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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date	29 September – 1 October 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Sang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam
Participants	25 from 25 countries
Format	Two groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top four in each group advance to placement matches for 1st-8th place.

Soviet Sergey Beloglazov had won the gold medal in this class at Moskva in 1980. By the time of the Seoul Olympics he was a six-time World Champion and came to Korea as the overwhelming favorite. This was a large class and Beloglazov needed to win six matches in Group A to advance to the final, which he did with four falls and two easy decisions. He met Iran’s Askari Mohammedian, who was just as dominant in Group B, until his final match against Bulgarian Valentin Ivanov, narrowly defeating Ivanov, 5-4. The final was somewhat close, though Beloglazov was never in trouble, winning a 5-1 decision to earn his second Olympic gold medal. Bronze went to Korean No Gyeong-Seon, who had defeated Ivanov in the final match of Group B, and then defeated Turkey’s Ahmet Ak, bronze medalist at the 1987 Worlds and silver medalist at the 1988 Europeans, to take third place. Mohammedian won another Olympic silver medal in 1992, that time as a featherweight.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	–	–	Gold
2	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	–	–	Silver
3	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	–	–	Bronze
4	Ahmet Ak	TUR	–	–
5	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	–	–
6	Béla Nagy	HUN	–	–
7	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	–	–
8	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	–	–
AC	Larry Holmes	CAN	Eliminated r4/7 Group A	7,0
AC	Jürgen Scheibe	FRG	Eliminated r3/7 Group A	5,0
AC	Josef-Georg Auer	AUT	Eliminated r3/7 Group A	4,0
AC	Barry Davis	USA	Eliminated r3/7 Group A	4,0
AC	Vinod Kumar	IND	Eliminated r3/7 Group A	3,0
AC	Muhammad Azeem	PAK	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	4,0
AC	Jozef Schwendtner	TCH	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	2,0
AC	David Ogden	GBR	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	1,0
AC	Dariusz Grzywiński	POL	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	1,0
AC	Brent Hollamby	NZL	Eliminated r4/6 Group B	8,0
AC	Zoran Šorov	YUG	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	5,0
AC	Jorge Olvera	MEX	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	4,0
AC	Mourad Zelfani	TUN	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	3,5
AC	Chen Yongliang	CHN	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	3,0
AC	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	1,0
AC	Ramón Mena	PAN	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	1,0
AC	Waruingi Kimani	KEN	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Béla Nagy	HUN	4,0
=1	Ahmet Ak	TUR	4,0
3	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	3,5
=4	Larry Holmes	CAN	3,0
=4	Muhammad Azeem	PAK	3,0
=4	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	3,0
=4	Barry Davis	USA	3,0
=8	Jürgen Scheibe	FRG	1,0
=8	Dariusz Grzywiński	POL	1,0
=8	Jozef Schwendtner	TCH	1,0
=11	Josef-Georg Auer	AUT	0,0
=11	David Ogden	GBR	0,0
=11	Vinod Kumar	IND	0,0

Match #1	Barry Davis	USA	decision (11-2)	Jozef Schwendtner	TCH
Match #2	Béla Nagy	HUN	fall (0:39)	Vinod Kumar	IND
Match #3	Larry Holmes	CAN	decision (4-3)	Dariusz Grzywiński	POL
Match #4	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	decision (4-1)	Jürgen Scheibe	FRG
Match #5	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	decision (17-0) (3:19)	David Ogden	GBR
Match #6	Muhammad Azeem	PAK	passivity (4:35)	Josef-Georg Auer	AUT
Match #7	Ahmet Ak	TUR	bye

Group A - Round Two (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Béla Nagy	HUN	7,0
=1	Ahmet Ak	TUR	7,0
=1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	7,0
4	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	6,5
=5	Josef-Georg Auer	AUT	4,0
=5	Larry Holmes	CAN	4,0
=5	Jürgen Scheibe	FRG	4,0
=5	Muhammad Azeem	PAK	4,0	eliminated
=5	Barry Davis	USA	4,0
10	Vinod Kumar	IND	3,0
11	Jozef Schwendtner	TCH	2,0	eliminated
=12	David Ogden	GBR	1,0	eliminated
=12	Dariusz Grzywiński	POL	1,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmet Ak	TUR	decision (11-5)	Barry Davis	USA
Match #2	Béla Nagy	HUN	decision (6-3)	Jozef Schwendtner	TCH
Match #3	Vinod Kumar	IND	decision (6-3)	Larry Holmes	CAN
Match #4	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	fall (1:31)	Dariusz Grzywiński	POL
Match #5	Jürgen Scheibe	FRG	decision (14-3)	David Ogden	GBR
Match #6	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	decision (9-6)	Muhammad Azeem	PAK
Match #7	Josef-Georg Auer	AUT	bye

Group A - Round Three (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Béla Nagy	HUN	11,0
=1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	11,0
=3	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	10,5
=3	Ahmet Ak	TUR	10,5
5	Larry Holmes	CAN	7,0
6	Jürgen Scheibe	FRG	5,0	eliminated
=7	Josef-Georg Auer	AUT	4,0	eliminated
=7	Barry Davis	USA	4,0	eliminated
9	Vinod Kumar	IND	3,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmet Ak	TUR	decision (15-0) (4:05)	Josef-Georg Auer	AUT
Match #2	Béla Nagy	HUN	fall (2:00)	Barry Davis	USA
Match #3	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	fall (1:44)	Vinod Kumar	IND
Match #4	Larry Holmes	CAN	decision (8-6)	Jürgen Scheibe	FRG
Match #5	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	bye

