1971 Asian Weightlifting Championships

The 1971 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at auditorium of the Far Eastern University in Manila, Philippines between October 9 and October 11, 1971. Weightlifters from seven countries Iran, Israel, South Korea, Philippines, Australia (as guest nation), Indonesia and Republic of China competed in the tournament.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight 52 kg	Salvador del Rosario Philippines (PHI)	305.0 kg	Charles Depthios Indonesia (INA)	305.0 kg	Arturo Dandan Philippines (PHI)	295.0 kg
Bantamweight 56 kg	Mohammad Nassiri Iran (IRI)	335.0 kg	Shin Ho-kang South Korea (KOR)	322.5 kg	Ze'ev Friedman Israel (ISR)	300.0 kg
Featherweight 60 kg	Choi Mun-jae South Korea (KOR)	355.0 kg	Chung Young-duk South Korea (KOR)	345.0 kg	Amir Darmanki Iran (IRI)	340.0 kg
Lightweight 67.5 kg	Nasrollah Dehnavi Iran (IRI)	425.0 kg	Won Shin-hee South Korea (KOR)	420.0 kg	Madek Kasman Indonesia (INA)	390.0 kg
Middleweight 75 kg	Rudy Tilaar Indonesia (INA)	357.5 kg	Reynaldo Madrid Philippines (PHI)	347.5 kg	Federico Ferrer Philippines (PHI)	345.0 kg
Light heavyweight 82.5 kg	Ebrahim Pourdejam Iran (IRI)	425.0 kg	David Berger Israel (ISR)	422.5 kg	Park Moon-soo South Korea (KOR)	407.5 kg
Middle heavyweight 90 kg	Ali Vali Iran (IRI)	435.0 kg	Oh Shik-kwan South Korea (KOR)	415.0 kg	Sutanto Hartono Indonesia (INA)	350.0 kg
Heavyweight 110 kg	Houshang Kargarnejad Iran (IRI)	472.5 kg	Yun Suk-won South Korea (KOR)	465.0 kg	Nasser Doroudian Iran (IRI)	440.0 kg
Super heavyweight +110 kg	Abdul Rosjid Indonesia (INA)	402.5 kg	Adnan Hodroj Israel (ISR)	390.0 kg	Akbar Shokrollahi Iran (IRI)	385.0 kg