| Weightlifting at the 1970 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Cultural Hall |
| Dates | 10–17 December |
| Competitors | 50 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.
| 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 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRN) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Republic of China (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Burma (BIR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (7 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
A total of 50 athletes from 10 nations competed in weightlifting at the 1970 Asian Games:
Burma (5)
India Indonesia (6) Iran (8) Japan (7)
Malaysia 
Pakistan Philippines (2) Republic of China (4) South Korea (7)
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