| Weightlifting at the 1990 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Ditan Gymnasium |
| Dates | 23 September – 1 October |
Weightlifting was contested from September 23 to October 1, 1990, at the 1990 Asian Games in Ditan Gymnasium, Beijing, China.
| Weightlifting at the 1990 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Venue | Ditan Gymnasium |
| Dates | 23 September – 1 October |
Weightlifting was contested from September 23 to October 1, 1990, at the 1990 Asian Games in Ditan Gymnasium, Beijing, China.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 kg | Xing Fen  | Satomi Saito  | Kunjarani Devi  |
| 48 kg | Huang Xiaoyu | Ratcharnee Boonmaread  | Ponco Imbarwati  |
| 52 kg | Peng Liping | Kim Yong-sun  | Chhaya Adak |
| 56 kg | Xing Liwei | Ni Chia-ping  | Mami Abe |
| 60 kg | Ma Na | Patmawati Abdul Hamid | Won Soon-yi  |
| 67.5 kg | Guo Qiuxiang | Kumi Haseba | Chung Myung-sook |
| 75 kg | Shi Wen | Chen Shu-chih | Kim Gyong-ae |
| 82.5 kg | Li Hongling | Bharti Singh | Sin Gum-son |
| +82.5 kg | Han Changmei | Jyotsna Dutta | Mao Yin-hua |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 |
| 2 |  | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 |  | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 |  | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 7 |  | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 |  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 |  | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 nations) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
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