Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 56 kg

56 kg at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle
Dates	August 28
Competitors	24 from 20 nations
Medalists
01 ! Imre Földi  Hungary 02 ! Mohammad Nassiri  Iran 03 ! Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union

Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Weight classes
	52 kg
	56 kg
	60 kg
	67.5 kg
	75 kg
	82.5 kg
	90 kg
	110 kg
	+110 kg

The favorites in the event were the same lifters that made up the first four places at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The snatch was won by Koji Miki of Japan with a lift of 112.5 kg. But in an out-of-competition attempt to break the world record, he improved his own mark from 113.5 kg to 114.0 kg. The lifter placing 12th, Soviet-born Israeli Ze'ev Friedman, would become one of the victims of the kidnapping by the Palestinian Black September group. Friedman was killed in the firefight at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base.^[1]

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)				Snatch (kg)				Jerk (kg)				Total (kg)
				1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result	1	2	3	Result
01 !	Imre Földi	Hungary	55.70	120.0	127.5	127.5	127.5 = OR	102.5	107.5	110.0	107.5	137.5	142.5	142.5	142.5	377.5 WR
02 !	Mohammad Nassiri	Iran	55.90	120.0	125.0	127.5	127.5 OR	100.0	105.0	105.0	100.0	142.5	152.5	152.5	142.5	370.0
03 !	Gennady Chetin	Soviet Union	55.65	115.0	120.0	120.0	120.0	100.0	105.0	107.5	107.5	140.0	150.0	150.0	140.0	367.5
4	Henryk Trębicki	Poland	55.70	117.5	117.5	122.5	122.5	102.5	107.5	107.5	107.5	135.0	140.0	140.0	135.0	365.0
5	Atanas Kiroy	Bulgaria	55.70	112.5	117.5	120.0	117.5	97.5	102.5	105.0	105.0	135.0	140.0	145.0	140.0	362.5
6	George Vassiliadis	Australia	55.60	110.0	115.0	120.0	115.0	97.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	132.5	137.5	137.5	137.5	355.0
7	Hiroshi Ono	Japan	55.85	105.0	110.0	115.0	115.0	105.0	105.0	105.0	105.0	130.0	135.0	140.0	135.0	355.0
8	Georgi Todorov	Bulgaria	55.80	110.0	115.0	115.0	110.0	100.0	105.0	105.0	100.0	132.5	140.0	147.5	140.0	350.0
9	Precious McKenzie	Great Britain	55.20	110.0	115.0	117.5	115.0	92.5	97.5	100.0	97.5	125.0	130.0	132.5	130.0	342.5
10	Koji Miki	Japan	55.80	100.0	105.0	105.0	105.0	107.5	112.5	115.0	112.5	120.0	125.0	130.0	125.0	342.5
11	Victor Rusu	Romania	55.80	105.0	105.0	110.0	105.0	90.0	95.0	95.0	95.0	127.5	132.5	132.5	132.5	332.5
12	Ze'ev Friedman	Israel	55.80	97.5	97.5	102.5	102.5	97.5	97.5	102.5	102.5	120.0	125.0	130.0	125.0	330.0
13	Fernando Báez	Puerto Rico	55.90	110.0	110.0	120.0	120.0	85.0	92.5	92.5	85.0	122.5	122.5	127.5	122.5	327.0
14	Miguel Angel Medina	Mexico	55.95	112.5	112.5	112.5	112.5	92.5	92.5	97.5	97.5	110.0	115.0	115.0	115.0	325.0
15	Zulyn Dalkhjav	Mongolia	55.75	115.0	115.0	115.0	115.0	82.5	87.5	90.0	87.5	120.0	125.0	125.0	120.0	322.5
16	Gaetano Tosto	Italy	55.80	100.0	100.0	105.0	100.0	95.0	95.0	100.0	95.0	125.0	130.0	130.0	125.0	320.0
17	Siyannyambuugiin Dorjkhand	Mongolia	55.85	105.0	105.0	105.0	105.0	92.5	92.5	97.5	92.5	115.0	120.0	122.5	115.0	312.5
18	Arturo del Rosario	Philippines	55.80	92.5	97.5	97.5	92.5	87.5	87.5	92.5	87.5	122.5	132.5	132.5	122.5	302.5
19	Roberto Lindeborg	Netherlands Antilles	55.80	100.0	105.0	105.0	100.0	85.0	90.0	92.5	85.0	110.0	115.0	115.0	115.0	300.0
20	Samson Sabit Wanni	Sudan	56.00	100.0	105.0	107.5	107.5	75.0	80.0	80.0	75.0	105.0	105.0	110.0	110.0	292.5
21	Raúl Diniz	Portugal	55.30	85.0	85.0	98.0	95.0	70.0	77.5	82.5	77.5	105.0	112.5	117.5	112.5	285.0
–	Grzegorz Cziura	Poland	55.25	115.0	120.0	125.0	120.0	102.5	102.5	102.5	102.5	137.5	137.5	137.5	NVL	DNF
–	Anthony Phillips	Barbados	55.85	97.5	97.5	97.5	NVL									DNF
–	Jesús Conde	Mexico	55.95	112.5	112.5	112.5	NVL									DNF

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

References

• Sports Reference
• Official report