| Men's 90 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | St. Michel Arena | ||||||||||||
| Date | 25 July 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning total | 382.5 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 90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place on 25 July at the St. Michel Arena. It was the seventh appearance of the middle heavyweight class. [1]
| Rank | Name | Country | kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Rigert |  Soviet Union | 382.5 |
| 2 | Lee James |  United States | 362.5 |
| 3 | Atanas Shopov |  Bulgaria | 360.0 |
| 4 | György Rehus-Uzor |  Hungary | 350.0 |
| 5 | Peter Petzold |  East Germany | 345.0 |
| 6 | Alberto Blanco |  Cuba | 345.0 |
| 7 | Yvon Coussin |  France | 332.5 |
| 8 | Guðmundur Sigurðsson |  Iceland | 332.5 |
| 9 | Gary Langford |  Great Britain | 327.5 |
| 10 | Jean-Pierre Van Lerberghe |  Belgium | 327.5 |
| 11 | Brian Marsden |  New Zealand | 322.5 |
| 12 | Rudolf Hill |  Austria | 320.0 |
| 13 | Ken Price | Great Britain | 307.5 |
| AC | Rolf Larsen |  Norway | 140.0 |
| AC | Jaakko Kailajärvi |  Finland | 145.0 |
| AC | Khristos Iakovou |  Greece | 155.0 |
| AC | Michel Broillet |  Switzerland | 165.0 |
| AC | Phil Grippaldi | United States | 355.0 (DQ) |
| AC | Sergey Poltoratsky | Soviet Union | DNF |
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