Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad

Venue| Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates| 18 September – 1 October
Competitors| 429 from 69 nations

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Wrestling at the
1988 Summer Olympics

| Freestyle| Greco-Roman
| 48 kg| 48 kg
| 52 kg| 52 kg
| 57 kg| 57 kg
| 62 kg| 62 kg
| 68 kg| 68 kg
| 74 kg| 74 kg
| 82 kg| 82 kg
| 90 kg| 90 kg
| 100 kg| 100 kg
| 130 kg| 130 kg

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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.[1]

## Medal summary

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### Freestyle

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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48 kg
details | Takashi Kobayashi
Japan | Ivan Tzonov
Bulgaria | Sergei Karamchakov
Soviet Union
52 kg
details | Mitsuru Sato
Japan | Shaban Tërstena
Yugoslavia | Vladimir Toguzov
Soviet Union
57 kg
details | Sergei Beloglazov
Soviet Union | Askari Mohammadian
Iran | Noh Kyung-sun
South Korea
62 kg
details | John Smith
United States | Stepan Sarkisyan
Soviet Union | Simeon Shterev
Bulgaria
68 kg
details | Arsen Fadzaev
Soviet Union | Park Jang-soon
South Korea | Nate Carr
United States
74 kg
details | Kenny Monday
United States | Adlan Varayev
Soviet Union | Rahmat Sofiadi
Bulgaria
82 kg
details | Han Myung-woo
South Korea | Necmi Gençalp
Turkey | Jozef Lohyňa
Czechoslovakia
90 kg
details | Makharbek Khadartsev
Soviet Union | Akira Ota
Japan | Kim Tae-woo
South Korea
100 kg
details | Vasile Puşcaşu
Romania | Leri Khabelov
Soviet Union | William Scherr
United States
130 kg
details | David Gobejishvili
Soviet Union | Bruce Baumgartner
United States | Andreas Schröder
East Germany

### Greco-Roman

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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48 kg
details | Vincenzo Maenza
Italy | Andrzej Głąb
Poland | Bratan Tzenov
Bulgaria
52 kg
details | Jon Rønningen
Norway | Atsuji Miyahara
Japan | Lee Jae-suk
South Korea
57 kg
details | András Sike
Hungary | Stoyan Balov
Bulgaria | Charalambos Cholidis
Greece
62 kg
details | Kamandar Madzhidov
Soviet Union | Zhivko Vangelov
Bulgaria | An Dae-hyun
South Korea
68 kg
details | Levon Julfalakyan
Soviet Union | Kim Sung-moon
South Korea | Tapio Sipilä
Finland
74 kg
details | Kim Young-nam
South Korea | Daulet Turlykhanov
Soviet Union | Józef Tracz
Poland
82 kg
details | Mikhail Mamiashvili
Soviet Union | Tibor Komáromi
Hungary | Kim Sang-kyu
South Korea
90 kg
details | Atanas Komchev
Bulgaria | Harri Koskela
Finland | Vladimir Popov
Soviet Union
100 kg
details | Andrzej Wroński
Poland | Gerhard Himmel
West Germany | Dennis Koslowski
United States
130 kg
details | Aleksandr Karelin
Soviet Union | Rangel Gerovski
Bulgaria | Tomas Johansson
Sweden

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Soviet Union (URS)| 8| 4| 3| 15
2|  South Korea (KOR)| 2| 2| 5| 9
3|  Japan (JPN)| 2| 2| 0| 4
4|  United States (USA)| 2| 1| 3| 6
5|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 1| 4| 3| 8
6|  Poland (POL)| 1| 1| 1| 3
7|  Hungary (HUN)| 1| 1| 0| 2
8|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Norway (NOR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Romania (ROU)| 1| 0| 0| 1
11|  Finland (FIN)| 0| 1| 1| 2
12|  Iran (IRI)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Turkey (TUR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
West Germany (FRG)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Yugoslavia (YUG)| 0| 1| 0| 1
16|  Czechoslovakia (TCH)| 0| 0| 1| 1
East Germany (GDR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Greece (GRE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Sweden (SWE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (19 entries)| 20| 20| 20| 60

## Participating nations

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A total of 429 wrestlers from 69 nations competed at the Seoul Games:[1]

* Afghanistan (5)
* American Samoa (1)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (3)
* Austria (5)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (20)
* Cameroon (4)
* Canada (11)
* China (11)
* Chinese Taipei (4)
* Colombia (4)
* Czechoslovakia (9)
* East Germany (8)
* Egypt (5)
* El Salvador (1)
* Finland (12)

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* France (9)
* The Gambia (3)
* Great Britain (7)
* Greece (5)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (2)
* Hungary (18)
* India (7)
* Indonesia (2)
* Iran (15)
* Iraq (5)
* Ireland (1)
* Israel (2)
* Italy (4)
* Japan (20)
* Jordan (2)

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* Kenya (4)
* Lebanon (1)
* Malta (2)
* Mauritania (4)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (4)
* Mongolia (9)
* Morocco (5)
* New Zealand (2)
* Nigeria (6)
* North Yemen (3)
* Norway (5)
* Pakistan (3)
* Panama (2)
* Peru (1)
* Philippines (2)
* Poland (18)

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* Portugal (1)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* Romania (4)
* Samoa (2)
* Senegal (4)
* South Korea (19)
* Soviet Union (20)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (10)
* Switzerland (4)
* Syria (8)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (13)
* United States (20)
* Vietnam (1)
* West Germany (17)
* Yugoslavia (10)

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## See also

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* List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
* List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

## References

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1. ^ a b "Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2019.

## External links

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* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 January 2007.
* Official Olympic Report

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