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Welterweight, Freestyle (≤74 kg), Men

Date	28 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Sang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam
Participants	30 from 30 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.

The favorite was Soviet Adlan Varayev who was the 1987 World Champion and had won the last three European titles. The best American in this class had recently been Dave Schultz, the 1983 World and 1984 Olympic Champion, who had won medals at the Worlds from 1985-87, but he had been surpassed in the US by Kenny Monday, who won the US Trials. Monday and Varayev both went undefeated in their groups and met for the gold medal in the final. Varayev was ahead 2-1 with 17 seconds left when Monday made a crotch lift reversal to tie the match, which went into overtime. Early in the extra period Monday grabbed Varayev in a body lock and took him down for 3 points which turned out to be the margin of victory. Monday would compete at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 1992 and placing sixth in 1996. Varayev retired from competition after Seoul and became a coach.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	CP
1	4	Kenny Monday	USA	–	–	Gold
2	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	–	–	Silver
3	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	–	–
5	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	–	–
6	11	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	–	–
7	10	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	–	–
8	21	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	–	–
AC	29	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	eliminated r5/7 Group A	13.0
AC	3	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	eliminated r5/7 Group A	11.0
AC	13	Muhammad Anwar	PAK	eliminated r3/7 Group A	5.0
AC	7	Haitham Jibara	IRQ	eliminated r3/7 Group A	4.5
AC	19	Jean Manga	CMR	eliminated r3/7 Group A	4.0
AC	19	Naresh Kumar	IND	eliminated r3/7 Group A	4.0
AC	17	Mamadou Diaw Diallo	GUI	eliminated r3/7 Group A	3.0
AC	1	Lars Gustafsson	SWE	eliminated r2/7 Group A	2.0
AC	23	Monday Eguabor	NGR	eliminated r2/7 Group A	1.0
AC	5	David Harmon	IRL	eliminated r2/7 Group A	0.0
AC	15	Djiby Diouf	SEN	eliminated r2/7 Group A	0.0
AC	30	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	eliminated r5/7 Group B	12.5
AC	14	Gary Holmes	CAN	eliminated r5/7 Group B	11.0
AC	28	Adama Damballey	GAM	eliminated r4/7 Group B	8.0
AC	20	Bruno Beudet	FRA	eliminated r3/7 Group B	5.5
AC	8	János Nagy	HUN	eliminated r3/7 Group B	5.5
AC	6	Alfonso Jessel	MEX	eliminated r2/7 Group B	0.5
AC	12	Eusebio Serna	ESP	eliminated r2/7 Group B	0.0
AC	2	Fitz Walker	GBR	eliminated r2/7 Group B	0.0
AC	16	Salem Ould Habib	MTN	eliminated r2/7 Group B	0.0
AC	26	Uati Iutana	SAM	eliminated r2/7 Group B	0.0
AC	22	Abdullah Al-Ghrbi	YAR	eliminated r2/7 Group B	0.0

Group A - Round One

Date	28 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	4.0
=1	29	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	4.0
=1	13	Muhammad Anwar	PAK	4.0
4	7	Haitham Jibara	IRQ	3.5
=5	21	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	3.0
=5	19	Naresh Kumar	IND	3.0
=5	3	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	3.0
=5	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	3.0
=9	11	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	1.0
=9	23	Monday Eguabor	NGR	1.0
=9	1	Lars Gustafsson	SWE	1.0
=12	19	Jean Manga	CMR	0.0
=12	17	Mamadou Diaw Diallo	GUI	0.0
=12	5	David Harmon	IRL	0.0
=12	15	Djiby Diouf	SEN	0.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	Decision (2-1)	Lars Gustafsson	SWE
Match #2	28 Sep	Haitham Jibara	IRQ	Decision (16-0) (4:20)	David Harmon	IRL
Match #3	28 Sep	Adlan Varayev	URS	Decision (5-3)	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI
Match #4	28 Sep	Muhammad Anwar	PAK	Fall (4:24)	Djiby Diouf	SEN
Match #5	28 Sep	Naresh Kumar	IND	Passivity (5:07)	Mamadou Diaw Diallo	GUI
Match #6	28 Sep	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	Decision (4-1)	Monday Eguabor	NGR
Match #7	28 Sep	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	Fall (1:24)	Jean Manga	CMR
Match #8	28 Sep	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN

