Men Heavyweight 110kg Weightlifting Olympic Games Montreal 1976 - 26th July, Gold Medal: Yuri Zaitzev, Soviet Union
Venue: St. Michel Arena, Montreal, Quebec. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.
Final Ranking
Total
Snatch
Cl&Jk
Weight
Gr.
Age
1. Yuri Zaitzev
URS
385.0kg OR
165.0
220.0 OR
107.95
A
25
2. Krastio Semerdjiev
BUL
385.0kg OR
170.0 OR
215.0
109.15
A
22
3. Tadeusz Rutkowski
POL
377.5kg
167.5
210.0
109.00
A
25
4. Pierre Gourrier
FRA
372.5kg
157.5
215.0
107.30
A
29
5. Jurgen Ciezki
GDR
372.5kg
162.5
210.0
109.65
A
24
6. Javier Gonzalez
CUB
365.0kg
160.0
205.0
107.05
A
26
7. Leif Nilsson
SWE
365.0kg
157.5
207.5
109.95
A
23
8. Rudolf Stejcek
TCH
362.5kg
162.5
200.0
108.85
A
25
9. Russ Prior
CAN
362.5kg
167.5
195.0
109.65
A
27
10.Taito Haara
FIN
360.0kg
160.0
200.0
109.45
A
33
11.Lennart Dahlgren
SWE
355.0kg
155.0
200.0
99.25
B
24
12.Gary Drinnon
USA
352.5kg
152.5
200.0
109.80
B
26
13.Vinzenz Hortnagi
AUT
350.0kg
160.0
190.0
107.55
B
28
14.John Burns
GBR
347.5kg
157.5
190.0
107.35
B
27
15.John Barrett
NZL
342.5kg
150.0
192.5
109.85
B
30
16.Robert Santavy
CAN
337.5kg
147.5
190.0
100.40
B
28
17.Houshang Kargamezhad
IRN
322.5kg
142.5
180.0
108.65
B
31
-. Stephen Wyatt
AUS
NM
150.0
NM
104.15
B
26
-. Ali Valli
IRN
NM
140.0
NM
104.15
B
25
-. Brian Strange
GBR
NM
NM
-
109.95
B
22
DQ Valentin Khristov
BUL
400.0kg
175.0
225.0
109.45
A
20
DQ Mark Cameron
USA
375.0kg
162.5
212.5
107.10
A
23
The results in this event were significantly affected by the doping controls after the event ended.
Valentin Khristov (BUL), 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 Yury Zaytsev (URS), who had been silver medalist at the 1976 European Championships, and bronze medalist at the 1974 Worlds.
Mark Cameron (USA) originally finished fifth, but he was also disqualified for anabolic steroids.