title: Powerlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
text: # Powerlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
  
  Powerlifting at the 1988 Summer Paralympics consisted of nine events.
  
  ## Medal Table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 1 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
  | 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 9 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 12 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's 52 kg details | Kari Ylijoki Finland | Jae Youn Kim South Korea | Raimo Aalto Finland |
  | Men's 56 kg details | Sang Jin Yun South Korea | Young Chung Cho South Korea | Douglas McDonald United States |
  | Men's 67.5 kg coed details | Michel Abalain France | Daniel Grossenbacher Switzerland | Mons Skjelvik Norway |
  | Men's 67.5 kg details | Henryk Kohnke Poland | Heon Cho Ji South Korea | David Buterbaugh United States |
  | Men's 75 kg details | Donald Deutsch United States | Nicholas Slater Great Britain | Myung Sun Shim South Korea |
  | Men's 82.5 kg details | Miroslaw Maliszew Poland | Michael Johnson Canada | Lynn Whiteman United States |
  | Men's 90 kg details | Bernard Barberet France | Kyung Chung Choi South Korea | Fred MacKenzi Great Britain |
  | Men's 100 kg details | Arne Karlsson Sweden | Matthew Pobjie Australia | Michael Farrell Australia |
  | Men's +100 kg details | Anthony Bishop Great Britain | Istvan Nanasi Hungary | Nils Karreberg Sweden |
  