The invention provides a method for testing the pressure resistance of optical fiber coating. The method includes the steps of firstly, placing a testing substrate on a work platform, allowing the middle part, in the length direction, of an optical fiber to pass the surface of the testing substrate, using tape to fix one free end of the optical fiber on the work platform, straightening the optical fiber to allow the same to coincide with a testing datum line on the testing substrate, and using tape to fix the other free end of the optical fiber on the work platform; secondly, lightly pressing a pressing plate identical with the testing substrate in specification on the testing substrate, and electrically connecting the two free ends of the optical fiber with an optical power meter; thirdly, recording the display value of the optical power meter at the moment, testing the optical power loss of the optical fiber according to a power transmission method in IEC60793-1-40, and recording the optical power loss as X0; fourthly, placing appropriate counter weight at the center of the pressing plate, testing the optical power loss of the optical fiber after the counter weight is placed according to the method in the third step, and recording the optical power loss as X1; fifthly, using the difference value between X1 and X0 as the optical power loss, under the pressure of the counter weight, of the optical fiber. By the method, testing stability and repeatability can be guaranteed.