| Event: | 60 kg |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle |
| Dates: | 29 August |
| Competitors: | 13 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Longnames: | yes |
| Gold: | Norair Nurikyan |
| Goldnoc: | BUL |
| Silver: | Dito Shanidze |
| Silvernoc: | URS |
| Bronze: | János Benedek |
| Bronzenoc: | HUN |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties were broken by the lightest bodyweight.[1]
| 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 | |||||
| 59.70 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 127.5 OR | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 147.5 | 157.5 | – | 157.5 WR | 402.5 =WR | |||||
| 59.60 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 OR | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 400.0 | |||||
| 59.85 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 390.0 | |||||||
| 4 | 59.60 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 385.0 | |||||||
| 5 | 59.60 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 382.5 | |||||||
| 6 | 58.90 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 377.5 | |||
| 7 | 59.85 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 375.0 | ||||||||
| 8 | 60.00 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 367.5 | |||||||
| 9 | 59.35 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 OR | 85.0 | 90.0 | – | 90.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 342.5 | |||||
| 10 | 59.80 | 100.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 327.5 | ||||||
| 11 | 59.80 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 325.0 | |||||||
| – | 59.30 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | NVL | DNF | ||||||||
| – | 59.30 | NVL | DNF | |||||||||||||