| Date | 17 October 1968 |
|---|---|
| Location | Teatro de los Insurgentes, Ciudad de México |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Belyayev | URS | 185.0 | o | ||||
| Győző Veres | HUN | 182.5 | o | ||||
| Norbert Ozimek | POL | 180.0 | o | ||||
| Jouni Kailajärvi | FIN | 175.0 | o | ||||
| Pierre St. Jean | CAN | 167.5 | o | ||||
| Gino Corradini | ITA | 165.0 | o | ||||
| Rudolph James | GUY | 165.0 | o | ||||
| Aldo Roy | CAN | 162.5 | o | ||||
| Juan Curbelo | CUB | 160.0 | o | ||||
| José Manuel Figueroa | PUR | 152.5 | o | ||||
| José Pérez | DOM | 135.0 | o | ||||
| Boris Selitsky | URS | 185.0 | x | ||||
| Karl Arnold | GDR | 180.0 | x | ||||
| Lee Jong-Seop | KOR | 180.0 | x | ||||
| Víctor Ángel Pagán | PUR | 167.5 | x | ||||
| Mike Pearman | GBR | 167.5 | x | ||||
| Rainer Dörrzapf | FRG | 165.0 | x | ||||
| John Bolton | NZL | 165.0 | x | ||||
| Fortunato Rijna | AHO | 162.5 | x | ||||
| Peter Arthur | GBR | 162.5 | x | ||||
| Rodolfo Castillo | CRC | 140.0 | x |