Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg

The men's 75 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place on 22 July at the St. Michel Arena. It was the thirteenth appearance of the middleweight class.[1]

Men's 75 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueSt. Michel Arena
Date22 July 1976
Competitors17 from 14 nations
Winning total335.0 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Wenzel  East Germany
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Results edit

Rank Name Country kg
1 Yordan Mitkov   Bulgaria 335.0
2 Vardan Militosyan   Soviet Union 330.0
3 Peter Wenzel   East Germany 327.5
4 Wolfgang Hübner   East Germany 320.0
5 Arvo Ala-Pöntiö   Finland 315.0
6 András Stark   Hungary 315.0
7 Ondrej Hekel   Czechoslovakia 312.5
8 Daniel Zayas   Cuba 310.0
9 Norbert Bergmann   West Germany 310.0
10 Klaus Groh   West Germany 307.5
11 Fred Lowe   United States 305.0
12 Robert Kabbas   Australia 297.5
13 Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi   Iran 295.0
14 Christian Kinck   France 285.0
15 Mohammad Malik Arshad   Pakistan 282.5
AC János Komjáti   Hungary 135.0
AC Dragomir Cioroslan   Romania 320.0 (DQ)

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1976 Munich Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.