Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's +110 kg

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Men's +110 kg
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
VenueSt. Michel Arena
Date27 July 1976
Competitors11 from 8 nations
Winning total440.0 kg OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gerd Bonk  East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Helmut Losch  East Germany
← 1972
1980 →

The men's +110 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place on 27 July at the St. Michel Arena. It was the second appearance of the super heavyweight class.[1]

Results[edit]

Rank Name Country kg
1 Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union 440.0
2 Gerd Bonk  East Germany 405.0
3 Helmut Losch  East Germany 387.5
4 Ján Nagy  Czechoslovakia 387.5
5 Bruce Wilhelm  United States 387.5
6 Gerardo Fernández  Cuba 365.0
7 Bob Edmond  Australia 347.5
8 Jan-Olof Nolsjö  Sweden 337.5
9 Sam Walker  United States 325.0
AC Petr Pavlásek  Czechoslovakia 387.5 (DQ)
AC Jouko Leppä  Finland DNF

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1976 Munich Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.