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Weight limit: over 82.5 kg [182 lbs]
Date: 11 August 1948
| Rank | Name | Nation | Press | Snatch | Jerk | Total |
| 1 | John Davis | USA | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 177.5 kg [391 lbs] | 452.5 kg [998 lbs] |
| 2 | Norb Schemansky | USA | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 132.5 kg [292 lbs] | 170.0 kg [375 lbs] | 425.0 kg [937 lbs] |
| 3 | Abraham Charite | NED | 127.5 kg [281 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 160.0 kg [353 lbs] | 412.5 kg [909 lbs] |
| 4 | Alfred Knight | GBR | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 390.0 kg [860 lbs] |
| 5 | Hanafi Moustafa | EGY | 120.0 kg [265 lbs] | 115.0 kg [254 lbs] | 150.0 kg [331 lbs] | 385.0 kg [849 lbs] |
| 6 | Niels Petersen | DEN | 115.0 kg [254 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 382.5 kg [843 lbs] |
| 7 | Robert Allart | BEL | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 377.5 kg [832 lbs] |
| 8 | Pieter Taljaard | RSA | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 375.0 kg [827 lbs] |
| 9 | Alfonso Parera | CUB | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 155.0 kg [342 lbs] | 372.5 kg [821 lbs] |
| 10 | Carlos Dominguez | PER | 117.5 kg [259 lbs] | 105.0 kg [231 lbs] | 140.0 kg [309 lbs] | 362.5 kg [799 lbs] |
| 11 | Hugo Vallarino | ARG | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 112.5 kg [248 lbs] | 145.0 kg [320 lbs] | 357.5 kg [788 lbs] |
| 12 | Ray Magee | AUS | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 137.5 kg [303 lbs] | 357.5 kg [788 lbs] |
| 13 | Leopoldo Briola | ARG | 110.0 kg [243 lbs] | 102.5 kg [226 lbs] | 135.0 kg [298 lbs] | 347.5 kg [766 lbs] |
| 14 | Franz Eibler | AUT | 102.5 kg [226 lbs] | 100.0 kg [220 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 327.5 kg [722 lbs] |
| 15 | Muhammad Naqi Butt | PAK | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 97.5 kg [215 lbs] | 125.0 kg [276 lbs] | 320.0 kg [705 lbs] |
| 16 | Dandamudi Rajagopal | IND | 92.5 kg [204 lbs] | 90.0 kg [198 lbs] | 122.5 kg [270 lbs] | 305.0 kg [672 lbs] |