Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 75 kg explained

Event:	75 kg
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle
Dates:	31 August
Competitors:	26
Nations:	22
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Yordan Bikov
Goldnoc:	BUL
Silver:	Mohamed Tarabulsi
Silvernoc:	LIB
Bronze:	Anselmo Silvino
Bronzenoc:	ITA
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

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]

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)
Rank	Name	Nationality	Body weight	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	Total (kg)
			74.50	150.0	155.0	160.0	160.0	135.0	140.0	~~142.5~~	140.0	177.5	185.0	–	185.0	485.0 WR
			74.05	150.0	155.0	160.0	160.0	140.0	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	140.0	~~167.5~~	167.5	172.5	172.5	472.5
			74.85	150.0	155.0	~~160.0~~	155.0	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	140.0	140.0	175.0	~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~	175.0	470.0
4			73.90	140.0	~~150.0~~	150.0	150.0	137.5	142.5	~~145.0~~	142.5	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	170.0	462.5
5			74.50	145.0	150.0	~~152.5~~	150.0	~~135.0~~	135.0	140.0	140.0	~~170.0~~	170.0	~~175.0~~	170.0	460.0
6			74.80	145.0	~~150.0~~	150.0	150.0	135.0	~~140.0~~	~~140.0~~	135.0	175.0	~~180.0~~	~~180.0~~	175.0	460.0
7			74.85	147.5	152.5	~~155.0~~	152.5	132.5	137.5	~~140.0~~	137.5	170.0	~~175.0~~	~~175.0~~	170.0	460.0
8			74.50	160.0	~~167.5~~	~~167.5~~	160.0	127.5	~~132.5~~	~~132.5~~	127.5	~~170.0~~	170.0	~~175.0~~	170.0	457.5
9			74.85	135.0	142.5	147.5	147.5	130.0	135.0	~~137.5~~	135.0	~~170.0~~	~~175.0~~	175.0	175.0	457.5
10T			74.90	147.5	152.5	155.0	155.0	115.0	~~120.0~~	120.0	120.0	160.0	~~165.0~~	165.0	165.0	440.0
10T			74.90	~~145.0~~	145.0	~~150.0~~	145.0	130.0	~~135.0~~	~~135.0~~	130.0	165.0	~~170.0~~	~~170.0~~	165.0	440.0
12			74.50	140.0	~~145.0~~	145.0	145.0	~~112.5~~	112.5	117.5	117.5	~~162.5~~	162.5	167.5	167.5	430.0
13			74.70	135.0	140.0	145.0	145.0	122.5	~~127.5~~	~~127.5~~	122.5	160.0	~~167.5~~	~~167.5~~	160.0	427.5
14			74.50	132.5	137.5	~~142.5~~	137.5	122.5	127.5	~~132.5~~	127.5	152.5	~~160.0~~	160.0	160.0	425.0
15			74.70	117.5	122.5	127.5	127.5	137.5	~~142.5~~	142.5	142.5 OR	150.0	~~155.0~~	155.0	155.0	425.0
16			74.90	130.0	135.0	137.5	137.5	117.5	122.5	~~125.0~~	122.5	147.5	152.5	~~155.0~~	152.5	412.5
17			74.90	~~137.5~~	137.5	~~142.5~~	137.5	117.5	~~125.0~~	~~125.0~~	117.5	155.0	~~160.0~~	~~160.0~~	155.0	410.0
18			74.55	~~130.0~~	130.0	~~135.0~~	130.0	~~115.0~~	115.0	122.5	122.5	142.5	147.5	–	147.5	400.0
19			74.40	~~117.5~~	~~117.5~~	117.5	117.5	107.5	~~112.5~~	~~115.0~~	107.5	147.5	~~155.0~~	~~155.0~~	147.5	372.5
–			74.55	137.5	~~145.0~~	~~145.0~~	137.5	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	~~115.0~~	NVL					DNF
–			74.65	145.0	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	145.0	–	–	–	NVL					DNF
–			74.80	160.0	165.0	~~167.5~~	165.0 OR	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~	NVL					DNF
–			74.60	145.0	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	145.0	122.5	~~127.5~~	~~127.5~~	122.5	–	–	–	NVL	DNF
–			73.00	~~127.5~~	~~127.5~~	~~127.5~~	NVL									DNF
–			73.80	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~	~~137.5~~	NVL									DNF
–			74.40	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	~~150.0~~	NVL									DNF

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

External links

Official report

Notes and References

Web site: Weightlifting at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Middleweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130634/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/WLT/mens-middleweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 5 January 2020.