Weightlifting at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Men's Middleweight Military Press

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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Weightlifting Hall, Exhibition Lands (Hall 7), München
Date Started: August 31, 1972
Date Finished: August 31, 1972

Gold:	Yordan Bikov
Silver:	Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi
Bronze:	Anselmo Silvino

Military Press

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K
1	Vladimir Kanygin	23	Soviet Union	URS	165.0	OR
2T	Yordan Bikov	19	Bulgaria	BUL	160.0
2T	Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi	21	Lebanon	LIB	160.0
2T	Russ Knipp	30	United States	USA	160.0
5T	Anselmo Silvino	26	Italy	ITA	155.0
5T	Salvatore Laudani	24	Italy	ITA	155.0
7	András Stark	22	Hungary	HUN	152.5
8T	Franklin Zielecke	26	East Germany	GDR	150.0
8T	Ondrej Hekel	28	Czechoslovakia	TCH	150.0
8T	Gábor Szarvas	28	Hungary	HUN	150.0
11	Fred Lowe	24	United States	USA	147.5
12T	Tore Bjørnsen	28	Norway	NOR	145.0
12T	Panagiotis Spyrou	25	Greece	GRE	145.0
12T	Arvo Ala-Pöntiö	29	Finland	FIN	145.0
12T	Uwe Kliche	34	West Germany	FRG	145.0
12T	Leopold Pichler	30	Austria	AUT	145.0
16T	Erling Johansen	27	Denmark	DEN	137.5
16T	İsmail Bayram	18	Turkey	TUR	137.5
16T	Tony Ebert	25	New Zealand	NZL	137.5
16T	Keith Adams	22	Canada	CAN	137.5
20	Natsagiin Ser-Od	31	Mongolia	MGL	130.0
21	Aimé Terme	26	France	FRA	127.5
22	Mohammad Malik Arshad	24	Pakistan	PAK	117.5
AC	Alfonso Rodríguez	23	Puerto Rico	PUR		NVL
AC	Yossef Romano	31	Israel	ISR		NVL
AC	Werner Dittrich	35	East Germany	GDR		NVL

Military Press Lift #1

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Russ Knipp	30	United States	USA	160.0	o
AC	Vladimir Kanygin	23	Soviet Union	URS	160.0	o
AC	Yordan Bikov	19	Bulgaria	BUL	150.0	o
AC	Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi	21	Lebanon	LIB	150.0	o
AC	Anselmo Silvino	26	Italy	ITA	150.0	o
AC	András Stark	22	Hungary	HUN	147.5	o
AC	Salvatore Laudani	24	Italy	ITA	147.5	o
AC	Franklin Zielecke	26	East Germany	GDR	145.0	o
AC	Gábor Szarvas	28	Hungary	HUN	145.0	o
AC	Uwe Kliche	34	West Germany	FRG	145.0	o
AC	Leopold Pichler	30	Austria	AUT	145.0	o
AC	Ondrej Hekel	28	Czechoslovakia	TCH	140.0	o
AC	Panagiotis Spyrou	25	Greece	GRE	140.0	o
AC	Keith Adams	22	Canada	CAN	137.5	o
AC	Fred Lowe	24	United States	USA	135.0	o
AC	Arvo Ala-Pöntiö	29	Finland	FIN	135.0	o
AC	Erling Johansen	27	Denmark	DEN	132.5	o
AC	İsmail Bayram	18	Turkey	TUR	130.0	o
AC	Aimé Terme	26	France	FRA	117.5	o
AC	Werner Dittrich	35	East Germany	GDR	150.0	x
AC	Tore Bjørnsen	28	Norway	NOR	145.0	x
AC	Tony Ebert	25	New Zealand	NZL	137.5	x
AC	Yossef Romano	31	Israel	ISR	137.5	x
AC	Natsagiin Ser-Od	31	Mongolia	MGL	130.0	x
AC	Alfonso Rodríguez	23	Puerto Rico	PUR	127.5	x
AC	Mohammad Malik Arshad	24	Pakistan	PAK	117.5	x

