USSR Championships

**1970 Championship**
4/22/1970 - 4/26/1970
**Host:** Vilnus, Lithuania **Arena:** Dynamo Stadium
**Number of Athletes:** 117
**Main Referee:** V. Lejtonas **Secretary:** A. Ivanovsky

**GOLD MEDALS**
Weight	Class	Name	Total (kg)
52	Flyweight	Vladimir SMETANIN, Spartak Sverdlovsk	337.5
56	Bantamweight	Rafael BELENKOV, Spartak Minsk	357.5
60	Featherweight	Dito SHANIDZE, Gn. Tbilisi	387.5
67.5	Lightweight	Nikolay NOGAYTSEV, Dynamo Moscow	420
75	Middleweight	Viktor KURENSTOV, Army Khabarovsk	472.5
82.5	Light Heavyweight	Gennady IVANCHENKO, Dynamo Riga	500
90	Middle Heavyweight	Vasily KOLOTOV, Trud Pervouralsk	532.5
110	Heavyweight	Karl UTSAR, Jiud Tallinn	545
110+	Super Heavyweight	Vasily ALEXEEV, Trud Shakhty	607.5

Note: To view a complete list of the winners in the weight classes above,
please follow the link associated with the weight class.

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