Second Attempt of Valery Shary (1976)
July 24, 1976, Montreal, Canada – Soviet light heavyweight Valery Shary of Minsk, Belarus, competes in the snatch program of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
After a disaster performance in Munich in 1972, it was the second attempt of Valery Shary to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games.
He managed to lift 5 out of 6, snatched 162.5kg, jerked 202.5kg and won the Olympic title in the 82.5kg class with the 365kg total.
Rank | Athlete | Results (kg) | |
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1 | Valery SHARY, Soviet Union | 162.5OR+ 202.5OR = 365OR | |
2 | Trendafil STOICHEV, Bulgaria | 162.5OR+ 197.5 = 360 | |
3 | Peter BACZAKO, Hungary | 157.5+ 187.5 = 345 | |
4 | Nicolaos ILIADIS, Greece | 150+ 190 = 340 | |
5 | Juhani AVELLAN, Finland | 145+ 185 = 330 | |
6 | Stefan JACOBSSON, Sweden | 147.5+ 170 = 317.5 | |
7 | Sueo FUJISHIRO, Japan | 140+ 175 = 315 | |
8 | Gerd KENNEL, Germany | 135+ 177.5 = 312.5 | |
9 | Erling JOHANSEN, Denmark | 137.5+ 170 = 307.5 | |
10 | Samuel Leo BIGLER, United States | 130+ 177.5 = 307.5 | |
11 | Pablo JUSTINIANI , Panama | 130+ 165 = 295 | |
12 | Mehmet SUVAR, Turkey | 132.5+ 160 = 292.5 | |
13 | Rolf MILSER, West Germany | 0+ 205 = 0 | |
14 | Lee JAMES, Norway | 0+ 0 = 0 | |
15 | Pierre ST. JEAN, Canada | 0+ 0 = 0 | |
16 | Ferenc ANTALOVICS, Hungary | 155+ 0 = 0 | |
966 | Blagoy BLAGOEV, Bulgaria | 162.5+ 200 = 362.5 |