USSR Championships

**1972 Championship**
4/11/1972 - 4/15/1972
**Host:** Tallinn, Estonia **Arena:** Kalev Sports Palace
**Number of Athletes:** 146
**Main Referee:** A. Vorobyev **Secretary:** V. Pankov

**GOLD MEDALS**
Weight	Class	Name	Total (kg)
52	Flyweight	Vladimir SMETANIN, Army Sverdlovsk	332.5
56	Bantamweight	Gennady CHETIN, Zenit Perm Region	367.5
60	Featherweight	Dito SHANIDZE, Gn. Tbilisi	402.5
67.5	Lightweight	Petr KOROL, Dynamo Lvov	447.5
75	Middleweight	Viktor KURENSTOV, Army Khabarovsk	477.5
82.5	Light Heavyweight	Boris PAVLOV, Spartak Donetsk	515
90	Middle Heavyweight	David RIGERT, Trud Shakhty	555
110	Heavyweight	Jaan TALTS, Jiud Tallinn	587.5
110+	Super Heavyweight	Vasily ALEXEEV, Trud Shakhty	645

Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.

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