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Middleweight, Freestyle (≤82 kilograms), Men

Date	29 September – 1 October 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Sang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam
Participants	29 from 29 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.

Defending champion Mark Schultz was back and had won the 1985 and 1987 World Championships. He won his first five matches but was then crushed in round six by Soviet Aleksandr Tambovtsev and round seven by Turkey’s Necmi Gençalp. Both Tambovtsec and Gençalp had one loss in group bouts, but Gençalp won Group B. Bulgarian Aleksandar Nanev had won silver medals at the last three Worlds, and was 1986-87 European Champion, but he lost his first two matches and was effectively eliminated. In Group A, Korean Han Myeong-U, 1986 Asian Games gold medalist as a welterweight, came through unbeaten to advance to the gold medal match against Gençalp. Han won the final comfortably, taking a decision 4-0, with Gençalp settling for silver. The bronze medal bout matched Tambovtsev against Czechoslovak Jozef Lohyňa, bronze medalist at the 1986-87 Europeans and 1986 Worlds. Lohyňa was well ahead on points when Tambovtsev was disqualified for passivity.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Han Myeong-U	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	–	–	Bronze
4	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	–	–
5	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	–	–
6	Mark Schultz	USA	–	–
7	Atsushi Ito	JPN	–	–
8	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	–	–
AC	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	Eliminated r5/6 Group A	10,0
AC	Ahmed Afghan	IRI	Eliminated r4/6 Group A	8,5
AC	Chris Rinke	CAN	Eliminated r4/6 Group A	7,0
AC	Daniel Iglesias	ARG	Eliminated r3/6 Group A	5,0
AC	Chi Man-Hsien	TPE	Eliminated r3/6 Group A	4,5
AC	Moustafa Abdulharis	EGY	Eliminated r3/6 Group A	4,0
AC	Francisco Iglesias	ESP	Eliminated r3/6 Group A	4,0
AC	Oumar N'Gom	SEN	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	1,0
AC	Pierre-Didier Jollien	SUI	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	1,0
AC	Matarr Jarju	GAM	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Barthelémy N'To	CMR	Withdrew r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	Eliminated r5/7 Group B	11,0
AC	Victor Kodei	NGR	Eliminated r5/7 Group B	10,0
AC	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	Eliminated r4/7 Group B	7,5
AC	Andrzej Radomski	POL	Eliminated r3/7 Group B	5,0
AC	Reiner Trik	FRG	Eliminated r3/7 Group B	3,5
AC	Martin Doyle	GBR	Eliminated r2/7 Group B	2,0
AC	Aleksandar Nanev	BUL	Eliminated r2/7 Group B	1,0
AC	László Dvorák	HUN	Eliminated r2/7 Group B	0,0
AC	Mohammed Jabouri	IRQ	Eliminated r2/7 Group B	0,0
AC	Ubaldo Rodríguez	PUR	Eliminated r2/7 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Daniel Iglesias	ARG	4,0
=1	Francisco Iglesias	ESP	4,0
=1	Ahmed Afghan	IRI	4,0
=1	Chi Man-Hsien	TPE	4,0
=5	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	3,5
=5	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	3,5
=7	Atsushi Ito	JPN	3,0
=7	Han Myeong-U	KOR	3,0
9	Chris Rinke	CAN	1,0
=10	Barthelémy N'To	CMR	0,0
=10	Moustafa Abdulharis	EGY	0,0
=10	Matarr Jarju	GAM	0,0
=10	Oumar N'Gom	SEN	0,0
=10	Pierre-Didier Jollien	SUI	0,0
=10	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	0,0

Match #1	Ahmed Afghan	IRI	fall (2:28)	Barthelémy N'To	CMR
Match #2	Han Myeong-U	KOR	decision (6-2)	Chris Rinke	CAN
Match #3	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	decision (15-0) (5:40)	Pierre-Didier Jollien	SUI
Match #4	Daniel Iglesias	ARG	fall (3:24)	Matarr Jarju	GAM
Match #5	Atsushi Ito	JPN	decision (4-0)	Moustafa Abdulharis	EGY
Match #6	Chi Man-Hsien	TPE	fall (4:19)	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG
Match #7	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	decision (15-0) (4:22)	Oumar N'Gom	SEN
Match #8	Francisco Iglesias	ESP	bye

