In an out-of-competition attempt to break the world record in the
snatch, both
Aimé Terme
Aimé Terme (born ) is a weightlifter, who competed in the 75 kg category and represented France at international competitions. He participated at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Ol ...
of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
and
Mohamed Tarabulsi
Mohamad Kheir Traboulsi (8 September 1950 – 22 August 2002) was an amateur Lebanese weightlifter (he was a firefighter). At the 1972 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's Middleweight category.
Life and career
Trabou ...
of
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
attempted to lift 146.5 kg to break the world record, both competitors failed the lift.
Yossef Romano
Yossef Romano ( he, יוסף רומנו; 15 April 1940 – 5 September 1972), also known as Joseph Romano or Yossi Romano, was a Libyan-born Israeli weightlifter with the Israeli team that went to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Ger ...
of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
was one of the victims of the 5 September 1972,
Munich Massacre
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack carried out during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, by eight members of the Palestinian people, Palestinian militant organization Black September Organization, Black September, who i ...
.
Results
Total of best lifts in
military press
The overhead press is an upper-body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight overhead while seated or standing. It is mainly used to develop the anterior deltoid muscles of the shoulder. The standing version was once a compone ...
,
snatch and
jerk. Ties are broken by the lightest bodyweight.
Final
Key: WR = world record; OR = Olympic record; DNF = did not finish; NVL = no valid lift
References
External links
Official report
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Men's 75 kg
Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics