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Light-Heavyweight (≤82½ kg), Men

Date24 September 1988 — 17:00 (B) (A)
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants22 from 20 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Israil Arsamakov was an Ingush from Chechnya, a native Caucasus ethnic group. He was not a dominant lifter, but had won a silver medal in this class at the 1986 World Championships and was the 1986 European Champion. However, there was no favorite at all in this class and Arsamakov’s clean & jerk of 210.0 kg brought him the gold medal with a total of 377.5 kg. The silver medal went to Hungarian István Messzi while the bronze was won by Korean Lee Hyeong-Geun. This was the only Olympic appearance for all three medalists, and the final competition of Arsamakov’s career.

PosCompetitorNOCKilogramsBodyweight
1Israil ArsamakovURS377.582.15Gold
2István MessziHUN370.081.85Silver
3Lee Hyeong-GeunKOR367.581.65Bronze
4Dave MorganGBR365.080.45
5Krzysztof SiemionPOL357.581.50
6Ryoji IsaokaJPN350.081.10
7Fausto TosiITA340.080.50
8Ali EroğluTUR330.082.15
9Muyiwa OdusanyaNGR320.080.95
10Frank PérezDOM317.581.90
11Derrick CrassUSA315.082.30
12Cheng Chia-TsoTPE310.081.65
13William LetrizPUR307.582.30
14Curt WhiteUSA305.081.95
15Jhon SichelECU282.582.00
16Rafael ElizondoCRC265.081.80
17José MoirtMRI240.079.80
18Lopesi FaaguASA220.080.95
19Percy DohertySLE165.078.70
ACCharalampos SfakianakisGRE145.081.35
ACLászló BarsiHUN162.581.60
DNFAbsalom ShabanguSWZ–81.40