| Date | 3 September 1972 |
|---|---|
| Location | Gewichtheberhalle, Messegelände (Halle 7), München |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hans Bettembourg | 175.0 | o | |||||
| Andon Nikolov | 172.5 | o | |||||
| Atanas Shopov | 172.5 | o | |||||
| Nick Ciancio | 170.0 | o | |||||
| Juan Curbelo | 165.0 | o | |||||
| Dietrich Leh | 165.0 | o | |||||
| Rick Holbrook | 157.5 | o | |||||
| Nikos Iliadis | 155.0 | o | |||||
| Aimo Nieminen | 150.0 | o | |||||
| Peter Arthur | 150.0 | o | |||||
| Pierre Gourrier | 145.0 | o | |||||
| Guðmundur Sigurðsson | 142.5 | o | |||||
| César Gaudín | 137.5 | o | |||||
| David Rigert | 180.0 | x | |||||
| Phil Grippaldi | 170.0 | x | |||||
| John Bolton | 165.0 | x | |||||
| Ryoichi Goto | 162.5 | x | |||||
| Rudolf Hill | 160.0 | x | |||||
| Osman Mert | 152.5 | x | |||||
| Jaakko Kailajärvi | 150.0 | x | |||||
| Rudolf Litsch | 147.5 | x | |||||
| Wayne Wilson | 137.5 | x | |||||
| Frank Rothwell | 132.5 | x |