1971 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1971 European Weightlifting Championships were held at the Universiada Hall in Sofia, Bulgaria from June 19 to June 27, 1971. This was the 50th edition of the event. There were 123 men in action from 23 nations.

1971 European Championships

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Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Press	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	112.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	110.0 kg	Zoltan Fiat  Romania	97.5 kg
Snatch	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	97.5 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	95.0 kg	Mustafa Mustafov  Bulgaria	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	125.0 kg	Mustafa Mustafov  Bulgaria	120.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	120.0 kg
Total	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	332.5 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	327.5 kg	Mustafa Mustafov  Bulgaria	305.0 kg
56 kg
Press	Imre Földi  Hungary	125.0 kg	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	117.5 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	112.5 kg
Snatch	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	105.0 kg	Imre Földi  Hungary	105.0 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Imre Földi  Hungary	137.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	135.0 kg	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	132.5 kg
Total	Imre Földi  Hungary	367.5 kg	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	355.0 kg	Walter Szołtysek  Poland	350.0 kg
60 kg
Press	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	130.0 kg	Kazimierz Czarnecki  Poland	125.0 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	122.5 kg
Snatch	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	122.5 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	120.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	155.0 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Mladen Kuchev  Bulgaria	147.5 kg
Total	Jan Wojnowski  Poland	397.5 kg	Dito Shanidze  Soviet Union	395.0 kg	János Benedek  Hungary	390.0 kg
67.5 kg
Press	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	145.0 kg	József Máthé  Hungary	145.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	140.0 kg
Snatch	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	137.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	125.0 kg	Stefan Tsonchev  Bulgaria	120.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	170 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	167.5 kg	József Máthé  Hungary	157.5 kg
Total	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	450.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	435.0 kg	József Máthé  Hungary	412.5 kg
75 kg
Press	János Bagócs  Hungary	147.5 kg	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	147.5 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	145.0 kg
Snatch	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	140.0 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	140.0 kg	Aimé Terme  France	137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	177.5 kg	János Bagócs  Hungary	167.5 kg
Total	Viktor Kurentsov  Soviet Union	462.5 kg	Gábor Szarvas  Hungary	460.0 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	452.5 kg
82.5 kg
Press	Gennady Ivanchenko  Soviet Union	165.0 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	162.5 kg	Dino Turcato  Italy	160.0 kg
Snatch	Gennady Ivanchenko  Soviet Union	147.5 kg	Dimitar Slavov  Bulgaria	142.5 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gennady Ivanchenko  Soviet Union	187.5 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	187.5 kg	Juhani Avellan  Finland	180.0 kg
Total	Gennady Ivanchenko  Soviet Union	500.0 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	490.0 kg	Dino Turcato  Italy	465.0 kg
90 kg
Press	Hans Bettembourg  Sweden	190.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	182.5 kg	David Rigert  Soviet Union	172.5 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	155.0 kg	Stanisław Kordyka  Poland	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	205.0 kg WR	Bo Johansson  Sweden	200.0 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	195.0 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	537.5 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	537.5 kg	Atanas Shopov  Bulgaria	512.5 kg
110 kg
Press	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	192.5 kg	Valery Yakubovski  Soviet Union	190.0 kg	Karl Utsar  Soviet Union	187.5 kg
Snatch	Karl Utsar  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	160.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valery Yakubovski  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	205.0 kg	Helmut Losch  East Germany	200.0 kg
Total	Valery Yakubovski  Soviet Union	560.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	557.5 kg	Karl Utsar  Soviet Union	545.0 kg
+110 kg
Press	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	225.0 kg WR	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	217.5 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	212.5 kg
Snatch	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	175.0 kg	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	172.5 kg	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	232.5 kg WR	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	220.0 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	215.0 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	630.0 kg WR	Stanislav Batishchev  Soviet Union	607.5 kg	Rudolf Mang  West Germany	602.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	3	1	9
2	Poland	3	1	1	5
3	Hungary	1	3	2	6
4	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
5	Sweden	0	1	0	1
6	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		9	9	9	27

References

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• М. Л. Аптекарь. «Тяжёлая атлетика. Справочник.» — М.: «Физкультура и спорт», 1983. — 416 с. (in Russian)