Super-Heavyweight (>110 kilograms), Men

Aleksandr Kurlovich was the defending champion and had won the 1989 and 1991 World Championship. He had not competed at the 1990 Worlds, won by his Unified teammate Leonid Taranenko. However, the Barcelona competition was not close, as Kurlovich had a 17.5 kg lead over Taranenko in the snatch and extended that in the clean & jerk to win by 25 kg. The bronze medal went to German Manfred Nerlinger, who had also been runner-up to Kurlovich at the 1991 Worlds and would repeat that finish at the 1993 Worlds. Kurlovich attempted to three-peat in this class at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but would place fifth.