Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium
Dates	18–29 September 1988
Competitors	226 from 62 nations

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

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
52 kg	Sevdalin Marinov  Bulgaria	Chun Byung-Kwan  South Korea	He Zhuoqiang  China
56 kg	Oksen Mirzoyan  Soviet Union	He Yingqiang  China	Liu Shoubin  China
60 kg	Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey	Stefan Topurov  Bulgaria	Ye Huanming  China
67.5 kg	Joachim Kunz  East Germany	Israel Militosyan  Soviet Union	Li Jinhe  China
75 kg	Borislav Gidikov  Bulgaria	Ingo Steinhöfel  East Germany	Aleksandar Varbanov  Bulgaria
82.5 kg	Israil Arsamakov  Soviet Union	István Messzi  Hungary	Lee Hyung-kun  South Korea
90 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty  Soviet Union	Nail Mukhamedyarov  Soviet Union	Sławomir Zawada  Poland
100 kg	Pavel Kuznetsov  Soviet Union	Nicu Vlad  Romania	Peter Immesberger  West Germany
110 kg	Yury Zakharevich  Soviet Union	József Jacsó  Hungary	Ronny Weller  East Germany
+110 kg	Aleksandr Kurlovich  Soviet Union	Manfred Nerlinger  West Germany	Martin Zawieja  West Germany

Mitko Grablev (56 kg) and Angel Guenchev (67.5 kg) of Bulgaria originally won their respective weight classes, but were both disqualified after they tested positive for Furosemide.^[1] Andor Szanyi of Hungary was originally awarded silver in the 100 kg event, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Stanozolol.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	6	2	0	8
2	Bulgaria (BUL)	2	1	1	4
3	East Germany (GDR)	1	1	1	3
4	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
5	Hungary (HUN)	0	2	0	2
6	China (CHN)	0	1	4	5
7	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	2	3
8	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
9	Romania (ROU)	0	1	0	1
10	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 nations)		10	10	10	30

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-21.