| | Event type
Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤57 kilograms), Men
| Date | 20 – 22 September 1988 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Sang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam | |
| Participants | 21 from 21 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. | |
Nobody had distinguished themselves in this class since 1984 so there was no favorite. Bulgaria’s Stoyan Balov had won the 1985 World Championships and went through Group A undefeated to qualify for the final match. In Group B Hungary’s András Sike was little known but also made it through. Balov and Sike met for the title, with Sike winning easily, 9-0, when Balov had to stop the match because of an injury, giving Sike the gold. The bronze medal went to Greek Babis Kholidis, who had also won a bronze medal in this class in Los Angeles.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | RE | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | András Sike |  HUN | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Stoyan Balov |  BUL | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Babis Cholidis |  GRE | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Yang Changling |  CHN | – | – | |||
| 5 | Heo Byeong-Ho |  KOR | – | – | |||
| 6 | Ghazi Salah |  IRQ | – | – | |||
| 7 | Aleksandr Shestakov |  URS | – | – | |||
| 8 | Rifat Yildiz |  FRG | – | – | |||
| Keijo Pehkonen |  FIN | Eliminated r4/6 Group A | 8,0 | ||||
| Anthony Amado |  USA | Eliminated r4/6 Group A | 7,0 | ||||
| Ronny Sigde |  NOR | Eliminated r3/6 Group A | 5,0 | ||||
| Kacem Bouallouche |  MAR | Eliminated r3/6 Group A | 4,0 | ||||
| Benni Ljungbeck |  SWE | Eliminated r3/6 Group A | 3,0 | ||||
| Zoran Galović |  YUG | Eliminated r2/6 Group A | 1,0 | ||||
| Ahad Pazach |  IRI | Eliminated r2/6 Group A | 0,0 | ||||
| Shunji Nakadome |  JPN | Eliminated r3/5 Group B | 4,5 | ||||
| Patrice Mourier |  FRA | Eliminated r2/5 Group B | 7,0 | ||||
| Mehdi Chaambi |  TUN | Eliminated r2/5 Group B | 3,5 | ||||
| Ryszard Wolny |  POL | Eliminated r2/5 Group B | 1,5 | ||||
| Adrián Ponce |  MEX | Eliminated r2/5 Group B | 1,0 | ||||
| Ramón Mena |  PAN | Eliminated r2/5 Group B | 1,0 |
Group A - Round One (20 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Kacem Bouallouche | MAR | 4,0 | |||
| =1 | Ronny Sigde | NOR | 4,0 | |||
| 3 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | 3,5 | |||
| =4 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | 3,0 | |||
| =4 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | 3,0 | |||
| =4 | Benni Ljungbeck | SWE | 3,0 | |||
| =7 | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN | 0,0 | |||
| =7 | Ahad Pazach | IRI | 0,0 | |||
| =7 | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS | 0,0 | |||
| =7 | Anthony Amado | USA | 0,0 | |||
| =7 | Zoran Galović | YUG | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | passivity (6:42) | Anthony Amado | USA |
| Match #2 | Ronny Sigde | NOR | fall (1:36) | Ahad Pazach | IRI |
| Match #3 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | passivity (5:07) | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS |
| Match #4 | Benni Ljungbeck | SWE | decision (5-0) | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN |
| Match #5 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | decision (16-0) (2:29) | Zoran Galović | YUG |
| Match #6 | Kacem Bouallouche | MAR | bye |
Group A - Round Two (20 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | 7,5 | |||
| 2 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | 6,5 | |||
| 3 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | 6,0 | |||
| =4 | Kacem Bouallouche | MAR | 4,0 | |||
| =4 | Ronny Sigde | NOR | 4,0 | |||
| =4 | Anthony Amado | USA | 4,0 | |||
| 7 | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS | 3,5 | |||
| =8 | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN | 3,0 | |||
| =8 | Benni Ljungbeck | SWE | 3,0 | |||
| 10 | Zoran Galović | YUG | 1,0 | eliminated | ||
| 11 | Ahad Pazach | IRI | 0,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | Anthony Amado | USA | fall (1:05) | Kacem Bouallouche | MAR |
| Match #2 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | decision (19-0) (4:33) | Ronny Sigde | NOR |
| Match #3 | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS | decision (15-0) (1:55) | Ahad Pazach | IRI |
| Match #4 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | passivity (5:22) | Benni Ljungbeck | SWE |
| Match #5 | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN | decision (6-1) | Zoran Galović | YUG |
| Match #6 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | bye |
Group A - Round Three (21 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | 11,0 | |||
| 2 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | 9,0 | |||
| 3 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | 7,5 | |||
| =4 | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN | 7,0 | |||
| =4 | Anthony Amado | USA | 7,0 | |||
| 6 | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS | 6,5 | |||
| 7 | Ronny Sigde | NOR | 5,0 | eliminated | ||
