1971 World Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Lima
Country	PER
Held	18 – 26 September 1971
Competitors	47
Countries	18

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	URS	16	8	4	28
2	Poland	POL	7	3	3	13
3	Japan	JPN	4	5	4	13
4	East Germany	GDR	2	2	0	4
5	Hungary	HUN	1	4	1	6
6	United States	USA	1	3	4	8
7	Iran	IRI	1	3	1	5
8	Bulgaria	BUL	1	2	6	9
9	Finland	FIN	1	2	1	4
10	Norway	NOR	1	1	0	2
11	Greece	GRE	1	0	0	1
12	Italy	ITA	0	1	3	4
13	Sweden	SWE	0	1	2	3
14	Belgium	BEL	0	1	1	2
15	Austria	AUT	0	0	2	2
=	Czechoslovakia	TCH	0	0	2	2
17	Colombia	COL	0	0	1	1
=	Cuba	CUB	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
flyweight -52 kg Press, Men	Sándor Holczreiter bodyweight: 52.0 kg	HUN	Zygmunt Smalcerz bodyweight: 51.7 kg	POL	Masahiro Ueki bodyweight: 52.0 kg	JPN
flyweight -52 kg Snatch, Men	Zygmunt Smalcerz bodyweight: 51.7 kg	POL	Sándor Holczreiter bodyweight: 52.0 kg	HUN	Juan Romero bodyweight: 52.0 kg	COL
flyweight -52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Zygmunt Smalcerz bodyweight: 51.7 kg	POL	Mustar Mustafov bodyweight: 51.5 kg	BUL	Masahiro Ueki bodyweight: 52.0 kg	JPN
flyweight -52 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Zygmunt Smalcerz bodyweight: 51.7 kg	POL	Sándor Holczreiter bodyweight: 52.0 kg	HUN	Masahiro Ueki bodyweight: 52.0 kg	JPN
bantamweight -56 kg Press, Men	Mohammad Nassiri bodyweight: 55.6 kg	IRI	Imre Földi bodyweight: 55.8 kg	HUN	Henryk Trębicki bodyweight: 55.9 kg	POL
bantamweight -56 kg Snatch, Men	Henryk Trębicki bodyweight: 55.9 kg	POL	Gennady Chetin bodyweight: 56.0 kg	URS	Jiro Hosotani bodyweight: 55.8 kg	JPN
bantamweight -56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Gennady Chetin bodyweight: 56.0 kg	URS	Mohammad Nassiri bodyweight: 55.6 kg	IRI	Atanas Kirov bodyweight: 55.7 kg	BUL
bantamweight -56 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Gennady Chetin bodyweight: 56.0 kg	URS	Henryk Trębicki bodyweight: 55.9 kg	POL	Mohammad Nassiri bodyweight: 55.6 kg	IRI
featherweight -60 kg Press, Men	Yoshiyuki Miyake bodyweight: 59.4 kg	JPN	Kenkichi Ando bodyweight: 59.5 kg	JPN	Kurt Pittner bodyweight: 59.6 kg	AUT
featherweight -60 kg Snatch, Men	Yoshiyuki Miyake bodyweight: 59.4 kg	JPN	Kenkichi Ando bodyweight: 59.5 kg	JPN	Kurt Pittner bodyweight: 59.6 kg	AUT
featherweight -60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yoshiyuki Miyake bodyweight: 59.4 kg	JPN	Kenkichi Ando bodyweight: 59.5 kg	JPN	Norayr Nurikyan bodyweight: 60.0 kg	BUL
featherweight -60 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Yoshiyuki Miyake bodyweight: 59.4 kg	JPN	Kenkichi Ando bodyweight: 59.5 kg	JPN	Norayr Nurikyan bodyweight: 60.0 kg	BUL
lightweight -67.5 kg Press, Men	Zbigniew Kaczmarek bodyweight: 67.5 kg	POL	Nasrollah Dehnavi bodyweight: 67.4 kg	IRI	Waldemar Baszanowski bodyweight: 67.5 kg	POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Snatch, Men	Waldemar Baszanowski bodyweight: 67.5 kg	POL	Masayuki Yano bodyweight: 64.8 kg	JPN	Mukharby Kirzhinov bodyweight: 67.0 kg	URS
lightweight -67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mukharby Kirzhinov bodyweight: 67.0 kg	URS	Nasrollah Dehnavi bodyweight: 67.4 kg	IRI	Waldemar Baszanowski bodyweight: 67.5 kg	POL
lightweight -67.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Zbigniew Kaczmarek bodyweight: 67.5 kg	POL	Waldemar Baszanowski bodyweight: 67.5 kg	POL	Mukharby Kirzhinov bodyweight: 67.0 kg	URS
