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.
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Valery SHARY, Soviet Union | 162.5OR+ 202.5OR = 365OR |
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Trendafil STOICHEV, Bulgaria | 162.5OR+ 197.5 = 360 |
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Peter BACZAKO, Hungary | 157.5+ 187.5 = 345 |
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Nicolaos ILIADIS, Greece | 150+ 190 = 340 |
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Juhani AVELLAN, Finland | 145+ 185 = 330 |
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Stefan JACOBSSON, Sweden | 147.5+ 170 = 317.5 |
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Sueo FUJISHIRO, Japan | 140+ 175 = 315 |
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Gerd KENNEL, Germany | 135+ 177.5 = 312.5 |
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Erling JOHANSEN, Denmark | 137.5+ 170 = 307.5 |
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Samuel Leo BIGLER, United States | 130+ 177.5 = 307.5 |
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Pablo JUSTINIANI , Panama | 130+ 165 = 295 |
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Mehmet SUVAR, Turkey | 132.5+ 160 = 292.5 |
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Rolf MILSER, West Germany | 0+ 205 = 0 |
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Lee JAMES, Norway | 0+ 0 = 0 |
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Pierre ST. JEAN, Canada | 0+ 0 = 0 |
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Ferenc ANTALOVICS, Hungary | 155+ 0 = 0 |
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Blagoy BLAGOEV, Bulgaria | 162.5+ 200 = 362.5 |