right|100px Gewichtheffen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1988 in Seoel.
Heren vlieggewicht (tot 52 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Sevdalin Marinov 120.0 kg150.0 kg270.0 kg Chun Byung-kwan 112.5 kg147.5 kg260.0 kg He Zhuoqiang 112.5 kg145.0 kg257.5 kg 4 Zhang Shoulie 115.0 kg142.5 kg257.5 kg 5 Jacek Gutowski 112.5 kg135.0 kg247.5 kg 6 Traian Cihărean 110.0 kg130.0 kg240.0 kg 7 Béla Oláh 107.5 kg130.0 kg237.5 kg 8 Kazushito Manabe 105.0 kg125.0 kg230.0 kg
bantamgewicht (tot 56 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Oksen Mirzojan 127.5 kg165.0 kg292.5 kg He Yingqiang 125.0 kg162.5 kg287.5 kg Liu Shoubin 127.5 kg140.0 kg267.5 kg 4 Dirdja Wihardja 112.5 kg142.5 kg255.0 kg 5 Takashi Ichiba 107.5 kg145.0 kg252.5 kg 6 Kim Kwi-shik 110.0 kg142.5 kg252.5 kg 7 Joaquín Valle 112.5 kg135.0 kg247.5 kg 8 Giovanni Scarantino 110.0 kg135.0 kg245.0 kg Mitko Grablev () 297.5 kg wegens positieve dopingtest gediskwalificeerd.
vedergewicht (tot 60 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Naim Süleymanoğlu 152.5 kg190.0 kg342.5 kg Stefan Topoerov 137.5 kg175.0 kg312.5 kg Ye Huanming 127.5 kg160.0 kg287.5 kg 4 Min Joon-ki 125.0 kg155.0 kg280.0 kg 5 Yosuke Muraki 127.5 kg150.0 kg277.5 kg 6 Giannis Sidiropoulos 120.0 kg145.0 kg265.0 kg 7 Kazushige Oguri 117.5 kg142.5 kg260.0 kg 8 Tolentino Murillo 120.0 kg140.0 kg260.0 kg
lichtgewicht (tot 67.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Joachim Kunz 150.0 kg190.0 kg340.0 kg Israel Militosjan 155.0 kg182.5 kg337.5 kg Li Jinhe 147.5 kg177.5 kg325.0 kg 4 Marek Seweryn 145.0 kg172.5 kg317.5 kg 5 Ergün Batmaz 145.0 kg172.5 kg317.5 kg 6 Xiao Minglin 132.5 kg172.5 kg305.0 kg 7 István Kerek 132.5 kg170.0 kg302.5 kg 8 Christos Konstantinidis 137.5 kg162.5 kg300.0 kg Angel Gentsjev () 362.5 kg wegens positieve dopingtest gediskwalificeerd.
middengewicht (tot 75 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Borislav Gidikov 167.5 kg207.5 kg375.0 kg Ingo Steinhöfel 165.0 kg195.0 kg360.0 kg Aleksandr Varbanov 157.5 kg200.0 kg357.5 kg 4 Cai Yanshu 157.5 kg190.0 kg347.5 kg 5 Andrei Socaci 152.5 kg195.0 kg347.5 kg 6 Waldemar Kosiński 152.5 kg180.0 kg332.5 kg 7 Dean Willey 152.5 kg180.0 kg332.5 kg 8 Roberto Urrutia 150.0 kg177.5 kg327.5 kg Kálmán Csengeri () 350.0 kg wegens positieve dopingtest gediskwalificeerd.
lichtzwaargewicht (tot 82.5 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Israil Arsamakov 167.5 kg210.0 kg377.5 kg István Messzi 170.0 kg200.0 kg370.0 kg Lee Hyung-kun 160.0 kg207.5 kg367.5 kg 4 David Morgan 165.0 kg200.0 kg365.0 kg 5 Krzysztof Siemion 162.5 kg195.0 kg357.5 kg 6 Ryoji Isaoka 155.0 kg195.0 kg350.0 kg 7 Fausto Tosi 155.0 kg185.0 kg340.0 kg 8 Ali Eroğlu 145.0 kg185.0 kg330.0 kg
middenzwaargewicht (tot 90 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Anatoli Khrapaty 187.5 kg225.0 kg412.5 kg Nail Moekhamedjarov 177.5 kg222.5 kg400.0 kg Sławomir Zawada 180.0 kg220.0 kg400.0 kg 4 Andrzej Piotrowski 165.0 kg200.0 kg365.0 kg 5 Attila Buda 175.0 kg185.0 kg360.0 kg 6 David Mercer 157.5 kg200.0 kg357.5 kg 7 Roland Feldhoffer 150.0 kg200.0 kg350.0 kg 8 Keith Boxell 157.5 kg192.5 kg350.0 kg
zwaargewicht I (tot 100 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Pavel Koeznetsov 190.0 kg235.0 kg425.0 kg Nicu Vlad 185.0 kg217.5 kg402.5 kg Peter Immesberger 175.0 kg220.0 kg395.0 kg 4 János Bökfi 180.0 kg212.5 kg392.5 kg 5 Francis Tournefier 170.0 kg215.0 kg385.0 kg 6 Denis Garon 160.0 kg222.5 kg382.5 kg 7 Hwang Woo-won 162.5 kg220.0 kg382.5 kg 8 Franz Langthaler 172.5 kg205.0 kg377.5 kg Andor Szanyi () 407.5 kg wegens positieve dopingtest gediskwalificeerd.
zwaargewicht II (tot 110 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Joeri Zakharevitsj 210.0 kg245.0 kg455.0 kg József Jacsó 190.0 kg237.5 kg427.5 kg Ronny Weller 190.0 kg235.0 kg425.0 kg 4 Michael Schubert 190.0 kg235.0 kg425.0 kg 5 Aleksandr Popov 187.5 kg232.5 kg420.0 kg 6 Norberto Oberburger 187.5 kg227.5 kg415.0 kg 7 Stanisław Małysa 180.0 kg215.0 kg395.0 kg 8 Frank Seipelt 170.0 kg217.5 kg387.5 kg
superzwaargewicht (boven 110 kg) rangsporter(s)landtrekkenstotentotaal Aleksandr Koerlovitsj 212.5 kg250.0 kg462.5 kg Manfred Nerlinger 190.0 kg240.0 kg430.0 kg Martin Zawieja 182.5 kg232.5 kg415.0 kg 4 Mario Martinez 175.0 kg232.5 kg407.5 kg 5 Petr Hudeček 175.0 kg225.0 kg400.0 kg 6 Reda El Batoty 175.0 kg217.5 kg392.5 kg 7 Charles Garzarella 162.5 kg207.5 kg370.0 kg 8 Pavlos Saltsidis 160.0 kg207.5 kg367.5 kg
Medaillespiegel rangland goud zilver bronstotaal 1 6 2 0 8 2 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 2 0 2 6 0 1 4 5 7 0 1 2 3 8 0 1 1 2 9 0 1 0 1 10 0 0 1 1 totaal 10 10 10 30
Gewichtheffen 1988