Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
# Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.

## Participating nations

There were 43 male competitors representing 16 nations.

* Australia (2)
* Belgium (2)
* Brazil (3)
* Canada (2)
* Finland (2)
* France (5)
* Great Britain (6)
* Guatemala (2)
* Israel (2)
* New Zealand (3)
* Norway (2)
* Poland (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (2)
* United States (6)
* West Germany (1)

## Medal summary

### Medal table

There were 18 medal winners representing nine nations.

| 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 |
| 8 | Guatemala (GUA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's light featherweight details | Shmuel Haimovitz Israel | Jean-Michel Barberane France | Terry Mason Australia |
| Men's featherweight details | Benny Nilsson Sweden | Joseph Ponnier France | Jose Rolando Guatemala |
| Men's lightweight details | Edward Coyle United States | Alex Eguers France | Reuben Ngata New Zealand |
| Men's middleweight details | Vic Renalson Australia | Aoudmond France | Richard Taurer United States |
| Men's light heavyweight details | Abraham Strauch Israel | R. Rowe Great Britain | Fred Creba New Zealand |
| Men's heavyweight details | Jon Brown United States | Bengt Lindberg Sweden | Aimo Sohlmann Finland |
