# Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg

The flyweight division has been added as the lightest weight category for the 1972 Summer Olympics. It had been contested international since 1969. Only men competed in all the weight classes.

## Results

Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties are 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) |
| | Zygmunt Smalcerz | Poland | 51.60 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 112.5 =OR | 95.0 | 100.0 | 102.5 | 100.0 | 125.0 | 130.0 | 130.0 | 125.0 | 337.5 OR |
| | Lajos Szűcs | Hungary | 51.40 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 107.5 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 135.0 | 127.5 | 330.0 |
| | Sándor Holczreiter | Hungary | 51.75 | 112.5 | 112.5 | 120.0 | 112.5 OR | 92.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 122.5 | 327.5 |
| 4 | Tetsuhide Sasaki | Japan | 51.80 | 97.5 | 102.5 | 105.0 | 105.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 120.0 | 322.5 |
| 5 | Gyi Aung Maung | Burma | 51.50 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 WR | 115.0 | 120.0 | 125.0 | 120.0 | 320.0 |
| 6 | Pak Dong-geun | North Korea | 52.00 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 100.0 | 97.5 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 122.5 | 127.5 | 130.0 | 130.0 OR | 317.5 |
| 7 | Chaiya Sukchinda | Thailand | 51.40 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 100.0 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 127.5 | 120.0 | 312.5 |
| 8 | Ion Hortopan | Romania | 51.70 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 95.0 | 110.0 | 15.0 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 310.0 |
| 9 | Charles Depthios | Indonesia | 51.95 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.0 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 90.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 310.0 |
| 10 | Lester Francel | Colombia | 52.00 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 120.0 | 117.5 | 302.5 |
| 11 | Anil Mondal | India | 51.65 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 80.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 85.0 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 117.5 | 117.5 | 297.5 |
| 12 | Kyujiro Saito | Japan | 51.80 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 95.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | 90.0 | 110.0 | 122.5 | 122.5 | 110.0 | 295.0 |
| 13 | Chun Hon Chan | Canada | 52.00 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 87.5 | 107.5 | 112.5 | 115.0 | 112.5 | 292.5 |
| 14 | Nigel Trance | Philippines | 51.80 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 92.5 | 90.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 115.0 | 290.0 |
| – | Mohammad Reza Nasehi | Iran | 51.95 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 90.0 | 115.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | 120.0 | DQ [305.0] |
| – | Salvador del Rosario | Philippines | 51.55 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 90.0 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 120.0 | 120.0 | 122.5 | NVL | DNF |
| – | Waldemar Korcz | Poland | 51.80 | 102.5 | 102.5 | 107.5 | 102.5 | 92.5 | 97.5 | 97.5 | 92.5 | 125.0 | 125.0 | 127.5 | NVL | DNF |
Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; =OR = equaled Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; DQ = disqualified; NVL = no valid lift