Military Press Lift #2

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Vladimir Kanygin	23	Soviet Union	URS	165.0	o	OR
AC	Yordan Bikov	19	Bulgaria	BUL	155.0	o
AC	Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi	21	Lebanon	LIB	155.0	o
AC	Anselmo Silvino	26	Italy	ITA	155.0	o
AC	András Stark	22	Hungary	HUN	152.5	o
AC	Salvatore Laudani	24	Italy	ITA	152.5	o
AC	Franklin Zielecke	26	East Germany	GDR	150.0	o
AC	Tore Bjørnsen	28	Norway	NOR	145.0	o
AC	Fred Lowe	24	United States	USA	142.5	o
AC	Arvo Ala-Pöntiö	29	Finland	FIN	140.0	o
AC	Erling Johansen	27	Denmark	DEN	137.5	o
AC	Tony Ebert	25	New Zealand	NZL	137.5	o
AC	İsmail Bayram	18	Turkey	TUR	135.0	o
AC	Natsagiin Ser-Od	31	Mongolia	MGL	130.0	o
AC	Aimé Terme	26	France	FRA	122.5	o
AC	Russ Knipp	30	United States	USA	167.5	x
AC	Ondrej Hekel	28	Czechoslovakia	TCH	150.0	x
AC	Gábor Szarvas	28	Hungary	HUN	150.0	x
AC	Uwe Kliche	34	West Germany	FRG	150.0	x
AC	Leopold Pichler	30	Austria	AUT	150.0	x
AC	Werner Dittrich	35	East Germany	GDR	150.0	x
AC	Panagiotis Spyrou	25	Greece	GRE	145.0	x
AC	Keith Adams	22	Canada	CAN	145.0	x
AC	Yossef Romano	31	Israel	ISR	137.5	x
AC	Alfonso Rodríguez	23	Puerto Rico	PUR	127.5	x
AC	Mohammad Malik Arshad	24	Pakistan	PAK	117.5	x

Military Press Lift #3

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	K	S/F
AC	Yordan Bikov	19	Bulgaria	BUL	160.0	o
AC	Mohamed Kheir Tarabulsi	21	Lebanon	LIB	160.0	o
AC	Salvatore Laudani	24	Italy	ITA	155.0	o
AC	Ondrej Hekel	28	Czechoslovakia	TCH	150.0	o
AC	Gábor Szarvas	28	Hungary	HUN	150.0	o
AC	Fred Lowe	24	United States	USA	147.5	o
AC	Panagiotis Spyrou	25	Greece	GRE	145.0	o
AC	Arvo Ala-Pöntiö	29	Finland	FIN	145.0	o
AC	İsmail Bayram	18	Turkey	TUR	137.5	o
AC	Aimé Terme	26	France	FRA	127.5	o
AC	Mohammad Malik Arshad	24	Pakistan	PAK	117.5	o
AC	Russ Knipp	30	United States	USA	167.5	x
AC	Vladimir Kanygin	23	Soviet Union	URS	167.5	x
AC	Anselmo Silvino	26	Italy	ITA	160.0	x
AC	András Stark	22	Hungary	HUN	155.0	x
AC	Franklin Zielecke	26	East Germany	GDR	152.5	x
AC	Tore Bjørnsen	28	Norway	NOR	150.0	x
AC	Uwe Kliche	34	West Germany	FRG	150.0	x
AC	Leopold Pichler	30	Austria	AUT	150.0	x
AC	Werner Dittrich	35	East Germany	GDR	150.0	x
AC	Keith Adams	22	Canada	CAN	145.0	x
AC	Erling Johansen	27	Denmark	DEN	142.5	x
AC	Tony Ebert	25	New Zealand	NZL	142.5	x
AC	Yossef Romano	31	Israel	ISR	137.5	x
AC	Natsagiin Ser-Od	31	Mongolia	MGL	135.0	x
AC	Alfonso Rodríguez	23	Puerto Rico	PUR	127.5	x

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