1971 World Weightlifting Championships

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	6	1	1	8
2	Poland	2	2	0	4
3	Japan	1	1	1	3
4	Hungary	0	1	1	2
5	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
9	Bulgaria	0	0	3	3
10	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		9	9	9	27

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Press, Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	16	8	4	28
2	Poland	7	3	3	13
3	Japan	4	5	4	13
4	East Germany	2	2	0	4
5	Hungary	1	4	1	6
6	United States	1	3	4	8
7	Iran	1	3	1	5
8	Bulgaria	1	2	6	9
9	Finland	1	2	1	4
10	Norway	1	1	0	2
11	Greece	1	0	0	1
12	Italy	0	1	3	4
13	Sweden	0	1	2	3
14	Belgium	0	1	1	2
15	Austria	0	0	2	2
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
17	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		36	36	36	108

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine

• International Weightlifting Federation