1976 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City Montréal
Country CAN
Held 18 – 27 July 1976
Competitors 39
Countries 13

Olympic Games

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
flyweight -52 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
flyweight -52 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 2
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
bantamweight -56 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
featherweight -60 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
lightweight -67.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
middleweight -75 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
heavyweight -110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch Men — Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk Men — Medal 3 3
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total Men — Medal 3 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 18 3 2 23
2 Bulgaria BUL 7 6 4 17
3 Hungary HUN 1 1 4 6
4 Germany GER 1 0 0 1
5 East Germany GDR 0 4 4 8
6 Japan JPN 0 3 4 7
= Poland POL 0 3 4 7
8 United States USA 0 3 1 4
9 France FRA 0 3 0 3
10 Iran IRI 0 1 1 2
11 Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
= Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
= Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
flyweight -52 kg Snatch, Men György Kőszegi HUN Masatomo Takeuchi JPN Aleksandr Voronin URS
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS Mohammad Nassiri IRI György Kőszegi HUN
flyweight -52 kg Total, Men Aleksandr Voronin URS György Kőszegi HUN Mohammad Nassiri IRI
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch, Men Norayr Nurikyan BUL Grzegorz Cziura POL Leszek Skorupa POL
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Norayr Nurikyan BUL Kenkichi Ando JPN Imre Földi HUN
bantamweight -56 kg Total, Men Norayr Nurikyan BUL Grzegorz Cziura POL Kenkichi Ando JPN
featherweight -60 kg Snatch, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Kazumasa Hirai JPN Georgi Todorov BUL
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Georgi Todorov BUL Takashi Saito JPN
featherweight -60 kg Total, Men Nikolay Kolesnikov URS Georgi Todorov BUL Kazumasa Hirai JPN
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch, Men Pyotr Korol URS Daniel Senet FRA Kazimierz Czarnecki POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Pyotr Korol URS Gunter Ambraß GDR Yatsuo Shimaya JPN
lightweight -67.5 kg Total, Men Pyotr Korol URS Daniel Senet FRA Kazimierz Czarnecki POL
middleweight -75 kg Snatch, Men Yordan Mitkov BUL Peter Wenzel GDR Vardan Militosyan URS
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yordan Mitkov BUL Vardan Militosyan URS Peter Wenzel GDR
middleweight -75 kg Total, Men Yordan Mitkov BUL Vardan Militosyan URS Peter Wenzel GDR
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch, Men Valery Shary URS Trendafil Stoychev BUL Péter Baczakó HUN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Rolf Milser GER Valery Shary URS Trendafil Stoychev BUL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total, Men Valery Shary URS Trendafil Stoychev BUL Péter Baczakó HUN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch, Men David Rigert URS Lee James USA Michel Broillet SUI
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men David Rigert URS Atanas Shopov BUL Lee James USA
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total, Men David Rigert URS Lee James USA Atanas Shopov BUL
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch, Men Krastyu Semerdzhiev BUL Tadeusz Rutkowski POL Russ Prior CAN
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Yury Zaytsev URS Pierre Gourrier FRA Krastyu Semerdzhiev BUL
heavyweight -110 kg Total, Men Yury Zaytsev URS Krastyu Semerdzhiev BUL Tadeusz Rutkowski POL
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Bruce Wilhelm USA Gerd Bonk GDR
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Gerd Bonk GDR Ján Nagy TCH
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total, Men Vasily Alekseyev URS Gerd Bonk GDR Helmut Losch GDR