Wrestling_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics References

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Wrestling; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates	18 September – 1 October
Competitors	429 from 69 nations
	← 1984 1992 →

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

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

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

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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List of medalists Freestyle Greco-Roman List of Olympic venues