1992 Summer Olympics / Wrestling

Wrestling at the XXV. Summer Olympics
information
venue	Barcelona
Competition venue	Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya
Nations	59
Athletes	370 (370 men)
date	July 26 - August 7, 1992
decisions	20th
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At the XXV. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , 20 wrestling competitions were held, ten each in freestyle and ten in Greco-Roman style. The venue was the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEF) on Montjuïc .

Balance sheet

INEF building

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United team	6th	5	5	16
2	United States	3	3	2	8th
3	South Korea	2	1	1	4th
4th	Cuba	2	-	3	5
5	North Korea	2	-	1	3
6th	Hungary	2	-	-	2
7th	Turkey	1	2	1	4th
8th	Germany	1	2	-	3
9	Norway	1	-	-	1
10	Poland	-	2	-	2
11	Iran	-	1	2	3
12	Bulgaria	-	1	1	2
	Sweden	-	1	1	2
14th	Italy	-	1	-	1
	Canada	-	1	-	1
16	China	-	-	1	1
	Japan	-	-	1	1
	Romania	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Freestyle competitor gold silver bronze Paper weight Kim Il-ong Kim Jong-shin Wugar Orudschow Flyweight Li Hak-son Zeke Jones Valentin Jordanow Bantamweight Alejandro Puerto Sjarhej Smal Kim Yong-sik Featherweight John Smith Askari Mohammadian Lazaro Reinoso lightweight Arsen Fadzayev Valentin Gezow Kōsei Akaishi Welterweight Park Jang-soon Kenneth Monday Amir Reza Khadem medium weight Kevin Jackson Elmadi Schabrailow Rasoul Khadem Light heavyweight Macharbek Chadarzew Kenan Simsek Christopher Campbell Heavyweight Leri Chabelowi Heiko Balz Ali Kayalı Super heavyweight Bruce Baumgartner Jeffrey Thue Dawit Gobedschishvili

Greco-Roman style competitor gold silver bronze Paper weight Oleg Kutscherenko Vincenzo Maenza Wilber Sánchez Flyweight Jon Rønningen Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan Min Kyung-kap Bantamweight To Han-bong Rıfat Yıldız Sheng Zetian Featherweight Akif Pirim Sergei Martynov Juan Luis Marén lightweight Attila Repka Islam Duguchiev Rodney Smith Welterweight Mnazakan Iskandaryan Jozef Tracz Torbjörn Kornbakk medium weight Péter Farkas Piotr Stępień Stop at Turlykhanov Light heavyweight Maik Bullmann Hakkı Başar Gogi Koguashvili Heavyweight Héctor Milián Dennis Koslowski Syarhej Djamyashkevich Super heavyweight Alexander Karelin Tomas Johansson Ioan Grigoraș

Results freestyle

Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	PRK	Kim Il-ong
2	COR	Kim Jong-shin
3	EUN	Wugar Orudschow
4th	ROME	Romică Rașovan
5	United States	Tim Vanni
6th	GER	Pure pitchfork
7th	CUB	Aldo Martínez
8th	MGL	Zerenbaataryn Chosbajar

Date: 4th to 6th August 1992
19 participants from 19 countries

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	PRK	Li Hak-son
2	United States	Zeke Jones
3	BUL	Valentin Jordanow
4th	COR	Kim Sun-hak
5	DOOR	Ahmet Orel
6th	JPN	Mitsuru Satō
7th	IRI	Majid Torkan
8th	CAN	Chris Woodcroft

Date: 3rd to 5th August 1992
18 participants from 18 countries

Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	CUB	Alejandro Puerto
2	EUN	Sjarhej Smal
3	PRK	Kim Yong-sik
4th	DOOR	Remzi Musaoğlu
5	BUL	Rumen Pavlov
6th	United States	Kendall Cross
7th	GER	Jürgen Scheibe
8th	CAN	Robert Dawson

Date: 5th to 7th August 1992
18 participants from 18 countries

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	John Smith
2	IRI	Askari Mohammadian
3	CUB	Lazaro Reinoso
4th	BUL	Roses Wasilew
5	EUN	Magomed Azizov
6th	OUT	Musa Ilhan
7th	SUI	Martin Muller
8th	COR	Shin Sang-kyu
9	GER	Karsten Polky

Date: 5th to 7th August 1992
21 participants from 21 countries

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EUN	Arsen Fadzayev
2	BUL	Valentin Gezow
3	JPN	Kōsei Akaishi
4th	IRI	Ali Akbarnejad
5	DOOR	Fatih Özbaş
6th	COR	Ko Young-ho
7th	United States	Townsend Saunders
8th	CAN	Chris Wilson
14th	SUI	Ludwig Küng
14th	GER	Georg Swabia

Date: 3rd to 5th August 1992
21 participants from 21 countries

Welter weight (up to 74 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Park Jang-soon
2	United States	Kenneth Monday
3	IRI	Amir Reza Khadem
4th	EUN	Məmmədsalam Haciyev
5	POLE	Krzysztof Walencik
6th	CAN	Gary Holmes
7th	HUN	János Nagy
8th	MGL	Lodoin Enchbajar
12	DEU	Alexander Leipold

Date: 4th to 6th August 1992
18 participants from 18 countries

Middle weight (up to 82 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Kevin Jackson
2	EUN	Elmadi Schabrailow
3	IRI	Rasoul Khadem
4th	GER	Hans Gstöttner
5	TCH	Jozef Lohyňa
6th	DOOR	Sabahattin Öztürk
7th	ROME	Nicolae Ghiță
8th	ESP	Francisco Iglesias

