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.[1]

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 ¹	He Yingqiang China	Liu Shoubin China
60 kg	Naim Süleymanoğlu Turkey	Stefan Topurov Bulgaria	Ye Huanming China
67.5 kg	Joachim Kunz East Germany ²	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 ³	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

¹ Mitko Grablev of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.
² Angel Guenchev of Bulgaria originally won the gold medal, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.[2]
³ Andor Szanyi of Hungary originally won the silver medal, 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

"Weightlifting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
"THE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1988.

Sources

"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 December 2006.

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[SR-1] "Weightlifting at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

[2] "THE SEOUL OLYMPICS: Weight Lifting; Team Lifted After 2d Drug Test Is Failed". The New York Times. 24 September 1988.