Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 52 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 52 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

Medalists

Gold	Mitsuru Sato Japan (JPN)
Silver	Šaban Trstena Yugoslavia (YUG)
Bronze	Vladimir Toguzov Soviet Union (URS)

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	Majid Torkan (IRI)	4-0 ST	15-0	Lo Chao-Cheng (TPE)	1
1	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	0-4 ST	0-16	Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	0
0	Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	4-0 ST	15-0	Surya Saputera (INA)	1
1	Garba Lame (NGR)	0-4 TF	5:18	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	0
0	Bernardo Olvera (MEX)	4-0 TF	2:41	Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez (GUA)	1
1	Kenneth Chertow (USA)	1-3 PP	1-5	Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	0
0	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	4-0 TF	2:02	Carlos Negron (PUR)	1
1	Oushane Diallo (GUI)	0-4 ST	0-15	Šaban Trstena (YUG)	0
Round 2
0	Majid Torkan (IRI)	4-0 TF	5:42	Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	2
2	Lo Chao-Cheng (TPE)	0-4 TF	0:42	Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	0
0	Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	4-0 ST	16-1	Garba Lame (NGR)	2
2	Surya Saputera (INA)	0-4 TF	1:48	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	0
1	Bernardo Olvera (MEX)	1-3 PP	7-10	Kenneth Chertow (USA)	1
2	Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez (GUA)	0-4 ST	0-16	Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	0
0	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	4-0 ST	17-1	Oushane Diallo (GUI)	2
2	Carlos Negron (PUR)	0-4 ST	1-16	Šaban Trstena (YUG)	0
Round 3
1	Majid Torkan (IRI)	1-3 PP	2-4	Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	0
0	Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	3-1 PP	8-4	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	1
2	Bernardo Olvera (MEX)	0-3 P1	5:08	Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	0
2	Kenneth Chertow (USA)	.5-3.5 SP	6-19	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	0
0	Šaban Trstena (YUG)			Bye
Round 4
0	Šaban Trstena (YUG)	4-0 PA	0:21	Majid Torkan (IRI)	2
0	Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	3-1 PP	5-4	Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	1
1	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	3-1 PP	6-2	Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	1
0	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)			Bye
Round 5
1	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	1-3 PP	5-11	Šaban Trstena (YUG)	0
0	Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	4-0 ST	17-1	Władysław Stecyk (POL)	2
1	Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	3-1 PP	3-2	Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	2
Round 6
2	Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	.5-3.5 SP	1-14	Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	0
0	Šaban Trstena (YUG)	3-1 PP	7-3	Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	2
Round 7
0	Šaban Trstena (YUG)	3-0 PO	3-0	Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	1

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Šaban Trstena (YUG)	0	-	21
Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	1	-	21.5
Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	2	6	16
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	2	6	13
Władysław Stecyk (POL)	2	5	12
Thierry Bourdin (FRA)	2	5	12
Majid Torkan (IRI)	2	4	9
Bernardo Olvera (MEX)	2	3	5
Kenneth Chertow (USA)	2	3	4.5
Oushane Diallo (GUI)	2	2	0
Garba Lame (NGR)	2	2	0
Carlos Negron (PUR)	2	2	0
Chris Woodcroft (CAN)	2	2	0
Lo Chao-Cheng (TPE)	2	2	0
Edvin-Eduardo Vásquez (GUA)	2	2	0
Surya Saputera (INA)	2	2	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
1	Florentino Tirante (PHI)	0-4 TF	0:16	László Bíró (HUN)	0
1	Nguyen Kim Huong (VIE)	0-4 ST	3-18	Kuldeep Singh (IND)	0
1	Lamachi Elimu (KEN)	0-4 TF	1:11	Oscar Muñoz (COL)	0
0	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	3-1 PP	12-7	Fayadh Minati (IRQ)	1
1	Xu Jihua (CHN)	1-3 PP	8-15	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)	0
0	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	4-0 TF	0:45	Jihad Sharif (JOR)	1
0	Ahmad Naseer (AFG)	3-1 PP	7-3	Herbert Tutsch (FRG)	1
0	Anthony Morris (GBR)			DNA
Round 2
2	Florentino Tirante (PHI)	0-4 TF	2:02	Nguyen Kim Huong (VIE)	1
0	László Bíró (HUN)	3-1 PP	11-5	Kuldeep Singh (IND)	1
2	Lamachi Elimu (KEN)	0-4 TF	1:02	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	0
0	Oscar Muñoz (COL)	3-1 PP	8-1	Fayadh Minati (IRQ)	2
2	Xu Jihua (CHN)	0-4 TF	4:02	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	0
0	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)	3-1 PP	8-5	Ahmad Naseer (AFG)	1
2	Jihad Sharif (JOR)	0-4 TF	2:16	Herbert Tutsch (FRG)	1
Round 3
0	László Bíró (HUN)	3-0 P1	4:16	Nguyen Kim Huong (VIE)	2
1	Kuldeep Singh (IND)	3-1 PP	12-6	Oscar Muñoz (COL)	1
1	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	1-3 PP	3-11	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)	0
0	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	4-0 TF	1:44	Ahmad Naseer (AFG)	2
1	Herbert Tutsch (FRG)			Bye
Round 4
2	Herbert Tutsch (FRG)	0-4 TF	1:14	László Bíró (HUN)	0
2	Kuldeep Singh (IND)	1-3 PP	9-16	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	1
2	Oscar Muñoz (COL)	1-3 PP	4-12	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)	0
0	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)			Bye
Round 5
0	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	4-0 TF	0:53	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	2
0	László Bíró (HUN)	3-1 PP	8-4	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)	1
Round 6
0	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	4-0 TF	2:55	László Bíró (HUN)	1
1	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)			Bye
Round 7
2	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)	0-4 ST	0-15	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	0
1	László Bíró (HUN)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Mitsuru Sato (JPN)	0	-	24
László Bíró (HUN)	1	-	17
Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)	2	7	13
Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)	2	5	11
Kuldeep Singh (IND)	2	4	9
Oscar Muñoz (COL)	2	4	9
Herbert Tutsch (FRG)	2	4	5
Ahmad Naseer (AFG)	2	3	4
Nguyen Kim Huong (VIE)	2	3	4
Fayadh Minati (IRQ)	2	2	2
Xu Jihua (CHN)	2	2	1
Jihad Sharif (JOR)	2	2	0
Lamachi Elimu (KEN)	2	2	0
Florentino Tirante (PHI)	2	2	0
Anthony Morris (GBR)	0	0	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Valentin Yordanov (BUL)	0-4 PA		Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)
5th place match
Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)	3-1 PP	5-4	Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)
Bronze medal match
Vladimir Toguzov (URS)	3.5-.5 SP	14-1	László Bíró (HUN)
Gold medal match
Šaban Trstena (YUG)	1-3 PP	2-13	Mitsuru Sato (JPN)

Final standings

1.  Mitsuru Sato (JPN)
2.  Šaban Trstena (YUG)
3.  Vladimir Toguzov (URS)
4.  László Bíró (HUN)
5.  Aslan Seyhanlı (TUR)
6.  Kim Jong-Oh (KOR)
7.  Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar (MGL)
8.  Valentin Yordanov (BUL)

References

• Official Report