| Date | 16 October 1968 |
|---|---|
| Location | Teatro de los Insurgentes, Ciudad de México |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Kurentsov | URS | 135.0 | o | ||||
| Lee Chun-Sik | KOR | 132.5 | o | ||||
| Miloslav Kolařík | TCH | 127.5 | o | ||||
| René Gómez | CUB | 120.0 | o | ||||
| Leif Jensen | NOR | 120.0 | o | ||||
| Rudy Monk | AHO | 117.5 | o | ||||
| Luiz de Almeida | BRA | 115.0 | o | ||||
| Masashi Ohuchi | JPN | 145.0 | x | ||||
| Károly Bakos | HUN | 135.0 | x | ||||
| Werner Dittrich | GDR | 132.5 | x | ||||
| Fred Lowe | USA | 132.5 | x | ||||
| Sadahiro Miwa | JPN | 132.5 | x | ||||
| Russ Knipp | USA | 127.5 | x | ||||
| Rolf Maier | FRA | 127.5 | x | ||||
| Albert Huser | FRG | 122.5 | x | ||||
| Abel López | CUB | 122.5 | x | ||||
| Gioacchino Caracausi | ITA | 120.0 | x | ||||
| Luis Fonseca | CRC | 100.0 | x |