgaria originally won silver in the 82.5 kg event, but they were disqualified after they tested positive for anabolic steroids.
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 nations) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-21.
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