| Date | 27 September 1988 |
|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yury Zakharevich |  URS | 245.0 | o | ||||
| Aleksandr Popov | URS | 227.5 | o | ||||
| Michael Schubert |  GDR | 222.5 | o | ||||
| József Jacsó |  HUN | 220.0 | o | ||||
| Norberto Oberburger |  ITA | 220.0 | o | ||||
| Frank Seipelt |  FRG | 210.0 | o | ||||
| Frank Juul Strømbo |  DEN | 202.5 | o | ||||
| Rickard Nilsson |  SWE | 200.0 | o | ||||
| Mark Thomas |  GBR | 195.0 | o | ||||
| Rich Schutz |  USA | 192.5 | o | ||||
| Jeff Michels | USA | 185.0 | o | ||||
| Omar Yousfi |  ALG | 170.0 | o | ||||
| Pius Ochieng |  KEN | 160.0 | o | ||||
| Milan Cukovic |  GUM | 120.0 | o | ||||
| Ronny Weller | GDR | 230.0 | x | ||||
| Anton Baraniak |  TCH | 220.0 | x | ||||
| Stanisław Małysa |  POL | 215.0 | x | ||||
| Eduard Ohlinger | FRG | 195.0 | x | ||||
| Tauama Timoti |  ASA | 140.0 | x |
