right|100pxGewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1984 in Los Angeles.
De wedstrijden vormden tegelijkertijd de Wereldkampioenschappen gewichtheffen van dat jaar.
Heren vlieggewicht (tot 52 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Zeng Guoqiang 105.0 kg130.0 kg235.0 kg Zhou Peishun 107.5 kg127.5 kg235.0 kg Kazushito Manabe 102.5 kg130.0 kg232.5 kg 4 Hidemi Miyashita 107.5 kg122.5 kg230.0 kg 5 Maman Suryaman 102.5 kg125.0 kg227.5 kg 6 Bang Hyo-mun 100.0 kg125.0 kg225.0 kg 7 José Díaz Lopez 95.0 kg125.0 kg220.0 kg 8 Levent Erdogan 95.0 kg120.0 kg215.0 kg Mahmoud Tarha () 230.0 kg wegens positieve dopingtest gediskwalificeerd.
bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Wu Shude 120.0 kg147.5 kg267.5 kg Lai Runming 125.0 kg140.0 kg265.0 kg Masahiro Kotaka 112.5 kg140.0 kg252.5 kg 4 Takashi Ichiba 110.0 kg140.0 kg250.0 kg 5 Kim Chil-bong 105.0 kg140.0 kg245.0 kg 6 Dionisio Muñoz 110.0 kg132.5 kg242.5 kg 7 Arvo Ojalehto 105.0 kg137.5 kg242.5 kg 8 Albert Hood 112.5 kg130.0 kg242.5 kg
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Chen Weiqiang 125.0 kg157.5 kg282.5 kg Gelu Radu 125.0 kg155.0 kg280.0 kg Tsai Wen-Yee 125.0 kg147.5 kg272.5 kg 4 Kaoru Wabiko 120.0 kg150.0 kg270.0 kg 5 Yosuke Muraki 120.0 kg147.5 kg267.5 kg 6 Lee Myeong-su 117.5 kg150.0 kg267.5 kg 7 Sori Enda Nasution 115.0 kg152.5 kg267.5 kg 8 Uolevi Kahelin 112.5 kg155.0 kg267.5 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Yao Jingyuan 142.5 kg177.5 kg320.0 kg Andrei Socaci 142.5 kg170.0 kg312.5 kg Jouni Grönman 140.0 kg172.5 kg312.5 kg 4 Dean Willey 140.0 kg170.0 kg310.0 kg 5 Choji Taira 132.5 kg172.5 kg305.0 kg 6 Yasushige Sasaki 140.0 kg162.5 kg302.5 kg 7 Basil Stellios 137.5 kg165.0 kg302.5 kg 8 Ma Jianping 130.0 kg167.5 kg297.5 kg
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Karl-Heinz Radschinsky 150.0 kg190.0 kg340.0 kg Jacques Demers 147.5 kg187.5 kg335.0 kg Dragomir Ciorosian 147.5 kg185.0 kg332.5 kg 4 David Morgan 145.0 kg185.0 kg330.0 kg 5 Li Shunzhu 147.5 kg175.0 kg322.5 kg 6 Mohammed Yassen Mohammed 140.0 kg180.0 kg320.0 kg 7 Tony Pignone 147.5 kg170.0 kg317.5 kg 8 Park Chun-jong 137.5 kg175.0 kg312.5 kg
lichtzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Petre Becheru 155.0 kg200.0 kg355.0 kg Robert Kabbas 150.0 kg192.5 kg342.5 kg Ryoji Isaoka 150.0 kg190.0 kg340.0 kg 4 Newton Burrowes 147.5 kg180.0 kg327.5 kg 5 Ibrahim El Bakh 145.0 kg177.5 kg322.5 kg 6 Lee Kang-seong 140.0 kg182.5 kg322.5 kg 7 Yvan Darsigny 142.5 kg180.0 kg322.5 kg 8 Allister Nalder 142.5 kg175.0 kg317.5 kg
middenzwaargewicht (tot 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Nicu Vlad 172.5 kg220.0 kg392.5 kg Dumitru Petre 165.0 kg195.0 kg360.0 kg David Mercer 157.5 kg195.0 kg352.5 kg 4 Peter Immesberger 155.0 kg195.0 kg350.0 kg 5 Hwang Woo-won 152.5 kg197.5 kg350.0 kg 6 Nikolaos Iliadis 155.0 kg195.0 kg350.0 kg 7 Henri Junch Høeg 152.5 kg195.0 kg347.5 kg 8 José Garces 150.0 kg192.5 kg342.5 kg
zwaargewicht I (tot 100 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Rolf Milser 167.5 kg217.5 kg385.0 kg Vasile Groapă 165.0 kg217.5 kg382.5 kg Pekka Niemi 160.0 kg207.6 kg367.5 kg 4 Kevin Roy 160.0 kg197.5 kg357.5 kg 5 Ken Clark 155.0 kg197.5 kg352.5 kg 6 Franz Langthaler 162.5 kg187.5 kg350.0 kg 7 Rich Shanko 155.0 kg195.0 kg350.0 kg 8 Jean-Marie Kretz 150.0 kg192.5 kg342.5 kg
zwaargewicht II (tot 110 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Norberto Oberburger 175.0 kg215.0 kg390.0 kg Stefan Tasnadi 167.5 kg212.5 kg380.0 kg Guy Carlton 167.5 kg210.0 kg377.5 kg 4 Frank Seipelt 160.0 kg207.5 kg367.5 kg 5 Albert Squires 165.0 kg200.0 kg365.0 kg 6 Richard Eaton 152.5 kg200.0 kg352.5 kg 7 loannis Gerontas 152.5 kg197.5 kg350.0 kg 8 Olaf Peters 157.5 kg190.0 kg347.5 kg Göran Pettersson () 360.0 kg wegens positieve dopingtest gediskwalificeerd.
superzwaargewicht (boven 110 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Dean Lukin 172.5 kg240.0 kg412.5 kg Mario Martinez 185.0 kg225.0 kg410.0 kg Manfred Nerlinger 177.5 kg220.0 kg397.5 kg 4 Ioannis Tsintsaris 162.5 kg185.0 kg347.5 kg 5 Bartholomew Oluoma 150.0 kg187.5 kg337.5 kg 6 Mosad Mosbah 150.0 kg180.0 kg330.0 kg Ironbar Bassey 155.0 kg—DNF Stefan Laggner () 385.0 kg en Serafim Grammatikopoulos () DNF wegens positieve dopingtest gediskwalificeerd.
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 4 2 0 6 2 2 5 1 8 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 2 5 1 0 0 1 6 0 1 1 2 7 0 1 0 1 8 0 0 3 3 9 0 0 2 2 10 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 totaal 10 10 10 30
Gewichtheffen 1984