Worlds · September 1971
1971 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1971 World Weightlifting Championships ran in Lima, Peru, from 18 to 26 September 1971. This page lists the medallists in its nine classes. Gold went to Zygmunt Smalcerz (52 kg), Gennady Chetin (56 kg), Yoshiyuki Miyake (60 kg), Zbigniew Kaczmarek (67.5 kg), Vladimir Kanygin (75 kg), Boris Pavlov (82.5 kg), David Rigert (90 kg), Yury Kozin (110 kg) and Vasily Alekseyev (+110 kg).
- Medallists
- 27
- Classes
- 9
- Start date
- 18 Sep 1971
Medallists by class
Each class lists its medallists and the nation each lifted for. Up to and including 1972 a total was made of more lifts than today's two: from 1928 the third was the press, in which the bar is pushed overhead from the shoulders with the arms alone, and the competitions of 1920 to 1924 also counted one-hand lifts. Those totals are not shown.
Men's 52 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
 Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland
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| 2 |
 Sándor Holczreiter Hungary
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| 3 |
 Masahiro Ueki Japan
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Men's 56 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Gennady Chetin Soviet Union |
| 2 |
Henryk Trębicki Poland
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| 3 |
 Mohammad Nassiri Iran
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Men's 60 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Yoshiyuki Miyake Japan
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| 2 |
Kenkichi Ando Japan
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| 3 |
 Norair Nurikyan Bulgaria
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Men's 67.5 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland
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| 2 |
Waldemar Baszanowski Poland
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| 3 | Mukharby Kirzhinov Soviet Union |
Men's 75 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Kanygin Soviet Union |
| 2 |
 Leif Jenssen Norway
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| 3 |
 Anselmo Silvino Italy
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Men's 82.5 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Boris Pavlov Soviet Union |
| 2 |
 Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland
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| 3 |
György Horváth Hungary
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Men's 90 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | David Rigert Soviet Union |
| 2 | Vasily Kolotov Soviet Union |
| 3 |
 Bo Johansson Sweden
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Men's 110 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Yury Kozin Soviet Union |
| 2 | Stefan Grützner East Germany |
| 3 |
Aleksandar Kraychev Bulgaria
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Men's +110 kg, 1971 World Weightlifting Championships
| Place | Athlete |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union |
| 2 |
 Ken Patera United States
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| 3 |
Ivan Atanasov Bulgaria
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