To provide a method for producing a connecting rod in which the strength of a column part is increased, and whose thinning and lightening are possible while maintaining the rigidity and machinability of a large end part and a small end part, and to provide a connecting rod.

The method for producing a connecting rod is characterized in that a column part, a large end part and a small end part in the cavity of a molding die are partitioned by a separator checking the movement of material powder, and the column part is packed with the material powder having strength higher than the material powder packed into the large end part and the small end part. The separator is composed of a plurality of slits narrower than the grain size of the material powder and elongating to the compressing direction, and is composed of Cu or Ag or Sn.