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1972 World Weightlifting Championships
International weightlifting competition
International weightlifting competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1972 Men's World Championships |
| host_city | Munich, West Germany |
| dates | 27 August-6 September 1972 |
| previous | [1971](1971-world-weightlifting-championships) |
| next | [1973](1973-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.
Medal summary
| 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 67.5 kg | 75 kg | 82.5 kg | 90 kg | 110 kg | +110 kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press | Zygmunt Smalcerz | 112.5 kg | Sándor Holczreiter | 112.5 kg | Lajos Szűcs | 107.5 kg | ||
| Snatch | Aung Gyi | 105.0 kg | ||||||
| Zygmunt Smalcerz | 100.0 kg | Tetsuhide Sasaki | 97.5 kg | |||||
| Clean & Jerk | Pak Dong-geun | 130.0 kg | Lajos Szűcs | 127.5 kg | Zygmunt Smalcerz | 125.0 kg | ||
| Total | Zygmunt Smalcerz | 337.5 kg | Lajos Szűcs | 330.0 kg | Sándor Holczreiter | 327.5 kg | ||
| Press | Imre Földi | 127.5 kg | Mohammad Nassiri | 127.5 kg | Henryk Trębicki | 122.5 kg | ||
| Snatch | Koji Miki | 112.5 kg | Gennady Chetin | 107.5 kg | Henryk Trębicki | 107.5 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Imre Földi | 142.5 kg | Mohammad Nassiri | 142.5 kg | Gennady Chetin | 140.0 kg | ||
| Total | Imre Földi | 377.5 kg | ||||||
| Mohammad Nassiri | 370.0 kg | Gennady Chetin | 367.5 kg | |||||
| Press | Ymer Pampuri | 127.5 kg | Dito Shanidze | 127.5 kg | Norair Nurikyan | 127.5 kg | ||
| Snatch | Jan Wojnowski | 120.0 kg | Yoshinobu Miyake | 120.0 kg | Dito Shanidze | 120.0 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Norair Nurikyan | 157.5 kg | ||||||
| Dito Shanidze | 152.5 kg | Yoshinobu Miyake | 145.0 kg | |||||
| Total | Norair Nurikyan | 402.5 kg | Dito Shanidze | 400.0 kg | János Benedek | 390.0 kg | ||
| Press | Mladen Kuchev | 157.5 kg | ||||||
| Nasrollah Dehnavi | 150.0 kg | Mukharby Kirzhinov | 147.5 kg | |||||
| Snatch | Mukharby Kirzhinov | 135.0 kg | Waldemar Baszanowski | 130.0 kg | Won Shin-hee | 130.0 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Mukharby Kirzhinov | 177.5 kg | ||||||
| Mladen Kuchev | 167.5 kg | Zbigniew Kaczmarek | 167.5 kg | |||||
| Total | Mukharby Kirzhinov | 460.0 kg | ||||||
| Mladen Kuchev | 450.0 kg | Zbigniew Kaczmarek | 437.5 kg | |||||
| Press | Vladimir Kanygin | 165.0 kg | Mohamed Tarabulsi | 160.0 kg | Yordan Bikov | 160.0 kg | ||
| Snatch | Ondrej Hekel | 142.5 kg | Aimé Terme | 142.5 kg | Mohamed Tarabulsi | 140.0 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Yordan Bikov | 185.0 kg | Gábor Szarvas | 175.0 kg | Anselmo Silvino | 175.0 kg | ||
| Total | Yordan Bikov | 485.0 kg | ||||||
| Mohamed Tarabulsi | 472.5 kg | Anselmo Silvino | 470.0 kg | |||||
| Press | Leif Jenssen | 172.5 kg | Christos Iakovou | 170.0 kg | Rolf Milser | 160.0 kg | ||
| Snatch | Leif Jenssen | 150.0 kg | Bernhard Radtke | 145.0 kg | Mike Karchut | 145.0 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | György Horváth | 192.5 kg | Norbert Ozimek | 187.5 kg | Leif Jenssen | 185.0 kg | ||
| Total | Leif Jenssen | 507.5 kg | Norbert Ozimek | 497.5 kg | György Horváth | 495.0 kg | ||
| Press | David Rigert | 187.5 kg | Hans Bettembourg | 182.5 kg | Andon Nikolov | 180.0 kg | ||
| Snatch | Andon Nikolov | 155.0 kg | Jaakko Kailajärvi | 150.0 kg | Pierre Gourrier | 147.5 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Rick Holbrook | 197.5 kg | Phil Grippaldi | 195.0 kg | Atanas Shopov | 192.5 kg | ||
| Total | Andon Nikolov | 525.0 kg | Atanas Shopov | 517.5 kg | Hans Bettembourg | 512.5 kg | ||
| Press | Jaan Talts | 210.0 kg | Aleksandar Kraychev | 197.5 kg | Roberto Vezzani | 192.5 kg | ||
| Snatch | Rainer Dörrzapf | 165.0 kg | Kauko Kangasniemi | 165.0 kg | Jaan Talts | 165.0 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Stefan Grützner | 207.5 kg | Helmut Losch | 205.0 kg | Jaan Talts | 205.0 kg | ||
| Total | Jaan Talts | 580.0 kg | Aleksandar Kraychev | 562.5 kg | Stefan Grützner | 555.0 kg | ||
| Press | Vasily Alekseyev | 235.0 kg | Rudolf Mang | 225.0 kg | Ken Patera | 212.5 kg | ||
| Snatch | Vasily Alekseyev | 175.0 kg | Rudolf Mang | 170.0 kg | Kalevi Lahdenranta | 165.0 kg | ||
| Clean & Jerk | Vasily Alekseyev | 230.0 kg | Gerd Bonk | 217.5 kg | Rudolf Mang | 215.0 kg | ||
| Total | Vasily Alekseyev | 640.0 kg | Rudolf Mang | 610.0 kg | Gerd Bonk | 572.5 kg |
Medal table
Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Press, Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
References
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