1972 World Weightlifting Championships
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| Host city | Munich, West Germany |
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| Dates | 27 August-6 September 1972 |
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.
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
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Medal table
[edit | edit source]Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971–1990).svg Bulgaria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  Poland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | File:State Flag of Iran (1964).svg Iran | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Lebanon (1943-1990).svg Lebanon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg 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)
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See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Results (Sport 123)
- Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine