1971 World Weightlifting Championships

The 45th Men's Weightlifting World Championships took place from September 18 to 26, 1971 in the Peruvian capital Lima . 144 weightlifters from 30 nations took part in the last three-way (push, snatch 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	Zygmunt Smalcerz	115.0 kg	Masahiro Ueki	97.5 kg
Tear	Zygmunt Smalcerz	95.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter	95.0 kg	Juan Romero	92.5 kg
Bump	Zygmunt Smalcerz	130.0 kg	Mustafa Mustafov	122.5 kg	Masahiro Ueki	122.5 kg
Triathlon	Zygmunt Smalcerz	340.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter	335.0 kg	Masahiro Ueki	307.5 kg

Class up to 56 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Mohammad Nassiri	120.0 kg	Imre Foldi	120.0 kg	Henryk Trębicki	120.0 kg
Tear	Henryk Trębicki	107.5 kg	Gennady Chetin	107.5 kg	Jiro Hosotani	102.5 kg
Bump	Gennady Chetin	145.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri	142.5 kg	Atanas Kirov	140.0 kg
Triathlon	Gennady Chetin	370.0 kg	Henryk Trębicki	367.5 kg	Mohammad Nassiri	360.0 kg

Class up to 60 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Yoshiyuki Miyake	122.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando	122.5 kg	Kurt Pittner	120.0 kg
Tear	Yoshiyuki Miyake	115.0 kg	Kenkichi Ando	112.5 kg	Kurt Pittner	112.5 kg
Bump	Yoshiyuki Miyake	150.0 kg	Kenkichi Ando	147.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan	147.5 kg
Triathlon	Yoshiyuki Miyake	387.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando	382.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan	377.5 kg

Class up to 67.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	147.5 kg	Nasrollah Dehnavi	140.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski	140.0 kg
Tear	Waldemar Baszanowski	130.0 kg	Masayuki Yano	127.5 kg	Mucharbi Kirschinow	127.5 kg
Bump	Mucharbi Kirschinow	167.5 kg	Nasrollah Dehnavi	165.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski	165.0 kg
Triathlon	Zbigniew Kaczmarek	440.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski	435.0 kg	Mucharbi Kirschinow	430.0 kg

Class up to 75 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Russell Knipp	162.5 kg	Vladimir Kanygin	160.0 kg	Anselmo Silvino	155.0 kg
Tear	Leif Jensen	142.5 kg	Vladimir Kanygin	142.5 kg	Ondrej Hekel	140.0 kg
Bump	Yordan Bikov	180.0 kg	Anselmo Silvino	175.0 kg	Ondrej Hekel	175.0 kg
Triathlon	Vladimir Kanygin	477.5 kg	Leif Jensen	467.5 kg	Anselmo Silvino	465.0 kg

Class up to 82.5 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
82.5 kg
To press	Christos Iakovou	162.5 kg	Boris Pavlov	160.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi	160.0 kg
Tear	Kaarlo Kangasniemi	150.0 kg	Boris Pavlov	145.0 kg	Mike Karchut	145.0 kg
Bump	Boris Pavlov	190.0 kg	György Horváth	190.0 kg	Mike Karchut	182.5 kg
Triathlon	Boris Pavlov	495.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi	490.0 kg	György Horváth	480.0 kg

Class up to 90 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Vasily Kolotov	185.0 kg	Hans Bettembourg	180.0 kg	David Rigert	177.5 kg
Tear	David Rigert	162.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov	155.0 kg	Bo Johansson	155.0 kg
Bump	David Rigert	202.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov	197.5 kg	Rick Holbrook	197.5 kg
Triathlon	David Rigert	542.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov	537.5 kg	Bo Johansson	522.5 kg

Class up to 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Yury Kozin	200.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev	187.5 kg	Roberto Vezzani	185.0 kg
Tear	Stefan Grützner	165.0 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi	162.5 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev	155.0 kg
Bump	Helmut Losch	205.0 kg	Stefan Grützner	205.0 kg	Yury Kozin	202.5 kg
Triathlon	Yury Kozin	552.5 kg	Stefan Grützner	547.5 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev	545.0 kg

Class over 110 kilograms

discipline	gold		silver		bronze
To press	Vasily Alexeyev	230.0 kg	Serge Reding	227.5 kg	Ken Patera	212.5 kg
Tear	Vasily Alexeyev	170.0 kg	Ken Patera	167.5 kg	Serge Reding	160.0 kg
Bump	Vasily Alexeyev	235.0 kg	Ken Patera	212.5 kg	Fernando Bernal	197.5 kg
Triathlon	Vasily Alexeyev	635.0 kg	Ken Patera	592.5 kg	Ivan Atanasov	532.5 kg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships Seniors 1997 - 2007 and Statistics ( English , PDF; 31.8 MB) In: iwf.net . Retrieved June 28, 2013.