Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Wrestling
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Wrestling pictogram.svg
Venue Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates18 September – 1 October
Competitors429 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

Freestyle

EventGoldSilverBronze
48 kg
details
Takashi Kobayashi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Ivan Tzonov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Sergei Karamchakov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
52 kg
details
Mitsuru Sato
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Shaban Tërstena
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Vladimir Toguzov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
57 kg
details
Sergei Beloglazov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Askari Mohammadian
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Noh Kyung-sun
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
62 kg
details
John Smith
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Stepan Sarkisyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Simeon Shterev
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
68 kg
details
Arsen Fadzaev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Park Jang-soon
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Nate Carr
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
74 kg
details
Kenny Monday
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Adlan Varayev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Rahmat Sofiadi
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
82 kg
details
Han Myung-woo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Necmi Gençalp
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Jozef Lohyňa
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
90 kg
details
Makharbek Khadartsev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Akira Ota
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Kim Tae-woo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
100 kg
details
Vasile Puşcaşu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Leri Khabelov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
William Scherr
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
130 kg
details
David Gobejishvili
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bruce Baumgartner
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Andreas Schröder
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany

Greco-Roman

EventGoldSilverBronze
48 kg
details
Vincenzo Maenza
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Andrzej Głąb
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bratan Tzenov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
52 kg
details
Jon Rønningen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Atsuji Miyahara
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Lee Jae-suk
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
57 kg
details
András Sike
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Stoyan Balov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Charalambos Cholidis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
62 kg
details
Kamandar Madzhidov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Zhivko Vangelov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
An Dae-hyun
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
68 kg
details
Levon Julfalakyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Kim Sung-moon
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Tapio Sipilä
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
74 kg
details
Kim Young-nam
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Daulet Turlykhanov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Józef Tracz
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
82 kg
details
Mikhail Mamiashvili
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Tibor Komáromi
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Kim Sang-kyu
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
90 kg
details
Atanas Komchev
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Harri Koskela
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Vladimir Popov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
100 kg
details
Andrzej Wroński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Gerhard Himmel
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Dennis Koslowski
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
130 kg
details
Aleksandr Karelin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Rangel Gerovski
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Tomas Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union  (URS)84315
2Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)2259
3Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)2204
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)2136
5Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)1438
6Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)1113
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1102
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1001
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1001
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania  (ROU)1001
11Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0112
12Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)0101
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0101
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany  (FRG)0101
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia  (YUG)0101
16Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)0011
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany  (GDR)0011
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)0011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0011
Totals (19 nations)20202060

Participating nations

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

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2019.