Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program, were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.^[1]

Men's freestyle 68 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates	29 September–1 October 1988
Competitors	30 from 30 nations
Medalists
Arsen Fadzaev  Soviet Union Park Jang-soon  South Korea Nate Carr  United States
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Tournament results

The wrestlers were divided into two groups. The winner of each group was 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	Mohamed El-Khodary (EGY)	4-0 ST	19-3	Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	1
0	Amar Wattar (SYR)	4-0 ST	17-2	Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	1
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	4-0 TF	1:13	Dean-Carlos Manibog (PHI)	1
0	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	4-0 ST	19-3	Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	1
0	Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	4-0 ST	15-0	Ho Bisgaltu (CHN)	1
1	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1-3 PP	4-12	Arsen Fadzaev (URS)	0
1	Juan Caride (ESP)	0-4 TF	4:05	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	0
0	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)			Bye
Round 2
0	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	4-0 ST	16-0	Essam El-Khodary (EGY)	1
2	Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	.5-3.5 SP	3-16	Amar Wattar (SYR)	0
2	Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	0-4 ST	0-15	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	0
2	Dean Manibog (PHI)	0-4 ST	0-15	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	0
2	Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	0-4 TF	0:17	Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	0
2	Ho Bisgaltu (CHN)	1-3 PP	3-12	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1
0	Arsen Fadzaev (URS)	4-0 TF	3:50	Juan Caride (ESP)	2
0	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)			Bye
Round 3
0	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	3-1 PP	8-7	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	1
2	Essam El-Khodary (EGY)	1-3 PP	3-14	Amar Wattar (SYR)	0
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	4-0 ST	15-0	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	1
1	Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	1-3 PP	2-3	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1
0	Arsen Fadzaev (URS)			Bye
Round 4
0	Arsen Fadzaev (URS)	3-1 PP	10-1	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	1
1	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	4-0 ST	17-1	Amar Wattar (SYR)	1
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	3-1 PP	5-4	Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	2
2	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	0-4 TF	1:31	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1
Round 5
0	Arsen Fadzaev (URS)	3-1 PP	12-4	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	2
1	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	3.5-0 SO	12-0	Amar Wattar (SYR)	2
0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	3-1 PP	5-3	Angel Yassenov (BUL)	2
Round 6
0	Arsen Fadzaev (URS)	3-0 PO	9-0	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1
1	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)			Bye
Round 7
2	Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	0-3 PO	0-5	Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1
0	Arsen Fadzaev (URS)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Arsen Fadzaev (URS)	0	-	16
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1	-	21
Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	2	7	11.5
Angel Yassenov (BUL)	2	5	12
Amar Wattar (SYR)	2	5	10.5
Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	2	5	10
Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE)	2	4	10
Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	2	4	8
Essam El-Khodary (EGY)	2	3	5
Ho Bisgaltu (CHN)	2	2	1
Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	2	2	0.5
Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	2	2	0
Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	2	2	0
Dean Manibog (PHI)	2	2	0
Juan Caride (ESP)	2	2	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Cris Brown (AUS)	3-1 PP	13-3	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	1
1	Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	0-4 ST	0-15	David McKay (CAN)	0
1	Gérard Santoro (FRA)	1-3 PP	4-9	Park Jang-Soon (KOR)	0
1	René Neyer (SUI)	1-3 PP	8-14	Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	0
0	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	3-1 PP	11-1	Satyawan Satyawan (IND)	1
0	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	4-0 ST	15-0	Mohammad Shir (AFG)	1
0	Nate Carr (USA)	4-0 ST	16-1	Attila Podolszki (HUN)	1
0	Fevzi Şeker (TUR)			Bye
Round 2
1	Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	1-3 PP	2-3	Cris Brown (AUS)	0
1	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	4-0 ST	15-0	Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	2
0	David McKay (CAN)	3-1 PP	7-1	Gérard Santoro (FRA)	2
0	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	4-0 ST	15-0	René Neyer (SUI)	2
1	Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	1-3 PP	2-3	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	0
2	Satyawan Satyawan (IND)	1-3 PP	2-7	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	0
2	Mohammad Shir (AFG)	0-4 ST	0-15	Nate Carr (USA)	0
1	Attila Podolszki (HUN)			Bye
Round 3
2	Attila Podolszki (HUN)	0-4 PA		Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	1
0	Cris Brown (AUS)	3-1 PP	7-1	David McKay (CAN)	1
2	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	0-4 ST	0-15	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	0
2	Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	1-3 PP	2-4	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	0
1	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	1-3 PP	3-11	Nate Carr (USA)	0
Round 4
2	Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	1-3 PP	7-9	David McKay (CAN)	1
1	Cris Brown (AUS)	1-3 PP	2-5	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	0
1	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	3-1 PP	5-3	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	1
0	Nate Carr (USA)			Bye
Round 5
0	Nate Carr (USA)	3-0 PO	6-0	Cris Brown (AUS)	2
1	David McKay (CAN)	3-1 PP	11-7	Alexander Leipold (FRG)	2
0	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	3-0 PO	5-0	Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	2
Final Round
Round 6
0	Nate Carr (USA)	3-0 PO	9-0	David McKay (CAN)	1
0	Park Jang-soon (KOR)			Bye
Round 7
0	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	3-1 PP	3-2	Nate Carr (USA)	1
1	David McKay (CAN)			Bye
Round 8
2	David McKay (CAN)	1-3 PP	4-13	Park Jang-soon (KOR)	0
1	Nate Carr (USA)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP	Tiebreaker
Park Jang-soon (KOR)	0	-	17	6
Nate Carr (USA)	0	-	14	4
David McKay (CAN)	1	-	14	1
Alexander Leipold (FRG)	2	5	11
Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL)	2	5	11
Cris Brown (AUS)	2	5	10
Fevzi Şeker (TUR)	2	4	6
Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	2	3	5
Andrzej Kubiak (POL)	2	3	5
Attila Podolszki (HUN)	2	3	0
Gérard Santoro (FRA)	2	2	2
Satyawan Satyawan (IND)	2	2	2
René Neyer (SUI)	2	2	1
Mohammad Shir (AFG)	2	2	0
Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Angel Yassenov (BUL)	1-3 PP	10-14	Alexander Leipold (FRG)
5th place match
Jukka Rauhala (FIN)	1-3 PP	1-4	David McKay (CAN)
Bronze medal match
Kosei Akaishi (JPN)	1-3 PP	1-5	Nate Carr (USA)
Gold medal match
Arsen Fadzaev (URS)	3-0 PO	6-0	Park Jang-soon (KOR)

Final standings

1.  Arsen Fadzaev (URS)
2.  Park Jang-Soon (KOR)
3.  Nate Carr (USA)
4.  Kosei Akaishi (JPN)
5.  David McKay (CAN)
6.  Jukka Rauhala (FIN)
7.  Alexander Leipold (FRG)
8.  Angel Yassenov (BUL)