Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 110 kg

110 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle
Dates	4 September 1972
Competitors	26 from 19 nations
Medalists
Jaan Talts  Soviet Union Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria Stefan Grützner  East Germany
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Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
	Men
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	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	110 kg
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Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties are broken by the lightest bodyweight.^[1]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Body weight	Military press (kg)				Snatch (kg)				Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
	Jaan Talts	Soviet Union	109.50	200.0	200.0	210.0	210.0 OR	157.5	165.0	165.0	165.0	205.0	205.0	225.0	205.0	580.0 OR
	Aleksandar Kraychev	Bulgaria	108.40	190.0	195.0	197.5	197.5	155.0	160.0	162.5	162.5	197.5	202.5	202.5	202.5	562.5
	Stefan Grützner	East Germany	105.00	177.5	185.0	190.0	185.0	157.5	162.5	165.0	162.5	200.0	207.5	215.0	207.5 OR	555.0
4	Helmut Losch	East Germany	105.90	180.0	187.5	190.0	190.0	145.0	150.0	152.5	152.5	200.0	205.0	215.0	205.0	547.5
5	Roberto Vezzani	Italy	110.00	187.5	192.5	195.0	192.5	147.5	152.5	152.5	147.5	195.0	200.0	205.0	205.0	545.0
6	János Hanzlik	Hungary	109.45	185.0	190.0	195.0	190.0	152.5	157.5	160.0	157.5	195.0	195.0	200.0	195.0	542.5
7	Kauko Kangasniemi	Finland	103.90	175.0	180.0	180.0	175.0	160.0	165.0	167.5	165.0	197.5	197.5	197.5	197.5	537.5
8	Rainer Dörrzapf	West Germany	97.80	170.0	175.0	175.0	170.0	160.0	165.0	170.0	165.0	170.0	180.0	187.5	187.5	522.5
9	Rudolf Strejček	Czechoslovakia	109.70	177.5	177.5	182.5	177.5	145.0	145.0	150.0	150.0	190.0	195.0	197.5	195.0	522.5
10	Frank Capsouras	United States	101.70	162.5	162.5	170.0	170.0	142.5	150.0	155.0	150.0	190.0	200.0	205.0	200.0	520.0
11	Alan Ball	United States	108.90	155.0	162.5	167.5	167.5	152.5	162.5	167.5	162.5	180.0	185.0	-	185.0	515.0
12	Javier González	Cuba	99.75	165.0	165.0	170.0	165.0	142.5	147.5	147.5	147.5	182.5	192.5	197.5	197.5	510.0
13	Dave Hancock	Great Britain	109.90	170.0	175.0	177.5	177.5	132.5	137.5	142.5	142.5	185.0	190.0	197.5	190.0	510.0
14	Jean-Paul Fouletier	France	108.65	175.0	175.0	175.0	175.0	150.0	155.0	155.0	150.0	180.0	180.0	185.0	180.0	505.0
15	Andrés Martínez	Cuba	105.10	165.0	170.0	172.5	170.0	135.0	135.0	140.0	135.0	185.0	195.0	200.0	195.0	500.0
16	Edgar Kjerran	Norway	108.20	175.0	180.0	180.0	175.0	135.0	140.0	145.0	140.0	180.0	185.0	185.0	180.0	495.0
17	Peter Phillips	Australia	109.80	170.0	175.0	175.0	170.0	137.5	142.5	142.5	137.5	180.0	180.0	-	180.0	487.5
18	Ken Price	Great Britain	101.20	162.5	167.5	172.5	167.5	137.5	137.5	142.5	137.5	175.0	182.5	182.5	175.0	480.0
19	Óskar Sigurpálsson	Iceland	105.30	170.0	177.5	177.5	177.5	117.5	125.0	125.0	117.5	175.0	180.0	182.5	182.5	477.5
20	Pablo Juan Campos	Puerto Rico	108.30	155.0	155.0	165.0	165.0	125.0	125.0	125.0	125.0	175.0	182.5	182.5	182.5	472.5
21	Bent Harsmann	Denmark	107.35	152.5	157.5	162.5	157.5	132.5	140.0	140.0	132.5	167.5	175.0	180.0	175.0	465.0
22	Price Morris	Canada	109.60	155.0	155.0	165.0	155.0	127.5	137.5	137.5	127.5	175.0	180.0	180.0	175.0	457.5
23	Henry Phillips	Panama	103.80	150.0	157.5	162.5	157.5	122.5	127.5	132.5	132.5	165.0	172.5	172.5	165.0	455.0
-	Eivind Rekustad	Norway	109.85	180.0	180.0	180.0	180.0	155.0	155.0	155.0	NVL					DNF
-	Stancho Penchev	Bulgaria	107.55	190.0	190.0	190.0	NVL									DNF
-	Taito Haara	Finland	109.00	185.0	185.0	185.0	NVL									DNF

Key: OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; NVL = no valid lift

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