right|100px Gewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1960 in Rome.
Heren bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Charles Vinci 105.0 kg107.5 kg132.5 kg345.0 kg Yoshinobu Miyake 97.5 kg105.0 kg135.0 kg337.5 kg Esmail Elm-Khah 97.5 kg100.0 kg132.5 kg330.0 kg 4 Shigeo Kogure 90.0 kg102.5 kg130.0 kg322.5 kg 5 Marian Jankowski 92.5 kg100.0 kg130.0 kg322.5 kg 6 Imre Földi 100.0 kg90.0 kg130.0 kg320.0 kg 7 Yu In-ho 90.0 kg95.0 kg130.0 kg315.0 kg 8 Hasan Hussain 87.5 kg100.0 kg125.0 kg312.5 kg
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Jevgeni Minajev 120.0 kg110.0 kg142.5 kg372.5 kg Isaac Berger 117.5 kg105.0 kg140.0 kg362.5 kg Sebastino Mannironi 107.5 kg110.0 kg135.0 kg352.5 kg 4 Kim Hae-nam 105.0 kg105.0 kg135.0 kg345.0 kg 5 Yukio Furuyama 107.5 kg102.5 kg135.0 kg345.0 kg 6 Hosni Abbas 102.5 kg95.0 kg140.0 kg337.5 kg 7 Tun Kywe 100.0 kg100.0 kg127.5 kg327.5 kg 8 Alberto Nogar 97.5 kg100.0 kg127.5 kg325.0 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Viktor Boesjoejev 125.0 kg122.5 kg150.0 kg397.5 kg Tan Howe Liang 115.0 kg110.0 kg155.0 kg380.0 kg Abdul Wahid Aziz 117.5 kg115.0 kg147.5 kg380.0 kg 4 Marian Zieliński 115.0 kg110.0 kg150.0 kg375.0 kg 5 Waldemar Baszanowski 105.0 kg117.5 kg147.5 kg370.0 kg 6 Mihály Huszka 110.0 kg107.5 kg147.5 kg365.0 kg 7 Werner Dittrich 107.5 kg115.0 kg140.0 kg362.5 kg Zdeněk Otáhal 115.0 kg107.5 kg140.0 kg362.5 kg
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Aleksandr Koerynov 135.0 kg132.5 kg170.0 kg437.5 kg Tommy Kono 140.0 kg127.5 kg160.0 kg427.5 kg Győző Veres 130.0 kg120.0 kg155.0 kg405.0 kg 4 Marcel Paterni 127.5 kg120.0 kg152.5 kg400.0 kg 5 Krzysztof Beck 135.0 kg117.5 kg147.5 kg400.0 kg 6 Mohammad Teherani Ami 117.5 kg120.0 kg155.0 kg392.5 kg 7 Koh Yung-chang 115.0 kg120.0 kg150.0 kg385.0 kg 8 Roland Lortz 115.0 kg112.5 kg155.0 kg382.5 kg
lichtzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Ireneusz Paliński 130.0 kg132.5 kg180.0 kg442.5 kg James George 132.5 kg132.5 kg165.0 kg430.0 kg Jan Bochenek 130.0 kg120.0 kg170.0 kg420.0 kg 4 Géza Tóth 125.0 kg125.0 kg167.5 kg417.5 kg 5 Jouni Kailajärvi 130.0 kg125.0 kg162.5 kg417.5 kg 6 Peter Tatsjev 130.0 kg125.0 kg160.0 kg415.0 kg 7 Minoru Kubota 125.0 kg120.0 kg155.0 kg400.0 kg 8 Willy Claes 125.0 kg112.5 kg155.0 kg392.5 kg
middenzwaargewicht (tot 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Arkadi Vorobjov 152.5 kg142.5 kg177.5 kg472.5 kg Trofim Lomakin 157.5 kg130.0 kg170.0 kg457.5 kg Louis Martin 137.5 kg137.5 kg170.0 kg445.0 kg 4 John Pulskamp 140.0 kg125.0 kg167.5 kg432.5 kg 5 François Vincent 130.0 kg132.5 kg160.0 kg422.5 kg 6 Vladimir Savov 110.0 kg137.5 kg165.0 kg412.5 kg 7 Czesław Białas 130.0 kg122.5 kg157.5 kg410.0 kg 8 Leonardo Masu 135.0 kg117.5 kg155.0 kg407.5 kg
zwaargewicht (boven 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landdrukkentrekkenstotentotaal Joeri Vlasov 180.0 kg155.0 kg202.5 kg537.5 kg James Bradford 180.0 kg150.0 kg182.5 kg512.5 kg Norbert Schemansky 170.0 kg150.0 kg180.0 kg500.0 kg 4 Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim 140.0 kg137.5 kg177.5 kg455.0 kg 5 Eino Mäkinen 140.0 kg142.5 kg172.5 kg455.0 kg 6 Dave Baillie 147.5 kg132.5 kg170.0 kg450.0 kg 7 Alberto Pigaiani 152.5 kg127.5 kg170.0 kg450.0 kg 8 Václav Syrový 145.0 kg127.5 kg172.5 kg445.0 kg
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 5 1 0 6 2 1 4 1 6 3 1 0 1 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 totaal 7 7 7 21
Gewichtheffen 1960