Group A - Round Two (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Ahmed Afghan	IRI	7,5
=2	Atsushi Ito	JPN	7,0
=2	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	7,0
4	Han Myeong-U	KOR	6,0
5	Daniel Iglesias	ARG	5,0
=6	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	4,5
=6	Chi Man-Hsien	TPE	4,5
=8	Chris Rinke	CAN	4,0
=8	Francisco Iglesias	ESP	4,0
=10	Moustafa Abdulharis	EGY	3,0
=10	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	3,0
=12	Oumar N'Gom	SEN	1,0	eliminated
=12	Pierre-Didier Jollien	SUI	1,0	eliminated
14	Matarr Jarju	GAM	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ahmed Afghan	IRI	decision (15-0) (5:42)	Francisco Iglesias	ESP
Match #2	Han Myeong-U	KOR	decision (2-1)	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH
Match #3	Chris Rinke	CAN	decision (10-1)	Pierre-Didier Jollien	SUI
Match #4	Atsushi Ito	JPN	fall (1:35)	Matarr Jarju	GAM
Match #5	Moustafa Abdulharis	EGY	decision (10-5)	Daniel Iglesias	ARG
Match #6	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	decision (16-3)	Chi Man-Hsien	TPE
Match #7	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	decision (6-1)	Oumar N'Gom	SEN

Group A - Round Three (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Atsushi Ito	JPN	11,0
=1	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	11,0
3	Han Myeong-U	KOR	9,5
=4	Ahmed Afghan	IRI	8,5
=4	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	8,5
6	Chris Rinke	CAN	7,0
7	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	6,0
8	Daniel Iglesias	ARG	5,0	eliminated
9	Chi Man-Hsien	TPE	4,5	eliminated
=10	Moustafa Abdulharis	EGY	4,0	eliminated
=10	Francisco Iglesias	ESP	4,0	eliminated

Match #1	Han Myeong-U	KOR	decision (13-0)	Francisco Iglesias	ESP
Match #2	Chris Rinke	CAN	decision (7-6) (6:41)	Ahmed Afghan	IRI
Match #3	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	fall (0:35)	Daniel Iglesias	ARG
Match #4	Atsushi Ito	JPN	fall (1:37)	Chi Man-Hsien	TPE
Match #5	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	decision (6-4)	Moustafa Abdulharis	EGY
Match #6	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	bye

Group A - Round Four (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	14,5
2	Han Myeong-U	KOR	12,5
3	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	12,0
4	Atsushi Ito	JPN	11,0
5	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	10,0
6	Ahmed Afghan	IRI	8,5	eliminated
7	Chris Rinke	CAN	7,0	eliminated

Match #1	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	decision (15-0) (2:19)	Ahmed Afghan	IRI
Match #2	Han Myeong-U	KOR	decision (6-0)	Atsushi Ito	JPN
Match #3	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	decision (10-0)	Chris Rinke	CAN
Match #4	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	bye

Group A - Round Five (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Han Myeong-U	KOR	16,0
2	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	15,5
3	Atsushi Ito	JPN	15,0
4	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	14,5
5	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG	10,0	eliminated

Match #1	Han Myeong-U	KOR	decision (10-0)	Čedo Nikolovski	YUG
Match #2	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	decision (11-0)	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL
Match #3	Atsushi Ito	JPN	bye

Group A - Round Six (1 October 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Han Myeong-U	KOR	19,0
=1	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	19,0
=3	Atsushi Ito	JPN	15,5
=3	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	15,5

Match #1	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	decision (14-1)	Atsushi Ito	JPN
Match #2	Han Myeong-U	KOR	decision (5-4)	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL

Group B - Round One (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	4,0
=2	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	3,5
=2	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	3,5
=4	Reiner Trik	FRG	3,0
=4	Victor Kodei	NGR	3,0
=4	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	3,0
=4	Mark Schultz	USA	3,0
=8	Martin Doyle	GBR	1,0
=8	Andrzej Radomski	POL	1,0
=10	Aleksandar Nanev	BUL	0,0
=10	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	0,0
=10	László Dvorák	HUN	0,0
=10	Mohammed Jabouri	IRQ	0,0
=10	Ubaldo Rodríguez	PUR	0,0

