Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Weightlifting at the Olympics
Weightlifting at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Messegelände |
Dates | 27 August - 6 September 1972 |
Competitors | 188 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
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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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
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
6 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lebanon (LIB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
9 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
References
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
Sources
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2006.