middleweight -75 kg Press, Men	Russ Knipp bodyweight: 74.8 kg	USA	Vladimir Kanygin bodyweight: 74.9 kg	URS	Anselmo Silvino bodyweight: 73.8 kg	ITA
middleweight -75 kg Snatch, Men	Leif Jensen bodyweight: 74.4 kg	NOR	Vladimir Kanygin bodyweight: 74.9 kg	URS	Ondrej Hekel bodyweight: 74.1 kg	TCH
middleweight -75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yordan Bikov bodyweight: 74.5 kg	BUL	Anselmo Silvino bodyweight: 73.8 kg	ITA	Ondrej Hekel bodyweight: 74.1 kg	TCH
middleweight -75 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Vladimir Kanygin bodyweight: 74.9 kg	URS	Leif Jensen bodyweight: 74.4 kg	NOR	Anselmo Silvino bodyweight: 73.8 kg	ITA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Press, Men	Christos Iakovou bodyweight: 81.5 kg	GRE	Boris Pavlov bodyweight: 81.8 kg	URS	Kaarlo Kangasniemi bodyweight: 82.1 kg	FIN
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Snatch, Men	Kaarlo Kangasniemi bodyweight: 82.1 kg	FIN	Boris Pavlov bodyweight: 81.8 kg	URS	Mike Karchut bodyweight: 81.9 kg	USA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Boris Pavlov bodyweight: 81.8 kg	URS	György Horváth bodyweight: 82.5 kg	HUN	Mike Karchut bodyweight: 81.9 kg	USA
light-heavyweight -82.5 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Boris Pavlov bodyweight: 81.8 kg	URS	Kaarlo Kangasniemi bodyweight: 82.1 kg	FIN	György Horváth bodyweight: 82.5 kg	HUN
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Press, Men	Vasily Kolotov bodyweight: 89.3 kg	URS	Hans Bettembourg bodyweight: 88.9 kg	SWE	David Rigert bodyweight: 87.8 kg	URS
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Snatch, Men	David Rigert bodyweight: 87.8 kg	URS	Vasily Kolotov bodyweight: 89.3 kg	URS	Bo Johansson bodyweight: 89.3 kg	SWE
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	David Rigert bodyweight: 87.8 kg	URS	Vasily Kolotov bodyweight: 89.3 kg	URS	Rick Holbrook bodyweight: 89.0 kg	USA
middle-heavyweight -90 kg Total (three lifts), Men	David Rigert bodyweight: 87.8 kg	URS	Vasily Kolotov bodyweight: 89.3 kg	URS	Bo Johansson bodyweight: 89.3 kg	SWE
heavyweight -110 kg Press, Men	Yury Kozin bodyweight: 107.3 kg	URS	Aleksandar Kraychev bodyweight: 108.3 kg	BUL	Roberto Vezzani bodyweight: 107.8 kg	ITA
heavyweight -110 kg Snatch, Men	Stefan Grützner bodyweight: 102.8 kg	GDR	Kauko Kangasniemi bodyweight: 104.2 kg	FIN	Aleksandar Kraychev bodyweight: 108.3 kg	BUL
heavyweight -110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Helmut Losch bodyweight: 102.7 kg	GDR	Stefan Grützner bodyweight: 102.8 kg	GDR	Yury Kozin bodyweight: 107.3 kg	URS
heavyweight -110 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Yury Kozin bodyweight: 107.3 kg	URS	Stefan Grützner bodyweight: 102.8 kg	GDR	Aleksandar Kraychev bodyweight: 108.3 kg	BUL
super-heavyweight +110 kg Press, Men	Vasily Alekseyev bodyweight: 145.2 kg	URS	Serge Reding bodyweight: 137.5 kg	BEL	Ken Patera bodyweight: 141.9 kg	USA
super-heavyweight +110 kg Snatch, Men	Vasily Alekseyev bodyweight: 145.2 kg	URS	Ken Patera bodyweight: 141.9 kg	USA	Serge Reding bodyweight: 137.5 kg	BEL
super-heavyweight +110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Vasily Alekseyev bodyweight: 145.2 kg	URS	Ken Patera bodyweight: 141.9 kg	USA	Fernando Bernal bodyweight: 121.9 kg	CUB
super-heavyweight +110 kg Total (three lifts), Men	Vasily Alekseyev bodyweight: 145.2 kg	URS	Ken Patera bodyweight: 141.9 kg	USA	Ivan Atanasov bodyweight: 131.9 kg	BUL