Men Middleweight 75kg Weightlifting XXI Olympic Games Montreal 1976 - 22th July - Gold Medal: Yordan Mitkov, Bulgaria
Venue: St. Michel Arena, Montreal, Quebec. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.
Final Ranking
Total
Snatch
Cl&Jk
Weight
Gr.
Age
1. Yordan Mitkov
BUL
335.0kg OR
145.0 OR
190.0 OR
74.70
A
20
2. Vartan Militosyan
URS
330.0kg
145.0 OR
185.0
74.80
A
26
3. Peter Wenzel
GDR
327.5kg
145.0 OR
182.5
74.75
A
24
4. Wolfgang Hubner
GDR
320.0kg
142.5
177.5
74.40
A
24
5. Arvo Ala-Pontio
FIN
315.0kg
137.5
177.5
74.65
A
33
6. Andras Stark
HUN
315.0kg
140.0
175.0
75.00
A
26
7. Ondrej Hekel
TCH
312.5kg
140.0
172.5
74.65
A
32
8. Daniel Zayas
CUB
310.0kg
140.0
170.0
74.65
B
18
9. Norbert Bergman
FRG
310.0kg
132.5
177.5
74.65
B
22
10.Klaus Groh
FRG
307.5kg
137.5
170.0
74.65
A
21
11.Frederick Lowe
USA
305.0kg
135.0
170.0
74.80
B
28
12.Robert Kabbas
AUS
297.5kg
127.5
170.0
74.00
B
21
13.Mehdi Ashrafi
IRN
295.0kg
130.0
165.0
73.45
B
27
14.Christian Kinck
FRA
285.0kg
130.0
155.0
74.85
B
20
15.Arshad Malik
PAK
282.5kg
122.5
160.0
74.60
B
28
-. Janos Komjati
HUN
NM
135.0
NM
74.65
A
23
DQ Dragomir Cioroslan
ROU
320.0kg
142.5
177.5
74.85
B
22
The favorites in this class were Peter Wenzel (GDR), the 1975 World and European Champion, and Yordan Mitkov (BUL), runner-up to Wenzel at both meets in 1975.
They were tied after the snatch with 145.0 kg, also matched by Soviet lifter Vartan Militosyan (URS), but Mitkov's clean & jerk of 190.0 kg brought him the gold medal, with Militosyan placing second and Wenzel winning bronze.
Dragomir Cioroslan (ROU) originally placed fourth but was disqualified for a doping positive for fencanfamine, a stimulant.