Men Light Heavyweight 82.5kg Weightlifting XXI Olympic Games Montreal 1976 - 24th July, Gold Medal: Valery Shary, Soviet Union
Venue: St. Michel Arena, Montreal, Quebec. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.
Final Ranking
Total
Snatch
Cl&Jk
Weight
Gr.
age
1. Valery Shary
URS
365.0kg OR
162.5 OR
202.5
81.70
A
29
2. Trendafil Stoichev
BUL
360.0kg
162.5
197.5
81.90
A
23
3. Peter Blaczako
HUN
345.0kg
157.5
187.5
82.40
A
24
4. Nicolaos Iliadis
GRE
340.0kg
150.0
190.0
82.30
A
25
5. Juhani Avellan
FIN
330.0kg
145.0
185.0
82.45
A
30
6. Stefan Jacobsson
SWE
317.5kg
147.5
170.0
81.85
B
28
7. Sueo Fujishiro
JPN
315.0kg
140.0
175.0
81.00
B
27
8. Gerd Kennel
FRG
312.5kg
135.0
177.5
81.70
B
24
9. Erling Johansen
DEN
307.5kg
137.5
170.0
81.80
B
31
10.Samuel Bigler
USA
307.5kg
130.0
177.5
82.15
B
29
11.Pablo Justiniani
PAN
295.0kg
130.0
165.0
82.50
B
24
12.Mehmet Suvar
TUR
292.5kg
132.5
160.0
79.50
B
29
-. Ferenc Antalovica
HUN
NM
155.0
NM
82.30
A
23
-. Rolf Milser
FRG
NM
NM
205.0 OR
81.65
A
25
-. Leif Jensen
NOR
NM
NM
DNS
82.05
A
28
-. Perre St-Jean
CAN
NM
NM
DNS
81.10
A
33
DQ Blagoi Blagoev
BUL
362.5kg
162.5
200.0
81.75
A
19
This event was expected to be contested between Valery Shary (URS) and Trendafil Stoychev (BUL), the last two World Champions, and the chalk came through, although it took doping controls to establish the final podium.
Shary and Stoychev tied with 162.5 kg in the snatch, also equalled by Stoychev's teammate Blagoy Blagoev. When Shary lifted 202.5 kg in the clean & jerk the gold medal was his, followed by Blagoev, who jerked 200.0 kg, and Stoychev, who managed 197.5 kg.
However, Blagoev was then disqualified for an unannounced anabolic steroid detected in his doping test, moving Stoychev up to the silver medal, and brought Peter Baczako (HUN) the bronze medal.
At Moskva in 1980, Blagoev would win the silver medal in this class. Baczako would move up in weight and win the gold medal in 1980 as a middle-heavyweight.
URS
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JPN
FRG
DEN
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PAN
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CAN