The 1971 Asian Weightlifting Championships were held at the 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 Taiwan competed in the tournament.

Medal summary

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	5	0	3	8
2	Indonesia	2	1	2	5
3	South Korea	1	5	1	7
4	Philippines	1	1	2	4
5	Israel	0	2	1	3
Totals (5 entries)		9	9	9	27

Team ranking

Rank	Team	Points
1	Iran	47
2	South Korea	36
3	Indonesia	32
4	Philippines	31
5	Israel	14
6	Republic of China	7