Match #1	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	decision (11-0)	Ubaldo Rodríguez	PUR
Match #2	Victor Kodei	NGR	decision (15-9)	Martin Doyle	GBR
Match #3	Mark Schultz	USA	decision (4-0)	Aleksandar Nanev	BUL
Match #4	Reiner Trik	FRG	decision (12-9)	Andrzej Radomski	POL
Match #5	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	fall (1:44)	László Dvorák	HUN
Match #6	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	decision (15-0) (5:58)	Mohammed Jabouri	IRQ
Match #7	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	decision (3-0)	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN

Group B - Round Two (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Victor Kodei	NGR	7,0
=1	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	7,0
=1	Mark Schultz	USA	7,0
=4	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	6,5
=4	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	6,5
=6	Andrzej Radomski	POL	4,0
=6	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	4,0
8	Reiner Trik	FRG	3,5
9	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	3,0
10	Martin Doyle	GBR	2,0	eliminated
11	Aleksandar Nanev	BUL	1,0	eliminated
=12	László Dvorák	HUN	0,0	eliminated
=12	Mohammed Jabouri	IRQ	0,0	eliminated
=12	Ubaldo Rodríguez	PUR	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Victor Kodei	NGR	fall (1:53)	Ubaldo Rodríguez	PUR
Match #2	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	decision (6-1)	Martin Doyle	GBR
Match #3	Andrzej Radomski	POL	decision (4-1)	Aleksandar Nanev	BUL
Match #4	Mark Schultz	USA	decision (16-1)	Reiner Trik	FRG
Match #5	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	decision (4-0)	László Dvorák	HUN
Match #6	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	decision (5-4)	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS
Match #7	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	decision (7-0)	Mohammed Jabouri	IRQ

Group B - Round Three (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Victor Kodei	NGR	10,0
=1	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	10,0
=1	Mark Schultz	USA	10,0
=4	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	7,5
=4	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	7,5
=6	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	7,0
=6	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	7,0
8	Andrzej Radomski	POL	5,0	eliminated
9	Reiner Trik	FRG	3,5	eliminated

Match #1	Victor Kodei	NGR	decision (7-1)	Mohamed Zayar	SYR
Match #2	Mark Schultz	USA	decision (8-1)	Andrzej Radomski	POL
Match #3	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	decision (8-0)	Reiner Trik	FRG
Match #4	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	decision (7-4)	Hans Gstöttner	GDR
Match #5	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	bye

Group B - Round Four (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mark Schultz	USA	14,0
=2	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	11,0
=2	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	11,0
4	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	10,5
=5	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	10,0
=5	Victor Kodei	NGR	10,0
7	Mohamed Zayar	SYR	7,5	eliminated

Match #1	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	passivity (5:08)	Mohamed Zayar	SYR
Match #2	Mark Schultz	USA	fall (1:41)	Victor Kodei	NGR
Match #3	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	decision (8-6)	Necmi Gençalp	TUR
Match #4	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	bye

Group B - Round Five (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mark Schultz	USA	18,0
2	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	15,0
3	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	14,0
4	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN	11,0	eliminated
5	Hans Gstöttner	GDR	10,5
6	Victor Kodei	NGR	10,0	eliminated

Match #1	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	fall (2:40)	Victor Kodei	NGR
Match #2	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	decision (2-1)	Jouni Ilomäki	FIN
Match #3	Mark Schultz	USA	fall (2:02)	Hans Gstöttner	GDR

Group B - Round Six (1 October 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mark Schultz	USA	19,0
=2	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	18,0
=2	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	18,0

Match #1	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	decision (7-3)	Mark Schultz	USA
Match #2	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	bye

Group B - Round Seven (1 October 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	22,0
2	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	21,5
3	Mark Schultz	USA	19,0

Match #1	Necmi Gençalp	TUR	decision (14-0)	Mark Schultz	USA
Match #2	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS	bye

Final Round (1 October 1988)

Match 1/2	Han Myeong-U	KOR	decision (4-0)	Necmi Gençalp	TUR
Match 3/4	Jozef Lohyňa	TCH	passivity (7:54)	Aleksandr Tambovtsev	URS
Match 5/6	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	walkover
Match 7/8	Atsushi Ito	JPN	decision (5-4) (6:29)	Hans Gstöttner	GDR