1976 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1976 European Weightlifting Championships were held at the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Berlin, East Germany from April 3 to April 11, 1976. This was the 55th edition of the event. There were 151 men in action from 21 nations.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	107.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	102.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	100.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	György Kőszegi  Hungary	132.5 kg	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	132.5 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	130.0 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	240.0 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	235.0 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	230.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	112.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	110.0 kg	Imre Stefanovics  Hungary	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	145.0 kg	Imre Stefanovics  Hungary	142.5 kg
Total	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	255.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	252.5 kg	Karel Prohl  Czechoslovakia	250.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Todor Todorov  Bulgaria	125.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	125.0 kg	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Todor Todorov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	155.0 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	282.5 kg	Todor Todorov  Bulgaria	280.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	277.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	135.0 kg	Zahari Todorov  Bulgaria	132.5 kg	Jan Lostowski  Poland	132.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sergey Pevsner  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Jan Lostowski  Poland	170.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	170.0 kg
Total	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	305.0 kg	Jan Lostowski  Poland	302.5 kg	Sergey Pevsner  Soviet Union	297.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	150.0 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	150.0 kg	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	190.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	185.0 kg	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	182.5 kg
Total	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	340.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	335.0 kg	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	330.0 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser  West Germany	207.5 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	202.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	200.0 kg
Total	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	367.5 kg	Blagoy Blagoev  Bulgaria	365.0 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	365.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	177.5 kg	Adam Saydullaev  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	220.0 kg	Adam Saydullaev  Soviet Union	200.0 kg	Christos Iakovou  Greece	195.0 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	397.5 kg	Adam Saydullaev  Soviet Union	360.0 kg	Peter Petzold  East Germany	350.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	230.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	227.5 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	225.0 kg
Total	Valentin Hristov  Bulgaria	415.0 kg	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	400.0 kg	Jürgen Ciezki  East Germany	395.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Hristo Plachkov  Bulgaria	195.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	180.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	252.5 kg	Hristo Plachkov  Bulgaria	235.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	230.0 kg
Total	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	432.5 kg	Hristo Plachkov  Bulgaria	430.0 kg	Jürgen Heuser  East Germany	410.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	2	1	8
2	Bulgaria	2	3	3	8
3	Poland	1	2	0	3
4	East Germany	1	1	3	5
5	Hungary	0	1	1	2
6	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
Total		9	9	9	27

References

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• М. Л. Аптекарь. «Тяжёлая атлетика. Справочник.» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — 416 с. (in Russian)