1972 World Weightlifting Championships

The 1972 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Munich, West Germany from August 27 to September 6, 1972. There were 188 men in action from 54 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1972 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counted for the World Weightlifting Championships.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Press	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	112.5 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	112.5 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	107.5 kg
Snatch	Aung Gyi  Burma	105.0 kg WR	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	100.0 kg	Tetsuhide Sasaki  Japan	97.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Pak Dong-geun  North Korea	130.0 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	127.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	125.0 kg
Total	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	337.5 kg	Lajos Szűcs  Hungary	330.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	327.5 kg
56 kg
Press	Imre Földi  Hungary	127.5 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	127.5 kg	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	122.5 kg
Snatch	Koji Miki  Japan	112.5 kg	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	107.5 kg	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Imre Földi  Hungary	142.5 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	142.5 kg	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	140.0 kg
Total	Imre Földi  Hungary	377.5 kg WR	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	370.0 kg	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	367.5 kg
60 kg
Press	Ymer Pampuri  Albania	127.5 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	127.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	127.5 kg
Snatch	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	120.0 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan	120.0 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	157.5 kg WR	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan	145.0 kg
Total	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	402.5 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	400.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	390.0 kg
67.5 kg
Press	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	157.5 kg WR	Nasrollah Dehnavi  Iran	150.0 kg	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	147.5 kg
Snatch	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	135.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	130.0 kg	Won Shin-hee  South Korea	130.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	177.5 kg WR	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	167.5 kg
Total	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	460.0 kg WR	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	450.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	437.5 kg
75 kg
Press	Vladimir Kanygin  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	Mohamed Tarabulsi  Lebanon	160.0 kg	Yordan Bikov  Bulgaria	160.0 kg
Snatch	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	142.5 kg	Aimé Terme  France	142.5 kg	Mohamed Tarabulsi  Lebanon	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yordan Bikov  Bulgaria	185.0 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	175.0 kg	Anselmo Silvino  Italy	175.0 kg
Total	Yordan Bikov  Bulgaria	485.0 kg WR	Mohamed Tarabulsi  Lebanon	472.5 kg	Anselmo Silvino  Italy	470.0 kg
82.5 kg
Press	Leif Jenssen  Norway	172.5 kg	Christos Iakovou  Greece	170.0 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	160.0 kg
Snatch	Leif Jenssen  Norway	150.0 kg	Bernhard Radtke  East Germany	145.0 kg	Mike Karchut  United States	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	György Horváth  Hungary	192.5 kg	Norbert Ozimek  Poland	187.5 kg	Leif Jenssen  Norway	185.0 kg
Total	Leif Jenssen  Norway	507.5 kg	Norbert Ozimek  Poland	497.5 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	495.0 kg
90 kg
Press	David Rigert  Soviet Union	187.5 kg	Hans Bettembourg  Sweden	182.5 kg	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg
Snatch	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	155.0 kg	Jaakko Kailajärvi  Finland	150.0 kg	Pierre Gourrier  France	147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Rick Holbrook  United States	197.5 kg	Phil Grippaldi  United States	195.0 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	192.5 kg
Total	Andon Nikolov  Bulgaria	525.0 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	517.5 kg	Hans Bettembourg  Sweden	512.5 kg
110 kg
Press	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	197.5 kg	Roberto Vezzani  Italy	192.5 kg
Snatch	Rainer Dörrzapf  West Germany	165.0 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	165.0 kg	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Stefan Grützner  East Germany	207.5 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	205.0 kg	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	205.0 kg
Total	Jaan Talts  Soviet Union	580.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	562.5 kg	Stefan Grützner  East Germany	555.0 kg
+110 kg
Press	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	235.0 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	225.0 kg	Ken Patera  United States	212.5 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	175.0 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	170.0 kg	Kalevi Lahdenranta  Finland	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	230.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	217.5 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	215.0 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	640.0 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	610.0 kg	Gerd Bonk  East Germany	572.5 kg

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	3	3	0	6
2	Soviet Union	3	1	1	5
3	Hungary	1	1	3	5
4	Poland	1	1	1	3
5	Norway	1	0	0	1
6	Iran	0	1	0	1
	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
	West Germany	0	1	0	1
9	East Germany	0	0	2	2
10	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		9	9	9	27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Press, Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	11	4	6	21
2	Bulgaria	7	5	4	16
3	Hungary	4	4	4	12
4	Poland	3	4	5	12
5	Norway	3	0	1	4
6	East Germany	1	3	2	6
	West Germany	1	3	2	6
8	Japan	1	1	2	4
	United States	1	1	2	4
10	Albania	1	0	0	1
	Burma	1	0	0	1
	Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
	North Korea	1	0	0	1
14	Iran	0	4	0	4
15	Finland	0	2	1	3
	Lebanon	0	2	1	3
17	France	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
19	Greece	0	1	0	1
20	Italy	0	0	3	3
21	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		36	36	36	108

• Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine