Middle-Heavyweight (≤94 kilograms), Men

Greek Akakios Kakiasvili had won this class in 1992 and 2000, and in 1996, won Olympic gold in the heavyweight I class. He was attempting to become the first Olympic weightlifter to win four gold medals, but Kakiasvili lifted only 180.0 kg in the snatch and was well behind. In the clean & jerk he missed all three lifts and was eliminated. The gold medal went to Bulgarian Milan Dobrev, the 2003 World Champion, who led after the snatch with 187.5 kg, and equalled Russian Khadzhimurat Akkayev’s clean & jerk of 220.0 kg to win the gold medal. Akkayev won silver, followed by his countryman Eduard Tyukin. Fourth-place went to Iranian Shahin Nassiri Nia, who had been favored to win gold at Sydney as a light-heavyweight, but dislocated his shoulder on his first snatch attempt, eliminating him from the event.