| Weightlifting at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Pavelló de l'Espanya Industrial |
| Dates | 26 July–4 August 1992 |
| Competitors | 244 from 69 nations |
| Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Men | |
| 52 kg | |
| 56 kg | |
| 60 kg | |
| 67.5 kg | |
| 75 kg | |
| 82.5 kg | |
| 90 kg | |
| 100 kg | |
| 110 kg | |
| +110 kg | |
The Weightlifting Competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. [1]
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg | Ivan Ivanov  Bulgaria | Lin Qisheng  China | Traian Cihărean  Romania |
| 56 kg | Chun Byung-Kwan  South Korea | Liu Shoubin China | Luo Jianming China |
| 60 kg | Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey | Nikolaj Pešalov Bulgaria | He Yingqiang China |
| 67.5 kg | Israel Militosyan  Unified Team (  Armenia) | Yoto Yotov Bulgaria | Andreas Behm  Germany |
| 75 kg | Tudor Casapu Unified Team (  Moldova) | Pablo Lara  Cuba | Kim Myong-Nam  North Korea |
| 82.5 kg | Pyrros Dimas  Greece | Krzysztof Siemion  Poland | none awarded [2] |
| 90 kg | Kakhi Kakhiashvili Unified Team (  Georgia) | Sergey Syrtsov Unified Team (  Russia) | Sergiusz Wolczaniecki Poland |
| 100 kg | Viktor Tregubov Unified Team ( Russia) | Timur Taymazov Unified Team (  Ukraine) | Waldemar Malak Poland |
| 110 kg | Ronny Weller Germany | Artour Akoev Unified Team ( Russia) | Stefan Botev Bulgaria |
| +110 kg | Aleksandr Kurlovich Unified Team (  Belarus) | Leonid Taranenko Unified Team ( Belarus) | Manfred Nerlinger Germany |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Unified Team (EUN) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 |  North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 | |
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