| 8 | Kacem Bouallouche | MAR | 4,0 | eliminated | ||
| 9 | Benni Ljungbeck | SWE | 3,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | decision (16-0) (3:42) | Kacem Bouallouche | MAR |
| Match #2 | Anthony Amado | USA | decision (10-7) | Ronny Sigde | NOR |
| Match #3 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | decision (7-4) | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR |
| Match #4 | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS | passivity (3:43) | Benni Ljungbeck | SWE |
| Match #5 | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN | bye |
Group A - Round Four (21 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | 14,0 | |||
| 2 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | 13,0 | |||
| 3 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | 10,5 | |||
| 4 | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN | 8,0 | eliminated | ||
| 5 | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS | 7,5 | |||
| 6 | Anthony Amado | USA | 7,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | decision (3-2) | Keijo Pehkonen | FIN |
| Match #2 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | fall (2:49) | Anthony Amado | USA |
| Match #3 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | decision (10-9) | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS |
Group A - Round Five (21 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | 17,0 | |||
| =1 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | 17,0 | |||
| 3 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | 11,5 |
| Match #1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | decision (5-2) | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR |
| Match #2 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | bye |
Group A - Round Six (22 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | 20,0 | |||
| 2 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | 17,0 |
| Match #1 | Stoyan Balov | BUL | decision (8-0) | Babis Cholidis | GRE |
Group B - Round One (20 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rifat Yildiz | FRG | 3,5 | |||
| =2 | Yang Changling | CHN | 3,0 | |||
| =2 | Patrice Mourier | FRA | 3,0 | |||
| =2 | András Sike | HUN | 3,0 | |||
| =2 | Ghazi Salah | IRQ | 3,0 | |||
| =6 | Adrián Ponce | MEX | 1,0 | |||
| =6 | Ramón Mena | PAN | 1,0 | |||
| =6 | Ryszard Wolny | POL | 1,0 | |||
| =9 | Shunji Nakadome | JPN | 0,0 | |||
| =9 | Mehdi Chaambi | TUN | 0,0 |
| Match #1 | András Sike | HUN | decision (6-0) | Shunji Nakadome | JPN |
| Match #2 | Yang Changling | CHN | decision (3-2) | Ryszard Wolny | POL |
| Match #3 | Patrice Mourier | FRA | decision (13-2) | Ramón Mena | PAN |
| Match #4 | Rifat Yildiz | FRG | decision (12-0) | Mehdi Chaambi | TUN |
| Match #5 | Ghazi Salah | IRQ | decision (15-8) | Adrián Ponce | MEX |
Group B - Round Two (20 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Patrice Mourier | FRA | 7,0 | eliminated | ||
| =1 | Rifat Yildiz | FRG | 7,0 | |||
| =1 | András Sike | HUN | 7,0 | |||
| =4 | Shunji Nakadome | JPN | 3,5 | |||
| =4 | Mehdi Chaambi | TUN | 3,5 | eliminated | ||
| =6 | Yang Changling | CHN | 3,0 | |||
| =6 | Ghazi Salah | IRQ | 3,0 | |||
| 8 | Ryszard Wolny | POL | 1,5 | eliminated | ||
| =9 | Adrián Ponce | MEX | 1,0 | eliminated | ||
| =9 | Ramón Mena | PAN | 1,0 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | András Sike | HUN | fall (5:41) | Yang Changling | CHN |
| Match #2 | Shunji Nakadome | JPN | decision (14-1) | Ryszard Wolny | POL |
| Match #3 | Rifat Yildiz | FRG | decision (16-0) (2:22) | Ramón Mena | PAN |
| Match #4 | Patrice Mourier | FRA | injury default (1:13) | Ghazi Salah | IRQ |
| Match #5 | Mehdi Chaambi | TUN | decision (15-0) (5:16) | Adrián Ponce | MEX |
Group B - Round Three (21 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | András Sike | HUN | 10,0 | |||
| =2 | Rifat Yildiz | FRG | 7,0 | |||
| =2 | Ghazi Salah | IRQ | 7,0 | |||
| 4 | Yang Changling | CHN | 6,0 | |||
| 5 | Shunji Nakadome | JPN | 4,5 | eliminated |
| Match #1 | András Sike | HUN | passivity (5:30) | Rifat Yildiz | FRG |
| Match #2 | Yang Changling | CHN | decision (11-8) | Shunji Nakadome | JPN |
| Match #3 | Ghazi Salah | IRQ | bye |
Group B - Round Four (21 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | András Sike | HUN | 13,5 | |||
| 2 | Yang Changling | CHN | 9,0 | |||
| 3 | Rifat Yildiz | FRG | 8,0 | |||
| 4 | Ghazi Salah | IRQ | 7,0 |
| Match #1 | András Sike | HUN | decision (16-0) (1:41) | Ghazi Salah | IRQ |
| Match #2 | Yang Changling | CHN | decision (8-5) | Rifat Yildiz | FRG |
Group B - Round Five (21 September 1988)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yang Changling | CHN | 12,0 | |||
| 2 | Ghazi Salah | IRQ | 8,0 |
| Match #1 | Yang Changling | CHN | decision (10-2) | Ghazi Salah | IRQ |
Final Round (22 September 1988)
| Match 1/2 | András Sike | HUN | default (3:38) | Stoyan Balov | BUL |
| Match 3/4 | Babis Cholidis | GRE | decision (6-1) | Yang Changling | CHN |
| Match 5/6 | Heo Byeong-Ho | KOR | fall (1:44) | Ghazi Salah | IRQ |
| Match 7/8 | Aleksandr Shestakov | URS | walkover |