Lightweight (≤69 kilograms), Men

China’s Zhang Guozheng was the heavy favorite after winning the 2002-03 World Championships. He took the lead in the snatch with 160.0 kg, and then lifted 187.5 kg. However, Korean Lee Bae-Yeong bettered his clean & jerk with 190.0 kg, and attempted 195.0 kg, which would have won the gold medal based on bodyweight, but he missed it, settling for silver. Croatian Nikolay Peshalov won the bronze medal, which made him only the third Olympic weightlifter to win four medals, after American Norb Schemansky (1948-64) and German Ronny Weller (1988-2000), a mark that would later be equalled at Athinai by Greek Pyrros Dimas (1992-2004).