Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg

Men's freestyle 90 kg
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueSangmu Gymnasium
Dates27–29 September
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Makharbek Khadartsev  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Akira Ota  Japan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kim Tae-woo  South Korea
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The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.[1]

Tournament results

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

Legend
  • TF — 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
  • P0 — Won by Passivity, scoring zero points
  • P1 — Won by Passivity, while leading by 1-11 points
  • PS — Won by Passivity, while leading by 12-14 points
  • PA — Won by Opponent Injury
  • DQ — Won by Forfeit
  • DNA — Did not appear
  • L — Losses
  • ER — Round of Elimination
  • CP — Classification Points
  • TP — Technical Points

Eliminatory round

Group A

L CP TP L
Round 1
0  Akira Ota (JPN) 3-1 PP 12-6  Christian Iloanusi (NGR) 1
1  Walter Koenig (AUS) 0-4 TF 2:03  Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) 0
1  Subhash Verma (IND) 1-3 PP 4-11  Gábor Tóth (HUN) 0
1  Doug Cox (CAN) 1-3 PP 7-10  Jim Scherr (USA) 0
0  Graeme English (GBR) 4-0 TF 2:13  Moustapha Guèye (SEN) 1
1  Samba Adama (MTN) 0-4 TF 2:45  Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) 0
1 Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) 1-3 PP 4-14  Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) 0
Round 2
0  Akira Ota (JPN) 4-0 TF 1:12  Walter Koenig (AUS) 2
2  Christian Iloanusi (NGR) 0-3 P1 3:26  Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) 0
1  Subhash Verma (IND) 4-0 ST 15-0  Doug Cox (CAN) 2
1  Gábor Tóth (HUN) 1-3 PP 1-3  Jim Scherr (USA) 0
0  Graeme English (GBR) 4-0 TF 1:24  Samba Adama (MTN) 2
2  Moustapha Guèye (SEN) 0-4 TF 1:30 Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) 1
1  Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) 0-0 DQ 5:09  Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) 1
Round 3
0  Akira Ota (JPN) 4-0 TF 1:52  Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) 1
2  Subhash Verma (IND) 1-3 PP 3-6  Jim Scherr (USA) 0
1  Gábor Tóth (HUN) 3-0 PO 10-0  Graeme English (GBR) 1
1  Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) 4-0 TF 1:52 Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) 2
1  Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) Bye
Round 4
2  Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) 0-4 TF 5:51  Akira Ota (JPN) 0
2  Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) 1-3 PP 2-6  Gábor Tóth (HUN) 1
0  Jim Scherr (USA) 4-0 ST 15-0  Graeme English (GBR) 2
1  Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) Bye
Round 5
2  Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) 0-3 PO 0-4  Gábor Tóth (HUN) 1
0  Akira Ota (JPN) 4-0 TF 5:06  Jim Scherr (USA) 1
Round 6
1  Akira Ota (JPN) 1-3 PP 4-5  Gábor Tóth (HUN) 1
1  Jim Scherr (USA) Bye
Wrestler L ER CP Tiebreaker
 Akira Ota (JPN) 1 - 20 5
 Gábor Tóth (HUN) 1 - 16 4
 Jim Scherr (USA) 1 - 13 3
 Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) 2 5 8
 Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) 2 4 8
 Graeme English (GBR) 2 4 8
 Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) 2 4 3
 Subhash Verma (IND) 2 3 6
Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) 2 3 5
 Doug Cox (CAN) 2 2 1
 Christian Iloanusi (NGR) 2 2 1
 Walter Koenig (AUS) 2 2 0
 Samba Adama (MTN) 2 2 0
 Moustapha Guèye (SEN) 2 2 0

Group B

L CP TP L
Round 1
0  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) 4-0 TF 1:20  Reuben Tucker (GUM) 1
1  Roberto Neves Filho (BRA) 1-3 PP 6-10  Hubert Bindels (BEL) 0
0  Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 3-1 PP 9-3  Jerzy Nieć (POL) 1
0  Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) 3-1 PP 3-2  Bodo Lukowski (FRG) 1
1  Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR) 0-4 ST 0-15  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) 0
0  Kim Tae-woo (KOR) 3-1 PP 8-2  Ahmad Al-Shamy (SYR) 1
0  Edwin Lins (AUT) 4-0 TF 1:35  Bakary Sanneh (GAM) 1
Round 2
0  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) 3-1 PP 9-2  Roberto Neves Filho (BRA) 2
2  Reuben Tucker (GUM) 0-4 TF 0:36  Hubert Bindels (BEL) 0
0  Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 3-1 PP 3-2  Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) 1
2  Jerzy Nieć (POL) 0-3 P1 5:08  Bodo Lukowski (FRG) 1
2  Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR) 0-3.5 PS 4:41  Kim Tae-woo (KOR) 0
0  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) 3-1 PP 10-1  Edwin Lins (AUT) 1
1  Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR) 4-0 TF 1:55  Bakary Sanneh (GAM) 2
Round 3
0  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) 3-1 PP 3-1  Hubert Bindels (BEL) 1
0  Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 3-1 PP 3-2  Bodo Lukowski (FRG) 2
2  Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) 0-3 P1 3:27  Kim Tae-woo (KOR) 0
0  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) 4-0 TF 2:47  Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR) 2
1  Edwin Lins (AUT) Bye
Round 4
1  Edwin Lins (AUT) 3-1 PP 6-5  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) 1
2  Hubert Bindels (BEL) 0-3 PO 0-9  Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 0
0  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) 4-0 TF 3:54  Kim Tae-woo (KOR) 1
Round 5
2  Edwin Lins (AUT) 0-4 TF 1:41  Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 0
2  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) 0-4 TF 1:46  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) 0
1  Kim Tae-woo (KOR) Bye
Round 6
1  Kim Tae-woo (KOR) 3-1 PP 5-3  Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 1
0  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) Bye
Round 7
0  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) 4-0 TF 5:27  Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 2
1  Kim Tae-woo (KOR) Bye
Wrestler L ER CP
 Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) 0 - 23
 Kim Tae-woo (KOR) 1 - 12.5
 Rumen Alabakov (BUL) 2 7 17
 Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) 2 5 11
 Edwin Lins (AUT) 2 5 8
 Hubert Bindels (BEL) 2 4 8
 Bodo Lukowski (FRG) 2 3 5
 Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR) 2 3 5
 Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) 2 3 4
 Roberto Neves Filho (BRA) 2 2 2
 Jerzy Nieć (POL) 2 2 1
 Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR) 2 2 0
 Bakary Sanneh (GAM) 2 2 0
 Reuben Tucker (GUM) 2 2 0

Final round

CP TP
7th place match
 Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) 3-1 PP 4-2  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)
5th place match
 Jim Scherr (USA) 3-1 PP 3-1  Rumen Alabakov (BUL)
Bronze medal match
 Gábor Tóth (HUN) 0-3 PO 0-1  Kim Tae-woo (KOR)
Gold medal match
 Akira Ota (JPN) 0-4 ST 0-16  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)

Final standings

  1.  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
  2.  Akira Ota (JPN)
  3.  Kim Tae-woo (KOR)
  4.  Gábor Tóth (HUN)
  5.  Jim Scherr (USA)
  6.  Rumen Alabakov (BUL)
  7.  Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)
  8.  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)

References

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2019.