Yordan Mitkov Wins the Olympics in Montreal
July 22, 1976, Montreal, Canada – 20-year old middleweight Yordan Mitkov of Asenovgrad, Bulgaria clean-and-jerks 190kg and becomes an Olympic champion with a 335kg total in the 75kg weight class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Rank | Athlete | Results (kg) | |
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1 | Yordan MITKOV, Bulgaria | 145OR+ 190OR = 335OR | |
2 | Vartan MILITOSYAN, Soviet Union | 145OR+ 185 = 330 | |
3 | Peter WENZEL, East Germany | 145OR+ 182.5 = 327.5 | |
4 | Wolfgang HUBNER, East Germany | 142.5+ 177.5 = 320 | |
5 | Arvo ALA-PONTIO, Finland | 137.5+ 177.5 = 315 | |
6 | Andras STARK, Hungary | 140+ 175 = 315 | |
7 | Ondrej HEKEL , Czechoslovakia | 140+ 172.5 = 312.5 | |
8 | Daniel ZAYAS , Cuba | 140+ 170 = 310 | |
9 | Norbert BERGMANN, West Germany | 132.5+ 177.5 = 310 | |
10 | Klaus GROH, West Germany | 137.5+ 170 = 307.5 | |
11 | Frederick LOWE, United States | 135+ 170 = 305 | |
12 | Robert KABBAS, Australia | 127.5+ 170 = 297.5 | |
13 | Mehdi Attar ASHRATI, Iran | 130+ 165 = 295 | |
14 | Ludvik WAGNER, France | 130+ 155 = 285 | |
15 | Mohammad MALIK ARSHAD, Pakistan | 122.5+ 160 = 282.5 | |
900 | Janos KOMJATI, Hungary | 135+ 0 = 0 | |
966 | Dragomir CIOROSLAN, Romania | 142.5+ 177.5 = 320 |
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