Group A - Round Two

Date	28 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	7.5	–
2	29	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	7.0	–
3	3	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	6.5	–
=4	21	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	6.0	–
=4	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	6.0	–
6	13	Muhammad Anwar	PAK	5.0	–
=7	19	Jean Manga	CMR	4.0	–
=7	19	Naresh Kumar	IND	4.0	–
=7	11	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	4.0	–
10	7	Haitham Jibara	IRQ	3.5	–
11	17	Mamadou Diaw Diallo	GUI	3.0	–
12	1	Lars Gustafsson	SWE	2.0	eliminated
13	23	Monday Eguabor	NGR	1.0	eliminated
=14	5	David Harmon	IRL	0.0	eliminated
=14	15	Djiby Diouf	SEN	0.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	Decision (7-1)	Lars Gustafsson	SWE
Match #2	28 Sep	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	Decision (15-0) (4:18)	David Harmon	IRL
Match #3	28 Sep	Adlan Varayev	URS	Decision (9-0)	Haitham Jibara	IRQ
Match #4	28 Sep	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	Decision (20-9)	Muhammad Anwar	PAK
Match #5	28 Sep	Mamadou Diaw Diallo	GUI	Passivity (7:25)	Djiby Diouf	SEN
Match #6	28 Sep	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	Decision (11-2)	Naresh Kumar	IND
Match #7	28 Sep	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	Decision (15-0) (4:41)	Monday Eguabor	NGR
Match #8	28 Sep	Jean Manga	CMR

Group A - Round Three

Date	28 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	11.5	–
2	29	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	11.0	–
=3	21	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	10.0	–
=3	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	10.0	–
5	3	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	9.5	–
6	11	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	8.0	–
7	13	Muhammad Anwar	PAK	5.0	eliminated
8	7	Haitham Jibara	IRQ	4.5	eliminated
=9	19	Jean Manga	CMR	4.0	eliminated
=9	19	Naresh Kumar	IND	4.0	eliminated
11	17	Mamadou Diaw Diallo	GUI	3.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	Fall (1:56)	Jean Manga	CMR
Match #2	28 Sep	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	Decision (7-4)	Haitham Jibara	IRQ
Match #3	28 Sep	Adlan Varayev	URS	Fall (0:21)	Muhammad Anwar	PAK
Match #4	28 Sep	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	Fall (5:51)	Naresh Kumar	IND
Match #5	28 Sep	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	Fall (1:30)	Mamadou Diaw Diallo	GUI
Match #6	28 Sep	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL

Group A - Round Four

Date	29 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	14.5
2	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	13.0
3	29	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	12.0
=4	21	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	11.0
=4	11	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	11.0
6	3	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	10.5

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	Decision (7-3)	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN
Match #2	29 Sep	Adlan Varayev	URS	Decision (10-1)	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU
Match #3	29 Sep	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	Decision (6-3)	Uwe Westendorf	GDR

Group A - Round Five

Date	29 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	18.0	–
2	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	16.0	–
3	11	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	14.0	–
4	29	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN	13.0	eliminated
5	21	Uwe Westendorf	GDR	12.0	–
6	3	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU	11.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	Decision (14-2)	Claudiu Tămăduianu	ROU
Match #2	29 Sep	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	Decision (12-9) (6:14)	Yoshihiko Hara	JPN
Match #3	29 Sep	Adlan Varayev	URS	Decision (4-2)	Uwe Westendorf	GDR

Group A - Round Six

Date	29 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	19.0
=1	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	19.0
3	11	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI	18.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Adlan Varayev	URS	Decision (5-2)	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL
Match #2	29 Sep	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI

Group A - Round Seven

Date	30 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	25	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	23.0
=1	9	Adlan Varayev	URS	23.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL
Match #2	30 Sep	Adlan Varayev	URS

Group B - Round One

Date	28 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	4.0
=1	28	Adama Damballey	GAM	4.0
=1	30	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	4.0
=4	14	Gary Holmes	CAN	3.5
=4	8	János Nagy	HUN	3.5
=4	10	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	3.5
=4	4	Kenny Monday	USA	3.5
8	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	3.0
9	20	Bruno Beudet	FRA	1.0
10	6	Alfonso Jessel	MEX	0.5
=11	12	Eusebio Serna	ESP	0.0
=11	2	Fitz Walker	GBR	0.0
=11	16	Salem Ould Habib	MTN	0.0
=11	26	Uati Iutana	SAM	0.0
=11	22	Abdullah Al-Ghrbi	YAR	0.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Decision (12-0)	Fitz Walker	GBR
Match #2	28 Sep	János Nagy	HUN	Decision (14-1)	Alfonso Jessel	MEX
Match #3	28 Sep	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	Decision (15-0) (2:40)	Eusebio Serna	ESP
Match #4	28 Sep	Gary Holmes	CAN	Decision (15-0) (2:56)	Salem Ould Habib	MTN
Match #5	28 Sep	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	Decision (12-4)	Bruno Beudet	FRA
Match #6	28 Sep	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	Fall (0:42)	Abdullah Al-Ghrbi	YAR
Match #7	28 Sep	Adama Damballey	GAM	Fall (0:55)	Uati Iutana	SAM
Match #8	28 Sep	Šaban Sejdi	YUG

