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Heavyweight II (≤110 kilograms), Men

Date27 September 1988 — 17:00-21:00
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul
Participants20 from 15 countries
FormatTotal of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight.

Soviet Yury Zakharevich was the overwhelming favorite, having won the 1985-87 World Championships, with nobody coming within 20 kg of his totals. He won the gold medal in Seoul by 27.5 kg, continuing his dominance, setting two world records in the snatch, a world record clean & jerk, and a world record total, bettering his previous mark. Hungarian József Jacsó was the silver medalist, followed by East German Ronny Weller winning bronze. Weller would eventually compete at five Olympics, winning this class in 1992 for the re-unified German team, and then winning silver medals in both 1996 and 2000 as a super-heavyweight.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCK
1Yury ZakharevichURS455.0WRGold
2József JacsóHUN427.5Silver
3Ronny WellerGDR425.0Bronze
4Michael SchubertGDR425.0
5Aleksandr PopovURS420.0
6Norberto OberburgerITA415.0
7Stanisław MałysaPOL395.0
8Frank SeipeltFRG387.5
9Rickard NilssonSWE375.0
10Frank Juul StrømboDEN367.5
11Rich SchutzUSA360.0
12Mark ThomasGBR360.0
13Jeff MichelsUSA360.0
14Omar YousfiALG310.0
15Pius OchiengKEN295.0
16Tauama TimotiASA260.0
17Milan CukovicGUM220.0
ACEduard OhlingerFRG175.0
ACAnton BaraniakTCH175.0
DNFAndrew DaviesGBR