Olympic weightlifting female competitors. A lifter who fails to complete at least one successful snatch and one successful clean and jerk also fails to "total", and therefore receives an "incomplete" entry for the competition. The clean and press was once a competition lift, but was discontinued due to difficulties in judging proper form. In comparison with other strength sports, which test limit strength (with or without lifting aids), weightlifting tests aspects of human ballistic limits (explosive strength); the lifts are therefore executed faster—and with more mobility and a greater range of motion during their execution—than other strength movements. Properly executed, the snatch
Philippines at the 1976 Summer Olympics Flyweight Men's Bantamweight Philippines at the 1976 Summer Olympics The Philippines competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. The Asian nation sent only fourteen athletes to Montreal, its smallest delegation since 1932, to compete in track and field, boxing, shooting, swimming and weightlifting. Men's Marathon Men's Light Flyweight ( – 48 kg) Men's Bantamweight ( – 54 kg) Men's Featherweight ( – 57 kg) Men's Free Pistol Men's Rapid Fire Pistol Men's 100m Freestyle Men's 400m Freestyle Men's 1500m Freestyle Men's 100m Backstroke Men's 200m Backstroke Men's 200m Butterfly <br> Women's 100m Breaststroke Women's 200m Breaststroke Women's 400m