The men's middleweight event was part of the weightlifting programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed weightlifters of up to 75 kilograms (165 pounds).

Carlo Galimberti set a new world record in press with 105 kilograms.

Guus Scheffer set a new world record in snatch with 105 kilograms.

In the total of the three lifts at first Carlo Galimberti set a new world record with 332.5 kilograms only to be improved by Roger François with 335 kilograms.