| | Event type
Middle-Heavyweight (≤90 kilograms), Men
| Date | 25 September 1988 — 17:00-21:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul | |
| Participants | 28 from 22 countries | |
| Format | Total of best lifts in snatch and clean & jerk determined placement. Ties broken by lightest bodyweight. | |
Soviet Anatoly Khrapaty had won the World Championships in 1985-87 and was expected to win gold. His snatch of 187.5 kg gave him a big lead which he maintained with his clean & jerk of 225.0 kg to win the title over his teammate, Nail Mukhamedyarov. Mukhamedyarov tied with Pole Sławomir Zawada at 400.0 kg, but won the silver medal on bodyweight, as Zawada won the bronze.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | K | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoly Khrapaty |  URS | 412.5 | Gold | ||
| 2 | Nail Mukhamedyarov | URS | 400.0 | Silver | ||
| 3 | Sławomir Zawada |  POL | 400.0 | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Andrzej Piotrowski | POL | 365.0 | |||
| 5 | Attila Buda |  HUN | 360.0 | |||
| 6 | David Mercer |  GBR | 357.5 | |||
| 7 | Roland Feldhoffer |  FRG | 350.0 | |||
| 8 | Keith Boxell | GBR | 350.0 | |||
| 9 | Zoltán Balázsfi | HUN | 345.0 | |||
| 10 | Guy Greavette |  CAN | 337.5 | |||
| 11 | Arn Kritsky |  USA | 332.5 | |||
| 12 | Olusola Awosina |  NGR | 332.5 | |||
| 13 | Jeon Byeong-Guk |  KOR | 330.0 | |||
| 14 | Brett Brian | USA | 320.0 | |||
| 15 | Mohamed Fayad |  SYR | 320.0 | |||
| 16 | Per Larsen |  DEN | 317.5 | |||
| 17 | Ramón Solis |  PHI | 317.5 | |||
| 18 | Francisco Guzmán |  DOM | 312.5 | |||
| 19 | Hassan El-Kaissi |  LBN | 307.5 | |||
| 20 | Ahmed El-Magrisi |  LBA | 307.5 | |||
| 21 | Dimas |  BRA | 300.0 | |||
| 22 | Suleman Juma |  KEN | 265.0 | |||
| 23 | Hernán Cortez |  BOL | 250.0 | |||
| 24 | Ali Kavuma |  UGA | 232.5 | |||
| 25 | Joseph Kauvai |  COK | 200.0 | |||
| Germán Tozdjián |  URU | 140.0 | ||||
| Abdullah Mussa | LBA | – | ||||
| Kamal Mahgoub |  EGY | – |