The 1976 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 18 to July 27, 1976. There were 173 men in action from 46 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1976 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counts for World Weightlifting Championships.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	György Kőszegi  Hungary	107.5 kg	Masatomo Takeuchi  Japan	105.0 kg	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	137.5 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	135.0 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	130.0 kg
Total	Aleksandr Voronin  Soviet Union	242.5 kg	György Kőszegi  Hungary	237.5 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	235.0 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	117.5 kg	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	115.0 kg	Leszek Skorupa  Poland	112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	142.5 kg	Imre Földi  Hungary	140.0 kg
Total	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	262.5 kg WR	Grzegorz Cziura  Poland	252.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	250.0 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	125.0 kg	Kazumasa Hirai  Japan	125.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	122.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	157.5 kg	Takashi Saito  Japan	152.5 kg
Total	Nikolay Kolesnikov  Soviet Union	285.0 kg	Georgi Todorov  Bulgaria	280.0 kg	Kazumasa Hirai  Japan	275.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	135.0 kg	Daniel Senet  France	135.0 kg	Kazimierz Czarnecki  Poland	130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Günter Ambraß  East Germany	170.0 kg	Yatsuo Shimaya  Japan	165.0 kg
Total	Petro Korol  Soviet Union	305.0 kg	Daniel Senet  France	300.0 kg	Kazimierz Czarnecki  Poland	295.0 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	145.0 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	190.0 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	182.5 kg
Total	Yordan Mitkov  Bulgaria	335.0 kg	Vardan Militosyan  Soviet Union	330.0 kg	Peter Wenzel  East Germany	327.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	162.5 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rolf Milser  West Germany	205.0 kg	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	202.5 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	197.5 kg
Total	Valery Shary  Soviet Union	365.0 kg	Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria	360.0 kg	Péter Baczakó  Hungary	345.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Lee James  United States	165.0 kg	Michel Broillet  Switzerland	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	212.5 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	205.0 kg	Lee James  United States	197.5 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	382.5 kg	Lee James  United States	362.5 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	360.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Krastyu Semerdzhiev  Bulgaria	170.0 kg	Tadeusz Rutkowski  Poland	167.5 kg	Russ Prior  Canada	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	220.0 kg	Pierre Gourrier  France	215.0 kg	Krastyu Semerdzhiev  Bulgaria	215.0 kg
Total	Yury Zaitsev  Soviet Union	385.0 kg	Krastyu Semerdzhiev  Bulgaria	385.0 kg	Tadeusz Rutkowski  Poland	377.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Bruce Wilhelm  United States	172.5 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	255.0 kg WR	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	235.0 kg	Ján Nagy  Czechoslovakia	227.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	440.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	405.0 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	387.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	7	1	0	8
2	Bulgaria	2	3	1	6
3	East Germany	0	1	2	3
	Poland	0	1	2	3
5	Hungary	0	1	1	2
6	France	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
8	Japan	0	0	2	2
9	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		9	9	9	27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	18	3	2	23
2	Bulgaria	7	6	4	17
3	Hungary	1	1	4	6
4	West Germany	1	0	0	1
5	East Germany	0	4	4	8
6	Japan	0	3	4	7
	Poland	0	3	4	7
8	United States	0	3	1	4
9	France	0	3	0	3
10	Iran	0	1	1	2
11	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		27	27	27	81

See also

• Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine