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.

Results Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties are broken by the lightest bodyweight.

Final

RankNameNationalityBody weight Military press (kg)Snatch (kg)Jerk (kg)Total (kg) 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result 1 2 3 Result Yordan Bikov 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 Mohamed Tarabulsi 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 Anselmo Silvino 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 Ondrej Hekel 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 Franklin Zielecke 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 Gábor Szarvas 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 András Stark 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 Russ Knipp 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 Frederick Lowe 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 Salvatore Laudani 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 Tore Bjørnsen 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 Panagiotis Spyrou 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 Arvo Ala-Pöntiö 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 Erling Johansen 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 Aimé Terme 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 İsmail Bayram 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 Tony Ebert 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 Natsagiin Ser-Od 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 Muhammad Arshad Malik 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 – Keith Adams 74.55 137.5 145.0 145.0 137.5 115.0 115.0 115.0 NVL DNF – Leopold Pichler 74.65 145.0 150.0 150.0 145.0 – – – NVL DNF – Vladimir Kanygin 74.80 160.0 165.0 167.5 165.0 OR 137.5 137.5 137.5 NVL DNF – Uwe Kliche 74.60 145.0 150.0 150.0 145.0 122.5 127.5 127.5 122.5 – – – NVL DNF – Alfonso Rodríguez 73.00 127.5 127.5 127.5 NVL DNF – Yossef Romano 73.80 137.5 137.5 137.5 NVL DNF – Werner Dittrich 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

References

External links Official report