Powerlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics

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Powerlifting
at the VIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Powerlifting
1984
1992

Powerlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of nine events.

Medal Table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)2002
 Poland (POL)2002
3 South Korea (KOR)1416
4 Great Britain (GBR)1113
5 United States (USA)1034
6 Finland (FIN)1012
 Sweden (SWE)1012
8 Australia (AUS)0112
9 Canada (CAN)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
12 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (12 entries)99927

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 52 kg
Kari Ylijoki
 Finland
Jae Youn Kim
 South Korea
Raimo Aalto
 Finland
Men's 56 kg
Sang Jin Yun
 South Korea
Young Chung Cho
 South Korea
Douglas McDonald
 United States
Men's 67.5 kg coed
Michel Abalain
 France
Daniel Grossenbacher
 Switzerland
Mons Skjelvik
 Norway
Men's 67.5 kg
Henryk Kohnke
 Poland
Heon Cho Ji
 South Korea
David Buterbaugh
 United States
Men's 75 kg
Donald Deutsch
 United States
Nicholas Slater
 Great Britain
Myung Sun Shim
 South Korea
Men's 82.5 kg
Miroslaw Maliszew
 Poland
Michael Johnson
 Canada
Lynn Whiteman
 United States
Men's 90 kg
Bernard Barberet
 France
Kyung Chung Choi
 South Korea
Fred MacKenzi
 Great Britain
Men's 100 kg
Arne Karlsson
 Sweden
Matthew Pobjie
 Australia
Michael Farrell
 Australia
Men's +100 kg
Anthony Bishop
 Great Britain
Istvan Nanasi
 Hungary
Nils Karreberg
 Sweden

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