1972 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the XX. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Munich
Competition venue	Weightlifting hall, Theresienhöhe trade fair
Nations	54
Athletes	188 (188 men)
date	August 27 - September 6, 1972
decisions	9
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At the XX. The 1972 Olympic Games in Munich hosted nine weightlifting competitions. The venue was the weightlifting hall on the Theresienhöhe exhibition center . The Olympic competitions also counted as world championships for this year. The program included two weight classes more than before.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Bulgaria	3	3	-	6th
2	Soviet Union	3	1	1	5
3	Hungary	1	1	3	5
4th	Poland	1	1	1	3
5	Norway	1	-	-	1
6th	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
	Iran	-	1	-	1
	Lebanon	-	1	-	1
9	GDR	-	-	2	2
10	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Sweden	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Flyweight	Zygmunt Smalcerz	Lajos Szűcs	Sándor Holczreiter
Bantamweight	Imre Foldi	Mohammad Nassiri	Gennady Chetin
Featherweight	Norair Nurikjan	Ditto Shanidze	János Benedek
lightweight	Mucharbi Kirschinow	Mladen Kuchev	Zbigniew Kaczmarek
medium weight	Jordan Bikow	Mohamed Tarabulsi	Anselmo Silvino
Lightweight	Leif Jensen	Norbert Ozimek	György Horváth
Middle heavyweight	Andon Nikolov	Atanas Shopov	Hans Bettembourg
Heavyweight	Jaan Talts	Alexandar Krajchev	Stefan Grützner
Super heavyweight	Vasily Alexeyev	Rudolf Mang	Gerd Bonk

Time schedule

Competitions		August September
		27.	28.	29	30th	31.	01.	02.	03.	04th	05.	06th
Flyweight	up to 52 kg
Bantamweight	up to 56 kg
Featherweight	up to 60 kg
lightweight	up to 67.5 kg
medium weight	up to 75 kg
Lightweight	up to 82.5 kg
Middle heavyweight	up to 90 kg
Heavyweight	up to 110 kg
Super heavyweight	over 110 kg

final

Results

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	POLE	Zygmunt Smalcerz	337.5	112.5	100.0	125.0
2	HUN	Lajos Szűcs	330.0	107.5	095.0	127.5
3	HUN	Sándor Holczreiter	327.5	112.5	092.5	122.5
4th	JPN	Tetsuhide Sasaki	322.5	105.0	097.5	120.0
5	BIR	Gyi Aung	320.0	095.0	105.0 ( WR )	120.0
6th	PRK	Pak Dong-geun	317.5	097.5	090.0	130.0
7th	THA	Chaiya Sukchinda	312.5	100.0	092.5	120.0
8th	ROME	Ion Hortopan	310.0	097.5	095.0	117.5
9	INA	Charles Depthios	310.0	095.0	090.0	125.0
10	COL	Lester Francel	302.5	100.0	085.0	117.5

Date: August 27, 1972
17 participants from 13 countries

Charles Depthios set a new world record in pushing in an additional, not counting attempt with 132.5 kg.

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	HUN	Imre Foldi	377.5 ( WR )	127.5	107.5	142.5
2	IRN	Mohammad Nassiri	370.0	127.5	100.0	142.5
3	URS	Gennady Chetin	367.5	120.0	107.5	140.0
4th	POLE	Henryk Trębicki	365.0	122.5	107.5	135.0
5	BUL	Atanas Kirov	362.5	117.5	105.0	140.0
6th	OUT	George Vasiliades	355.0	115.0	102.5	137.5
7th	JPN	Hiroshi Ono	355.0	115.0	105.0	135.0
8th	BUL	Georgi Todorov	350.0	110.0	100.0	140.0
9	GBR	Precious McKenzie	342.5	115.0	097.5	130.0
10	JPN	Koji Miki	342.5	105.0	112.5	125.0

Date: August 28, 1972
24 participants from 20 countries

Koji Miki set a new world record in snatching in an additional, not counting attempt with 114.0 kg.

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	BUL	Norair Nurikjan	402.5 ( WR )	127.5	117.5	157.5 ( WR )
2	URS	Ditto Shanidze	400.0	127.5	120.0	152.5
3	HUN	János Benedek	390.0	125.0	120.0	145.0
4th	JPN	Yoshinobu Miyake	385.0	120.0	120.0	145.0
5	AUT	Kurt Pittner	382.5	125.0	112.5	145.0
6th	CUB	Rolahdo Chang	377.5	120.0	115.0	142.5
7th	POLE	Mieczysław Nowak	375.0	120.0	110.0	145.0
8th	ITA	Peppino Tanti	367.5	120.0	107.5	140.0
9	ALB	Ymer Pampuri	342.5	127.5 ( OR )	090.0	125.0
10	ROC	Chen Kue-Sen	327.5	110.0	092.5	125.0

Date: August 29, 1972
13 participants from 11 countries

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	URS	Mucharbi Kirschinow	460.0 ( WR )	147.5	135.0	177.5 ( WR )
2	BUL	Mladen Kuchev	450.0	157.5 ( WR )	125.0	167.5
3	POLE	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	437.5	145.0	125.0	167.5
4th	POLE	Waldemar Baszanowski	435.0	142.5	130.0	162.5
5	IRN	Nasrollah Dehnavi	435.0	150.0	125.0	160.0
6th	HUN	Jenoe Ambrozi	427.5	142.5	120.0	165.0
7th	COR	Shin-Hee Won	427.5	132.5	130.0	165.0
8th	JPN	Masao Kato	425.0	140.0	120.0	165.0
9	United States	Dan Cantore	420.0	140.0	117.5	162.5
10	JPN	Yusaku Ono	417.5	135.0	125.0	157.5
10	JPN	Yusaku Ono	417.5	135.0	125.0	157.5
11	GDR	Wolfgang Faber	405.0	137.5	115.0	152.5
12	FRG	Werner Schraut	402.5	127.5	125.0	150.0
	AUT	Walter Legel	DSQ

