Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich consisted of nine weight classes, all for men only. Two new weight classes were introduced at these Games (flyweight and super heavyweight), marking the first changes to the Olympic program since 1952. This was the last year that the clean and press was included as one of the lifts.[1]

Weightlifting
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMessegelände
Dates27 August - 6 September 1972
Competitors188 from 54 nations
← 1968
1976 →

Medal summary

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
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Zygmunt Smalcerz
  Poland
Lajos Szűcs
  Hungary
Sándor Holczreiter
  Hungary
56 kg
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Imre Földi
  Hungary
Mohammad Nassiri
  Iran
Gennadi Chetin
  Soviet Union
60 kg
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Norair Nurikyan
  Bulgaria
Dito Shanidze
  Soviet Union
János Benedek
  Hungary
67.5 kg
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Mukharby Kirzhinov
  Soviet Union
Mladen Kutchev
  Bulgaria
Zbigniew Kaczmarek
  Poland
75 kg
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Yordan Bikov
  Bulgaria
Mohamed Traboulsi
  Lebanon
Anselmo Silvino
  Italy
82.5 kg
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Leif Jenssen
  Norway
Norbert Ozimek
  Poland
György Horváth
  Hungary
90 kg
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Andon Nikolov
  Bulgaria
Atanas Shopov
  Bulgaria
Hans Bettembourg
  Sweden
110 kg
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Jaan Talts
  Soviet Union
Aleksandr Kraichev
  Bulgaria
Stefan Grützner
  East Germany
+110 kg
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Vasiliy Alekseyev
  Soviet Union
Rudolf Mang
  West Germany
Gerd Bonk
  East Germany

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Bulgaria (BUL)3306
2  Soviet Union (URS)3115
3  Hungary (HUN)1135
4  Poland (POL)1113
5  Norway (NOR)1001
6  Iran (IRI)0101
  Lebanon (LIB)0101
  West Germany (FRG)0101
9  East Germany (GDR)0022
10  Italy (ITA)0011
  Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (11 entries)99927

References

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  1. ^ "Weightlifting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

Sources

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