Weightlifting at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	St. Michel Arena
Dates	18–27 July 1976
Competitors	173 from 46 nations
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Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
	Men
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg
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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. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
52 kg details	Aleksandr Voronin   Soviet Union	György Kőszegi   Hungary	Mohammad Nassiri   Iran
56 kg details	Norair Nurikyan   Bulgaria	Grzegorz Cziura   Poland	Kenkichi Ando   Japan
60 kg details	Nikolay Kolesnikov   Soviet Union	Georghi Todorov   Bulgaria	Kazumasa Hirai   Japan
67.5 kg details	Pyotr Korol   Soviet Union	Daniel Senet   France	Kazimierz Czarnecki   Poland
75 kg details	Yordan Mitkov   Bulgaria	Vardan Militosyan   Soviet Union	Peter Wenzel   East Germany
82.5 kg details	Valery Shary   Soviet Union	Trendafil Stoitchev   Bulgaria	Peter Baczako   Hungary
90 kg details	David Rigert   Soviet Union	Lee James   United States	Atanas Shopov   Bulgaria
110 kg details	Yury Zaitsev   Soviet Union	Krastiu Semerdzhiev   Bulgaria	Tadeusz Rutkowski   Poland
+110 kg details	Vasily Alekseyev   Soviet Union	Gerd Bonk   East Germany	Helmut Losch   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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	7	1	0	8
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	3	1	6
3	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	2	3
	Poland (POL)	0	1	2	3
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	1	2
6	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	United States (USA)	0	1	0	1
8	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
9	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		9	9	9	27

References

Sources

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2006.