1976 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1976 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Montreal, 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
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 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 | |
| Total | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
See also
References
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