Olympian Database
Men's Heavyweight - Weightlifting |  | ||||
 Men's Heavyweight 1976
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| Final | |||||||||
 | Yuri Zaitsev |  | URS | 385,0 | OR | ||||
 | Krustiu Semerdzhiev |  | BUL | 385,0 | |||||
 | Tadeusz Rutkowski |  | POL | 377,5 | |||||
| 4. | Pierre Gourrier |  | FRA | 372,5 | |||||
| 5. | Jürgen Ciezki |  | GDR | 372,5 | |||||
| 6. | Javier Gonzalez |  | CUB | 365,0 | |||||
| 7. | Leif Nilsson |  | SWE | 365,0 | |||||
| 8. | Rudolf Strejcek |  | TCH | 362,5 | |||||
| 9. | Russ Prior |  | CAN | 362,5 | |||||
| 10. | Taito Haara |  | FIN | 360,0 | |||||
| 11. | Lennart Dahlgren | | SWE | 355,0 | |||||
| 12. | Gary Drinnon |  | USA | 352,5 | |||||
| 13. | Vinzenz Hörtnagl |  | AUT | 350,0 | |||||
| 14. | John Burns |  | GBR | 347,5 | |||||
| 15. | John Barrett |  | NZL | 342,5 | |||||
| 16. | Robert Santavy | | CAN | 337,5 | |||||
| 17. | Houshang Kargarnejad |  | IRI | 322,5 | |||||
| Ali Valli | | IRI | dnf | ||||||
| Stephen Wyatt |  | AUS | dnf | ||||||
| Brian Strange | | GBR | dnf | ||||||
| Mark Cameron | | USA | (375,0) | dq(d) | |||||
| Valentin Hristov | | BUL | (400,0) | dq(d) | |||||
| * Valentin Hristov BUL disqualified for doping. ** Mark Cameron USA disqualified for doping.
Event Format: Athletes competed in two types of lift: the snatch, in which they raised the bar over the head in one movement, and the clean & jerk, in which they raised the bar i two movements using the combined strength of arms and legs. Each athlete was allowed three attempts at each type of lift. The best result in each type of lift counted in the final score for the athlete. Event facts: Men's Heavyweight competition was held at the St. Michel Arena and 22 athletes participated in the event. |