Group B - Round Two

Date	28 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
=1	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	8.0	–
=1	28	Adama Damballey	GAM	8.0	–
=3	4	Kenny Monday	USA	7.5	–
=3	30	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	7.5	–
=5	14	Gary Holmes	CAN	7.0	–
=5	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	7.0	–
7	10	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	6.5	–
=8	20	Bruno Beudet	FRA	4.5	–
=8	8	János Nagy	HUN	4.5	–
10	6	Alfonso Jessel	MEX	0.5	eliminated
=11	12	Eusebio Serna	ESP	0.0	eliminated
=11	2	Fitz Walker	GBR	0.0	eliminated
=11	16	Salem Ould Habib	MTN	0.0	eliminated
=11	26	Uati Iutana	SAM	0.0	eliminated
=11	22	Abdullah Al-Ghrbi	YAR	0.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	Decision (10-0)	Fitz Walker	GBR
Match #2	28 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Fall (2:00)	Alfonso Jessel	MEX
Match #3	28 Sep	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	Decision (9-3)	János Nagy	HUN
Match #4	28 Sep	Gary Holmes	CAN	Decision (16-0) (3:39)	Eusebio Serna	ESP
Match #5	28 Sep	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	Fall (0:27)	Salem Ould Habib	MTN
Match #6	28 Sep	Bruno Beudet	FRA	Decision (16-0) (2:00)	Abdullah Al-Ghrbi	YAR
Match #7	28 Sep	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	Fall (0:40)	Uati Iutana	SAM
Match #8	28 Sep	Adama Damballey	GAM

Group B - Round Three

Date	28 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	12.0	–
2	30	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	11.5	–
3	4	Kenny Monday	USA	10.5	–
=4	14	Gary Holmes	CAN	10.0	–
=4	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	10.0	–
6	28	Adama Damballey	GAM	8.0	–
7	10	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	7.5	–
=8	20	Bruno Beudet	FRA	5.5	eliminated
=8	8	János Nagy	HUN	5.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	Fall (0:54)	Adama Damballey	GAM
Match #2	28 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Decision (3-2)	János Nagy	HUN
Match #3	28 Sep	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	Decision (8-1)	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR
Match #4	28 Sep	Gary Holmes	CAN	Decision (6-4)	Bruno Beudet	FRA
Match #5	28 Sep	Pekka Rauhala	FIN

Group B - Round Four

Date	29 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	16.0	–
2	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	14.0	–
3	4	Kenny Monday	USA	13.5	–
4	30	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	11.5	–
5	14	Gary Holmes	CAN	11.0	–
6	10	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	10.5	–
7	28	Adama Damballey	GAM	8.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	Fall (1:20)	Adama Damballey	GAM
Match #2	29 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Decision (4-0)	Šaban Sejdi	YUG
Match #3	29 Sep	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	Decision (7-4)	Gary Holmes	CAN
Match #4	29 Sep	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL

Group B - Round Five

Date	29 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	17.0	–
2	4	Kenny Monday	USA	16.5	–
3	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	16.0	–
4	10	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	13.5	–
5	30	Šaban Sejdi	YUG	12.5	eliminated
6	14	Gary Holmes	CAN	11.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	Passivity (5:39)	Pekka Rauhala	FIN
Match #2	29 Sep	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	Decision (4-2)	Šaban Sejdi	YUG
Match #3	29 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Decision (6-0)	Gary Holmes	CAN

Group B - Round Six

Date	29 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	20.0
2	4	Kenny Monday	USA	19.5
3	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	17.0
4	10	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR	13.5

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Decision (2-0)	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL
Match #2	29 Sep	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	Fall (2:19)	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR

Group B - Round Seven

Date	30 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	4	Kenny Monday	USA	22.5
2	18	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL	21.0
3	24	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	20.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Decision (7-0)	Pekka Rauhala	FIN
Match #2	30 Sep	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL

Final Round

Date	30 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Sep	Kenny Monday	USA	Decision (5-2) (6:42)	Adlan Varayev	URS
Match 3/4	30 Sep	Rahmat Sofiadi	BUL	Decision (8-3)	Lodoin Enkhbayar	MGL
Match 5/6	30 Sep	Pekka Rauhala	FIN	Default (3:00)	Ayatollah Vagozari	IRI
Match 7/8	30 Sep	Yun Gyeong-Jae	KOR