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Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kilograms), Men

Date25 September 1988 — 17:00-21:00
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants28 from 22 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Soviet Anatoly Khrapaty had won the World Championships in 1985-87 and was expected to win gold. His snatch of 187.5 kg gave him a big lead which he maintained with his clean & jerk of 225.0 kg to win the title over his teammate, Nail Mukhamedyarov. Mukhamedyarov tied with Pole Sławomir Zawada at 400.0 kg, but won the silver medal on bodyweight, as Zawada won the bronze.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Anatoly KhrapatyURS412.5ORGold
2Nail MukhamedyarovURS400.0Silver
3Sławomir ZawadaPOL400.0Bronze
4Andrzej PiotrowskiPOL365.0
5Attila BudaHUN360.0
6David MercerGBR357.5
7Roland FeldhofferFRG350.0
8Keith BoxellGBR350.0
9Zoltán BalázsfiHUN345.0
10Guy GreavetteCAN337.5
11Arn KritskyUSA332.5
12Olusola AwosinaNGR332.5
13Jeon Byeong-GukKOR330.0
14Brett BrianUSA320.0
15Mohamed FayadSYR320.0
16Per LarsenDEN317.5
17Ramón SolisPHI317.5
18Francisco GuzmánDOM312.5
19Hassan El-KaissiLBN307.5
20Ahmed El-MagrisiLBA307.5
21 DimasBRA300.0
22Suleman JumaKEN265.0
23Hernán CortezBOL250.0
24Ali KavumaUGA232.5
25Joseph KauvaiCOK200.0
ACGermán TozdjiánURU140.0
DNFAbdullah MussaLBA
DNFKamal MahgoubEGY