right|100pxGewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1968 in Mexico-Stad.
De wedstrijden vormden tegelijkertijd de Wereldkampioenschappen gewichtheffen van dat jaar.
Heren bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Mohammad Nassiri 112.5 kg105.0 kg150.0 kg367.5 kg Imre Földi 122.5 kg105.0 kg140.0 kg367.5 kg Henryk Trębicki 115.0 kg107.5 kg135.0 kg357.5 kg 4 Gennadi Tsjetin 110.0 kg102.5 kg140.0 kg352.5 kg 5 Shiro Ichinoseki 110.0 kg107.5 kg132.5 kg350.0 kg 6 Fernando Báez 120.0 kg92.5 kg132.5 kg345.0 kg 7 Atanas Kirov 105.0 kg100.0 kg130.0 kg335.0 kg 8 Chaiya Sukchinda 100.0 kg105.0 kg125.0 kg330.0 kg
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Yoshinobu Miyake 122.5 kg117.5 kg152.5 kg392.5 kg Dito Sjanidze 120.0 kg117.5 kg150.0 kg387.5 kg Yoshiyuki Miyake 122.5 kg115.0 kg147.5 kg385.0 kg 4 Jan Wojnowski 117.5 kg115.0 kg150.0 kg382.5 kg 5 Mieczysław Nowak 117.5 kg110.0 kg147.5 kg375.0 kg 6 Nasrollah Dehnavi 117.5 kg107.5 kg140.0 kg365.0 kg 7 Young Moo-shin 110.0 kg115.0 kg140.0 kg365.0 kg 8 Manuel Mateos 120.0 kg100.0 kg140.0 kg360.0 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Waldemar Baszanowski 135.0 kg135.0 kg167.5 kg437.5 kg Parviz Jalayer 125.0 kg132.5 kg165.0 kg422.5 kg Marian Zieliński 135.0 kg125.0 kg160.0 kg420.0 kg 4 Nobuyuki Hatta 135.0 kg127.5 kg155.0 kg417.5 kg 5 Won Shin-hee 127.5 kg125.0 kg162.5 kg415.0 kg 6 Janós Bagócs 132.5 kg122.5 kg157.5 kg412.5 kg 7 Takeo Kimura 125.0 kg120.0 kg160.0 kg405.0 kg 8 Konstantin Tilev 132.5 kg115.0 kg150.0 kg397.5 kg
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Viktor Koerentsov 152.5 kg135.0 kg187.5 kg475.0 kg Masahi Ohuchi 140.0 kg140.0 kg175.0 kg455.0 kg Károly Bakos 137.5 kg132.5 kg170.0 kg440.0 kg 4 Russell Knipp 147.5 kg122.5 kg167.5 kg437.5 kg 5 Lee Chun-sik 140.0 kg132.5 kg165.0 kg437.5 kg 6 Werner Dittrich 140.0 kg130.0 kg165.0 kg435.0 kg 7 Miroslav Kolařík 140.0 kg127.5 kg162.5 kg430.0 kg 8 Frederick Lowe 132.5 kg127.5 kg170.0 kg430.0 kg
lichtzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Boris Selitski 150.0 kg147.5 kg187.5 kg485.0 kg Vladimir Beljajev 152.5 kg147.5 kg185.0 kg485.0 kg Norbert Ozimek 150.0 kg140.0 kg182.5 kg472.5 kg 4 Győző Veres 150.0 kg140.0 kg182.5 kg472.5 kg 5 Karl Arnold 155.0 kg137.5 kg175.0 kg467.5 kg 6 Hans Zdražila 135.0 kg147.5 kg180.0 kg462.5 kg 7 Jouni Kailajärvi 140.0 kg130.0 kg175.0 kg445.0 kg 8 Lee Jong-sup 135.0 kg130.0 kg175.0 kg440.0 kg
middenzwaargewicht (tot 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Kaarlo Kangasniemi 172.5 kg157.5 kg187.5 kg517.5 kg Jaan Talts 160.0 kg150.0 kg197.5 kg507.5 kg Marek Gołąb 165.0 kg145.0 kg185.0 kg495.0 kg 4 Bo Johansson 165.0 kg145.0 kg182.5 kg492.5 kg 5 Jaakko Kailajärvi 145.0 kg150.0 kg190.0 kg485.0 kg 6 Árpád Nemessányi 150.0 kg145.0 kg187.5 kg482.5 kg 7 Philip Grippaldi 155.0 kg137.5 kg185.0 kg477.5 kg 8 Vítězslav Ország 157.5 kg130.0 kg175.0 kg462.5 kg
zwaargewicht (boven 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Leonid Zjabotinski 200.0 kg170.0 kg202.5 kg572.5 kg Serge Reding 195.0 kg147.5 kg212.5 kg555.0 kg Joe Dube 200.0 kg145.0 kg210.0 kg555.0 kg 4 Manfred Rieger 175.0 kg155.0 kg202.5 kg532.5 kg 5 Rudolf Mang 177.5 kg152.5 kg195.0 kg525.0 kg 6 Mauno Lindroos 157.5 kg145.0 kg192.5 kg495.0 kg 7 Kalevi Lahdenranta 160.0 kg147.5 kg185.0 kg492.5 kg 8 Donald Oliver 147.5 kg142.5 kg200.0 kg490.0 kg
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 3 3 0 6 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 0 2 4 1 0 4 5 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 2 7 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 1 1 totaal 7 7 7 21
Gewichtheffen 1968