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. The Clean and press was dropped from the included lifts due to disagreement over proper form.

[edit] Medal summary

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

[edit] Medal table

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

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