Weightlifting
at the 1970 Asian Games
VenueCultural Hall
Dates10–17 December
Competitors50 from 10 nations

Weightlifting was contested from December 10 to December 17 at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition included only men's events for eight different weight categories.

Japan finished first in the medal table with 4 gold medals.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(52 kg)
Takeshi Horikoshi
 Japan
Salvador del Rosario
 Philippines
Mohammad Reza Nasehi
 Iran
Bantamweight
(56 kg)
Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran
Kenkichi Ando
 Japan
Choi Mun-jae
 South Korea
Featherweight
(60 kg)
Yoshiyuki Miyake
 Japan
Madek Kasman
 Indonesia
Than Tun
 Burma
Lightweight
(67.5 kg)
Nasrollah Dehnavi
 Iran
Won Shin-hee
 South Korea
Htein Win
 Burma
Middleweight
(75 kg)
Nobuyuki Hatta
 Japan
Daniel Gevargiz
 Iran
Lee Chun-sik
 South Korea
Light heavyweight
(82.5 kg)
Masushi Ouchi
 Japan
Chao Cheng-hsueng
 Republic of China
Park Moon-soo
 South Korea
Middle heavyweight
(90 kg)
Yun Sook-woon
 South Korea
Hideki Fujimoto
 Japan
Ebrahim Pourdejam
 Iran
Heavyweight
(110 kg)
Kim Dae-jhu
 South Korea
Abdul Rosjid
 Indonesia
Houshang Kargarnejad
 Iran

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)4206
2 Iran (IRN)2136
 South Korea (KOR)2136
4 Indonesia (INA)0202
5 Philippines (PHI)0101
 Republic of China (ROC)0101
7 Burma (BIR)0022
Totals (7 entries)88824

Participating nations

A total of 50 athletes from 10 nations competed in weightlifting at the 1970 Asian Games:

References

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