Weightlifting was part of the 1987 National Games of China held in Guangdong. Only men competed in ten bodyweight categories, although the first women's World Championships (which featured a Chinese team) was also held in 1987.

The competition program at the National Games mirrors that of the Olympic Games as only medals for the total achieved are awarded, but not for individual lifts in either the snatch or clean and jerk. Likewise an athlete failing to register a snatch result cannot advance to the clean and jerk.

Medal summary

Men 52 kgHe ZhuoqiangGuangdong 265 kgZhang ShoulieGuangxi 250 kgQiu YuanleiSichuan 245 kg56 kgHe YingqiangGuangdong 282.5 kgWang CaixiZhejiang 267.5 kgLin XinhuiFujian 255 kg60 kgYe HuanmingGuangdong 287.5 kgHu GuifuHunan 282.5 kgWang YongSichuan 282.5 kg67.5 kgLi JinheGuangdong 322.5 kgYang XiujianHunan 315 kgYao JingyuanLiaoning 312.5 kg75 kgMa WenzhuShandong 337.5 kgLi ShunzhuJiangsu 335 kgQian ZelinAnhui 320 kg82.5 kgCai YanshuPLA 350 kgLi BingjunShandong 342.5 kgLi GuangshunHebei 337.5 kg90 kgYang BoLiaoning 352.5 kgFeng ChangqianLiaoning 340 kgLü DuoxiangPLA 337.5 kg100 kgGu YiningLiaoning 352.5 kgWang JianminBeijing 342.5 kgLi SiqiongBeijing 340 kg110 kgWei PeiningLiaoning 367.5 kgWang GuoanZhejiang 357.5 kgTao HuiPLA 355 kg110+ kgCai LiLiaoning 382.5 kgWeng WeiminShanghai 367.5 kgWu HuaibingAnhui 357.5 kg

Medal table

References Archived results of the 1987 Games