| Weightlifting at the 1974 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Aryamehr Weightlifting Hall |
| Dates | 2–5 September |
Weightlifting was contested from September 2 to September 5 at the 1974 Asian Games in Aryamehr Weightlifting Hall, Tehran, Iran. Only in this edition a medal was awarded for each of the snatch and clean and jerk phases and for the combined total.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52 kg) | Mohammad Nassiri  Iran | Aung Gyi  Burma | Masatomo Takeuchi  Japan |
| Bantamweight (56 kg) | Kenkichi Ando Japan | Chen Manlin  China | Han Gyong-si  North Korea |
| Featherweight (60 kg) | Kazumasa Hirai Japan | Song Sung-rim North Korea | Khin Myint Burma |
| Lightweight (67.5 kg) | Won Shin-hee  South Korea | Nasrollah Dehnavi Iran | Takahiro Nakata Japan |
| Middleweight (75 kg) | An Won-geun North Korea | Etsuo Mitsuishi Japan | Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi Iran |
| Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) | Sueo Fujishiro Japan | Ebrahim Pourdejam Iran | Badr Yassin  Iraq |
| Middle heavyweight (90 kg) | Ali Vali Iran | Qian Yukai China | Adi Brana  Israel |
| Heavyweight (110 kg) | Houshang Kargarnejad Iran | Yun Sook-woon South Korea | Shlomo Ben-Lulu Israel |
| Super heavyweight (+110 kg) | Akbar Shokrollahi Iran | Hafez Hassani Iran | Suhail Khalil Iraq |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52 kg) | Aung Gyi Burma | Mohammad Nassiri Iran | Masatomo Takeuchi Japan |
| Bantamweight (56 kg) | Kenkichi Ando Japan | Tin Sein Burma | Chen Manlin China |
| Featherweight (60 kg) | Kazumasa Hirai Japan | Song Sung-rim North Korea | Khin Myint Burma |
| Lightweight (67.5 kg) | Won Shin-hee South Korea | Nasrollah Dehnavi Iran | Takahiro Nakata Japan |
| Middleweight (75 kg) | Etsuo Mitsuishi Japan | An Won-geun North Korea | Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi Iran |
| Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) | Sueo Fujishiro Japan | Ebrahim Pourdejam Iran | Lee Chun-sik South Korea |
| Middle heavyweight (90 kg) | Qian Yukai China | Ali Vali Iran | Adi Brana Israel |
| Heavyweight (110 kg) | Houshang Kargarnejad Iran | Shlomo Ben-Lulu Israel | Yun Sook-woon South Korea |
| Super heavyweight (+110 kg) | Akbar Shokrollahi Iran | Hwang Ho-dong South Korea | Hafez Hassani Iran |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52 kg) | Mohammad Nassiri Iran | Pak Dong-geun North Korea | Masatomo Takeuchi Japan |
| Bantamweight (56 kg) | Kenkichi Ando Japan | Chen Manlin China | Han Gyong-si North Korea |
| Featherweight (60 kg) | Kazumasa Hirai Japan | Om Jong-guk North Korea | Song Sung-rim North Korea |
| Lightweight (67.5 kg) | Won Shin-hee South Korea | Nasrollah Dehnavi Iran | Moon Sok-joon North Korea |
| Middleweight (75 kg) | An Won-geun North Korea | Mehdi Attar-Ashrafi Iran | Muhammad Arshad Malik  Pakistan |
| Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) | Sueo Fujishiro Japan | Ebrahim Pourdejam Iran | Badr Yassin Iraq |
| Middle heavyweight (90 kg) | Ali Vali Iran | Qian Yukai China | Adi Brana Israel |
| Heavyweight (110 kg) | Houshang Kargarnejad Iran | Yun Sook-woon South Korea | Yoji Iwasaki Japan |
| Super heavyweight (+110 kg) | Hafez Hassani Iran | Akbar Shokrollahi Iran | Suhail Khalil Iraq |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran (IRN) | 10 | 11 | 3 | 24 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 10 | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  North Korea (PRK) | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Burma (BIR) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 |  Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 9 |  Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 27 | 27 | 27 | 81 | |
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