| | Top level | Event type
Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kilograms), Men – Military Press
| Date | 2 September 1972 |
|---|---|
| Location | Gewichtheberhalle, Messegelände (Halle 7), München |
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | K | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leif Jensen |  NOR | 172.5 | |||
| 2 | Christos Iakovou |  GRE | 170.0 | |||
| =3 | Norbert Ozimek |  POL | 165.0 | |||
| =3 | Rolf Milser |  FRG | 165.0 | |||
| 5 | Bernhard Radtke |  GDR | 162.5 | |||
| =6 | György Horváth |  HUN | 160.0 | |||
| =6 | Dino Turcato |  ITA | 160.0 | |||
| =6 | Mike Karchut |  USA | 160.0 | |||
| 9 | Kaarlo Kangasniemi |  FIN | 150.0 | |||
| 10 | Walter Hauser |  SUI | 147.5 | |||
| =11 | Reinhold Platzer |  AUT | 145.0 | |||
| =11 | Mike Pearman |  GBR | 145.0 | |||
| =11 | Ib Bergmann |  DEN | 145.0 | |||
| =11 | Jože Urankar |  YUG | 145.0 | |||
| 15 | Brian Marsden |  NZL | 142.5 | |||
| =16 | Juhani Avellan | FIN | 140.0 | |||
| =16 | Luiz de Almeida |  BRA | 140.0 | |||
| 18 | Tony Ford | GBR | 137.5 | |||
| 19 | David Berger |  ISR | 132.5 | |||
| 20 | Luis Emilio Berroa |  DOM | 127.5 | |||
| Víctor Ángel Pagán |  PUR | – | ||||
| Abel López |  CUB | – | ||||
| Boris Pavlov |  URS | – | ||||
| Valery Shary | URS | – |