Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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The weightlifting competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal consisted of nine weight classes, all for men only.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight –52 kg	Aleksandr Voronin Soviet Union (URS)	György Kõszegi Hungary (HUN)	Mohammad Nassiri Iran (IRI)
Bantamweight 52–56 kg	Norair Nurikian Bulgaria (BUL)	Grzegorz Cziura Poland (POL)	Kenkichi Ando Japan (JPN)
Featherweight 56–60 kg	Nikolai Kolesnikov Soviet Union (URS)	Georghi Todorov Bulgaria (BUL)	Kazumasa Hirai Japan (JPN)
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg	Pyotr Korol Soviet Union (URS)	Daniel Senet France (FRA)	Kazimierz Czarnecki Poland (POL)
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg	Yordan Mitkov Bulgaria (BUL)	Vartan Militosyan Soviet Union (URS)	Peter Wenzel East Germany (GDR)
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg	Valeri Shary Soviet Union (URS)	Trendafil Stoitchev Bulgaria (BUL)	Peter Baczako Hungary (HUN)
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg	David Rigert Soviet Union (URS)	Lee James United States (USA)	Atanas Shopov Bulgaria (BUL)
Heavyweight 90-110 kg	Yuri Zaitsev Soviet Union (URS)	Krastio Semerdjiev Bulgaria (BUL)	Tadeusz Rutkowski Poland (POL)
Super heavyweight +110 kg	Vasiliy Alekseyev Soviet Union (URS)	Gerd Bonk East Germany (GDR)	Helmut Losch East Germany (GDR)

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	7	1	0	8
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	3	1	6
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	2	3
	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
6	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
8	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
9	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Reference

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.

Events at the 1976 Summer Olympics (Montreal)
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Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics
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