Men's 82.5 kg at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	St. Michel Arena
Date	24 July 1976
Competitors	17 from 14 nations
Winning total	365.0 kg OR
Medalists
Valery Shary  Soviet Union Trendafil Stoychev  Bulgaria Péter Baczakó  Hungary

Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics
	Men
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal took place on 24 July at the St. Michel Arena. It was the thirteenth appearance of the light heavyweight class.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Country	kg
1	Valery Shary	Soviet Union	365.0
2	Trendafil Stoychev	Bulgaria	360.0
3	Péter Baczakó	Hungary	345.0
4	Nikos Iliadis	Greece	340.0
5	Juhani Avellan	Finland	330.0
6	Stefan Jacobsson	Sweden	317.5
7	Sueo Fujishiro	Japan	315.0
8	Gerd Kennel	West Germany	312.5
9	Erling Johansen	Denmark	307.5
10	Samuel Bigler	United States	307.5
11	Pablo Justiniani	Panama	295.0
12	Mehmet Suvar	Turkey	292.5
AC	Ferenc Antalovics	Hungary	155.0
AC	Rolf Milser	West Germany	205.0
AC	Blagoy Blagoev	Bulgaria	362.5 (DQ)
AC	Pierre St.-Jean	Canada	DNF
AC	Leif Jensen	Norway	DNF

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