This was the first time that the super heavyweight weight class was competed at an Olympics. The event was delayed one day due to the ongoing Munich massacre.
| +110 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle | |||||||||
| Dates | 6 September 1972 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results edit
The results were determined by adding the points for best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk, with any ties broken by the minimum bodyweight.[1]
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Body weight | Military press (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
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Vasiliy Alekseyev |  Soviet Union |
152.80 | 225.0 | 230.0 | 235.0 | 235.0 OR | 170.0 | 175.0 | 175 OR | 225.0 | 230.0 | 230.0 OR | 640.0 OR | ||
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Rudolf Mang |  West Germany |
129.75 | 225.0 | 225.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 215.0 | 215.0 | 610.0 | ||||||
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Gerd Bonk |  East Germany |
142.30 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 210.0 | 217.5 | 217.5 | 572.5 | |||
| 4 | Jouko Leppä |  Finland |
144.80 | 190.0 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 210.0 | 210.0 | 572.5 | |
| 5 | Manfred Rieger | East Germany |
125.55 | 185.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 200.0 | 205.0 | 205.0 | 557.5 | ||||
| 6 | Petr Pavlásek |  Czechoslovakia |
150.25 | 185.0 | 192.5 | 192.5 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 557.5 | |||
| 7 | Kalevi Lahdenranta | Finland |
134.30 | 180.0 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 555.0 | |||||
| 8 | Fernando Bernal |  Cuba |
125.85 | 190.0 | 190.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 200.0 | 207.5 | 207.5 | 545.0 | |||||
| 9 | Ove Johansson |  Sweden |
127.95 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 200.0 | 200.0 | 545.0 | ||||||
| 10 | Terry Perdue |  Great Britain |
146.85 | 180.0 | 185.0 | - | 185.0 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 180.0 | - | 180.0 | 512.5 | |||
| 11 | Thamer Chaim |  Brazil |
114.10 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 180.0 | - | 180.0 | 490.0 | |||||
| - | Ken Patera |  United States |
145.80 | 212.5 | 212.5 | NVL | DNF | |||||||||
| - | Serge Reding |  Belgium |
139.45 | NVL | DNF | |||||||||||
Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; NVL = no valid lift
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.