The 1970 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Columbus, Ohio, United States from September 12 to September 20, 1970. There were 129 men from 28 nations in the competition.
Nine weightlifters (Sandor Holczreiter, Walter Szoltysek, Vladimir Smetanin, Imre Földi, Henryk Trebicki, Miecyslaw Nowak, Jan Wojnowski, Yoshiyuki Miyake, Janos Bagocs) test positive for amphetamines (Dexedrine) and were disqualified.Review of Disqualifications in Weightlifting at the Olympics The urine samples were tested using the Beckman DK-2A ratio recording ultraviolet spectrophotometer.
Medal summary 52 kgPress 120.0 kg 112.5 kg 105.0 kgSnatch 102.5 kg 100.0 kg 95.0 kgClean & Jerk 130.0 kg 127.5 kg 127.5 kgTotal 342.5 kg 330.0 kg 330.0 kg56 kgPress 120.0 kg 115.0 kg 115.0 kgSnatch 107.5 kg 105.0 kg 105.0 kgClean & Jerk 147.5 kg 137.5 kg 135.0 kgTotal 362.5 kg 362.5 kg 357.5 kg60 kgPress 130.0 kg 127.5 kg 120.0 kgSnatch 120.0 kg 117.5 kg 115.0 kgClean & Jerk 150.0 kg 147.5 kg 147.5 kgTotal 392.5 kg 385.0 kg 382.5 kg67.5 kgPress 140.0 kg 140.0 kg 137.5 kgSnatch 135.0 kg 132.5 kg 125.0 kgClean & Jerk 167.5 kg 167.5 kg 165.0 kgTotal 440.0 kg 437.5 kg 432.5 kg75 kgPress 152.5 kg 150.0 kg 150.0 kgSnatch 142.5 kg 142.5 kg 140.0 kgClean & Jerk 180.0 kg 172.5 kg 170.0 kgTotal 462.5 kg 455.0 kg 445.0 kg82.5 kgPress 165.0 kg 160.0 kg 157.5 kgSnatch 150.0 kg 147.5 kg 145.0 kgClean & Jerk 190.0 kg 182.5 kg 182.5 kgTotal 505.0 kg 482.5 kg 482.5 kg90 kgPress 175.0 kg 165.0 kg 165.0 kgSnatch 160.0 kg 145.0 kg 142.5 kgClean & Jerk 202.5 kg 190.0 kg 187.5 kgTotal 537.5 kg 490.0 kg 490.0 kg110 kgPress 200.0 kg 187.5 kg 182.5 kgSnatch 160.0 kg 155.0 kg 152.5 kgClean & Jerk 210.0 kg 200.0 kg 200.0 kgTotal 565.0 kg 535.0 kg 530.0 kg+110 kgPress 215.0 kg 215.0 kg 207.5 kgSnatch 172.5 kg 170.0 kg 165.0 kgClean & Jerk 227.5 kg 215.0 kg 210.0 kgTotal 612.5 kg 590.0 kg 577.5 kg
Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Press, Snatch and Clean & Jerk)
References
Results (Sport 123) Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics
External links International Weightlifting Federation