Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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The weightlifting competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul consisted of ten weight classes, all for men only.

[edit] Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
–52 kg
Bulgaria Sevdalin Marinov
Bulgaria (BUL)
South Korea Chun Byung-Kwan
South Korea (KOR)
China He Zhuo-Qiang
China (CHN)
Bantamweight
52–56 kg
Soviet Union Oksen Mirzoyan
Soviet Union (URS)
China He Ying-Qiang
China (CHN)
China Liu Shoubin
China (CHN)
Featherweight
56–60 kg
Turkey Naim Süleymanoğlu
Turkey (TUR)
Bulgaria Stefan Topurov
Bulgaria (BUL)
China Ye Huan-Ming
China (CHN)
Lightweight
60–67.5 kg
East Germany Joachim Kunz
East Germany (GDR)
Soviet Union Israil Militosyan
Soviet Union (URS)
China Li Jinhe
China (CHN)
Middleweight
67.5–75 kg
Bulgaria Borislav Gidikov
Bulgaria (BUL)
East Germany Ingo Steinhoefel
East Germany (GDR)
Bulgaria Aleksander Varbanov
Bulgaria (BUL)
Light-heavyweight
75–82.5 kg
Soviet Union Israil Arsamakov
Soviet Union (URS)
Hungary Istvan Messzi
Hungary (HUN)
South Korea Lee Kyung-Kun
South Korea (KOR)
Middle-heavyweight
82.5–90 kg
Soviet Union Anatoli Khrapaty
Soviet Union (URS)
Soviet Union Nail Mukhamedyarov
Soviet Union (URS)
Poland Sławomir Zawada
Poland (POL)
First-heavyweight
90-100 kg
Soviet Union Pavel Kuznetsov
Soviet Union (URS)
Romania Nicu Vlad
Romania (ROM)
West Germany Peter Immesberger
West Germany (FRG)
Heavyweight
100-110 kg
Soviet Union Yury Zakharevitch
Soviet Union (URS)
Hungary Jozsef Jacso
Hungary (HUN)
East Germany Ronny Weller
East Germany (GDR)
Super heavyweight
+110 kg
Soviet Union Alexander Kurlovitch
Soviet Union (URS)
West Germany Manfred Nerlinger
West Germany (FRG)
West Germany Martin Zawieja
West Germany (FRG)

Note: Mitko Grabnev (56 kg) and Angell Guenchev (67.5 kg) of Bulgaria were originally awarded golds in their respective weight classes, but were stripped after testing positive for furosemide.

[edit] Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) 6 2 0 8
2 Bulgaria Bulgaria (BUL) 2 1 1 4
3 East Germany East Germany (GDR) 1 1 1 3
4 Turkey Turkey (TUR) 1 0 0 1
5 Hungary Hungary (HUN) 0 2 0 2
6 China China (CHN) 0 1 4 5
7 West Germany West Germany (FRG) 0 1 2 3
8 South Korea South Korea (KOR) 0 1 1 2
9 Romania Romania (ROM) 0 1 0 1
10 Poland Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1

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