1988 Summer Olympics / wrestling
| Wrestling at the XXIV Summer Olympics |
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.svg){kind=small} Seongnam
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| Competition venue | Sangmu Sports Hall |
| Nations | 69 |
| Athletes | 429 (429 men) |
| date | September 18 - October 1, 1988 |
| decisions | 20th |
| ← Los Angeles 1984 | |
At the XXIV Summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988 , 20 wrestling competitions were held, ten each in freestyle and ten in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Sangmu Sports Hall in the Seongnam suburb .
Balance sheet
Medal table
| space | country |
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total |
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| 1 |
 Soviet Union
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8th | 4th | 3 | 15th |
| 2 |
South Korea
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2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 |
 Japan
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2 | 2 | - | 4th |
| 4th |
 United States
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2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
| 5 |
.svg){kind=small} Bulgaria
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1 | 4th | 3 | 8th |
| 6th |
 Poland
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7th |
 Hungary
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1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 8th |
 Italy
|
1 | - | - | 1 |
 Norway
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1 | - | - | 1 | |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
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1 | - | - | 1 | |
| 11 |
 Finland
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- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |
 BR Germany
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- | 1 | - | 1 |
 Iran
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
 Turkey
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- | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 16 |
 GDR
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
 Greece
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden
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- | - | 1 | 1 | |
 Czechoslovakia
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- | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results freestyle
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Takashi Kobayashi |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Ivan Zonov |
| 3 |
URS
|
Sergei Karamchakov |
| 4th |
United States
|
Tim Vanni |
| 5 |
FRG
|
Pure pitchfork |
| 6th |
DOOR
|
Ilyas Şükrüoğlu |
| 7th |
GDR
|
Volker Anger |
| 8th |
IRI
|
Wet Zeinalnia |
Date: September 27-29, 1988
19 participants from 19 countries
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
JPN
|
Mitsuru Satō |
| 2 |
YUG
|
Saban Trstena |
| 3 |
URS
|
Volodymyr Tohusov |
| 4th |
HUN
|
László Bíró |
| 5 |
DOOR
|
Aslan Seyhanlı |
| 6th |
COR
|
Kim Jong-Oh |
| 7th |
GDR
|
Zerenbaataryn Enchbajar |
| 8th |
BUL
|
Valentin Jordanow |
| 21st |
FRG
|
Herbert Tutsch |
Date: September 28th to 30th, 1988
30 participants from 30 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Sergei Beloglasov |
| 2 |
IRI
|
Askari Mohammadian |
| 3 |
COR
|
Noh Kyung-sun |
| 4th |
DOOR
|
Ahmet Ak |
| 5 |
BUL
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Valentin Ivanov |
| 6th |
HUN
|
Béla Nagy |
| 7th |
.svg){kind=small} MGL
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Chaltmaa Battuul |
| 8th |
JPN
|
Ryō Kanehama |
| 10 |
 AUT
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Josef-Georg Auer |
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FRG
|
Jürgen Scheibe |
Date: September 29th to October 1st, 1988
25 participants from 25 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
John Smith |
| 2 |
URS
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Stepan Sarkisjan |
