1970 World Weightlifting Championships

The 44th Men's Weightlifting World Championships were held from September 12 to 20, 1970 in the US city ​​of Columbus , Ohio . 129 weightlifters from 28 nations took part in the three-way (push, tear and push) competitions held by the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) .

Medalist

Men

Class up to 52 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Sándor Holczreiter	120.0 kg	Vladislav Krishchishin	112.5 kg	Vladimir Smetanin	105.0 kg
Tear	Walter Szołtysek	102.5 kg	Vladimir Smetanin	100.0 kg	Salvador del Rosario	95.0 kg
Bump	Salvador del Rosario	130.0 kg	Charlie Depthios	127.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek	127.5 kg
Triathlon	Sándor Holczreiter	342.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek	330.0 kg	Vladimir Smetanin	330.0 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Imre Foldi	120.0 kg	Fernando Báez	115.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri	115.0 kg
Tear	Henryk Trębicki	107.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando	105.0 kg	Imre Foldi	105.0 kg
Bump	Mohammad Nassiri	147.5 kg	Imre Foldi	137.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando	135.0 kg
Triathlon	Mohammad Nassiri	362.5 kg	Imre Foldi	362.5 kg	Henryk Trębicki	357.5 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Mladen Kuchev	130.0 kg	Mieczysław Nowak	127.5 kg	Yoshinobu Miyake	120.0 kg
Tear	Jan Wojnowski	120.0 kg	Yoshiyuki Miyake	117.5 kg	Mieczysław Nowak	115.0 kg
Bump	Mieczysław Nowak	150.0 kg	Jan Wojnowski	147.5 kg	János Benedek	147.5 kg
Triathlon	Mieczysław Nowak	392.5 kg	Jan Wojnowski	385.0 kg	Yoshiyuki Miyake	382.5 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	János Bagócs	140.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	140.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski	137.5 kg
Tear	Waldemar Baszanowski	135.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	132.5 kg	Yusaku Ono	125.0 kg
Bump	János Bagócs	167.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	167.5 kg	Won Shin-Hee	165.0 kg
Triathlon	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	440.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski	437.5 kg	János Bagócs	432.5 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Viktor Kurentsov	152.5 kg	Ari Kurko	150.0 kg	Werner Dittrich	150.0 kg
Tear	Aimé Terme	142.5 kg	Leif Jensen	142.5 kg	Mohamed Tarabulsi	140.0 kg
Bump	Viktor Kurentsov	180.0 kg	Gábor Szarvas	172.5 kg	Yordan Bikov	170.0 kg
Triathlon	Viktor Kurentsov	462.5 kg	Leif Jensen	455.0 kg	Gábor Szarvas	445.0 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Gennady Ivanchenko	165.0 kg	Norbert Ozimek	160.0 kg	György Horváth	157.5 kg
Tear	Gennady Ivanchenko	150.0 kg	David Rigert	147.5 kg	Masushi Ōuchi	145.0 kg
Bump	Gennady Ivanchenko	190.0 kg	Norbert Ozimek	182.5 kg	Mike Karchut	182.5 kg
Triathlon	Gennady Ivanchenko	505.0 kg	Norbert Ozimek	482.5 kg	David Rigert	482.5 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Vasily Kolotov	175.0 kg	Jean-Pierre van Lerberghe	165.0 kg	Marek Gołąb	165.0 kg
Tear	Vasily Kolotov	160.0 kg	Rainer Dörrzapf	145.0 kg	Pierre Gourrier	142.5 kg
Bump	Vasily Kolotov	202.5 kg	Phil Grippaldi	190.0 kg	Géza Tóth	187.5 kg
Triathlon	Vasily Kolotov	537.5 kg	Phil Grippaldi	490.0 kg	Géza Tóth	490.0 kg

Class up to 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Jaan Talts	200.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev	187.5 kg	Bob Bednarski	182.5 kg
Tear	Kauko Kangasniemi	160.0 kg	Jaan Talts	155.0 kg	Jean-Paul Fouletier	152.5 kg
Bump	Jaan Talts	210.0 kg	Roberto Vezzani	200.0 kg	Bob Bednarski	200.0 kg
Triathlon	Jaan Talts	565.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev	535.0 kg	Bob Bednarski	530.0 kg

Class over 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Serge Reding	215.0 kg	Vasily Alexeyev	215.0 kg	Ken Patera	207.5 kg
Tear	Kalevi Lahdenranta	172.5 kg	Vasily Alexeyev	170.0 kg	Manfred Rieger	165.0 kg
Bump	Vasily Alexeyev	227.5 kg	Serge Reding	215.0 kg	Kalevi Lahdenranta	210.0 kg
Triathlon	Vasily Alexeyev	612.5 kg	Serge Reding	590.0 kg	Kalevi Lahdenranta	577.5 kg

doping

The following athletes were subsequently disqualified for doping :

• up to 52 kg: Sandor Holczreiter (Hungary, gold), Walter Szoltysek (Poland, silver), Vladimir Smetanin (USSR, bronze)
• up to 56 kg: Imre Földi (Hungary, silver), Henryk Trebicki (Poland, bronze)
• up to 60 kg: Mieczysław Nowak (Poland, gold), Jan Wojnowski (Poland, silver), Yoshiyuki Miyake (Japan, bronze)
• up to 67.5 kg: Janos Bagocs (Hungary, bronze)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 28, 2013.
2. ^ Drug-Related Disqualifications in Men's Weightlifting at Summer Olympics chidlovski.net