The men's 82.5 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 16 October at the Shibuya Public Hall. It was the tenth appearance of the light heavyweight class.

Results Rank Name Country kg 1 Rudolf Plyukfelder 475.0 2 Géza Tóth 467.5 3 Győző Veres 467.5 4 Jerzy Kaczkowski 457.5 5 Gary Cleveland 455.0 6 Lee Hyeong-U 452.5 7 Kaarlo Kangasniemi 450.0 8 Karl Arnold 440.0 9 Jaakko Kailajärvi 435.0 10 Sylvanus Blackman 427.5 11 Stancho Penchev 425.0 12 Reza Estaki 420.0 13 Amer El-Hanafi 417.5 14 Fortunato Rijna 410.0 15 George Manners 410.0 16 René Battaglia 407.5 17 George Vakakis 405.0 18 Gerhard Hastik 397.5 19 Artemio Rocamora 390.0 20 Mustapha Adnane 390.0 21 Cheng Cheng-chung 385.0 AC Martín Eguiguren 110.0 AC Marcel Paterni 280.0 AC Lim Hiang Kok DNF

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