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Weight limit: 90 kg [198 lbs]
Date: 3 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
| 1 | Andon Nikolov | BUL | 180.0 kg [397 lbs] | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 190.0 kg [419 lbs] | 525.0 kg [1157 lbs] |
| 2 | Atanas Shopov | BUL | 180.0 kg [397 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 192.5 kg [424 lbs] | 517.5 kg [1141 lbs] |
| 3 | Hans Bettembourg | SWE | 182.5 kg [402 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 185.0 kg [408 lbs] | 512.5 kg [1130 lbs] |
| 4 | Philip Grippaldi | USA | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 195.0 kg [430 lbs] | 505.0 kg [1113 lbs] |
| 5 | Patrick Holbrook | USA | 162.5 kg [358 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 197.5 kg [435 lbs] | 505.0 kg [1113 lbs] |
| 6 | Nicolo Ciancio | AUS | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 190.0 kg [419 lbs] | 505.0 kg [1113 lbs] |
| 7 | Juan Curbelo | CUB | 172.5 kg [380 lbs] | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 182.5 kg [402 lbs] | 495.0 kg [1091 lbs] |
| 8 | Jaakko Kallajarvi | FIN | 150.0 kg [331 lbs] | 150.0 kg [331 lbs] | 187.5 kg [413 lbs] | 487.5 kg [1075 lbs] |
| 9 | Dietrich Leh | FRG | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 177.5 kg [391 lbs] | 487.5 kg [1075 lbs] |
| 10 | Pierre Gourrier | FRA | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 147.5 kg [325 lbs] | 180.0 kg [397 lbs] | 472.5 kg [1042 lbs] |
| 11 | Nikos Iliadis | GRE | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 135.0 kg [298 lbs] | 180.0 kg [397 lbs] | 470.0 kg [1036 lbs] |
| 12 | Aimo Nieminen | FIN | 150.0 kg [331 lbs] | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 460.0 kg [1014 lbs] |
| 13 | Gudmundur Sigurdsson | ISL | 142.5 kg [314 lbs] | 135.0 kg [298 lbs] | 177.5 kg [391 lbs] | 455.0 kg [1003 lbs] |
| 14 | Rudolf Litsch | AUT | 152.5 kg [336 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 172.5 kg [380 lbs] | 455.0 kg [1003 lbs] |
| 15 | Peter Arthur | GBR | 150.0 kg [331 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 175.0 kg [386 lbs] | 455.0 kg [1003 lbs] |
| 16 | Osman Mert | TUR | 160.0 kg [353 lbs] | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 167.5 kg [369 lbs] | 455.0 kg [1003 lbs] |
| 17 | Wayne Wilson | CAN | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 435.0 kg [959 lbs] |
| 18 | Cesar Gaudin | PUR | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 165.0 kg [364 lbs] | 425.0 kg [937 lbs] |
| Eliminated | ||||||
| David Rigert | URS | 187.5 kg [413 lbs] | ||||
| Francis Rothwell | IRL | |||||
| Ryoichi Goto | JPN | |||||
| Rudolf Hill | AUT | |||||
| John Bolton | NZL | |||||