Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg
The Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña.
Medalists
When he was born on the island of Haenam, in a place called “Ttangkkeut Maeul village” in South Jeolla Province, his father had already died in a marine accident. His mother, who has been the best model and supporter in his life, raised him by herself. Though his mother had really worked hard to get the best for him and his family, his family was very poor. It was very difficult to pay his tuition during his junior high school years, so his mother decided to work late at nights. This made him feel upset, but then a teacher proposed that his tuition would be waived if he joined the school wrestling team, so he joined without any reservation. Since he started wrestling, he was surprised to learn that he had a natural talent in the sport. As a high school student, he won the gold medal at the 1986 World Championship. Since he enrolled in Korea National Sports University (KNSU) in 1987, He has been a competitive athlete. During his college years, he had a successful career as a wrestler, and he won gold medals at the 1989 Asian Championship, the 1990 Beijing Asian Games, and the 1990 World Championship. After graduating from KNSU, he joined the Samsung Wrestling team. In 1992, he became a gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Right after that, he retired and started his new career as a coach. In 2003, he was appointed as Head Coach of the Korea National Team and led Jung Ji-Hyun, a college student at the KNSU to win a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Summer Olympics for the last decade. Currently, he has been coaching the Samsung Wrestling team and instructing young, competitive wrestlers who dream of winning a gold medal at Olympics.
Tournament results
The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.
- Legend
- TO — Won by Fall
- SP — Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser with points
- SO — Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser without points
- ST — Won by Technical Superiority, 15 points difference
- PP — Won by Points, the loser with technical points
- PO — Won by Points, the loser without technical points
- PA — Won by Opponent Injury
- DQ — Won by Forfeit
- D2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity (0-0 score)
- DNA — Did not appear
- L — Losses
- ER — Round of Elimination
- CP — Classification Points
- TP — Technical Points
Eliminatory round
Pool A
Pool B
| Wrestler |
L |
ER |
CP |
| An Han-Bong (KOR) |
0 |
- |
15 |
| Sheng Zetian (CHN) |
1 |
- |
9 |
| Marian Sandu (ROU) |
2 |
6 |
13 |
| Keijo Pehkonen (FIN) |
2 |
4 |
4 |
| Abderrahmane Naanaa (MAR) |
2 |
4 |
3 |
| Ergüder Bekişdamat (TUR) |
2 |
3 |
5 |
| Armando Fernández (MEX) |
2 |
3 |
1 |
| Zoran Galović (IOP) |
2 |
2 |
1 |
| Miguel Ángel Sierra (ESP) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
Final round
Final standings
- An Han-Bong (KOR)
- Rifat Yildiz (GER)
- Sheng Zetian (CHN)
- Alexander Ignatenko (EUN)
- William Lara (CUB)
- Marian Sandu (ROU)
- Keijo Pehkonen (FIN)
- Dennis Hall (USA)
- Abderrahmane Naanaa (MAR)
- András Sike (HUN)
References