| Date | 4 September 1972 |
|---|---|
| Location | Gewichtheberhalle, Messegelände (Halle 7), München |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaan Talts | 165.0 | o | |||||
| Aleksandar Kraychev | 162.5 | o | |||||
| Helmut Losch | 152.5 | o | |||||
| Rudolf Strejček | 150.0 | o | |||||
| Javier González | 147.5 | o | |||||
| Dave Hancock | 142.5 | o | |||||
| Henry Phillips | 132.5 | o | |||||
| Pablo Juan Campos | 125.0 | o | |||||
| Rainer Dörrzapf | 170.0 | x | |||||
| Kauko Kangasniemi | 167.5 | x | |||||
| Alan Ball | 167.5 | x | |||||
| Stefan Grützner | 165.0 | x | |||||
| János Hanzlik | 160.0 | x | |||||
| Frank Capsouras | 155.0 | x | |||||
| Jean-Paul Fouletier | 155.0 | x | |||||
| Eivind Rekustad | 155.0 | x | |||||
| Roberto Vezzani | 152.5 | x | |||||
| Edgar Kjerran | 145.0 | x | |||||
| Peter Phillips | 142.5 | x | |||||
| Ken Price | 142.5 | x | |||||
| Andrés Martínez | 140.0 | x | |||||
| Bent Harsmann | 140.0 | x | |||||
| Price Morris | 137.5 | x | |||||
| Óskar Sigurpálsson | 125.0 | x |