| Date | 16 October 1968 |
|---|---|
| Location | Teatro de los Insurgentes, Ciudad de México |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viktor Kurentsov | URS | 187.5 | o | ||||
| Károly Bakos | HUN | 170.0 | o | ||||
| Fred Lowe | USA | 170.0 | o | ||||
| Albert Huser | FRG | 160.0 | o | ||||
| Luiz de Almeida | BRA | 155.0 | o | ||||
| Masashi Ohuchi | JPN | 180.0 | x | ||||
| Russ Knipp | USA | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Lee Chun-Sik | KOR | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Werner Dittrich | GDR | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Sadahiro Miwa | JPN | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Abel López | CUB | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Miloslav Kolařík | TCH | 167.5 | x | ||||
| Rolf Maier | FRA | 165.0 | x | ||||
| René Gómez | CUB | 162.5 | x | ||||
| Leif Jensen | NOR | 162.5 | x | ||||
| Rudy Monk | AHO | 157.5 | x | ||||
| Luis Fonseca | CRC | 135.0 | x |