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Heavyweight (≤110 kilograms), Men

Date26 July 1976 — 14:30-19:00
StatusOlympic
LocationAréna Saint-Michel, Montréal, Québec
Participants22 from 16 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

The results in this event were significantly affected by the doping controls after the event ended. Bulgaria’s Valentin Khristov, 1975 World Champion, lifted 400.0 kg and seemed to have won the gold medal, but he was disqualified for detection of an anabolic steroid, although a pre-Olympic test had been negative. This gave the gold medal to Soviet Yury Zaytsev, who had been silver medalist at the 1976 European Championships, and bronze medalist at the 1974 Worlds. American Mark Cameron originally finished fifth, but he was also disqualified for anabolic steroids.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Yury ZaytsevURS385.0ORGold
2Krastyu SemerdzhievBUL385.0ORSilver
3Tadeusz RutkowskiPOL377.5Bronze
4Pierre GourrierFRA372.5
5Jürgen CiezkiGDR372.5
6Javier GonzálezCUB365.0
7Leif NilssonSWE365.0
8Rudolf StrejčekTCH362.5
9Russ PriorCAN362.5
10Taito HaaraFIN360.0
11Lennart DahlgrenSWE355.0
12Gary DrinnonUSA352.5
13Vinzenz HörtnaglAUT350.0
14John BurnsGBR347.5
15Rory BarrettNZL342.5
16Bob SantavyCAN337.5
17Houshang KargarnejadIRI322.5
ACAli ValliIRI140.0
ACStephen WyattAUS150.0
DQMark CameronUSA[375.0]1
DQValentin HristovBUL[400.0]2
DNFBrian StrangeGBR