| 3 |
BUL
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Simeon Schterew |
| 4th |
IRI
|
Akbar Fallah |
| 5 |
FRG
|
Jörg Helmdach |
| 6th |
MGL
|
Awirmediin Enchee |
| 7th |
ITA
|
Giovanni Schillaci |
| 8th |
 CAN
|
Gary Bohay |
| 19th |
GDR
|
Karsten Polky |
| 20th |
 SUI
|
Ludwig Küng |
Date: September 27-29, 1988
28 participants from 28 countries
Lightweight (up to 68 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Arsen Fadzayev |
| 2 |
COR
|
Park Jang-soon |
| 3 |
United States
|
Nate Carr |
| 4th |
JPN
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Kōsei Akaishi |
| 5 |
CAN
|
David McKay |
| 6th |
FIN
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Jukka Rauhala |
| 7th |
FRG
|
Alexander Leipold |
| 8th |
BUL
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Angel Jassenow |
| 25th |
SUI
|
René Neyer |
Date: September 29th to October 1st, 1988
30 participants from 30 countries
Welter weight (up to 74 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
Kenneth Monday |
| 2 |
URS
|
Adlan Varayev |
| 3 |
BUL
|
Rahmat Sofiadi |
| 4th |
MGL
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Lodoyn Enchbajar |
| 5 |
FIN
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Pekka Rauhala |
| 6th |
IRI
|
Ayat Vagozari |
| 7th |
COR
|
Yoon Kyung-jae |
| 8th |
GDR
|
Uwe Westendorf |
Date: September 28th to 30th, 1988
30 participants from 30 countries
Middle weight (up to 82 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
COR
|
Han Myung-woo |
| 2 |
DOOR
|
Necmi Gençalp |
| 3 |
TCH
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Jozef Lohyňa |
| 4th |
URS
|
Alexander Tambuwzew |
| 5 |
MGL
|
Puntsagiin Süchbat |
| 6th |
United States
|
Mark Schultz |
| 7th |
JPN
|
Atsushi Itō |
| 8th |
GDR
|
Hans Gstöttner |
| 16 |
SUI
|
Pierre-Didier Jollien |
Date: September 29th to October 30th, 1988
29 participants from 29 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
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Macharbek Chadarzew |
| 2 |
JPN
|
Akira Ōta |
| 3 |
COR
|
Kim Tae-woo |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Gábor Tóth |
| 5 |
United States
|
Jim Scherr |
| 6th |
BUL
|
Rumen Alabakov |
| 7th |
GRE
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Iraklis Deskoulidis |
| 8th |
MGL
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Zewegiin Düwtschin |
| 19th |
AUT
|
Edwin Lins |
| 21st |
FRG
|
Bodo Lukowski |
Date: September 27-29, 1988
28 participants from 28 countries
Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ROME
|
Vasile Puşcaşu |
| 2 |
URS
|
Leri Chabelowi |
| 3 |
United States
|
William Scherr |
| 4th |
GDR
|
Uwe Neupert |
| 5 |
BUL
|
Georgi Karaduchev |
| 6th |
MGL
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Boldyn Jawchlantögs |
| 7th |
 GBR
|
Noel Loban |
| 8th |
COR
|
Joe Byung-eun |
| 19th |
FRG
|
Wilfried Colling |
Date: September 28th to 30th, 1988
22 participants from 22 countries
Super heavy weight (up to 130 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Dawit Gobedschishvili |
| 2 |
United States
|
Bruce Baumgartner |
| 3 |
GDR
|
Andreas Schröder |
| 4th |
HUN
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László Klauz |
| 5 |
BUL
|
Atanas Atanasov |
| 6th |
CAN
|
Daniel Payne |
| 7th |
POLE
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Adam Sandurski |
| 8th |
FRG
|
Ralf Bremmer |
Date: September 29th to October 1st, 1988
15 participants from 15 countries
Results Greco-Roman style
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ITA
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Vincenzo Maenza |
| 2 |
POLE
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Andrzej Głąb |
| 3 |
BUL
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Bratan Zenow |
| 4th |
URS
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Məhəddin Allahverdiyev |
| 5 |
 SYR
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Khaled Al-Faraj |
| 6th |
FRG
|
Markus Scherer |
| 7th |
 CHN
|
Yang Zhizhong |
| 8th |
COR
|
Goun Duk-yong |
