The 1971 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lima, Peru from September 18 to September 26, 1971. There were 144 men from 30 nations in the competition.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Press	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	120.0 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	115.0 kg	Masahiro Ueki  Japan	97.5 kg
Snatch	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	95.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	95.0 kg	Juan Romero  Colombia	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	130.0 kg	Mustafa Mustafov  Bulgaria	122.5 kg	Masahiro Ueki  Japan	122.5 kg
Total	Zygmunt Smalcerz  Poland	340.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter  Hungary	335.0 kg	Masahiro Ueki  Japan	307.5 kg
56 kg
Press	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	120.0 kg	Imre Földi  Hungary	120.0 kg	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	120.0 kg
Snatch	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	107.5 kg	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	107.5 kg	Jiro Hosotani  Japan	102.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	145.0 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	142.5 kg	Atanas Kirov  Bulgaria	140.0 kg
Total	Gennady Chetin  Soviet Union	370.0 kg	Henryk Trębicki  Poland	367.5 kg	Mohammad Nassiri  Iran	360.0 kg
60 kg
Press	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	122.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	122.5 kg	Kurt Pittner  Austria	120.0 kg
Snatch	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	115.0 kg	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	112.5 kg	Kurt Pittner  Austria	112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	150.0 kg	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	147.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	147.5 kg
Total	Yoshiyuki Miyake  Japan	387.5 kg	Kenkichi Ando  Japan	382.5 kg	Norair Nurikyan  Bulgaria	377.5 kg
67.5 kg
Press	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	147.5 kg	Nasrollah Dehnavi  Iran	140.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	140.0 kg
Snatch	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	130.0 kg	Masayuki Yano  Japan	127.5 kg	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	127.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	167.5 kg	Nasrollah Dehnavi  Iran	165.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	165.0 kg
Total	Zbigniew Kaczmarek  Poland	440.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski  Poland	435.0 kg	Mukharby Kirzhinov  Soviet Union	430.0 kg
75 kg
Press	Russell Knipp  United States	162.5 kg	Vladimir Kanygin  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Anselmo Silvino  Italy	155.0 kg
Snatch	Leif Jenssen  Norway	142.5 kg	Vladimir Kanygin  Soviet Union	142.5 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yordan Bikov  Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Anselmo Silvino  Italy	175.0 kg	Ondrej Hekel  Czechoslovakia	175.0 kg
Total	Vladimir Kanygin  Soviet Union	477.5 kg	Leif Jenssen  Norway	467.5 kg	Anselmo Silvino  Italy	465.0 kg
82.5 kg
Press	Christos Iakovou  Greece	162.5 kg	Boris Pavlov  Soviet Union	160.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	160.0 kg
Snatch	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	150.0 kg	Boris Pavlov  Soviet Union	145.0 kg	Mike Karchut  United States	145.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Boris Pavlov  Soviet Union	190.0 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	190.0 kg	Mike Karchut  United States	182.5 kg
Total	Boris Pavlov  Soviet Union	495.0 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi  Finland	490.0 kg	György Horváth  Hungary	480.0 kg
90 kg
Press	Vasily Kolotov  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Hans Bettembourg  Sweden	180.0 kg	David Rigert  Soviet Union	177.5 kg
Snatch	David Rigert  Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov  Soviet Union	155.0 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	David Rigert  Soviet Union	202.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov  Soviet Union	197.5 kg	Rick Holbrook  United States	197.5 kg
Total	David Rigert  Soviet Union	542.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov  Soviet Union	537.5 kg	Bo Johansson  Sweden	522.5 kg
110 kg
Press	Yury Kozin  Soviet Union	200.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Roberto Vezzani  Italy	185.0 kg
Snatch	Stefan Grützner  East Germany	165.0 kg	Kauko Kangasniemi  Finland	162.5 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	155.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Helmut Losch  East Germany	205.0 kg	Stefan Grützner  East Germany	205.0 kg	Yury Kozin  Soviet Union	202.5 kg
Total	Yury Kozin  Soviet Union	552.5 kg	Stefan Grützner  East Germany	547.5 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev  Bulgaria	545.0 kg
+110 kg
Press	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	230.0 kg WR	Serge Reding  Belgium	227.5 kg	Ken Patera  United States	212.5 kg
Snatch	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Ken Patera  United States	167.5 kg	Serge Reding  Belgium	160.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	235.0 kg	Ken Patera  United States	212.5 kg	Fernando Bernal  Cuba	197.5 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev  Soviet Union	635.0 kg	Ken Patera  United States	592.5 kg	Ivan Atanasov  Bulgaria	532.5 kg

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	1	1	8
2	Poland	2	2	0	4
3	Japan	1	1	1	3
4	Hungary	0	1	1	2
5	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
9	Bulgaria	0	0	3	3
10	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		9	9	9	27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Press, Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	16	8	4	28
2	Poland	7	3	3	13
3	Japan	4	5	4	13
4	East Germany	2	2	0	4
5	Hungary	1	4	1	6
6	United States	1	3	4	8
7	Iran	1	3	1	5
8	Bulgaria	1	2	6	9
9	Finland	1	2	1	4
10	Norway	1	1	0	2
11	Greece	1	0	0	1
12	Italy	0	1	3	4
13	Sweden	0	1	2	3
14	Belgium	0	1	1	2
15	Austria	0	0	2	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
17	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		36	36	36	108

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

• International Weightlifting Federation