The men's 90 kg weightlifting competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place on 18 October at the Teatro de los Insurgentes. It was the fifth appearance of the middle heavyweight class.
Results Rank Name Country kg 1 Kaarlo Kangasniemi 517.5 2 Jaan Talts 507.5 3 Marek Gołąb 495.0 4 Bo Johansson 492.5 5 Jaakko Kailajärvi 485.0 6 Árpád Nemessányi 482.5 7 Phil Grippaldi 477.5 8 Vítězslav Országh 462.5 9 Bart Bartholomew 457.5 10 Pierre Gourrier 455.0 11 Bakr Bassam 455.0 12 Yun Seog-won 455.0 13 Jean-Pierre Van Lerberghe 447.5 14 Stergios Tsoukas 435.0 15 Efrain Gusquiza 430.0 16 Andrés Martínez 427.5 17 Gaber Hafez 425.0 18 Cheng Sheng-teh 425.0 19 Leong Chim Seong 422.5 20 Sylvanus Blackman 420.0 21 Paul Bjarnason 407.5 22 Fernando Torres 405.0 23 Fernando Esquivel 370.0 AC Oscar Nobua 125.0 AC Óskar Sigurpálsson 145.0 AC Louis Martin 305.0 AC Juan Benavides DNF AC Géza Tóth DNF AC Alfred Steiner DNF
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