Date: 5th to 7th August 1992
19 participants from 19 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EUN	Macharbek Chadarzew
2	DOOR	Kenan Simsek
3	United States	Christopher Campbell
4th	MGL	Puntsagiin Süchbat
5	IRI	Ayoub Baninos Council
6th	CUB	Roberto Limonta
7th	POLE	Marek Garmulewicz
8th	ITA	Renato Lombardo
10	GER	Ludwig Schneider

Date: 5th to 7th August 1992
17 participants from 17 countries

Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EUN	Leri Chabelowi
2	GER	Heiko Balz
3	DOOR	Ali Kayalı
4th	COR	Kim Tae-woo
5	POLE	Andrzej Radomski
6th	IND	Subhash Verma
7th	United States	Mark Coleman
8th	HUN	Sándor Kiss

Date: 3rd to 5th August 1992
18 participants from 18 countries

Super heavy weight (up to 130 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Bruce Baumgartner
2	CAN	Jeffrey Thue
3	EUN	Dawit Gobedschishvili
4th	DOOR	Mahmut Demir
5	GER	Andreas Schröder
6th	IRI	Alireza Soleimani
7th	CHN	Wang Chunguang
8th	COR	Park Sung-ha

Date: 4th to 6th August 1992
15 participants from 15 countries

Results Greco-Roman style

Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EUN	Oleg Kutscherenko
2	ITA	Vincenzo Maenza
3	CUB	Wilber Sánchez
4th	GER	Fuat Yıldız
5	ROME	Iliuță Dăscălescu
6th	IRI	Reza Simkhah
7th	NOR	Lars Rønningen
8th	IND	Pappu Yadav

Date: July 27-29, 1992
19 participants from 19 countries

Flyweight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	NOR	Jon Rønningen
2	EUN	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan
3	COR	Min Kyung-kap
4th	United States	Shawn Sheldon
5	BUL	Bratan Zenow
6th	ROME	Valentin Rebegea
7th	FIN	Ismo Kamesaki
8th	IOP	Senad Rizvanović
12	GER	Olaf Brandt

Date: July 26th to 28th, 1992
17 participants from 17 countries

Bantam weight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	To Han-bong
2	GER	Rıfat Yıldız
3	CHN	Sheng Zetian
4th	EUN	Alexander Ignatenko
5	CUB	William Lara
6th	ROME	Marian Sandu
7th	FIN	Keijo Pehkonen
8th	United States	Dennis Hall

Date: July 28th to 30th, 1992
19 participants from 19 countries

Feather weight (up to 62 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	DOOR	Akif Pirim
2	EUN	Sergei Martynov
3	CUB	Juan Luis Marén
4th	POLE	Włodzimierz Zawadzki
5	HUN	Jenő Bódi
6th	United States	Buddy Lee
7th	BUL	Stanislav Grigorov
8th	SUI	Hugo Dietsche
10	GER	Mario Büttner

Date: July 28-30, 1992
21 participants from 21 countries

Lightweight (up to 68 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Attila Repka
2	EUN	Islam Duguchiev
3	United States	Rodney Smith
4th	CUB	Cecilio Rodríguez
5	FRA	Ghani Yalouz
6th	IRI	Abdollah Chamangoli
7th	POLE	Ryszard Wolny
8th	CAN	Douglas Yeats
10	GER	Claudio Passarelli

Date: July 26th to 28th, 1992
19 participants from 19 countries

Welter weight (up to 74 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EUN	Mnazakan Iskandaryan
2	POLE	Jozef Tracz
3	SWE	Torbjörn Kornbakk
4th	CUB	Néstor Almanza
5	FRA	Yvon Riemer
6th	AUT	Anton Marchl
7th	TCH	Jaroslav Zeman
8th	CAN	Karlo Kasap

Date: July 27-29, 1992
21 participants from 21 countries

Middle weight (up to 82 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Péter Farkas
2	POLE	Piotr Stępień
3	EUN	Stop at Turlykhanov
4th	SWE	Magnus Fredriksson
5	FIN	Timo Niemi
6th	IOP	Goran Kasum
7th	GER	Thomas Zander
8th	TCH	Pavel Frinta
9	SUI	David Martinetti

Date: July 28th to 30th, 1992
20 participants from 20 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GER	Maik Bullmann
2	DOOR	Hakkı Başar
3	EUN	Gogi Koguashvili
4th	SWE	Mikael Ljungberg
5	IRI	Hassan Babak
6th	United States	Michial Foy
7th	CUB	Reynaldo Peña
8th	ITA	Salvatore Campanella
9	AUT	Franz Marx

Date: July 28th to 30th, 1992
19 participants from 19 countries

Heavy weight (up to 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	CUB	Héctor Milián
2	United States	Dennis Koslowski
3	EUN	Syarhej Djamyashkevich
4th	POLE	Andrzej Wroński
5	GER	Andreas Steinbach
6th	ROME	Ion Ieremciuc
7th	HUN	Norbert Növényi
8th	COR	Song Sung-il

Date: July 26-28, 1992
16 participants from 16 countries

Super heavy weight (up to 130 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	EUN	Alexander Karelin
2	SWE	Tomas Johansson
3	ROME	Ioan Grigoraș
4th	HUN	László Klauz
5	CAN	Andrew Borodow
6th	CHN	Tian Lei
7th	FIN	Juha Ahokas
8th	GRE	Panagiotis Poikilidis

Date: July 27-29, 1992
16 participants from 16 countries

Web links

• Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1992 Summer Games (PDF, 38 MB)