Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

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

The Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam from September 20 to September 22.

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

Medalists

Gold	Aleksandr Karelin Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Rangel Gerovski Bulgaria (BUL)
Bronze	Tomas Johansson Sweden (SWE)

Results

Legend

• FR — Won by forfeit
• D2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity
• DQ — Disqualification from the entire competition
• P0 — Won by passivity, scoring zero points
• P1 — Won by passivity, while leading by 1–11 points margin
• PA — Win by injury default or withdrawal
• PO — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• PP — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has technical points
• PS — Won by passivity, while leading by 12–14 points margin
• SO — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• SP — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has technical points
• ST — Win by technical superiority (15 points margin)
• TF — Win by fall
• CP — Classification points

Eliminatory round

Group A

	Score		CP
Round 1
Duane Koslowski (USA)	5–3	Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	3–1 PP
Khodr Bechara (LIB)	0:30	Lubomír David (TCH)	0–4 TF
László Klauz (HUN)	5:30	Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG)	3–0 P1
Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	4:00	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	3–0 P1
Round 2
Duane Koslowski (USA)	1:12	Khodr Bechara (LIB)	4–0 TF
Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	3:44	Lubomír David (TCH)	4–0 PA
László Klauz (HUN)	4:43	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0–3 P1
Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG)	1–2	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	1–3 PP
Round 3
Duane Koslowski (USA)	0–2	László Klauz (HUN)	0–3 PO
Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	4:10	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0–4 TF
Tomas Johansson (SWE)		Bye
Round 4
Tomas Johansson (SWE)	2–1	László Klauz (HUN)	3–1 PP
Duane Koslowski (USA)	0–15	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0–4 ST

Athlete	L	R	CP	TB
Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0	—	14	3
Tomas Johansson (SWE)	1	—	6	0
László Klauz (HUN)	2	4	7	3
Duane Koslowski (USA)	2	4	7	0
Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	2	3	5
Lubomír David (TCH)	1	2	4
Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG)	2	2	1
Khodr Bechara (LIB)	2	2	0

Group B

	Score		CP
Round 1
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	2:09	Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	4–0 TF
Farhan Jassim (IRQ)	3:51	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	0–3 P1
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	5:44	Daniel Payne (CAN)	3–0 P1
Fabio Valguarnera (ITA)	5:49	Roman Wrocławski (POL)	0–0 D2
Round 2
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	4:16	Farhan Jassim (IRQ)	3–0 P1
Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	0:48	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	0–4 TF
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	5:27	Fabio Valguarnera (ITA)	3–0 P1
Daniel Payne (CAN)	4:19	Roman Wrocławski (POL)	0–4 TF
Round 3
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	2:14	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	4–0 TF
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	4:23	Roman Wrocławski (POL)	3–0 P1
Round 4
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	0–5	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	0–3 PO
Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)		Bye
Round 5
Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	0–14	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	0–3.5 SO
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)		Bye

Athlete	L	R	CP	TB
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	0	—	15.5	6.5
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	1	—	11	4
Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	2	—	7	0
Roman Wrocławski (POL)	2	3	4
Daniel Payne (CAN)	2	2	0
Fabio Valguarnera (ITA)	2	2	0
Farhan Jassim (IRQ)	2	2	0
Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	2	2	0

Finals

	Score		CP
7th place match
Duane Koslowski (USA)		Roman Wrocławski (POL)	0–4 FR
5th place match
László Klauz (HUN)	5:00	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	3.5–0 PS
Bronze medal match
Tomas Johansson (SWE)	5:04	Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	3–0 P1
Gold medal match
Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	5–3	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	3–1 PP

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)
	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)
	Tomas Johansson (SWE)
4	Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)
5	László Klauz (HUN)
6	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)
7	Roman Wrocławski (POL)

References

• Official Report