1988 European Weightlifting Championships

The 1988 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Cardiff, United Kingdom from April 26 to May 3, 1988. This was the 67th edition of the event. There were 175 men in action from 25 nations.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	115.0 kg	Traian Cihărean  Romania	110.0 kg	Bela Olah  Hungary	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Traian Cihărean  Romania	140.0 kg	Bela Olah  Hungary	127.5 kg
Total	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	260.0 kg	Traian Cihărean  Romania	250.0 kg	Bela Olah  Hungary	232.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Mitko Grablev  Bulgaria	120.0 kg	Neno Terziyski  Bulgaria	120.0 kg	Dimitru Negreanu  Romania	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mitko Grablev  Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Neno Terziyski  Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Andreas Letz  East Germany	145.0 kg
Total	Mitko Grablev  Bulgaria	287.5 kg	Neno Terziyski  Bulgaria	287.5 kg	Dimitru Negreanu  Romania	257.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	150.0 kg WR	Stefan Topurov  Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Attila Czanka  Romania	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	180.0 kg	Stefan Topurov  Bulgaria	177.5 kg	Attila Czanka  Romania	175.0 kg
Total	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	330.0 kg	Stefan Topurov  Bulgaria	322.5 kg	Attila Czanka  Romania	315.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Valery Yurov  Soviet Union	147.5 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	142.5 kg	Bogdan Bakula  Poland	137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valery Yurov  Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	177.5 kg	Reijo Kiiskilä  Finland	165.0 kg
Total	Valery Yurov  Soviet Union	327.5 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	320.0 kg	Bogdan Bakula  Poland	302.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Angel Genchev  Bulgaria	162.5 kg	Andrei Socaci  Romania	160.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński  Poland	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Angel Genchev  Bulgaria	210.0 kg	Andrei Socaci  Romania	190.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński  Poland	185.0 kg
Total	Angel Genchev  Bulgaria	372.5 kg	Andrei Socaci  Romania	350.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński  Poland	342.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Sergey Li  Soviet Union	175.0 kg	Constantin Urdas  Romania	172.5 kg	Alexander Gusakov  Soviet Union	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Constantin Urdas  Romania	215.0 kg	Sergey Li  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Alexander Gusakov  Soviet Union	205.0 kg
Total	Constantin Urdas  Romania	387.5 kg	Sergey Li  Soviet Union	385.0 kg	Alexander Gusakov  Soviet Union	375.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Rumen Teodosiev  Bulgaria	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	235.0 kg WR	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	230.0 kg	Rumen Teodosiev  Bulgaria	220.0 kg
Total	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	420.0 kg	Ivan Chakarov  Bulgaria	417.5 kg	Rumen Teodosiev  Bulgaria	400.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Andor Szanyi  Hungary	185.0 kg	Aleksandr Popov  Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Detelin Petrov  Bulgaria	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Detelin Petrov  Bulgaria	240.0 kg	Aleksandr Popov  Soviet Union	237.5 kg	Andor Szanyi  Hungary	235.0 kg
Total	Detelin Petrov  Bulgaria	425.0 kg	Aleksandr Popov  Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Andor Szanyi  Hungary	420.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	203.5 kg WR	Norberto Oberburger  Italy	195.0 kg	Ronny Weller  East Germany	192.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	250.5 kg WR	Stefan Botev  Bulgaria	247.5 kg	Ronny Weller  East Germany	242.5 kg
Total	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	452.5 kg WR	Stefan Botev  Bulgaria	437.5 kg	Ronny Weller  East Germany	435.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Aleksander Levandovski  Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	207.5 kg	Antonio Krastev  Bulgaria	202.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	257.5 kg	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	255.0 kg	Antonio Krastev  Bulgaria	245.0 kg
Total	Leonid Taranenko  Soviet Union	462.5 kg	Antonio Krastev  Bulgaria	447.5 kg	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	442.5 kg

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	4	5	1	10
2	Soviet Union	4	2	1	7
3	Romania	1	2	2	5
4	Turkey	1	0	0	1
5	East Germany	0	1	1	2
6	Hungary	0	0	2	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
8	West Germany	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

References

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• Панорама спортивного года 1988 / Сост. Ю. С. Лукашин — М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1989. (in Russian)