Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics
# Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.

## Participating nations

There were 46 male competitors representing 18 nations.

* Australia (3)
* Belgium (3)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (6)
* Great Britain (3)
* India (1)
* Israel (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Japan (3)
* Malaysia (3)
* Mexico (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (3)
* United States (6)
* West Germany (1)

## Medal summary

### Medal table

There were 18 medal winners representing 10 nations.

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Jamaica (JAM) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Men's light featherweight details | Dumont France | Martin United States | Jan Was Poland |
| Men's featherweight details | Pearson Jamaica | Benny Nilsson Sweden | Shmuel Haimovitz Israel |
| Men's lightweight details | Alex Eguers France | Vidal Johnsen Norway | Ernst Michel Switzerland |
| Men's middleweight details | Edward Coyle United States | René Brifoulliere France | Richard Tauber United States |
| Men's light heavyweight details | Ralph Rowe Great Britain | Patton United States | Michel Allorge France |
| Men's heavyweight details | Vic Renalson Australia | Jon Brown United States | Gillet France |
