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, although athletes were tested only during the competition, thus leaving them free to use performance-enhancing drugs in the years prior.[1][2]
| Weightlifting at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | St. Michel Arena |
| Dates | 18–27 July 1976 |
| Competitors | 173 from 46 nations |
Medal summary
editZbigniew 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "Doping cases at Summer Games since 1968". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
Sources
edit- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2006.