Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling

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.

Contents

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
(-48 kg)
Japan Takashi Kobayashi
Japan (JPN)
Bulgaria Ivan Tzonov
Bulgaria (BUL)
Soviet Union Sergei Karamchakov
Soviet Union (URS)
Flyweight
(48-52 kg)
Japan Mitsuru Sato
Japan (JPN)
Yugoslavia Saban Trstena
Yugoslavia (YUG)
Soviet Union Vladimir Tohuzov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bantamweight
(52-57 kg)
Soviet Union Sergei Beloglazov
Soviet Union (URS)
Iran Askari Mohammadian
Iran (IRI)
South Korea Noh Kyung-Sun
South Korea (KOR)
Featherweight
(57-62 kg)
United States John Smith
United States (USA)
Soviet Union Stepan Sarkisyan
Soviet Union (URS)
Bulgaria Simeon Chterev
Bulgaria (BUL)
Lightweight
(62-68 kg)
Soviet Union Arsen Fadzaev
Soviet Union (URS)
South Korea Park Jang-Soon
South Korea (KOR)
United States Nate Carr
United States (USA)
Welterweight
(68-74 kg)
United States Kenny Monday
United States (USA)
Soviet Union Adlan Varaev
Soviet Union (URS)
Bulgaria Sukra Sofiadi-Rakhmat
Bulgaria (BUL)
Middleweight
(74-82 kg)
South Korea Han Myung-Woo
South Korea (KOR)
Turkey Necmi Gençalp
Turkey (TUR)
Czechoslovakia Jozef Lohyna
Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Light heavyweight
(82-90 kg)
Soviet Union Makharbek Khadartsev
Soviet Union (URS)
Japan Akira Ota
Japan (JPN)
South Korea Kim Tae-Woo
South Korea (KOR)
Heavyweight
(90-100 kg)
Romania Vasile Puşcaşu
Romania (ROM)
Soviet Union Yuri Khabelov
Soviet Union (URS)
United States William Scherr
United States (USA)
Super heavyweight
(100-130 kg)
Soviet Union David Gobedjichvili
Soviet Union (URS)
United States Bruce Baumgartner
United States (USA)
East Germany Andreas Schröder
East Germany (GDR)

[edit] Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
(-48 kg)
Italy Vincenzo Maenza
Italy (ITA)
Poland Andrzej Głąb
Poland (POL)
Bulgaria Bratan Tsenov
Bulgaria (BUL)
Flyweight
(48-52 kg)
Norway Jon Rønningen
Norway (NOR)
Japan Atsuji Miyahara
Japan (JPN)
South Korea Lee Jae-Suk
South Korea (KOR)
Bantamweight
(52-57 kg)
Hungary Andras Sike
Hungary (HUN)
Bulgaria Stoyan Balov
Bulgaria (BUL)
Greece Charalambos Holidis
Greece (GRE)
Featherweight
(57-62 kg)
Soviet Union Kamandar Madzhidov
Soviet Union (URS)
Bulgaria Jivko Vangelov
Bulgaria (BUL)
South Korea An Dae-Hyun
South Korea (KOR)
Lightweight
(62-68 kg)
Soviet Union Levon Djulfalakian
Soviet Union (URS)
South Korea Kim Sung-Moon
South Korea (KOR)
Finland Tapio Sipila
Finland (FIN)
Welterweight
(68-74 kg)
South Korea Kim Young-Nam
South Korea (KOR)
Soviet Union Daulet Turlykhanov
Soviet Union (URS)
Poland Józef Tracz
Poland (POL)
Middleweight
(74-82 kg)
Soviet Union Mikhail Mamiashvili
Soviet Union (URS)
Hungary Tibor Komaromi
Hungary (HUN)
South Korea Kim Sang-Kyu
South Korea (KOR)
Light heavyweight
(82-90 kg)
Bulgaria Atanas Komchev
Bulgaria (BUL)
Finland Harri Koskela
Finland (FIN)
Soviet Union Vladimir Popov
Soviet Union (URS)
Heavyweight
(90-100 kg)
Poland Andrzej Wroński
Poland (POL)
West Germany Gerhard Himmel
West Germany (FRG)
United States Dennis Koslowski
United States (USA)
Super heavyweight
(100-130 kg)
Soviet Union Alexander Karelin
Soviet Union (URS)
Bulgaria Rangel Gerovski
Bulgaria (BUL)
Sweden Tomas Johansson
Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Medal table

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

[edit] References