Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

Weightlifting at the VIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Weightlifting
Competitors	66 from 21 nations
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Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of seven events for men.^[1]

Participating nations

There were 66 male competitors representing 21 nations.^[2]

Australia (5)
Bahrain (2)
Egypt (4)
Finland (1)
France (7)
Great Britain (6)
Guatemala (1)
Indonesia (2)
Israel (3)
Italy (1)
Jordan (3)
South Korea (6)
Kuwait (3)
Malaysia (3)
Mexico (1)
Oman (1)
Poland (3)
Sweden (2)
Switzerland (3)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
United States (7)

Medal summary

Medal table

There were 21 medal winners representing 12 nations.^[3]^[4]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland (POL)	2	0	0	2
2	United States (USA)	1	2	0	3
3	Israel (ISR)	1	1	1	3
4	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
5	Guatemala (GUA)	1	0	0	1
5	South Korea (KOR)	1	0	0	1
7	Egypt (EGY)	0	2	0	2
8	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	0	1
9	France (FRA)	0	0	3	3
10	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 entries)		7	7	7	21

Men's events

Sources:^[1]^[5]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's -51 kg^[6] details	Keum-Jong Jung South Korea	180.0	Gomma G. Ahmed Egypt	157.5	Shmuel Haimovitz Israel	150.0
Men's -57 kg^[7] details	Jose Rolando Guatemala	175.0	Amos Ginosar Israel	167.5	S/O M. Pe Mariappa Malaysia	165.0
Men's -65 kg^[8] details	Ryszard Fornalczyk Poland	192.5	Gaed Moh Abdel Ha Egypt	177.5	Dominique Hainault France	172.5
Men's -75 kg^[9] details	Charles Roedelbronn United States	222.5	Kristoffer Hulecki Sweden	205.0	Jean Grandsire France	187.5
Men's -85 kg^[10] details	Ryszard Tomaszewski Poland	230.5	Mitchell Strickland United States	200.0	Brian McNicholl Australia	192.5
Men's -95 kg^[11] details	Abraham Strauch Israel	200.0	Victor Valdez Mexico	195.0	Alfredo Battistini Switzerland	187.5
Men's +95 kg^[12] details	Bengt Lindberg Sweden	250.0	Kim Brownfield United States	230.0	Edmond Haddad France	222.5

References

^ ^a ^b "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Participants". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Medal Standings". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Medal Standings". IPC Historical Results Archive. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Events & Medallists". IPC Historical Results Archive. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -51 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -65 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -65 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -75 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -85 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -95 kg". IPC Historical Results Archive. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
^ "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's +95 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.