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The 1988 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Cardiff, United Kingdom from 26 April to 3 May 1988. This was the 67th edition of the event. There were 175 men in action from 25 nations. The women competition were held in City of San Marino, San Marino. It was the 1st event for the women.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
52 kg
Snatch	Sevdalin Marinov   Bulgaria	115.0 kg	Traian Cihărean   Romania	110.0 kg	Bela Olah   Hungary	105.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Sevdalin Marinov   Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Traian Cihărean   Romania	140.0 kg	Bela Olah   Hungary	127.5 kg
Total	Sevdalin Marinov   Bulgaria	260.0 kg	Traian Cihărean   Romania	250.0 kg	Bela Olah   Hungary	232.5 kg
56 kg
Snatch	Mitko Grablev   Bulgaria	120.0 kg	Neno Terziyski   Bulgaria	120.0 kg	Dimitru Negreanu   Romania	115.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Mitko Grablev   Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Neno Terziyski   Bulgaria	167.5 kg	Andreas Letz   East Germany	145.0 kg
Total	Mitko Grablev   Bulgaria	287.5 kg	Neno Terziyski   Bulgaria	287.5 kg	Dimitru Negreanu   Romania	257.5 kg
60 kg
Snatch	Naim Süleymanoğlu   Turkey	150.0 kg WR	Stefan Topurov   Bulgaria	145.0 kg	Attila Czanka   Romania	140.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Naim Süleymanoğlu   Turkey	180.0 kg	Stefan Topurov   Bulgaria	177.5 kg	Attila Czanka   Romania	175.0 kg
Total	Naim Süleymanoğlu   Turkey	330.0 kg	Stefan Topurov   Bulgaria	322.5 kg	Attila Czanka   Romania	315.0 kg
67.5 kg
Snatch	Valery Yurov   Soviet Union	147.5 kg	Joachim Kunz   East Germany	142.5 kg	Bogdan Bakula   Poland	137.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Valery Yurov   Soviet Union	180.0 kg	Joachim Kunz   East Germany	177.5 kg	Reijo Kiiskilä   Finland	165.0 kg
Total	Valery Yurov   Soviet Union	327.5 kg	Joachim Kunz   East Germany	320.0 kg	Bogdan Bakula   Poland	302.5 kg
75 kg
Snatch	Angel Genchev   Bulgaria	162.5 kg	Andrei Socaci   Romania	160.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński   Poland	157.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Angel Genchev   Bulgaria	210.0 kg	Andrei Socaci   Romania	190.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński   Poland	185.0 kg
Total	Angel Genchev   Bulgaria	372.5 kg	Andrei Socaci   Romania	350.0 kg	Waldemar Kosiński   Poland	342.5 kg
82.5 kg
Snatch	Sergey Li   Soviet Union	175.0 kg	Constantin Urdas   Romania	172.5 kg	Alexander Gusakov   Soviet Union	170.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Constantin Urdas   Romania	215.0 kg	Sergey Li   Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Alexander Gusakov   Soviet Union	205.0 kg
Total	Constantin Urdas   Romania	387.5 kg	Sergey Li   Soviet Union	385.0 kg	Alexander Gusakov   Soviet Union	375.0 kg
90 kg
Snatch	Ivan Chakarov   Bulgaria	187.5 kg	Anatoly Khrapaty   Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Rumen Teodosiev   Bulgaria	180.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Anatoly Khrapaty   Soviet Union	235.0 kg WR	Ivan Chakarov   Bulgaria	230.0 kg	Rumen Teodosiev   Bulgaria	220.0 kg
Total	Anatoly Khrapaty   Soviet Union	420.0 kg	Ivan Chakarov   Bulgaria	417.5 kg	Rumen Teodosiev   Bulgaria	400.0 kg
100 kg
Snatch	Andor Szanyi   Hungary	185.0 kg	Aleksandr Popov   Soviet Union	185.0 kg	Detelin Petrov   Bulgaria	185.0 kg
Clean & Jerk	Detelin Petrov   Bulgaria	240.0 kg	Aleksandr Popov   Soviet Union	237.5 kg	Andor Szanyi   Hungary	235.0 kg
Total	Detelin Petrov   Bulgaria	425.0 kg	Aleksandr Popov   Soviet Union	422.5 kg	Andor Szanyi   Hungary	420.0 kg
110 kg
Snatch	Yury Zakharevich   Soviet Union	203.5 kg WR	Norberto Oberburger   Italy	195.0 kg	Ronny Weller   East Germany	192.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Yury Zakharevich   Soviet Union	250.5 kg WR	Stefan Botev   Bulgaria	247.5 kg	Ronny Weller   East Germany	242.5 kg
Total	Yury Zakharevich   Soviet Union	452.5 kg WR	Stefan Botev   Bulgaria	437.5 kg	Ronny Weller   East Germany	435.0 kg
+110 kg
Snatch	Aleksander Levandovski   Soviet Union	210.0 kg	Leonid Taranenko   Soviet Union	207.5 kg	Antonio Krastev   Bulgaria	202.5 kg
Clean & Jerk	Manfred Nerlinger   West Germany	257.5 kg	Leonid Taranenko   Soviet Union	255.0 kg	Antonio Krastev   Bulgaria	245.0 kg
Total	Leonid Taranenko   Soviet Union	462.5 kg	Antonio Krastev   Bulgaria	447.5 kg	Manfred Nerlinger   West Germany	442.5 kg

Women

See Mistrzostwa Europy Kobiet w Podnoszeniu Ciężarów 1988 on Polish Wikipedia.

Medal table

Ranking by Big (Total result) medals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	5	1	10
2	Soviet Union (URS)	4	2	1	7
3	Romania (ROU)	1	2	2	5
4	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	0	1
5	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	1	2
6	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	2	2
	Poland (POL)	0	0	2	2
8	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		10	10	10	30

References

• Results (Chidlovski.net)
• Панорама спортивного года 1988 / Сост. Ю. С. Лукашин — М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1989. (in Russian)