Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men

This was expected to be a close battle between Moldovan Tudor Casapu, competing for the Unified Team, and Cuban Pablo Lara. Lara had won the 1991 World Championships, while Casapu was the 1990 World Champion. Both lifted 155.0 kg in the snatch and also tied in the clean & jerk with 202.5 kg, for totals of 357.5 kg. However, Casapu won the gold medal on bodyweight, weighting 74.50 kg to Lara’s 74.75 kg. Lara would return in 1996 and won the gold medal in Atlanta, while Casapu tested positive in 1995 for mesterolone, an anabolic steroid, and was banned for life.