Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg

The Men's Freestyle 100 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.^[1]

Men's freestyle 100 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Anaheim Convention Center
Dates	28–30 September
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Vasile Puşcaşu  Romania Leri Khabelov  Soviet Union William Scherr  United States
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Medalists

Gold	Vasile Puşcaşu  Romania
Silver	Leri Khabelov  Soviet Union
Bronze	William Scherr  United States

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
1	Joe Byung-eun (KOR)	1-3 PP	3-5	Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	0
0	Kartar Singh (IND)	3-1 PP	3-2	Tamon Honda (JPN)	1
0	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	4-0 TF	0:56	Floriano Spiess (BRA)	1
0	Hayri Sezgin (TUR)	4-0 TF	1:42	Jackson Bidei (NGR)	1
1	Fred Solovi (SAM)	0-4 TF	2:42	Leri Khabelov (URS)	0
0	Clark Davis (CAN)			Bye
Round 2
1	Clark Davis (CAN)	1-3 PP	2-6	Joe Byung-eun (KOR)	1
0	Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	3-0 P1	4:27	Kartar Singh (IND)	1
2	Tamon Honda (JPN)	0-4 TF	1:53	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	0
1	Floriano Spiess (BRA)	3-1 PP	11-7	Fred Solovi (SAM)	2
1	Hayri Sezgin (TUR)	1-3 PP	2-9	Leri Khabelov (URS)	0
1	Jackson Bidei (NGR)			DNA
Round 3
2	Clark Davis (CAN)	1-3 PP	3-8	Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	0
1	Joe Byung-eun (KOR)	4-0 ST	16-1	Kartar Singh (IND)	2
0	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	3-1 PP	5-3	Hayri Sezgin (TUR)	2
2	Floriano Spiess (BRA)	0-4 TF	3:45	Leri Khabelov (URS)	0
Round 4
2	Joe Byung-eun (KOR)	0-4 TF	1:16	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	0
1	Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	0-4 TF	1:50	Leri Khabelov (URS)	0
Round 5
2	Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	0-4 TF	1:48	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	0
0	Leri Khabelov (URS)			Bye
Round 6
0	Leri Khabelov (URS)	3-1 PP	3-1	Uwe Neupert (GDR)	1

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Leri Khabelov (URS)	0	-	18
Uwe Neupert (GDR)	1	-	20
Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	2	6	9
Joe Byung-eun (KOR)	2	4	8
Hayri Sezgin (TUR)	2	3	6
Floriano Spiess (BRA)	2	3	3
Kartar Singh (IND)	2	3	3
Clark Davis (CAN)	2	3	2
Fred Solovi (SAM)	2	2	1
Tamon Honda (JPN)	2	2	1
Jackson Bidei (NGR)	1	1	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Georgi Karadushev (BUL)	3-0 PO	2-0	Wilfried Colling (FRG)	1
0	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	4-0 TF	1:08	Maisiba Obwoge (KEN)	1
0	Babacar Sar (MTN)	4-0 TF	2:16	Alesana Sione (ASA)	1
1	István Robotka (HUN)	0-3 PO	0-8	Noel Loban (GBR)	0
1	Wojciech Wala (POL)	0-4 TF	5:26	William Scherr (USA)	0
0	Július Strnisko (TCH)			Bye
Round 2
1	Július Strnisko (TCH)	1-3 PP	1-7	Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)	0
2	Wilfried Colling (FRG)	0-3 PO	0-4	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	0
2	Maisiba Obwoge (KEN)	0-4 TF	2:59	Babacar Sar (MTN)	0
2	Alesana Sione (ASA)	0-4 DQ		István Robotka (HUN)	1
0	Noel Loban (GBR)	3-1 PP	11-2	Wojciech Wala (POL)	2
0	William Scherr (USA)			Bye
Round 3
0	William Scherr (USA)	3-1 PP	11-3	Július Strnisko (TCH)	2
1	Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)	1-3 PP	3-7	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	0
1	Babacar Sar (MTN)	0-4 TF	0:22	István Robotka (HUN)	1
0	Noel Loban (GBR)			Bye
Round 4
1	Noel Loban (GBR)	1-3 PP	2-5	William Scherr (USA)	0
1	Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)	4-0 TF	0:47	Babacar Sar (MTN)	2
0	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	3-1 PP	5-4	István Robotka (HUN)	2
Round 5
2	Noel Loban (GBR)	1-3 PP	3-5	Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)	1
1	William Scherr (USA)	1-3 PP	1-4	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	0
Round 6
1	William Scherr (USA)	3-1 PP	6-1	Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)	2
0	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)	0	-	16
William Scherr (USA)	1	-	14
Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)	2	6	15
Noel Loban (GBR)	2	5	8
István Robotka (HUN)	2	4	9
Babacar Sar (MTN)	2	4	8
Július Strnisko (TCH)	2	3	2
Wojciech Wala (POL)	2	2	1
Alesana Sione (ASA)	2	2	0
Maisiba Obwoge (KEN)	2	2	0
Wilfried Colling (FRG)	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Joe Byung-eun (KOR)	0-4 PA		Noel Loban (GBR)
5th place match
Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)	0-4 TF	1:32	Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)
Bronze medal match
Uwe Neupert (GDR)	0-4 TF	3:31	William Scherr (USA)
Gold medal match
Leri Khabelov (URS)	0-3 PO	0-1	Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)

Final standings

1.  Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)
2.  Leri Khabelov (URS)
3.  William Scherr (USA)
4.  Uwe Neupert (GDR)
5.  Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)
6.  Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)
7.  Noel Loban (GBR)
8.  Joe Byung-eun (KOR)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report