Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the V Paralympic Games
Paralympic Weightlifting
Competitors	43 from 16 nations
←1972 1980→

Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.^[1]

Participating nations[]

There were 43 male competitors representing 16 nations.^[2]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

There were 18 medal winners representing nine nations.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	0	1	3
2	Israel (ISR)	2	0	0	2
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
4	Australia (AUS)	1	0	1	2
5	France (FRA)	0	4	0	4
6	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
7	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	2	2
8	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 nations)		6	6	6	18

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's light featherweight	Israel	France	Terry Mason  Australia
Men's featherweight	Benny Nilsson  Sweden	France	Guatemala
Men's lightweight	Edward Coyle  United States	France	Reuben Ngata  New Zealand
Men's middleweight	Vic Renalson  Australia	Aoudmond  France	United States
Men's light heavyweight	Israel	Great Britain	Fred Creba  New Zealand
Men's heavyweight	United States	Sweden	Finland

References[]

• Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics (Toronto) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)