Date: September 18-20, 1988
15 participants from 15 countries
Flyweight (up to 52 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
NOR
|
Jon Rønningen |
| 2 |
JPN
|
Atsuji Miyahara |
| 3 |
COR
|
Lee Jae-suk |
| 4th |
URS
|
Alexander Ignatenko |
| 5 |
POLE
|
Roman Kierpacz |
| 6th |
TCH
|
Tibor Jankovics |
| 7th |
BUL
|
Christo Flijew |
| 8th |
SWE
|
Peter Stjernberg |
Date: September 19-21, 1988
21 participants from 21 countries
Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
HUN
|
András Sike |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Stoyan Balov |
| 3 |
GRE
|
Haralambos Holidis |
| 4th |
CHN
|
Yang Changling |
| 5 |
COR
|
Huh Byung-ho |
| 6th |
;_Flag_of_Syria_(1963%E2%80%931972).svg){kind=small} IRQ
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Ghazi Salah |
| 7th |
SUN
|
Alexander Shestakov |
| 8th |
FRG
|
Rıfat Yıldız |
Date: September 20-22, 1988
21 participants from 21 countries
Feather weight (up to 62 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Kamandar Majydau |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Zhivko Atanasov |
| 3 |
COR
|
To Dae-hyun |
| 4th |
HUN
|
Jenő Bódi |
| 5 |
FRG
|
Peter Behl |
| 6th |
United States
|
Isaac Anderson |
| 7th |
 FRA
|
Gilles Jalabert |
| 8th |
SUI
|
Hugo Dietsche |
Date: September 18-20, 1988
17 participants from 17 countries
Lightweight (up to 68 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Levon Julfalakyan |
| 2 |
COR
|
Kim Sung-moon |
| 3 |
FIN
|
Tapio Sipilä |
| 4th |
ROME
|
Petrică Carare |
| 5 |
POLE
|
Jerzy Kopański |
| 6th |
JPN
|
Yasuhiro Ōkubo |
| 7th |
NOR
|
Morten Brekke |
| 8th |
HUN
|
Attila Repka |
| 10 |
FRG
|
Claudio Passarelli |
| 27 |
AUT
|
Markus Pittner |
Date: September 20-22, 1988
31 participants from 31 countries
Welter weight (up to 74 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
COR
|
Kim Young-nam |
| 2 |
URS
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Stop at Turlykhanov |
| 3 |
POLE
|
Jozef Tracz |
| 4th |
HUN
|
János Takács |
| 5 |
FRA
|
Martial Mischler |
| 6th |
BUL
|
Borislav Velichkov |
| 7th |
SWE
|
Roger Tallroth |
| 8th |
JPN
|
Hiromichi Itō |
Date: September 19-21, 1988
19 participants from 19 countries
Middle weight (up to 82 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Mikhail Mamiashvili |
| 2 |
HUN
|
Tibor Komáromi |
| 3 |
COR
|
Kim Sang-kyu |
| 4th |
NOR
|
Stig Arild Kleven |
| 5 |
YUG
|
Goran Kasum |
| 6th |
SWE
|
Magnus Fredriksson |
| 7th |
United States
|
John Morgan |
| 8th |
POLE
|
Bogdan Daras |
| 9 |
FRG
|
Roger Gössner |
| 16 |
GDR
|
Maik Bullmann |
Date: September 20-22, 1988
21 participants from 21 countries
Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
BUL
|
Atanas Komchev |
| 2 |
FIN
|
Harri Koskela |
| 3 |
URS
|
Vladimir Popov |
| 4th |
SWE
|
Christer Gullden |
| 5 |
FRG
|
Andreas Steinbach |
| 6th |
AUT
|
Franz Pitschmann |
| 7th |
GDR
|
Olaf Koschnitzke |
| 8th |
GRE
|
Georgios Poikilidis |
Date: September 18-20, 1988
22 participants from 22 countries
Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
POLE
|
Andrzej Wroński |
| 2 |
FRG
|
Gerhard Himmel |
| 3 |
United States
|
Dennis Koslowski |
| 4th |
BUL
|
Ilia Georgiev |
| 5 |
YUG
|
Jožef Tertei |
| 6th |
COR
|
Yoo Young-tae |
| 7th |
URS
|
Guram Guduschauri |
| 8th |
HUN
|
Tamás Gáspár |
Date: September 19-21, 1988
18 participants from 18 countries
Super heavy weight (up to 130 kg)
| space | country | athlete |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
URS
|
Alexander Karelin |
| 2 |
BUL
|
Rangel Gerowski |
| 3 |
SWE
|
Tomas Johansson |
| 4th |
 EGY
|
Hassan El-Hadad |
| 5 |
HUN
|
László Klauz |
| 6th |
JPN
|
Kazuya Deguchi |
| 7th |
POLE
|
Roman Wrocławski |
| 8th |
United States
|
Duane Koslowski |
| 9 |
AUT
|
Alexander Neumüller |
| 10 |
FRG
|
Fritz Gerdsmeier |
Date: September 20-21, 1988
16 participants from 16 countries
Web links
- Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official results of the 1988 Summer Games (PDF, 24.7 MB)
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