Date: August 30, 1972
22 participants from 18 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	BUL	Jordan Bikow	485.0 ( WR )	160.0	140.0	185.0
2	LIB	Mohamed Tarabulsi	472.5	160.0	140.0	172.5
3	ITA	Anselmo Silvino	470.0	155.0	140.0	175.0
4th	TCH	Ondřej Hekel	462.5	150.0	142.5	170.0
5	GDR	Frank Zielecke	460.0	150.0	140.0	170.0
6th	HUN	Gabor Szarvas	460.0	150.0	135.0	175.0
7th	HUN	András Stark	460.0	152.5	137.5	170.0
8th	United States	Russell Knipp	457.5	160.0	127.5	170.0
9	United States	Russell Knipp	457.5	147.5	135.0	175.0
10	ITA	Salvatore Laudani	440.0	155.0	120.0	165.0
	GDR	Werner Dittrich	DNF
	FRG	Uwe Kliche	DNF
	AUT	Leopold Pichler	DNF

Date: August 31, 1972
26 participants from 22 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	NOR	Leif Jensen	507.5 ( OR )	172.5	150.0	185.0
2	POLE	Norbert Ozimek	497.5	165.0	145.0	187.5
3	HUN	György Horváth	495.0	160.0	142.5	192.5
4th	GDR	Bernhard Radtke	492.5	162.5	145.0	185.0
5	GRE	Christos Iakovou	490.0	170.0	137.5	182.5
6th	FIN	Kaarlo Kangasniemi	480.0	150.0	145.0	185.0
7th	FRG	Rolf Milser	477.5	165.0	132.5	180.0
8th	FIN	Juhani Avellan	467.5	140.0	145.0	182.5
9	ITA	Dino Turcato	455.0	160.0	125.0	170.0
10	AUT	Reinhold Platzer	442.5	145.0	130.0	167.5
	SUI	Walter Hauser	DNF

Date: September 2, 1972
24 participants from 21 countries

Medium weight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	BUL	Andon Nikolov	525.0 ( OR )	180.0	155.0	190.0
2	BUL	Atanas Shopov	517.5	180.0	145.0	192.5
3	SWE	Hans Bettembourg	512.5	182.5	145.0	185.0
4th	United States	Phil Grippaldi	505.0	170.0	140.0	195.0
5	United States	Rick Holbrook	505.0	162.5	145.0	197.5
6th	OUT	Nicolo Ciancio	505.0	170.0	145.0	190.0
7th	CUB	Juan Ramón Curbelo	495.0	172.5	140.0	182.5
8th	FIN	Jaakko Kailajärvi	487.5	150.0	150.0	187.5
9	FRG	Dietrich Leh	487.5	170.0	140.0	177.5
10	FRA	Pierre Gourrier	472.5	145.0	147.5	180.0
14th	AUT	Pierre Gourrier	455.0	152.5	130.0	172.5

Date: September 3, 1972
23 participants from 19 countries

Heavy weight (up to 110 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	URS	Jaan Talts	580.0 ( OR )	210.0	165.0	205.0
2	BUL	Alexandar Krajchev	562.5	197.5	162.5	202.5
3	GDR	Stefan Grützner	555.0	185.0	162.5	207.5
4th	GDR	Helmut Losch	547.5	190.0	152.5	205.0
5	ITA	Roberto Vezzani	545.0	192.5	147.5	205.0
6th	HUN	Janos Hanzlik	542.5	190.0	157.5	195.0
7th	FIN	Kauko Kangasniemi	537.5	175.0	165.0	197.5
8th	FRG	Rainer Dörrzapf	522.5	170.0	165.0	187.5
9	TCH	Rudolf Strejček	522.5	177.5	150.0	195.0
10	United States	Frank Capsouras	520.0	170.0	150.0	200.0

Date: September 4, 1972
26 participants from 19 countries

Super heavyweight (over 110 kg)

space	country	athlete	Total (kg)	Pressure (kg)	Tear (kg)	Push (kg)
1	URS	Vasily Alexeyev	640.0	235.0	175.0	230.0
2	FRG	Rudolf Mang	610.0	225.0	170.0	215.0
3	GDR	Gerd Bonk	572.5	200.0	155.0	217.5
4th	FIN	Jouko Leppä	572.5	205.0	157.5	210.0
5	GDR	Manfred Rieger	557.5	190.0	162.5	205.0
6th	TCH	Petr Pavlásek	557.5	192.5	165.0	200.0
7th	FIN	Kalevi Lahdenranta	555.0	190.0	165.0	200.0
8th	CUB	Fernando Bernai	545.0	190.0	147.5	207.5
9	SWE	Ove Johansson	545.0	200.0	145.0	200.0
10	GBR	Terry Perdue	512.5	175.0	135.0	180.0

Date: September 6, 1972
13 participants from 11 countries

doping

The Iranian Arjomand Mohamed Nasehi (flyweight) and the Austrian Walter Legel (lightweight) were disqualified for doping .

Web links

• Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1972 Summer Games (PDF, 29.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schedule and results of the weightlifting competitions, pp.160–169 (PDF file; 28.08 MB)
2. ^ Drug-Related Disqualifications in Men's Weightlifting at Summer Olympics , chidlovski.net