1976 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1976 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 18 to July 27, 1976. There were 173 men in action from 46 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1976 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counts for World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
Snatch György Kőszegi
 Hungary (HUN)
107.5 kg Masamoto Takeuchi
 Japan (JPN)
105.0 kg Aleksandr Voronin
 Soviet Union (URS)
105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Aleksandr Voronin
 Soviet Union (URS)
137.5 kg Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran (IRI)
135.0 kg György Kőszegi
 Hungary (HUN)
130.0 kg
Total Aleksandr Voronin
 Soviet Union (URS)
242.5 kg György Kőszegi
 Hungary (HUN)
237.5 kg Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran (IRI)
235.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch Norair Nurikyan
 Bulgaria (BUL)
117.5 kg Grzegorz Cziura
 Poland (POL)
115.0 kg Leszek Skorupa
 Poland (POL)
112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Norair Nurikyan
 Bulgaria (BUL)
145.0 kg Kenkichi Ando
 Japan (JPN)
142.5 kg Imre Földi
 Hungary (HUN)
140.0 kg
Total Norair Nurikyan
 Bulgaria (BUL)
262.5 kg
WR
Grzegorz Cziura
 Poland (POL)
252.5 kg Kenkichi Ando
 Japan (JPN)
250.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch Nikolay Kolesnikov
 Soviet Union (URS)
125.0 kg Kazumasa Hirai
 Japan (JPN)
125.0 kg Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Nikolay Kolesnikov
 Soviet Union (URS)
160.0 kg Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
157.5 kg Takashi Saito
 Japan (JPN)
152.5 kg
Total Nikolay Kolesnikov
 Soviet Union (URS)
285.0 kg Georgi Todorov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
280.0 kg Kazumasa Hirai
 Japan (JPN)
275.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch Petro Korol
 Soviet Union (URS)
135.0 kg Daniel Senet
 France (FRA)
135.0 kg Kazimierz Czarnecki
 Poland (POL)
130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Petro Korol
 Soviet Union (URS)
170.0 kg Günter Ambraß
 East Germany (GDR)
170.0 kg Yatsuo Shimaya
 Japan (JPN)
165.0 kg
Total Petro Korol
 Soviet Union (URS)
305.0 kg Daniel Senet
 France (FRA)
300.0 kg Kazimierz Czarnecki
 Poland (POL)
295.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch Yordan Mitkov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
145.0 kg Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
145.0 kg Vardan Militosyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Yordan Mitkov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
190.0 kg Vardan Militosyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
185.0 kg Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
182.5 kg
Total Yordan Mitkov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
335.0 kg Vardan Militosyan
 Soviet Union (URS)
330.0 kg Peter Wenzel
 East Germany (GDR)
327.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch Valery Shary
 Soviet Union (URS)
162.5 kg Trendafil Stoychev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
162.5 kg Péter Baczakó
 Hungary (HUN)
157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Rolf Milser
 West Germany (FRG)
205.0 kg Valery Shary
 Soviet Union (URS)
202.5 kg Trendafil Stoychev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
197.5 kg
Total Valery Shary
 Soviet Union (URS)
365.0 kg Trendafil Stoychev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
360.0 kg Péter Baczakó
 Hungary (HUN)
345.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch David Rigert
 Soviet Union (URS)
170.0 kg Lee James
 United States (USA)
165.0 kg Michel Broillet
 Switzerland (SUI)
165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk David Rigert
 Soviet Union (URS)
212.5 kg Atanas Shopov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
205.0 kg Lee James
 United States (USA)
197.5 kg
Total David Rigert
 Soviet Union (URS)
382.5 kg Lee James
 United States (USA)
362.5 kg Atanas Shopov
 Bulgaria (BUL)
360.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch Krastyu Semerdzhiev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
170.0 kg Tadeusz Rutkowski
 Poland (POL)
167.5 kg Russ Prior
 Canada (CAN)
167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk Yury Zaitsev
 Soviet Union (URS)
220.0 kg Pierre Gourrier
 France (FRA)
215.0 kg Krastyu Semerdzhiev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
215.0 kg
Total Yury Zaitsev
 Soviet Union (URS)
385.0 kg Krastyu Semerdzhiev
 Bulgaria (BUL)
385.0 kg Tadeusz Rutkowski
 Poland (POL)
377.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch Vasily Alekseyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
185.0 kg Bruce Wilhelm
 United States (USA)
172.5 kg Gerd Bonk
 East Germany (GDR)
170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk Vasily Alekseyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
255.0 kg
WR
Gerd Bonk
 East Germany (GDR)
235.0 kg Ján Nagy
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
227.5 kg
Total Vasily Alekseyev
 Soviet Union (URS)
440.0 kg Gerd Bonk
 East Germany (GDR)
405.0 kg Helmut Losch
 East Germany (GDR)
387.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 7 1 0 8
2  Bulgaria 2 3 1 6
3  East Germany 0 1 2 3
 Poland 0 1 2 3
5  Hungary 0 1 1 2
6  France 0 1 0 1
 United States 0 1 0 1
8  Japan 0 0 2 2
9  Iran 0 0 1 1
Total 9 9 9 27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Soviet Union 18 3 2 23
2  Bulgaria 7 6 4 17
3  Hungary 1 1 4 6
4  West Germany 1 0 0 1
5  East Germany 0 4 4 8
6  Japan 0 3 4 7
 Poland 0 3 4 7
8  United States 0 3 1 4
9  France 0 3 0 3
10  Iran 0 1 1 2
11  Canada 0 0 1 1
 Czechoslovakia 0 0 1 1
  Switzerland 0 0 1 1
Total 27 27 27 81

See also

References

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