Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 27 July 1976 at Saint-Michel Arena.
The military press was removed from the competition format after Munich 1972 because of the disagreement and deleterious effects over proper body weight form, leaving with only two lifts currently used: snatch and clean and jerk.
Medal Table[]
| 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 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg | Alexandr Voronin
|
Gyorgy Koszegi
|
Mohammad Nassiri
|
| 56 kg | Norair Nurikyan
|
Grzegorz Cziura
|
Kenkichi Ando
|
| 60 kg | Nikolai Kolesnikov
|
Georgi Todorov
|
Kazumasa Hirai
|
| 67.5 kg | Piotr Korol
|
Daniel Senet
|
Kazimierz Czarnecki
|
| 75 kg | Yordan Mitkov
|
Vartan Militosyan
|
Peter Wenzel
|
| 82.5 kg | Valery Shary
|
Trendafil Stoichev
|
Peter Baczako
|
| 90 kg | David Rigert
|
Lee James
|
Atanas Shopov
|
| 110 kg | Yuri Zaitsev
|
Krastio Semerdjiev
|
Tadeusz Rutkowski
|
| 110+ kg | Vasily Alexeev
|
Gerd Bonk
|
Helmut Losch
|
Statistics[]
- There were 173 total athletes from 46 countries.
- Daniel Nunez was the youngest participant with 17 years and 310 days.
- Precious McKenzie was the oldest participant with 40 years and 42 days.
- 3 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- France won its first medal in the sport since Melbourne 1956.
- United States won its first medal in the sport since Mexico City 1968.
- Japan won its first 2 medals in the sport since Mexico City 1968.
