Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

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Competitors	66 from 21 nations
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(1988-1994)

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
	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

1. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 2020-01-21.
2. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Participants". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
3. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Medal Standings". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
4. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Medal Standings". IPC Historical Results Archive. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
5. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Events & Medallists". IPC Historical Results Archive. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
6. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -51 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
7. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -65 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
8. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -65 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
9. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -75 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
10. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -85 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
11. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's -95 kg". IPC Historical Results Archive. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
12. "Seoul 1988 – Weightlifting – Men's +95 kg". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2020-01-21.

• Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics (Seoul) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)