Competitors for 1982 World Weightlifting Championships
| Athlete | Country | Sports | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Appel |  GER |
WLT | 6 March 1955 |
| Sergey Arakelov |  URS |
WLT | 18 July 1957 |
| Péter Baczakó |  HUN |
WLT | 27 September 1951 |
| Anton Baraniak |  TCH |
WLT | 20 June 1951 |
| Andreas Behm |  GDR GER |
WLT | 28 November 1962 |
| Blagoy Blagoev |  BUL |
WLT | 4 December 1956 |
| Bohuslav Braum | TCH |
WLT | 22 February 1956 |
| Yordan Chalakov | BUL |
WLT | 18 September 1958 |
| Virgil Dociu |  ROU |
WLT | 3 December 1953 |
| Francisco Ferreira |  CUB |
WLT | 1961 |
| Jacek Gutowski |  POL |
WLT | 25 July 1960 |
| Lubomir Hadzhiev | BUL |
WLT | 1 March 1962 |
| Pavel Khek | TCH |
WLT | 6 April 1958 |
| Vyacheslav Klokov | URS |
WLT | 2 September 1959 |
| Anton Kodzhabashev | BUL |
WLT | 22 August 1959 |
| Antonio Krastev | BUL |
WLT | 10 October 1961 |
| Edward Kuliś | POL |
WLT | 14 April 1955 |
| Joachim Kunz | GDR |
WLT | 9 February 1959 |
| Stefan Leletko | POL |
WLT | 2 September 1953 |
| Andreas Letz | GDR |
WLT | 5 June 1962 |
| Piotr Mandra | POL |
WLT | 27 March 1957 |
| Bertalan Mandzák | HUN |
WLT | 21 July 1957 |
| Frank Mantek | GDR |
WLT | 20 January 1959 |
| Bruno Matykiewicz | TCH |
WLT | 21 April 1959 |
| Frank Mavius | GDR |
WLT | 15 March 1956 |
| Vladimir Mikhalev | URS |
WLT | 1 September 1958 |
| Oksen Mirzoyan | URS |
WLT | 11 June 1961 |
| Hidemi Miyashita |  JPN |
WLT | 11 May 1957 |
| Daniel Núñez | CUB |
WLT | 12 September 1958 |
| Mincho Pashov | BUL |
WLT | 7 November 1961 |
| Aleksandr Pervy | URS |
WLT | 28 October 1960 |
| Andrzej Piotrowski | POL |
WLT | 27 January 1958 |
| Anatoly Pisarenko | URS |
WLT | 10 January 1958 |
| Karl-Heinz Radschinsky | GER |
WLT | 23 July 1953 |
| Yanko Rusev | BUL |
WLT | 1 December 1958 |
| Zhenya Sarandaliev | BUL |
WLT | 12 May 1961 |
| Yurik Sarkisyan |  ARM AUS URS |
WLT | 14 August 1961 |
| Viktor Sots | URS |
WLT | 11 May 1958 |
| Yuri Vardanyan | URS |
WLT | 13 June 1956 |
| Wu Shude |  CHN |
WLT | 18 September 1959 |
| Yury Zakharevich | URS |
WLT | 18 January 1963 |
| Zhao Xinmin | CHN |
WLT | 10 August 1958 |
| Asen Zlatev | BUL |
WLT | 23 May 1960 |