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Weightlifting at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Men's Featherweight

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Events:
Phases:

Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Weightlifting Hall, Exhibition Lands (Hall 7), München
Date Started: August 29, 1972
Date Finished: August 29, 1972
Format: Total of best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Gold: BUL Norayr Nurikyan
Silver: URS Dito Shanidze
Bronze: HUN János Benedek

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal K
1 Norayr Nurikyan 24 Bulgaria BUL Gold 402.5 =WR
2 Dito Shanidze 35 Soviet Union URS Silver 400.0
3 János Benedek 27 Hungary HUN Bronze 390.0
4 Yoshinobu Miyake 32 Japan JPN 385.0
5 Kurt Pittner 29 Austria AUT 382.5
6 Rolando Chang 26 Cuba CUB 377.5
7 Mieczysław Nowak 35 Poland POL 375.0
8 Peppino Tanti 31 Italy ITA 367.5
9 Ymer Pampuri 28 Albania ALB 342.5
10 Chen Kue-Sen 25 Chinese Taipei TPE 327.5
11 Julio Martínez 23 Puerto Rico PUR 325.0
AC Jan Wojnowski 25 Poland POL [240.0]
AC Kenkichi Ando 22 Japan JPN DNF