| Date | 28 – 29 September 1988 |
|---|---|
| Location | Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Ol-lim-pik Gong-won, Seoul |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Kilograms | o=success, x=failure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aliaksandr Kurlovich |  URS | 202.5 | o | ||||
| Martin Zawieja |  FRG | 182.5 | o | ||||
| Petr Hudeček |  TCH | 175.0 | o | ||||
| Charles Garzarella |  AUS | 155.0 | o | ||||
| Pavlos Saltsidis |  GRE | 155.0 | o | ||||
| John Bergman |  USA | 155.0 | o | ||||
| Adham Fuad |  EGY | 152.5 | o | ||||
| Matthew Vine |  GBR | 150.0 | o | ||||
| Calvin Stamp |  JAM | 145.0 | o | ||||
| José Miguel Guzmán |  DOM | 142.5 | o | ||||
| Rolando Marchinares |  PER | 142.5 | o | ||||
| Dieudonné Takou |  CMR | 140.0 | o | ||||
| Manfred Nerlinger | FRG | 190.0 | x | ||||
| Jiří Zubrický | TCH | 185.0 | x | ||||
| Mario Martinez | USA | 175.0 | x | ||||
| Reda El-Batoty | EGY | 170.0 | x | ||||
| Gilbert Ojadi Aduche |  NGR | 160.0 | x |
