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Weight limit: 82.5 kg [182 lbs]
Date: 2 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
| 1 | Leif Jenssen | NOR | 172.5 kg [380 lbs] | 150.0 kg [331 lbs] | 185.0 kg [408 lbs] | 507.5 kg [1119 lbs] |
| 2 | Norbert Ozimek | POL | 165.0 kg [364 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 187.5 kg [413 lbs] | 497.5 kg [1097 lbs] |
| 3 | Gyorgy Horvath | HUN | 160.0 kg [353 lbs] | 142.5 kg [314 lbs] | 192.5 kg [424 lbs] | 495.0 kg [1091 lbs] |
| 4 | Bernhard Radtke | GDR | 162.5 kg [358 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 185.0 kg [408 lbs] | 492.5 kg [1086 lbs] |
| 5 | Christos Jakovou | GRE | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 182.5 kg [402 lbs] | 490.0 kg [1080 lbs] |
| 6 | Kaarlo Kangasniemi | FIN | 150.0 kg [331 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 185.0 kg [408 lbs] | 480.0 kg [1058 lbs] |
| 7 | Rolf Milser | FRG | 165.0 kg [364 lbs] | 132.5 kg [292 lbs] | 180.0 kg [397 lbs] | 477.5 kg [1053 lbs] |
| 8 | Juhani Avellan | FIN | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 182.5 kg [402 lbs] | 467.5 kg [1031 lbs] |
| 9 | Dino Turcato | ITA | 160.0 kg [353 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 455.0 kg [1003 lbs] |
| 10 | Reinhold Platzer | AUT | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 167.5 kg [369 lbs] | 442.5 kg [976 lbs] |
| 11 | Michael Pearman | GBR | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 165.0 kg [364 lbs] | 435.0 kg [959 lbs] |
| 12 | Brian Marsden | NZL | 142.5 kg [314 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 172.5 kg [380 lbs] | 435.0 kg [959 lbs] |
| 13 | Tony Ford | GBR | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 172.5 kg [380 lbs] | 435.0 kg [959 lbs] |
| 14 | Ib Bergmann | DEN | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 427.5 kg [942 lbs] |
| 15 | Luiz Gonzalez de Almeida | BRA | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 165.0 kg [364 lbs] | 425.0 kg [937 lbs] |
| 16 | Joze Urankar | YUG | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 160.0 kg [353 lbs] | 425.0 kg [937 lbs] |
| 17 | Emilio Berroa | DOM | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 157.5 kg [347 lbs] | 407.5 kg [898 lbs] |
| Eliminated | ||||||
| Michael Karchut | USA | 160.0 kg [353 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | |||
| David Berger | ISR | 132.5 kg [292 lbs] | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | |||
| Walter Hauser | SUI | 147.5 kg [325 lbs] | ||||
| Angel-Victor Pagan | PUR | |||||
| Boris Pavlov | URS | |||||
| Abel Lopez | CUB | |||||
| Valery Shary | URS | |||||