1972 European Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Constanţa
Country	ROU
Held	13 – 21 May 1972
Competitors	45
Countries	14

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	URS	22	8	3	33
2	Bulgaria	BUL	6	9	5	20
3	Poland	POL	3	5	7	15
4	Germany	GER	2	2	1	5
5	Finland	FIN	1	3	5	9
6	Hungary	HUN	1	0	2	3
7	France	FRA	1	0	0	1
8	East Germany	GDR	0	4	6	10
9	Norway	NOR	0	3	0	3
10	Romania	ROU	0	1	1	2
11	Albania	ALB	0	1	0	1
12	Italy	ITA	0	0	4	4
13	Belgium	BEL	0	0	1	1
=	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
flyweight -52 kg Press, Men	Adam Gnatov	URS	Zygmunt Smalcerz	POL	Lajos Szűcs	HUN
flyweight -52 kg Snatch, Men	Zygmunt Smalcerz	POL	Ion Hortopan	ROU	Boleslav Pachol	TCH
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Lajos Szűcs	HUN	Adam Gnatov	URS	Zygmunt Smalcerz	POL
flyweight -52 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Zygmunt Smalcerz	POL	Adam Gnatov	URS	Lajos Szűcs	HUN
bantamweight -56 kg Press, Men	Rafael Belenkov	URS	Waldemar Korcz	POL	Georgi Todorov	BUL
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch, Men	Rafael Belenkov	URS	Szymon Czyz	POL	Georgi Todorov	BUL
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Georgi Todorov	BUL	Rafael Belenkov	URS	Victor Rusu	ROU
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Rafael Belenkov	URS	Georgi Todorov	BUL	Waldemar Korcz	POL
featherweight -60 kg Press, Men	Henryk Trębicki	POL	Ymer Pampuri	ALB	Dito Shanidze	URS
featherweight -60 kg Snatch, Men	Dito Shanidze	URS	Norayr Nurikyan	BUL	Wolfgang Zander	GDR
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Dito Shanidze	URS	Norayr Nurikyan	BUL	Mieczysław Nowak	POL
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Dito Shanidze	URS	Norayr Nurikyan	BUL	Mieczysław Nowak	POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Press, Men	Mladen Kuchev	BUL	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	POL	Pietro Masala	GER
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch, Men	Mukharby Kirzhinov	URS	Mladen Kuchev	BUL	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mladen Kuchev	BUL	Mukharby Kirzhinov	URS	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Mladen Kuchev	BUL	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	POL	Mukharby Kirzhinov	URS
middleweight -75 kg Press, Men	Viktor Kurentsov	URS	Yordan Bikov	BUL	Anselmo Silvino	ITA
middleweight -75 kg Snatch, Men	Aimé Terme	FRA	Yordan Bikov	BUL	Frank Zielecke	GDR
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yordan Bikov	BUL	Viktor Kurentsov	URS	Anselmo Silvino	ITA
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Yordan Bikov	BUL	Viktor Kurentsov	URS	Anselmo Silvino	ITA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Press, Men	Boris Pavlov	URS	Leif Jensen	NOR	Dino Turcato	ITA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch, Men	Kaarlo Kangasniemi	FIN	Leif Jensen	NOR	Boris Pavlov	URS
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Boris Pavlov	URS	Juhani Avellan	FIN	Norbert Ozimek	POL
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Boris Pavlov	URS	Leif Jensen	NOR	Kaarlo Kangasniemi	FIN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Press, Men	David Rigert	URS	Karl Arnold	GDR	Andon Nikolov	BUL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch, Men	David Rigert	URS	Jaakko Kailajärvi	FIN	Andon Nikolov	BUL
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	David Rigert	URS	Atanas Shopov	BUL	Jaakko Kailajärvi	FIN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men	David Rigert	URS	Atanas Shopov	BUL	Andon Nikolov	BUL
heavyweight -110 kg Press, Men	Jaan Talts	URS	Helmut Losch	GDR	Stefan Grützner	GDR
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch, Men	Jaan Talts	URS	Kauko Kangasniemi	FIN	Stefan Grützner	GDR
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Jaan Talts	URS	Stefan Grützner	GDR	Kauko Kangasniemi	FIN
heavyweight -110 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Jaan Talts	URS	Stefan Grützner	GDR	Kauko Kangasniemi	FIN
super-heavyweight +110 kg Press, Men	Rudolf Mang	GER	Vasily Alekseyev	URS	Serge Reding	BEL
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch, Men	Rudolf Mang	GER	Vasily Alekseyev	URS	Kalevi Lahdenranta	FIN
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Vasily Alekseyev	URS	Rudolf Mang	GER	Gerd Bonk	GDR
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Vasily Alekseyev	URS	Rudolf Mang	GER	Gerd Bonk	GDR