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Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Weightlifting
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueMessegelände
Dates27 August - 6 September 1972
Competitors188 from 54 nations
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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]

Medal summary

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

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