Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

67.5 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle
Dates	August 30, 1972
Competitors	22 from 18 nations
Medalists
Mukharby Kirzhinov Soviet Union   Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria   Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland

Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Weight classes
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

Results

Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties are 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
	Mukharby Kirzhinov	Soviet Union	66.80	142.5	147.5	147.5	147.5	130.0	135.0	135.0	135.0 =OR	167.5	172.5	177.5	177.5 WR	460.0 WR
	Mladen Kuchev	Bulgaria	66.90	150.0	157.5	157.5	157.5 WR	125.0	125.0	130.0	125.0	162.5	167.5	175.0	167.5	450.0
	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	Poland	67.10	145.0	145.0	150.0	145.0	125.0	130.0	130.0	130.0	167.5	172.5	–	167.5	437.5
4	Waldemar Baszanowski	Poland	66.90	142.5	142.5	142.5	142.5	130.0	135.0	135.0	130.0	162.5	167.5	167.5	162.5	435.0
5	Nasrollah Dehnavi	Iran	67.30	142.5	147.5	150.0	150.0	125.0	125.0	130.0	125.0	160.0	165.0	165.0	160.0	435.0
6	Jenõ Ambrózi	Hungary	66.90	137.5	142.5	147.5	142.5	120.0	125.0	125.0	120.0	165.0	170.0	172.5	165.0	427.5
7	Won Sin-Hui	South Korea	67.20	127.5	132.5	135.0	132.5	125.0	130.0	132.5	130.0	165.0	170.0	170.0	165.0	427.5
8	Masao Kato	Japan	66.40	132.5	137.5	140.0	140.0	120.0	120.0	125.0	120.0	160.0	165.0	170.0	160.0	425.0
9	Dan Cantore	United States	67.10	132.5	132.5	140.0	140.0	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	155.0	160.0	162.5	162.5	420.0
10	Yusaku Ono	Japan	66.60	130.0	135.0	140.0	135.0	120.0	125.0	127.5	125.0	157.5	157.5	167.5	157.5	417.5
11	Wolfgang Faber	East Germany	67.00	132.5	137.5	140.0	137.5	115.0	115.0	115.0	115.0	152.5	157.5	157.5	152.5	405.0
12	Werner Schraut	West Germany	67.10	127.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	120.0	125.0	125.0	125.0	150.0	155.0	155.0	150.0	402.5
13	Leopold Herenčić	Yugoslavia	67.20	137.5	137.5	142.5	142.5	115.0	120.0	120.0	115.0	142.5	147.5	147.5	142.5	400.0
14	Francisco Mateos	Spain	66.60	127.5	132.5	132.5	132.5	112.5	112.5	117.5	117.5	147.5	152.5	152.5	147.5	397.5
15	George Newton	Great Britain	67.50	127.5	127.5	132.5	132.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	117.5	135.0	145.0	145.0	145.0	395.0
16	José Martínez	Colombia	67.10	132.5	137.5	137.5	132.5	102.5	102.5	107.5	102.5	140.0	145.0	150.0	145.0	380.0
17	Eleftherios Stefanoudakis	Greece	67.20	110.0	117.5	122.5	117.5	115.0	120.0	122.5	120.0	142.5	147.5	147.5	142.5	380.0
18	Ieuan Owen	Great Britain	66.70	117.5	122.5	127.5	122.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	145.0	150.0	155.0	145.0	375.0
19	Ildefonso Lee	Panama	66.70	115.0	120.0	120.0	120.0	105.0	110.0	112.5	110.0	135.0	140.0	140.0	135.0	365.0
20	Walter Legel	Austria	67.40	127.5	127.5	132.5	127.5	110.0	115.0	117.5	117.5	145.0	150.0	155.0	150.0	DQ [395.0][1]
21	Radnaasediin Amgaased	Mongolia	67.30	125.0	125.0	130.0	125.0	105.0	110.0	110.0	105.0				NVL	DNF
22	Pietro Masala	West Germany	67.20	137.5	137.5	137.5	NVL									DNF

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

References

1.  Walter Legel (AUT)originally placed 15 but was disqualified after he tested positive for amphetamine.

• Sports Reference
• Official report