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Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 52 kg

52 kg
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Weightlifting Hall 7, Gewichtheberhalle
Dates August 27
Competitors 17
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Poland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lajos Szűcs
 Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sándor Holczreiter
 Hungary
1976 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Zygmunt Smalcerz
 Poland
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lajos Szűcs
 Hungary
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sándor Holczreiter
 Hungary

The flyweight division has been added as the lightest weight category for the 1972 Summer Olympics. It had been contested international since 1969. Only men competed in all the weight classes.

Total of best lifts in military press, snatch and jerk. Ties are broken by the lightest bodyweight.

Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; =OR = equaled Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; DQ = disqualified; NVL = no valid lift


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