Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Weightlifting
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Weightlifting pictogram.svg
Venue St. Michel Arena
Dates18–27 July 1976
Competitors173 from 46 nations
  1972
1980  

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. The Games of 1976 were the first Olympics to start testing for anabolic steroids, although athletes were tested only during the competition, thus leaving them free to use performance-enhancing drugs in the years prior. [1] [2]

Medal summary

GamesGoldSilverBronze
52 kg
details
Aleksandr Voronin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
György Kőszegi
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Mohammad Nassiri
State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran
56 kg
details
Norair Nurikyan
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Grzegorz Cziura
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Kenkichi Ando
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
60 kg
details
Nikolay Kolesnikov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Georghi Todorov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Kazumasa Hirai
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
67.5 kg
details
Pyotr Korol
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Daniel Senet
Flag of France.svg  France
Kazimierz Czarnecki
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
75 kg
details
Yordan Mitkov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Vardan Militosyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Peter Wenzel
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
82.5 kg
details
Valery Shary
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Trendafil Stoitchev
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Peter Baczako
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
90 kg
details
David Rigert
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Lee James
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Atanas Shopov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
110 kg
details
Yury Zaitsev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Krastiu Semerdzhiev
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Tadeusz Rutkowski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
+110 kg
details
Vasily Alekseyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Gerd Bonk
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Helmut Losch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany

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 and stripped of their medals after they tested positive for anabolic steroids.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)7108
2Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)2316
3Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0123
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland  (POL)0123
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)0112
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)0101
8Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)0022
9State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran  (IRI)0011
Totals (9 entries)99927

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