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Weightlifting at the 1972 München Summer Games:

Men's Super-Heavyweight

Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Games: Next Summer Games

Events:
Phases:

Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Weightlifting Hall, Exhibition Lands (Hall 7), München
Date Started: September 6, 1972
Date Finished: September 6, 1972
Format: Total of best lifts in military press, snatch, and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Gold: URS Vasily Alekseyev
Silver: FRG Rudolf Mang
Bronze: GDR Gerd Bonk

Final Standings

Rank Athlete Age Team NOC Medal K
1 Vasily Alekseyev 30 Soviet Union URS Gold 640.0 OR
2 Rudolf Mang 22 West Germany FRG Silver 610.0
3 Gerd Bonk 21 East Germany GDR Bronze 572.5
4 Jouko Leppä 29 Finland FIN 572.5
5 Manfred Rieger 31 East Germany GDR 557.5
6 Petr Pavlásek 25 Czechoslovakia TCH 557.5
7 Kalevi Lahdenranta 30 Finland FIN 555.0
8 Fernando Bernal 31 Cuba CUB 545.0
9 Ove Johansson 28 Sweden SWE 545.0
10 Terry Perdue 31 Great Britain GBR 512.5
11 Thamer Chaim 27 Brazil BRA 490.0
AC Ken Patera 28 United States USA [212.5]
AC Serge Reding 30 Belgium BEL DNF