Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 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 Freestyle 130 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

Medalists

Gold	David Gobezhishvili Soviet Union (URS)
Silver	Bruce Baumgartner United States (USA)
Bronze	Andreas Schröder East Germany (GDR)

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	Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	4-0 DQ		Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	1
0	Andreas Schröder (GDR)	4-0 TF	1:12	Adam Sandurski (POL)	1
0	Ham Duk-Won (KOR)	3-1 PP	6-4	Jesús Montesdeoca (ESP)	1
0	Dan Payne (CAN)	4-0 TF	0:21	Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	1
Round 2
0	Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	3-1 PP	11-1	Andreas Schröder (GDR)	1
1	Adam Sandurski (POL)	4-0 TF	1:00	Ham Duk-Won (KOR)	1
2	Jesús Montesdeoca (ESP)	0-3 P1	4:14	Dan Payne (CAN)	0
1	Navind Ramsaran (MRI)			Bye
1	Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)			DNA
Round 3
2	Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	0-4 ST	0-15	Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	0
1	Andreas Schröder (GDR)	4-0 TF	1:05	Ham Duk-Won (KOR)	2
1	Adam Sandurski (POL)	3-1 PP	4-3	Dan Payne (CAN)	1
Round 4
0	Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	4-0 ST	17-0	Adam Sandurski (POL)	2
1	Andreas Schröder (GDR)	3.5-.5 SP	15-3	Dan Payne (CAN)	2

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	0	-	15
Andreas Schröder (GDR)	1	-	12.5
Daniel Payne (CAN)	2	4	8.5
Adam Sandurski (POL)	2	4	7
Ham Duk-Won (KOR)	2	3	3
Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	2	3	0
Jesús Montesdeoca (ESP)	2	2	1
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	1	1	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	László Klauz (HUN)	4-0 TF	16-0	Miroslav Luberda (TCH)	1
1	Ralf Bremmer (FRG)	1-3 PP	4-8	Hiroyuki Obata (JPN)	0
0	David Gobezhishvili (URS)	4-0 ST	17-0	Dennis Atiyeh (SYR)	1
0	Atanas Atanassov (BUL)			Bye
Round 2
1	Atanas Atanassov (BUL)	0-3 P1	5:17	László Klauz (HUN)	0
2	Miroslav Luberda (TCH)	0-4 TF	4:11	Ralf Bremmer (FRG)	1
1	Hiroyuki Obata (JPN)	0-4 TF	2:43	David Gobezhishvili (URS)	0
1	Dennis Atiyeh (SYR)			Bye
Round 3
2	Dennis Atiyeh (SYR)	0-4 ST	0-15	Atanas Atanassov (BUL)	1
0	László Klauz (HUN)	4-0 TF	0:17	Hiroyuki Obata (JPN)	2
2	Ralf Bremmer (FRG)	0-3 P1	4:43	David Gobezhishvili (URS)	0
Round 4
2	Atanas Atanassov (BUL)	1-3 PP	1-6	David Gobezhishvili (URS)	0
0	László Klauz (HUN)			Bye
Round 5
1	László Klauz (HUN)	0-3 PO	0-10	David Gobezhishvili (URS)	0

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
David Gobezhishvili (URS)	0	-	17
László Klauz (HUN)	1	-	11
Atanas Atanassov (BUL)	2	4	5
Ralf Bremmer (FRG)	2	3	5
Hiroyuki Obata (JPN)	2	3	3
Dennis Atiyeh (SYR)	2	3	0
Miroslav Luberda (TCH)	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Adam Sandurski (POL)	3-1 PP	7-5	Ralf Bremmer (FRG)
5th place match
Dan Payne (CAN)	1-3 PP	3-8	Atanas Atanassov (BUL)
Bronze medal match
Andreas Schröder (GDR)	3-0 P1	4:21	László Klauz (HUN)
Gold medal match
Bruce Baumgartner (USA)	1-3 PP	1-3	David Gobezhishvili (URS)

Final standings

1.  David Gobezhishvili (URS)
2.  Bruce Baumgartner (USA)
3.  Andreas Schröder (GDR)
4.  László Klauz (HUN)
5.  Atanas Atanassov (BUL)
6.  Dan Payne (CAN)
7.  Adam Sandurski (POL)
8.  Ralf Bremmer (FRG)

References

• Official Report