Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties were broken by the lightest bodyweight.[1]

67.5 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueWeightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle
Dates30 August 1972
Competitors22 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mukharby Kirzhinov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mladen Kuchev
 Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Zbigniew Kaczmarek
 Poland
← 1968
1976 →

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
  Mukharby Kirzhinov   Soviet Union 66.80 142.5 147.5 147.5 147.5 130.0 135.0 135.0 135.0 =OR 167.5 172.5 177.5 177.5 WR 460.0 WR
  Mladen Kuchev   Bulgaria 66.90 150.0 157.5 157.5 157.5 WR 125.0 125.0 130.0 125.0 162.5 167.5 175.0 167.5 450.0
  Zbigniew Kaczmarek   Poland 67.10 145.0 145.0 150.0 145.0 125.0 130.0 130.0 125.0 167.5 172.5 167.5 437.5
4 Waldemar Baszanowski   Poland 66.90 142.5 142.5 142.5 142.5 130.0 135.0 135.0 130.0 162.5 167.5 167.5 162.5 435.0
5 Nasrollah Dehnavi   Iran 67.30 142.5 147.5 150.0 150.0 125.0 125.0 130.0 125.0 160.0 165.0 165.0 160.0 435.0
6 Jenő Ambrózi   Hungary 66.90 137.5 142.5 147.5 142.5 120.0 125.0 125.0 120.0 165.0 170.0 172.5 165.0 427.5
7 Won Sin-Hui   South Korea 67.20 127.5 132.5 135.0 132.5 125.0 130.0 132.5 130.0 165.0 170.0 170.0 165.0 427.5
8 Masao Kato   Japan 66.40 132.5 137.5 140.0 140.0 120.0 120.0 125.0 120.0 160.0 165.0 170.0 160.0 425.0
9 Dan Cantore   United States 67.10 132.5 132.5 140.0 140.0 117.5 122.5 122.5 117.5 155.0 160.0 162.5 162.5 420.0
10 Yusaku Ono   Japan 66.60 130.0 135.0 140.0 135.0 120.0 125.0 127.5 125.0 157.5 157.5 167.5 157.5 417.5
11 Wolfgang Faber   East Germany 67.00 132.5 137.5 140.0 137.5 115.0 115.0 115.0 115.0 152.5 157.5 157.5 152.5 405.0
12 Werner Schraut   West Germany 67.10 127.5 127.5 132.5 127.5 120.0 125.0 125.0 125.0 150.0 155.0 155.0 150.0 402.5
13 Leopold Herenčić   Yugoslavia 67.20 137.5 137.5 142.5 142.5 115.0 120.0 120.0 115.0 142.5 147.5 147.5 142.5 400.0
14 Francisco Mateos   Spain 66.60 127.5 132.5 132.5 132.5 112.5 112.5 117.5 117.5 147.5 152.5 152.5 147.5 397.5
15 George Newton   Great Britain 67.50 127.5 127.5 132.5 132.5 117.5 122.5 122.5 117.5 135.0 145.0 145.0 145.0 395.0
16 José Martínez   Colombia 67.10 132.5 137.5 137.5 132.5 102.5 102.5 107.5 102.5 140.0 145.0 150.0 145.0 380.0
17 Eleftherios Stefanoudakis   Greece 67.20 110.0 117.5 122.5 117.5 115.0 120.0 122.5 120.0 142.5 147.5 147.5 142.5 380.0
18 Ieuan Owen   Great Britain 66.70 117.5 122.5 127.5 122.5 107.5 107.5 107.5 107.5 145.0 150.0 155.0 145.0 375.0
19 Ildefonso Lee   Panama 66.70 115.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 105.0 110.0 112.5 110.0 135.0 140.0 140.0 135.0 365.0
20 Walter Legel   Austria 67.40 127.5 127.5 132.5 127.5 110.0 115.0 117.5 117.5 145.0 150.0 155.0 150.0 DQ
[395.0][2]
21 Radnaasediin Amgaased   Mongolia 67.30 125.0 125.0 130.0 125.0 105.0 110.0 110.0 105.0 NVL DNF
22 Pietro Masala   West Germany 67.20 137.5 137.5 137.5 NVL DNF

Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; NVL = no valid lift; DQ = disqualified

References edit

  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ Walter Legel originally placed 15th, but was disqualified after he tested positive for amphetamine.

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