Heavyweight II (≤110 kilograms), Men

The Olympic gold in Los Angeles went to Italian Norberto Oberburger, who had never seen an international podium before, but would win a bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships. Oberburger lifted 390.0 kg, which would not have won a medal at the 1984 Friendship Games, won by Soviet Leonid Taranenko, who lifted 442.5 kg, followed by his teammate Yury Zakharevich, who totalled 427.5 kg. Zakharevich would win this class at the 1988 Olympics, while Taranenko would win a silver medal as a super-heavyweight at the 1992 Olympics.