| Weightlifting at the 1966 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Cultural Hall | 
| Dates | 12–18 December | 
Weightlifting was contested from December 12 to December 18 at the 1966 Asian Games in Cultural Hall, Bangkok, Thailand. The competition included only men's events for eight different weight categories. Iran finished 1st at the medal table by winning three gold medals.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (52 kg) | Chaiya Sukchinda  Thailand | Tetsuhide Sasaki .svg.png.webp) Japan | Mohammad Reza Nasehi  Iran | 
| Bantamweight (56 kg) | Mohammad Nassiri  Iran | Chua Phung Kim  Singapore | Yu In-ho .svg.png.webp) South Korea | 
| Featherweight (60 kg) | Yoshinobu Miyake .svg.png.webp) Japan | Ahn Jong-chul .svg.png.webp) South Korea | Chang Ming-chung  Republic of China | 
| Lightweight (67.5 kg) | Parviz Jalayer  Iran | Takeo Kimura .svg.png.webp) Japan | Won Shin-hee .svg.png.webp) South Korea | 
| Middleweight (75 kg) | Masushi Ouchi .svg.png.webp) Japan | Lee Chun-sik .svg.png.webp) South Korea | Mohammad Ami-Tehrani  Iran | 
| Light heavyweight (82.5 kg) | Lee Jong-sup .svg.png.webp) South Korea | Hideki Fujimoto .svg.png.webp) Japan | Lee Yi-hsiung  Republic of China | 
| Middle heavyweight (90 kg) | Lee Hyung-woo .svg.png.webp) South Korea | Masafumi Tsugioka .svg.png.webp) Japan | Esmaeil Doroudian  Iran | 
| Heavyweight (+90 kg) | Manouchehr Boroumand  Iran | Hwang Ho-dong .svg.png.webp) South Korea | Reza Esteki  Iran | 
Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Iran (IRN) | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 
| 2 | .svg.png.webp) Japan (JPN) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 
| 3 | .svg.png.webp) South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 
| 4 |  Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 
| 5 |  Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 6 |  Republic of China (ROC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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