In an out-of-competition attempt to break the world record in the snatch, both Aimé Terme of France and Mohamed Tarabulsi of Lebanon attempted to lift 146.5 kg to break the world record, both competitors failed the lift. Yossef Romano of Israel was one of the victims of the 5 September 1972, Munich Massacre.[1]
| 75 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle | |||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 22 nations | |||||||||
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Results edit
Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties are broken by the lightest bodyweight.
Final edit
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Body weight | Military press (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | |||||
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Yordan Bikov |  Bulgaria |
74.50 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 177.5 | 185.0 | – | 185.0 | 485.0 WR | |
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Mohamed Tarabulsi |  Lebanon |
74.05 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 167.5 | 172.5 | 172.5 | 472.5 | |||
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Anselmo Silvino |  Italy |
74.85 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 470.0 | |||||
| 4 | Ondrej Hekel |  Czechoslovakia |
73.90 | 140.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 462.5 | ||||
| 5 | Franklin Zielecke |  East Germany |
74.50 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 460.0 | ||||
| 6 | Gábor Szarvas |  Hungary |
74.80 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 460.0 | |||||
| 7 | András Stark | Hungary |
74.85 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 460.0 | ||||
| 8 | Russ Knipp |  United States |
74.50 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 457.5 | ||||||
| 9 | Frederick Lowe | United States |
74.85 | 135.0 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 175.0 | 175.0 | 457.5 | |||
| 10T | Salvatore Laudani | Italy |
74.90 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 440.0 | ||
| 10T | Tore Bjørnsen |  Norway |
74.90 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 440.0 | ||||||
| 12 | Panagiotis Spyrou |  Greece |
74.50 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 430.0 | |||
| 13 | Arvo Ala-Pöntiö |  Finland |
74.70 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 427.5 | ||||
| 14 | Erling Johansen |  Denmark |
74.50 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 152.5 | 160.0 | 160.0 | 425.0 | |||
| 15 | Aimé Terme |  France |
74.70 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 OR | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 425.0 | ||
| 16 | İsmail Bayram |  Turkey |
74.90 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 412.5 | ||
| 17 | Tony Ebert |  New Zealand |
74.90 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 410.0 | ||||||
| 18 | Natsagiin Ser-Od |  Mongolia |
74.55 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 115.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | – | 147.5 | 400.0 | |||
| 19 | Mohammad Malik Arshad |  Pakistan |
74.40 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 372.5 | ||||||
| – | Keith Adams |  Canada |
74.55 | 137.5 | 137.5 | NVL | DNF | |||||||||
| – | Leopold Pichler |  Austria |
74.65 | 145.0 | 145.0 | – | – | – | NVL | DNF | ||||||
| – | Vladimir Kanygin |  Soviet Union |
74.80 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 OR | NVL | DNF | ||||||||
| – | Uwe Kliche |  West Germany |
74.60 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | – | – | – | NVL | DNF | ||||
| – | Alfonso Rodríguez |  Puerto Rico |
73.00 | NVL | DNF | |||||||||||
| – | Yossef Romano |  Israel |
73.80 | NVL | DNF | |||||||||||
| – | Werner Dittrich | East Germany |
74.40 | NVL | DNF | |||||||||||
Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; NVL = no valid lift
References edit
- ^ "Weightlifting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.