| Date | 26 July 1992 — 15:00 (B) (A) | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Pabellón de la España Industrial, Barcelona | |
| Participants | 17 from 13 countries | |
| Format | Total of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight. | |
Bulgarian Ivan Ivanov had won the last three World Championships and was heavily favored in Barcelona. He managed to win the gold medal but in a very close contest. Ivanov was tied after the snatch with China’s Lin Qisheng but was able to outlift Lin by 2.5 kg in the clean & jerk to clinch the gold. Ivanov would compete again at Atlanta in 1996, placing sixth. The bronze medal in Barcelona went to Romanian Traian Cihărean who had also won a bronze medal at the 1989 World Championships.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivan Ivanov |  BUL | 265.0 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Lin Qisheng |  CHN | 262.5 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Traian Cihărean |  ROU | 252.5 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Go Gwang-Gu |  KOR | 252.5 | |||
| 5 | Halil Mutlu |  TUR | 247.5 | |||
| 6 | Gil Nam-Su |  PRK | 235.0 | |||
| 7 | Humberto Fuentes |  VEN | 230.0 | |||
| 8 | José Andrés Ibáñez |  ESP | 227.5 | |||
| 9 | Atsushi Irei |  JPN | 222.5 | |||
| 10 | Badathala Adisekhar |  IND | 222.5 | |||
| 11 | Álvaro Marenco |  NCA | 220.0 | |||
| 12 | Ansela Marlen Wijewickrema |  SRI | 212.5 | |||
| Sevdalin Minchev | BUL | 112.5 | ||||
| Zhang Zairong | CHN | 115.0 | ||||
| Enosh Depthios |  INA | – | ||||
| Hiroshi Watanabe | JPN | – | ||||
| Kim Myong-Sik | PRK | – |