Group A - Round Four (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Béla Nagy	HUN	15,0
=1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	15,0
3	Ahmet Ak	TUR	13,5
4	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	11,5
5	Larry Holmes	CAN	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmet Ak	TUR	decision (5-4)	Ryo Kanehama	JPN
Match #2	Béla Nagy	HUN	fall (2:40)	Larry Holmes	CAN
Match #3	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	bye

Group A - Round Five (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	19,0
2	Ahmet Ak	TUR	16,5
3	Béla Nagy	HUN	16,0
4	Ryo Kanehama	JPN	11,5

Match #1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	fall (2:04)	Ryo Kanehama	JPN
Match #2	Ahmet Ak	TUR	decision (11-4)	Béla Nagy	HUN

Group A - Round Six (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	22,0
2	Béla Nagy	HUN	20,0
3	Ahmet Ak	TUR	17,5

Match #1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	decision (12-3)	Ahmet Ak	TUR
Match #2	Béla Nagy	HUN	bye

Group A - Round Seven (1 October 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	26,0
2	Béla Nagy	HUN	20,0

Match #1	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	fall (1:06)	Béla Nagy	HUN

Group B - Round One (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	4,0
=1	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	4,0
=1	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	4,0
4	Mourad Zelfani	TUN	3,5
=5	Brent Hollamby	NZL	3,0
=5	Zoran Šorov	YUG	3,0
=7	Jorge Olvera	MEX	1,0
=7	Ramón Mena	PAN	1,0
=9	Chen Yongliang	CHN	0,0
=9	Waruingi Kimani	KEN	0,0
=9	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	0,0
=9	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	0,0

Match #1	Zoran Šorov	YUG	decision (11-1)	Jorge Olvera	MEX
Match #2	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	decision (16-1) (3:20)	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT
Match #3	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	fall (2:47)	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL
Match #4	Mourad Zelfani	TUN	decision (18-0) (3:36)	Waruingi Kimani	KEN
Match #5	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	decision (17-1) (5:11)	Chen Yongliang	CHN
Match #6	Brent Hollamby	NZL	decision (12-4)	Ramón Mena	PAN

Group B - Round Two (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	8,0
2	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	7,5
3	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	7,0
=4	Jorge Olvera	MEX	4,0
=4	Brent Hollamby	NZL	4,0
=4	Zoran Šorov	YUG	4,0
=7	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	3,5
=7	Mourad Zelfani	TUN	3,5
9	Chen Yongliang	CHN	3,0
=10	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT	1,0	eliminated
=10	Ramón Mena	PAN	1,0	eliminated
12	Waruingi Kimani	KEN	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Jorge Olvera	MEX	decision (10-5)	Jesmond Giordemaina	MLT
Match #2	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	decision (9-5)	Zoran Šorov	YUG
Match #3	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	decision (15-0) (5:40)	Mourad Zelfani	TUN
Match #4	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	decision (15-0) (3:08)	Waruingi Kimani	KEN
Match #5	Chen Yongliang	CHN	decision (14-4)	Brent Hollamby	NZL
Match #6	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	fall (2:09)	Ramón Mena	PAN

Group B - Round Three (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	12,0
2	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	11,5
3	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	11,0
4	Brent Hollamby	NZL	8,0
5	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	6,5
6	Zoran Šorov	YUG	5,0	eliminated
7	Jorge Olvera	MEX	4,0	eliminated
8	Mourad Zelfani	TUN	3,5	eliminated
9	Chen Yongliang	CHN	3,0	eliminated

Match #1	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	decision (19-3) (5:11)	Jorge Olvera	MEX
Match #2	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	decision (9-1)	Zoran Šorov	YUG
Match #3	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	fall (1:57)	Chen Yongliang	CHN
Match #4	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	fall (1:04)	Mourad Zelfani	TUN
Match #5	Brent Hollamby	NZL	bye

Group B - Round Four (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	16,0
2	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	15,5
3	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	11,0
4	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	10,5
5	Brent Hollamby	NZL	8,0	eliminated

Match #1	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	decision (19-4) (4:28)	Brent Hollamby	NZL
Match #2	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	decision (16-1) (4:27)	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR
Match #3	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	bye

Group B - Round Five (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	18,5
2	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	17,0
3	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	14,0
4	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	11,5

Match #1	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	decision (5-4) (6:19)	Valentin Ivanov	BUL
Match #2	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	decision (6-4)	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL

Group B - Round Six (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	22,5
2	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	18,0
3	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	17,0

Match #1	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	decision (7-5)	Valentin Ivanov	BUL
Match #2	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI	bye

Final Round (1 October 1988)

Match 1/2	Sergey Beloglazov	URS	decision (5-1)	Asgari Mohammadian	IRI
Match 3/4	No Gyeong-Seon	KOR	decision (9-8) (9:00)	Ahmet Ak	TUR
Match 5/6	Valentin Ivanov	BUL	decision (5-3)	Béla Nagy	HUN
Match 7/8	Khaltmaagiin Battuul	MGL	decision (4-3)	Ryo Kanehama	JPN