Weightlifting was contested from 21 September to 1 October 1986, at the 1986 Asian Games in Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea. The competition included only men's events for ten different weight categories.
| Weightlifting at the 1986 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium |
| Dates | 21 September – 1 October 1986 |
| Competitors | 63 from 11 nations |
China topped the medal table with five gold medals, South Korea won three gold medals while Japan and Lebanon each won one gold medal.
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg | He Zhuoqiang China
|
Kazushito Manabe Japan
|
Gurunathan Muthuswamy India
|
| 56 kg | He Yingqiang China
|
Zeng Guoqiang China
|
Dirdja Wihardja Indonesia
|
| 60 kg | Lai Runming China
|
Yosuke Muraki Japan
|
Lee Myung-su South Korea
|
| 67.5 kg | Yao Jingyuan China
|
Lin Xiangkui China
|
Kim Ki-woong South Korea
|
| 75 kg | Cai Yanshu China
|
Liao Jiguang China
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Yasushige Sasaki Japan
|
| 82.5 kg | Ryoji Isaoka Japan
|
Saleh Mohammed Iraq
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Khaled Moukaled Lebanon
|
| 90 kg | Chun Byung-kook South Korea
|
Atallah Mohammed Iraq
|
Darab Riahi Iran
|
| 100 kg | Hwang Woo-won South Korea
|
Gu Yining China
|
Nobutaka Tomatsu Japan
|
| 110 kg | Issam El-Homsi Lebanon
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Kang Byung-shik South Korea
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Mahmoud Ghayeb Iraq
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| +110 kg | Lee Min-woo South Korea
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Abdullah Issa Iraq
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Mehdi Rezvani Iran
|
Medal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Lebanon (LIB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Participating nations
editA total of 63 athletes from 11 nations competed in weightlifting at the 1986 Asian Games:
