The men's 69 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece took place at the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall on 18 August.

[1][2] Total score was the sum of the lifter's best result in each of the snatch and the clean and jerk, with three lifts allowed for each lift.

In case of a tie, the lighter lifter won; if still tied, the lifter who took the fewest attempts to achieve the total score won.

Lifters without a valid snatch score did not perform the clean and jerk.

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00) Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.