1970 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1970 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Szombathely, Hungary from June 20 to June 28, 1970. This was the 49th edition of the event. There were 137 men in action from 21 nations.

1970 European Championships

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Press	Vladislav Krishchishin Soviet Union	112.5 kg	Sándor Holczreiter Hungary	110.0 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland	105.0 kg
Snatch	Vladimir Smetanin Soviet Union	100.0 kg	Vladislav Krishchishin Soviet Union	97.5 kg	Zygmunt Smalcerz Poland	92.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vladislav Krishchishin Soviet Union	130.0 kg	Vladimir Smetanin Soviet Union	125.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter Hungary	125.0 kg
Total	Vladislav Krishchishin Soviet Union	340.0 kg	Sándor Holczreiter Hungary	327.5 kg	Vladimir Smetanin Soviet Union	325.0 kg
56 kg
Press	Imre Földi Hungary	127.5 kg	Rafail Belenkov Soviet Union	112.5 kg	Atanas Kirov Bulgaria	112.5 kg
Snatch	Mieczysław Nowak Poland	110.0 kg	Walter Szołtysek Poland	107.5 kg	Karel Prohl Czechoslovakia	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mieczysław Nowak Poland	142.5 kg	Imre Földi Hungary	140.0 kg	Walter Szołtysek Poland	135.0 kg
Total	Imre Földi Hungary	372.5 kg	Mieczysław Nowak Poland	362.5 kg	Walter Szołtysek Poland	352.5 kg
60 kg
Press	Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria	132.5 kg	Janos Benedek Hungary	120.0 kg	Heinz Becker East Germany	120.0 kg
Snatch	Jan Wojnowski Poland	120.0 kg	Janos Benedek Hungary	115.0 kg	Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria	107.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Henryk Trębicki Poland	145.0 kg	Giuseppe Tanti Italy	142.5 kg	Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria	142.5 kg
Total	Mladen Kuchev Bulgaria	382.5 kg	Jan Wojnowski Poland	377.5 kg	Janos Benedek Hungary	375.0 kg
67.5 kg
Press	János Bagócs Hungary	140.0 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland	140.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	140.0 kg
Snatch	Ondrej Hekel Czechoslovakia	130.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	130.0 kg	János Bagócs Hungary	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	János Bagócs Hungary	167.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland	165.0 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	162.5 kg
Total	János Bagócs Hungary	432.5 kg	Waldemar Baszanowski Poland	432.5 kg	Zbigniew Kaczmarek Poland	427.5 kg
75 kg
Press	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union	152.5 kg	Werner Dittrich East Germany	150.0 kg	Albert Huser West Germany	145.0 kg
Snatch	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union	137.5 kg	Werner Dittrich East Germany	135.0 kg	Yevgeny Smirnov Soviet Union	135.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gábor Szarvas Hungary	177.5 kg	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union	175.0 kg	Yordan Bikov Bulgaria	165.0 kg
Total	Viktor Kurentsov Soviet Union	465.0 kg	Gábor Szarvas Hungary	452.5 kg	Yevgeny Smirnov Soviet Union	445.0 kg
82.5 kg
Press	Gennady Ivanchenko Soviet Union	162.5 kg	Hans Bettembourg Sweden	162.5 kg	Norbert Ozimek Poland	157.5 kg
Snatch	Norbert Ozimek Poland	147.5 kg	Gennady Ivanchenko Soviet Union	140.0 kg	Stefan Sochanski Poland	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Gennady Ivanchenko Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Juhani Avellan Finland	185.0 kg	György Horváth Hungary	182.5 kg
Total	Gennady Ivanchenko Soviet Union	487.5 kg	György Horváth Hungary	472.5 kg	Stefan Sochanski Poland	465.0 kg
90 kg
Press	Karl Arnold East Germany	177.5 kg	Bo Johansson Sweden	177.5 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland	177.5 kg
Snatch	Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland	160.0 kg	Bo Johansson Sweden	157.5 kg	Vasily Kolotov Soviet Union	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Kolotov Soviet Union	200.0 kg	Pierre Gourrier France	192.5 kg	Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland	192.5 kg
Total	Kaarlo Kangasniemi Finland	530.0 kg	Vasily Kolotov Soviet Union	527.5 kg	Bo Johansson Sweden	525.0 kg
110 kg
Press	Jaan Talts Soviet Union	195.0 kg	Aleksandar Kraychev Bulgaria	180.0 kg	Günther Wu West Germany	180.0 kg
Snatch	Kauko Kangasniemi Finland	160.0 kg	Mauno Lindroos Finland	155.0 kg	Jaan Talts Soviet Union	152.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Jaan Talts Soviet Union	215.0 kg WR	Aleksandar Kraychev Bulgaria	195.0 kg	Mauno Lindroos Finland	192.5 kg
Total	Jaan Talts Soviet Union	562.5 kg WR	Aleksandar Kraychev Bulgaria	525.0 kg	Janos Hanzlik Hungary	517.5 kg
+110 kg
Press	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union	217.5 kg WR	Manfred Rieger East Germany	192.5 kg	Kalevi Lahdenranta Finland	192.5 kg
Snatch	Kalevi Lahdenranta Finland	172.5 kg	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union	170.0 kg	Manfred Rieger East Germany	162.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union	225.0 kg WR	Kalevi Lahdenranta Finland	212.5 kg	Manfred Rieger East Germany	210.0 kg
Total	Vasily Alekseyev Soviet Union	612.5 kg WR	Kalevi Lahdenranta Finland	577.5 kg	Manfred Rieger East Germany	565.0 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	5	1	2	8
2	Hungary	2	3	2	7
3	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
	Finland	1	1	0	2
5	Poland	0	3	3	6
6	East Germany	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		9	9	9	27

References

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