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Weightlifting at the Olympics
60 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueWeightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle
Dates29 August
Competitors13 from 11 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norair Nurikyan
 Bulgaria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) János Benedek
 Hungary
← 19681976 →
Weightlifting at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Men
52 kg
56 kg
60 kg
67.5 kg
75 kg
82.5 kg
90 kg
110 kg
+110 kg

Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties were broken by the lightest bodyweight.

Final

Rank Name Nationality Body weight Military press (kg) Snatch (kg) Jerk (kg) Total (kg)
1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria 59.70 122.5 127.5 130.0 127.5 OR 112.5 117.5 117.5 117.5 147.5 157.5 – 157.5 WR 402.5 =WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union 59.60 120.0 125.0 127.5 127.5 OR 115.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 147.5 152.5 155.0 152.5 400.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) János Benedek  Hungary 59.85 120.0 125.0 130.0 125.0 115.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 145.0 150.0 150.0 145.0 390.0
4 Yoshinobu Miyake  Japan 59.60 120.0 125.0 125.0 120.0 115.0 120.0 120.0 120.0 145.0 150.0 150.0 145.0 385.0
5 Kurt Pittner  Austria 59.60 120.0 125.0 125.0 125.0 112.5 117.5 117.5 112.5 145.0 150.0 152.5 145.0 382.5
6 Rolando Chang  Cuba 58.90 112.5 117.5 120.0 120.0 107.5 112.5 115.0 115.0 137.5 142.5 142.5 142.5 377.5
7 Mieczysław Nowak  Poland 59.85 120.0 120.0 125.0 120.0 110.0 110.0 115.0 110.0 145.0 145.0 155.0 145.0 375.0
8 Peppino Tanti  Italy 60.00 120.0 125.0 125.0 120.0 102.5 102.5 107.5 107.5 140.0 145.0 145.0 140.0 367.5
9 Ymer Pampuri  Albania 59.35 120.0 125.0 127.5 127.5 OR 85.0 90.0 – 90.0 125.0 130.0 130.0 125.0 342.5
10 Chen Kue-Sen  Republic of China 59.80 100.0 110.0 110.0 110.0 92.5 100.0 100.0 92.5 120.0 125.0 130.0 125.0 327.5
11 Julio Martínez  Puerto Rico 59.80 92.5 100.0 100.0 92.5 100.0 105.0 110.0 105.0 127.5 135.0 135.0 127.5 325.0
– Jan Wojnowski  Poland 59.30 120.0 125.0 125.0 120.0 115.0 120.0 125.0 120.0 147.5 147.5 147.5 NVL DNF
– Kenkichi Ando  Japan 59.30 125.0 125.0 125.0 NVL DNF

Key: WR = world record; =WR = equaled world record; OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; NVL = no valid lift

References

  1. "Weightlifting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

External links

Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Men's Featherweight
  • 60 kg (1920–1992)
  • 64 kg (1996)
  • 62 kg (2000–2016)
  • 67 kg (2020)
  • 61 kg (2024–)
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