# Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 67.5 kg

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

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Body weight | Military press (kg) | Military press (kg) | Military press (kg) | Military press (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Snatch (kg) | Jerk (kg) | Jerk (kg) | Jerk (kg) | Jerk (kg) | Total (kg) |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Body weight | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Total (kg) |
| | Mukharby Kirzhinov | Soviet Union | 66.80 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 =OR | 167.5 | 172.5 | 177.5 | 177.5 WR | 460.0 WR |
| | Mladen Kuchev | Bulgaria | 66.90 | 150.0 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 WR | 125.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 125.0 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 175.0 | 167.5 | 450.0 |
| | Zbigniew Kaczmarek | Poland | 67.10 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 145.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 125.0 | 167.5 | 172.5 | – | 167.5 | 437.5 |
| 4 | Waldemar Baszanowski | Poland | 66.90 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 135.0 | 130.0 | 162.5 | 167.5 | 167.5 | 162.5 | 435.0 |
| 5 | Nasrollah Dehnavi | Iran | 67.30 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 150.0 | 150.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 125.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 165.0 | 160.0 | 435.0 |
| 6 | Jenő Ambrózi | Hungary | 66.90 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 142.5 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 120.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 172.5 | 165.0 | 427.5 |
| 7 | Won Sin-Hui | South Korea | 67.20 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 135.0 | 132.5 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 132.5 | 130.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 170.0 | 165.0 | 427.5 |
| 8 | Masao Kato | Japan | 66.40 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 120.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 170.0 | 160.0 | 425.0 |
| 9 | Dan Cantore | United States | 67.10 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 117.5 | 155.0 | 160.0 | 162.5 | 162.5 | 420.0 |
| 10 | Yusaku Ono | Japan | 66.60 | 130.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 135.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | 125.0 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 167.5 | 157.5 | 417.5 |
| 11 | Wolfgang Faber | East Germany | 67.00 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 140.0 | 137.5 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 115.0 | 152.5 | 157.5 | 157.5 | 152.5 | 405.0 |
| 12 | Werner Schraut | West Germany | 67.10 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 127.5 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 155.0 | 150.0 | 402.5 |
| 13 | Leopold Herenčić | Yugoslavia | 67.20 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 142.5 | 142.5 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 115.0 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 142.5 | 400.0 |
| 14 | Francisco Mateos | Spain | 66.60 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 147.5 | 152.5 | 152.5 | 147.5 | 397.5 |
| 15 | George Newton | Great Britain | 67.50 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 132.5 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 117.5 | 135.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 145.0 | 395.0 |
| 16 | José Martínez | Colombia | 67.10 | 132.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 132.5 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 102.5 | 140.0 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 145.0 | 380.0 |
| 17 | Eleftherios Stefanoudakis | Greece | 67.20 | 110.0 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 117.5 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 120.0 | 142.5 | 147.5 | 147.5 | 142.5 | 380.0 |
| 18 | Ieuan Owen | Great Britain | 66.70 | 117.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 122.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 107.5 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 145.0 | 375.0 |
| 19 | Ildefonso Lee | Panama | 66.70 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 112.5 | 110.0 | 135.0 | 140.0 | 140.0 | 135.0 | 365.0 |
| 20 | Walter Legel | Austria | 67.40 | 127.5 | 127.5 | 132.5 | 127.5 | 110.0 | 115.0 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 145.0 | 150.0 | 155.0 | 150.0 | DQ [395.0] |
| 21 | Radnaasediin Amgaased | Mongolia | 67.30 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 125.0 | 105.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 | 105.0 | | | | NVL | DNF |
| 22 | Pietro Masala | West Germany | 67.20 | 137.5 | 137.5 | 137.5 | NVL | | | | | | | | | DNF |
Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; NVL = no valid lift; DQ = disqualified