right|100px thumb|De winnaars van het lichtzwaargewicht Gewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1972 in München.
De wedstrijden vormden tegelijkertijd de Wereldkampioenschappen gewichtheffen van dat jaar.
Heren vlieggewicht (tot 52 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Zygmunt Smalcerz 112.5 kg100.0 kg125.0 kg337.5 kg Lajos Szűcs 107.5 kg95.0 kg127.5 kg330.0 kg Sándor Holczreiter 112.5 kg92.5 kg122.5 kg327.5 kg 4 Tetsuhide Sasaki 105.0 kg97.5 kg120.0 kg322.5 kg 5 Aung Gyi 95.0 kg105.0 kg120.0 kg320.0 kg 6 Pak Dong-geun 97.5 kg90.0 kg130.0 kg317.5 kg 7 Chaiya Sukchinda 100.0 kg92.5 kg120.0 kg312.5 kg 8 Ion Hortopan 97.5 kg95.0 kg117.5 kg310.0 kg
bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Imre Földi 127.5 kg107.5 kg142.5 kg377.5 kg Mohammad Nassiri 127.5 kg100.0 kg142.5 kg370.0 kg Gennadi Tsjetin 120.0 kg107.5 kg140.0 kg367.5 kg 4 Henryk Trębicki 122.5 kg107.5 kg135.0 kg365.0 kg 5 Atanas Kirov 117.5 kg105.0 kg140.0 kg362.5 kg 6 George Vasiliades 115.0 kg102.5 kg137.5 kg355.0 kg 7 Hiroshi Ono 115.0 kg105.0 kg135.0 kg355.0 kg 8 Georgi Todorov 110.0 kg100.0 kg140.0 kg350.0 kg
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Norair Noerikjan 127.5 kg117.5 kg157.5 kg402.5 kg Dito Sjanidze 127.5 kg120.0 kg152.5 kg400.0 kg János Benedek 125.0 kg120.0 kg145.0 kg390.0 kg 4 Yoshinobu Miyake 120.0 kg120.0 kg145.0 kg385.0 kg 5 Kurt Pittner 125.0 kg112.5 kg145.0 kg382.5 kg 6 Rolando Chang 120.0 kg115.0 kg142.5 kg377.5 kg 7 Mieczysław Nowak 120.0 kg110.0 kg145.0 kg375.0 kg 8 Peppino Tanti 120.0 kg107.5 kg140.0 kg367.5 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Moecharby Kirzjinov 147.5 kg135.0 kg177.5 kg460.0 kg Mladen Koetsjev 157.5 kg125.0 kg167.5 kg450.0 kg Zbigniew Kaczmarek 145.0 kg125.0 kg167.5 kg437.5 kg 4 Waldemar Baszanowski 142.5 kg130.0 kg162.5 kg435.0 kg 5 Nasrollah Dehnavi 150.0 kg125.0 kg160.0 kg435.0 kg 6 Jenő Ambrózi 142.5 kg120.0 kg165.0 kg427.5 kg 7 Won Shin-hee 132.5 kg130.0 kg165.0 kg427.5 kg 8 Masao Kato 140.0 kg120.0 kg165.0 kg425.0 kg
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Jordan Bikov 160.0 kg140.0 kg185.0 kg485.0 kg Mohamed Trabulsi 160.0 kg140.0 kg172.5 kg472.5 kg Anselmo Silvino 155.0 kg140.0 kg175.0 kg470.0 kg 4 Ondrej Hekel 150.0 kg142.5 kg170.0 kg462.5 kg 5 Franklin Zielecke 150.0 kg140.0 kg170.0 kg460.0 kg 6 Gábor Szarvas 150.0 kg135.0 kg175.0 kg460.0 kg 7 András Stark 152.5 kg137.5 kg170.0 kg460.0 kg 8 Russell Knipp 160.0 kg127.5 kg170.0 kg457.5 kg
lichtzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Leif Jenssen 172.5 kg150.0 kg185.0 kg507.5 kg Norbert Ozimek 165.0 kg145.0 kg187.5 kg497.5 kg György Horvath 160.0 kg142.5 kg192.5 kg495.0 kg 4 Bernhard Radtke 162.5 kg145.0 kg185.0 kg492.5 kg 5 Christos Iakovou 170.0 kg137.5 kg182.5 kg490.0 kg 6 Kaarlo Kangasniemi 150.0 kg145.0 kg185.0 kg480.0 kg 7 Rolf Milser 165.0 kg132.5 kg180.0 kg477.5 kg 8 Juhani Avellan 140.0 kg145.0 kg182.5 kg467.5 kg
middenzwaargewicht (tot 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Andon Nikolov 180.0 kg155.0 kg190.0 kg525.0 kg Atanas Sjopov 180.0 kg145.0 kg192.5 kg517.5 kg Hans Bettembourg 182.5 kg145.0 kg185.0 kg512.5 kg 4 Philip Grippaldi 170.0 kg140.0 kg195.0 kg505.0 kg 5 Patrick Holbrook 162.5 kg145.0 kg197.5 kg505.0 kg 6 Nicolo Ciancio 170.0 kg145.0 kg190.0 kg505.0 kg 7 Juan Curbelo 172.5 kg140.0 kg182.5 kg495.0 kg 8 Jaakko Kailajärvi 150.0 kg150.0 kg187.5 kg487.5 kg
zwaargewicht (tot 110 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Jaan Talts 210.0 kg165.0 kg205.0 kg580.0 kg Aleksandr Kraitsjev 197.5 kg162.5 kg202.5 kg562.5 kg Stefan Grützner 185.0 kg162.5 kg207.5 kg555.0 kg 4 Helmut Losch 190.0 kg152.5 kg205.0 kg547.5 kg 5 Roberto Vezzani 192.5 kg147.5 kg205.0 kg545.0 kg 6 János Hanzlik 190.0 kg157.5 kg195.0 kg542.5 kg 7 Kauko Kangasniemi 175.0 kg165.0 kg197.5 kg537.5 kg 8 Rainer Dörrzapf 170.0 kg165.0 kg187.5 kg522.5 kg
superzwaargewicht (boven 110 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Vasili Aleksejev 235.0 kg175.0 kg230.0 kg640.0 kg Rudolf Mang 225.0 kg170.0 kg215.0 kg610.0 kg Gerd Bonk 200.0 kg155.0 kg217.5 kg572.5 kg 4 Jouko Leppä 205.0 kg157.5 kg210.0 kg572.5 kg 5 Manfred Rieger 190.0 kg162.5 kg205.0 kg557.5 kg 6 Petr Pavlásek 192.5 kg165.0 kg200.0 kg557.5 kg 7 Kalevi Lahdenranta 190.0 kg165.0 kg200.0 kg555.0 kg 8 Fernando Bernal 190.0 kg147.5 kg207.5 kg545.0 kg
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 3 3 0 6 2 3 1 1 5 3 1 1 3 5 4 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 totaal 9 9 9 27
Gewichtheffen 1972