Weightlifting at the Friendship Games was contested at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria between 12 and 16 September 1984. 80 athletes competed in 10 events (all men's individual).

World records were broken thirty times during the competition.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight –52 kg	Neno Terziyski (BUL)	Béla Oláh (HUN)	Hoi Zong Sou (PRK)
Bantamweight 52–56 kg	Naim Suleimanov (BUL)	Oksen Mirzoyan (URS)	Gabriel Enseñat (CUB)
Featherweight 56–60 kg	Stefan Topurov (BUL)	Yurik Sarkisyan (URS)	Anton Kodzabashev (BUL)
Lightweight 60–67.5 kg	Yanko Rusev (BUL)	Aleksandar Varbanov (BUL)	Marek Seweryn (POL)
Middleweight 67.5–75 kg	Zdravko Stoichkov (BUL)	Vladimir Kuznetsov (URS)	István Messzi (HUN)
Light-heavyweight 75–82.5 kg	Yurik Vardanyan (URS)	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	László Király (HUN)
Middle-heavyweight 82.5–90 kg	Viktor Solodov (URS)	Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)	Andrzej Piotrowski (POL)
First-heavyweight 90-100 kg	Pavel Kuznetsov (URS)	Andor Szanyi (HUN)	Miloš Čiernik (TCH)
Heavyweight 100-110 kg	Leonid Taranenko (URS)	Yury Zakharevitch (URS)	Yanko Georgiev (BUL)
Super heavyweight +110 kg	Anatoly Pisarenko (URS)	Aleksandr Kurlovich (URS)	Robert Skolimowski (POL)

Details

List of top three results in every category.

Flyweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Neno Terziyski (BUL)	112.5	140	252.5
	Béla Oláh (HUN)	105	127.5	232.5
	Hoi Zong Sou (PRK)	95	132.5	227.5

Bantamweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Naim Suleimanov (BUL)	132.5	165	297.5
	Oksen Mirzoyan (URS)	132.5	162.5	295
	Gabriel Ensebat (CUB)	100	130	230

Featherweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Stefan Topurov (BUL)	140	182.5	322.5
	Yurik Sarkisyan (URS)	140	175	315
	Anton Kodzabashev (BUL)	130	165	295

Lightweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Yanko Rusev (BUL)	145	192.5	337.5
	Aleksandar Varbanov (BUL)	145	190	335
	Marek Seweryn (POL)	142.5	172.5	315

Middleweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Zdravko Stoichkov (BUL)	167.5	210	377.5
	Vladimir Kuznetsov (URS)	162.5	200	362.5
	István Messzi (HUN)	155	185	340

Light-heavyweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Yurik Vardanyan (URS)	182.5	222.5	405
	Asen Zlatev (BUL)	175	210	385
	László Király (HUN)	167.5	202.5	370

Middle-heavyweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Viktor Solodov (URS)	190	232.5	422.5
	Blagoy Blagoev (BUL)	185	215	400
	Andrzej Piotrowski (POL)	170	205	375

First-heavyweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Pavel Kuznetsov (URS)	187.5	240	427.5
	Andor Szanyi (HUN)	175	215	390
	Milos Čiernik (TCH)	170	215	385

Heavyweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Leonid Taranenko (URS)	200	242.5	442.5
	Yury Zakharevitch (URS)	197.5	230	427.5
	Yanko Georgiev (BUL)	182.5	230	412.5

Super heavyweight

Rank	Name	Snatch (kg)	Clean and Jerk (kg)	Total (kg)
	Anatoly Pisarenko (URS)	200	265	465
	Aleksandr Kurlovich (URS)	210	252.5	462.5
	Robert Skolimowski (POL)	190	225	415

World records broken

World records were broken thirty times.^[1] Some were beaten "off competition" after the competition ended. Often, records were broken multiple times in one category.^[1] In such case, only the final record is listed here.

Event	Name	Nationality	Result
Bantamweight – Clean & Jerk	Naim Suleimanov	Bulgaria	170.5 kg
Featherweight – Clean & jerk	Stefan Topurov	Bulgaria	185 kg
Featherweight – Total	Stefan Topurov	Bulgaria	322.5 kg
Lightweight – Clean & Jerk	Aleksandar Varbanov	Bulgaria	200 kg
Middleweight – Clean & Jerk	Zdravko Stoichkov	Bulgaria	211 kg
Middleweight – Total	Zdravko Stoichkov	Bulgaria	377.5 kg
Light-heavyweight – Snatch	Yurik Vardanyan	Soviet Union	182.5 kg
Light-heavyweight – Clean & Jerk	Yurik Vardanyan	Soviet Union	224 kg
Light-heavyweight – Total	Yurik Vardanyan	Soviet Union	405 kg
Middle-heavyweight – Clean & Jerk	Viktor Solodov	Soviet Union	233 kg
Middle-heavyweight – Total	Viktor Solodov	Soviet Union	422.5 kg
First-heavyweight – Clean & Jerk	Pavel Kuznetsov	Soviet Union	241.5 kg
Heavyweight – Snatch	Yury Zakharevitch	Soviet Union	200.5 kg
Heavyweight – Total	Leonid Taranenko	Soviet Union	442.5 kg
Super heavyweight – Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Pisarenko	Soviet Union	265 kg
Super heavyweight – Total	Anatoly Pisarenko	Soviet Union	465 kg

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	5	5	0	10
2	Bulgaria (BUL)*	5	3	2	10
3	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	2	4
4	Poland (POL)	0	0	3	3
5	Cuba (CUB)	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		10	10	10	30