1988 World Junior Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Athina
Country	GRE
Held	23 – 29 May 1988
Competitors	43
Countries	10

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria	BUL	12	12	3	27
2	Soviet Union	URS	11	6	3	20
3	China	CHN	4	2	1	7
4	Romania	ROU	3	4	1	8
5	Poland	POL	0	3	2	5
6	East Germany	GDR	0	2	5	7
7	North Korea	PRK	0	1	7	8
8	Cuba	CUB	0	0	6	6
9	Australia	AUS	0	0	1	1
=	Hungary	HUN	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-52 kg Snatch, Men	Traian Cihărean bodyweight: 51.80 kg	ROU	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 51.80 kg	BUL	Paek Gwang-Chol bodyweight: 51.80 kg	PRK
-52 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 51.80 kg	BUL	Nikolay Tonyan bodyweight: 51.80 kg	URS	Kim Jong-Nam bodyweight: 51.85 kg	PRK
-52 kg Total, Men	Ivan Ivanov bodyweight: 51.80 kg	BUL	Nikolay Tonyan bodyweight: 51.80 kg	URS	Paek Gwang-Chol bodyweight: 51.80 kg	PRK
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Liu Shoubin bodyweight: 55.60 kg	CHN	Nikolay Peshalov bodyweight: 55.70 kg	BUL	Ro Hyon-Il bodyweight: 55.55 kg	PRK
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Liu Shoubin bodyweight: 55.60 kg	CHN	Lin Chun bodyweight: 55.60 kg	CHN	Nikolay Peshalov bodyweight: 55.70 kg	BUL
-56 kg Total, Men	Liu Shoubin bodyweight: 55.60 kg	CHN	Nikolay Peshalov bodyweight: 55.70 kg	BUL	Ro Hyon-Il bodyweight: 55.55 kg	PRK
-60 kg Snatch, Men	He Xinghui bodyweight: 59.70 kg	CHN	Attila Czanka bodyweight: 59.80 kg	ROU	Liang Shaofeng bodyweight: 59.75 kg	CHN
-60 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Attila Czanka bodyweight: 59.80 kg	ROU	Kim Myong-Nam bodyweight: 59.70 kg	PRK	Kim Un-Song bodyweight: 59.80 kg	PRK
-60 kg Total, Men	Attila Czanka bodyweight: 59.80 kg	ROU	He Xinghui bodyweight: 59.70 kg	CHN	Kim Myong-Nam bodyweight: 59.70 kg	PRK
-67.5 kg Snatch, Men	Israel Militosyan bodyweight: 67.35 kg	URS	Yoto Yotov bodyweight: 67.10 kg	BUL	Raúl Mora bodyweight: 67.19 kg	CUB
-67.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Israel Militosyan bodyweight: 67.35 kg	URS	Yoto Yotov bodyweight: 67.10 kg	BUL	Raúl Mora bodyweight: 67.19 kg	CUB
-67.5 kg Total, Men	Israel Militosyan bodyweight: 67.35 kg	URS	Yoto Yotov bodyweight: 67.10 kg	BUL	Raúl Mora bodyweight: 67.19 kg	CUB
-75 kg Snatch, Men	Altymurat Orazdurdiyev bodyweight: 74.25 kg	URS	Atanas Tyanev bodyweight: 74.55 kg	BUL	Andrzej Kozłowski bodyweight: 74.50 kg	POL
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Atanas Tyanev bodyweight: 74.55 kg	BUL	Altymurat Orazdurdiyev bodyweight: 74.25 kg	URS	Pablo Lara bodyweight: 72.00 kg	CUB
-75 kg Total, Men	Atanas Tyanev bodyweight: 74.55 kg	BUL	Altymurat Orazdurdiyev bodyweight: 74.25 kg	URS	Andrzej Kozłowski bodyweight: 74.50 kg	POL
-82.5 kg Snatch, Men	Kakhi Kakhiashvili bodyweight: 81.44 kg	URS	Kiril Kunev bodyweight: 81.90 kg	BUL	Krastyo Milev bodyweight: 82.15 kg	BUL
-82.5 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Kiril Kunev bodyweight: 81.90 kg	BUL	Krastyo Milev bodyweight: 82.15 kg	BUL	Lutz Lange bodyweight: 81.44 kg	GDR
-82.5 kg Total, Men	Kiril Kunev bodyweight: 81.90 kg	BUL	Krastyo Milev bodyweight: 82.15 kg	BUL	Lutz Lange bodyweight: 81.44 kg	GDR
-90 kg Snatch, Men	Vyacheslav Rubin bodyweight: 88.50 kg	URS	Andrey Kurilenko bodyweight: 88.45 kg	URS	Adrian Mateaș bodyweight: 88.10 kg	ROU
-90 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Vyacheslav Rubin bodyweight: 88.50 kg	URS	Thomas Kantusch bodyweight: 89.55 kg	GDR	Kolio Georgiev bodyweight: 88.85 kg	BUL
-90 kg Total, Men	Vyacheslav Rubin bodyweight: 88.50 kg	URS	Thomas Kantusch bodyweight: 89.55 kg	GDR	Andrey Kurilenko bodyweight: 88.45 kg	URS
-100 kg Snatch, Men	Aleksandr Kholod bodyweight: 97.80 kg	URS	Dariusz Osuch bodyweight: 98.60 kg	POL	Sándor Burján bodyweight: 95.45 kg	HUN
-100 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Aleksandr Kholod bodyweight: 97.80 kg	URS	Dariusz Osuch bodyweight: 98.60 kg	POL	Eddy Romero bodyweight: 95.20 kg	CUB
-100 kg Total, Men	Aleksandr Kholod bodyweight: 97.80 kg	URS	Dariusz Osuch bodyweight: 98.60 kg	POL	Eddy Romero bodyweight: 95.20 kg	CUB
-110 kg Snatch, Men	Dimitar Shterev bodyweight: 109.30 kg	BUL	Constantin Udrea bodyweight: 109.00 kg	ROU	Guido Mitzkatis bodyweight: 107.20 kg	GDR
-110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Dimitar Shterev bodyweight: 109.30 kg	BUL	Constantin Udrea bodyweight: 109.00 kg	ROU	Andreas Freitag bodyweight: 106.90 kg	GDR
-110 kg Total, Men	Dimitar Shterev bodyweight: 109.30 kg	BUL	Constantin Udrea bodyweight: 109.00 kg	ROU	Guido Mitzkatis bodyweight: 107.20 kg	GDR
+110 kg Snatch, Men	Mitko Mitev bodyweight: 119.75 kg	BUL	Sergey Kolesnik bodyweight: 120.50 kg	URS	Steve Kettner bodyweight: 129.00 kg	AUS
+110 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Mitko Mitev bodyweight: 119.75 kg	BUL	Krastan Krastanov bodyweight: 118.95 kg	BUL	Sergey Kolesnik bodyweight: 120.50 kg	URS
+110 kg Total, Men	Mitko Mitev bodyweight: 119.75 kg	BUL	Krastan Krastanov bodyweight: 118.95 kg	BUL	Sergey Kolesnik bodyweight: 120.50 kg	URS