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.
Host city | Havana, Cuba |
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Dates | 27 August-6 September 1972 |
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
editMedal table
editRanking by Big (Total result) medals
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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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 |
See also
editReferences
edit- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine