| Men's 110 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | St. Michel Arena | ||||||||||||
| Date | 26 July 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 385.0 kg OR | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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| Men | |
| 52 kg | |
| 56 kg | |
| 60 kg | |
| 67.5 kg | |
| 75 kg | |
| 82.5 kg | |
| 90 kg | |
| 110 kg | |
| +110 kg | |
The men's 110 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place on 26 July at the St. Michel Arena. It was the thirteenth appearance of the heavyweight class. [1]
| Rank | Name | Country | kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Zaytsev |  Soviet Union | 385.0 |
| 2 | Krastyu Semerdzhiev |  Bulgaria | 385.0 |
| 3 | Tadeusz Rutkowski |  Poland | 377.5 |
| 4 | Pierre Gourrier |  France | 372.5 |
| 5 | Jürgen Ciezki |  East Germany | 372.5 |
| 6 | Javier González |  Cuba | 365.0 |
| 7 | Leif Nilsson |  Sweden | 365.0 |
| 8 | Rudolf Strejček |  Czechoslovakia | 362.5 |
| 9 | Russ Prior |  Canada | 362.5 |
| 10 | Taito Haara |  Finland | 360.0 |
| 11 | Lennart Dahlgren | Sweden | 355.0 |
| 12 | Gary Drinnon |  United States | 352.5 |
| 13 | Vinzenz Hörtnagl |  Austria | 350.0 |
| 14 | John Burns |  Great Britain | 347.5 |
| 15 | Rory Barrett |  New Zealand | 342.5 |
| 16 | Robert Santavy | Canada | 337.5 |
| 17 | Houshang Kargarnejad |  Iran | 322.5 |
| AC | Ali Vali | Iran | 140.0 |
| AC | Stephen Wyatt |  Australia | 150.0 |
| AC | Mark Cameron | United States | 375.0 (DQ) |
| AC | Valentin Hristov | Bulgaria | 400.0 (DQ) |
| AC | Brian Strange | Great Britain | DNF |
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