The 1984 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Los Angeles, United States from July 29 to August 8, 1984. There were 187 men in action from 48 nations.

This tournament was a part of 1984 Summer Olympics but counted as World Weightlifting Championships too. Only total medals counted for Olympic Games while Snatch and Clean & Jerk medals counts for World Weightlifting Championships. The Soviet-led boycott meant that the most dominant forces in weightlifting at the time, the USSR, Bulgaria and East Germany did not take part.

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Zhou Peishun  China	107.5 kg	Hidemi Miyashita  Japan	107.5 kg	Zeng Guoqiang  China	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Zeng Guoqiang  China	130.0 kg	Kazushito Manabe  Japan	130.0 kg	Zhou Peishun  China	127.5 kg
Total	Zeng Guoqiang  China	235.0 kg	Zhou Peishun  China	235.0 kg	Kazushito Manabe  Japan	232.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Lai Runming  China	125.0 kg	Wu Shude  China	120.0 kg	Masahiro Kotaka  Japan	112.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Wu Shude  China	147.5 kg	Takashi Ichiba  Japan	140.0 kg	Masahiro Kotaka  Japan	140.0 kg
Total	Wu Shude  China	267.5 kg	Lai Runming  China	265.0 kg	Masahiro Kotaka  Japan	252.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Tsai Wen-yee  Chinese Taipei	125.0 kg	Chen Weiqiang  China	125.0 kg	Gelu Radu  Romania	125.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Chen Weiqiang  China	157.5 kg	Gelu Radu  Romania	155.0 kg	Uolevi Kahelin  Finland	155.0 kg
Total	Chen Weiqiang  China	282.5 kg	Gelu Radu  Romania	280.0 kg	Tsai Wen-yee  Chinese Taipei	272.5 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Andrei Socaci  Romania	142.5 kg	Yao Jingyuan  China	142.5 kg	Dean Willey  Great Britain	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yao Jingyuan  China	177.5 kg	Choji Taira  Japan	172.5 kg	Jouni Grönman  Finland	172.5 kg
Total	Yao Jingyuan  China	320.0 kg	Andrei Socaci  Romania	312.5 kg	Jouni Grönman  Finland	312.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky  West Germany	150.0 kg	Li Shunzhu  China	147.5 kg	Dragomir Cioroslan  Romania	147.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky  West Germany	190.0 kg	Jacques Demers  Canada	187.5 kg	Dave Morgan  Great Britain	185.0 kg
Total	Karl-Heinz Radschinsky  West Germany	340.0 kg	Jacques Demers  Canada	335.0 kg	Dragomir Cioroslan  Romania	332.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Petre Becheru  Romania	155.0 kg	Giuseppe Lagrotteria  Italy	150.0 kg	Ryoji Isaoka  Japan	150.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Petre Becheru  Romania	200.0 kg	Robert Kabbas  Australia	192.5 kg	Ryoji Isaoka  Japan	190.0 kg
Total	Petre Becheru  Romania	355.0 kg	Robert Kabbas  Australia	342.5 kg	Ryoji Isaoka  Japan	340.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Nicu Vlad  Romania	172.5 kg	Petre Dumitru  Romania	165.0 kg	David Mercer  Great Britain	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Nicu Vlad  Romania	220.0 kg	Hwang Woo-won  South Korea	197.5 kg	Petre Dumitru  Romania	195.0 kg
Total	Nicu Vlad  Romania	392.5 kg	Petre Dumitru  Romania	360.0 kg	David Mercer  Great Britain	352.5 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Oliver Orok  Nigeria	172.5 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	167.5 kg	Vasile Groapă  Romania	165.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Vasile Groapă  Romania	217.5 kg	Rolf Milser  West Germany	217.5 kg	Pekka Niemi  Finland	207.5 kg
Total	Rolf Milser  West Germany	385.0 kg	Vasile Groapă  Romania	382.5 kg	Pekka Niemi  Finland	367.5 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Norberto Oberburger  Italy	175.0 kg	Gary Taylor  Great Britain	170.0 kg	Guy Carlton  United States	167.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Norberto Oberburger  Italy	215.0 kg	Ștefan Tașnadi  Romania	212.5 kg	Guy Carlton  United States	210.0 kg
Total	Norberto Oberburger  Italy	390.0 kg	Ștefan Tașnadi  Romania	380.0 kg	Guy Carlton  United States	377.5 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Mario Martinez  United States	185.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	177.5 kg	Dean Lukin  Australia	172.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Dean Lukin  Australia	240.0 kg	Mario Martinez  United States	225.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	220.0 kg
Total	Dean Lukin  Australia	412.5 kg	Mario Martinez  United States	410.0 kg	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	397.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	4	2	0	6
2	Romania	2	5	1	8
3	West Germany	2	0	1	3
4	Australia	1	1	0	2
5	Italy	1	0	0	1
6	United States	0	1	1	2
7	Canada	0	1	0	1
8	Japan	0	0	3	3
9	Finland	0	0	2	2
10	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		10	10	10	30

Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	10	6	2	18
2	Romania	8	8	5	21
3	West Germany	4	3	2	9
4	Italy	3	1	0	4
5	Australia	2	2	1	5
6	United States	1	2	3	6
7	Chinese Taipei	1	0	1	2
8	Nigeria	1	0	0	1
9	Japan	0	4	7	11
10	Canada	0	2	0	2
11	Great Britain	0	1	4	5
12	South Korea	0	1	0	1
13	Finland	0	0	5	5
Totals (13 entries)		30	30	30	90

See also

• Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

• Results (Sport 123)
• Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine