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Weight limit: 52 kg [115 lbs]
Date: 27 August 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
| 1 | Zygmunt Smalcerz | POL | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 337.5 kg [744 lbs] |
| 2 | Lajos Szucs | HUN | 107.5 kg [237 lbs] | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 330.0 kg [728 lbs] |
| 3 | Sandor Holczreiter | HUN | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 92.5 kg [204 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 327.5 kg [722 lbs] |
| 4 | Tetsuhide Sasaki | JPN | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 322.5 kg [711 lbs] |
| 5 | Gyi Aung | MYA | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 320.0 kg [705 lbs] |
| 6 | Pak Dong Geun | PRK | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 130.0 kg [287 lbs] | 317.5 kg [700 lbs] |
| 7 | Chalya Sukchinda | THA | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 92.5 kg [204 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 312.5 kg [689 lbs] |
| 8 | Ion Hortopan | ROU | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 310.0 kg [683 lbs] |
| 9 | Charlie Depthios | INA | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 310.0 kg [683 lbs] |
| 10 | Lester Francel | COL | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 302.5 kg [667 lbs] |
| 11 | Yanil Kumar Mondai | IND | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 297.5 kg [656 lbs] |
| 12 | Kyujiro Saito | JPN | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 295.0 kg [650 lbs] |
| 13 | Chun Hon Chan | CAN | 92.5 kg [204 lbs] | 87.5 kg [193 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 292.5 kg [645 lbs] |
| 14 | Neil Trance | PHI | 85.0 kg [187 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 115.0 kg [254 lbs] | 290.0 kg [639 lbs] |
| Eliminated | ||||||
| Waldemar Korcz | POL | 102.5 kg [226 lbs] | 92.5 kg [204 lbs] | |||
| Salvador del Rosario | PHI | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | |||
| Disqualified | ||||||
| Arjomand Mohamed Nasehi | IRI | 95.0 kg [209 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 305.0 kg [672 lbs] | |