| Date | 25 September 1988 |
|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatoly Khrapaty |  URS | 180.0 | o | ||||
| Sławomir Zawada |  POL | 180.0 | o | ||||
| Nail Mukhamedyarov | URS | 172.5 | o | ||||
| Zoltán Balázsfi |  HUN | 160.0 | o | ||||
| Keith Boxell |  GBR | 152.5 | o | ||||
| Roland Feldhoffer |  FRG | 150.0 | o | ||||
| Arn Kritsky |  USA | 142.5 | o | ||||
| Francisco Guzmán |  DOM | 142.5 | o | ||||
| Jeon Byeong-Guk |  KOR | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Germán Tozdjián |  URU | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Mohamed Fayad |  SYR | 135.0 | o | ||||
| Ahmed El-Magrisi |  LBA | 130.0 | o | ||||
| Hassan El-Kaissi |  LBN | 127.5 | o | ||||
| Dimas |  BRA | 127.5 | o | ||||
| Suleman Juma |  KEN | 110.0 | o | ||||
| Hernán Cortez |  BOL | 110.0 | o | ||||
| Ali Kavuma |  UGA | 92.5 | o | ||||
| Joseph Kauvai |  COK | 80.0 | o | ||||
| Attila Buda | HUN | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Andrzej Piotrowski | POL | 165.0 | x | ||||
| David Mercer | GBR | 157.5 | x | ||||
| Guy Greavette |  CAN | 152.5 | x | ||||
| Kamal Mahgoub |  EGY | 150.0 | x | ||||
| Per Larsen |  DEN | 145.0 | x | ||||
| Olusola Awosina |  NGR | 140.0 | x | ||||
| Brett Brian | USA | 140.0 | x | ||||
| Ramón Solis |  PHI | 137.5 | x | ||||
| Abdullah Mussa | LBA | 130.0 | x |
