| Date | 2 September 1972 |
|---|---|
| Location | Gewichtheberhalle, Messegelände (Halle 7), München |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leif Jensen | NOR | 172.5 | o | ||||
| Christos Iakovou | GRE | 170.0 | o | ||||
| Rolf Milser | FRG | 165.0 | o | ||||
| Bernhard Radtke | GDR | 162.5 | o | ||||
| Norbert Ozimek | POL | 160.0 | o | ||||
| Dino Turcato | ITA | 160.0 | o | ||||
| Mike Karchut | USA | 160.0 | o | ||||
| Mike Pearman | GBR | 145.0 | o | ||||
| Brian Marsden | NZL | 142.5 | o | ||||
| Jože Urankar | YUG | 142.5 | o | ||||
| Juhani Avellan | FIN | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Luiz de Almeida | BRA | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Luis Emilio Berroa | DOM | 122.5 | o | ||||
| Valery Shary | URS | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Boris Pavlov | URS | 167.5 | x | ||||
| György Horváth | HUN | 165.0 | x | ||||
| Kaarlo Kangasniemi | FIN | 160.0 | x | ||||
| Abel López | CUB | 160.0 | x | ||||
| Walter Hauser | SUI | 147.5 | x | ||||
| Reinhold Platzer | AUT | 145.0 | x | ||||
| Ib Bergmann | DEN | 145.0 | x | ||||
| David Berger | ISR | 140.0 | x | ||||
| Tony Ford | GBR | 137.5 | x | ||||
| Víctor Ángel Pagán | PUR | 137.5 | x |