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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤74 kilograms), Men

Date	19 – 21 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Sang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam
Participants	19 from 19 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.

Jouko Salomäki of Finland was the defending Olympic champion and the 1987 World Champion, but he lost his first match to Sweden’s Roger Tallroth, who Salomäki had defeated in the 1984 Olympic final. Salomäki then lost to France’s Martial Mischler and was eliminated. This left the favorite’s role to Daulet Turlykhanov, the 1987 European Champion, who had usually been beaten out by his teammate, Mikhail Mamiashvili, multiple international champion, for a spot on the Soviet team, but Mamiashvili moved up to middleweight in seoul. Turlykhanov went to the final where he met Korean Kim Yeong-Nam, the 1986 Asian Games champion, but with little further international record. Kim prevailed, however, defeating Turlykhanov on decision, 2-1, to win the gold medal. Turlykhanov would return in 1992 and win a bronze medal in the middleweight division.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	–	–	Silver
3	Józef Tracz	POL	–	–	Bronze
4	János Takács	HUN	–	–
5	Martial Mischler	FRA	–	–
6	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	–	–
7	Roger Tallroth	SWE	–	–
8	Hiromichi Ito	JPN	–	–
AC	Franc Podlesek	YUG	Eliminated r4/6 Group A	7,0
AC	David Butler	USA	Eliminated r4/6 Group A	6,0
AC	Wei Qingkun	CHN	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	1,0
AC	Jean Manga	CMR	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Óscar Sánchez-Silva	ESP	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Zouheir Al-Balah	SYR	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	5,0
AC	Erhan Balcı	TUR	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	3,0
AC	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	2,0
AC	Jaroslav Zeman	TCH	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	1,0
AC	Reza Anduz	IRI	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (19 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Franc Podlesek	YUG	4,0
=2	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	3,0
=2	Hiromichi Ito	JPN	3,0
=2	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	3,0
=2	Józef Tracz	POL	3,0
=6	Wei Qingkun	CHN	1,0
=6	David Butler	USA	1,0
=8	Jean Manga	CMR	0,0
=8	Óscar Sánchez-Silva	ESP	0,0
=8	Zouheir Al-Balah	SYR	0,0

Match #1	Józef Tracz	POL	decision (6-3)	David Butler	USA
Match #2	Franc Podlesek	YUG	fall (2:40)	Óscar Sánchez-Silva	ESP
Match #3	Hiromichi Ito	JPN	decision (8-4)	Wei Qingkun	CHN
Match #4	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	decision (8-0)	Zouheir Al-Balah	SYR
Match #5	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	decision (16-0)	Jean Manga	CMR

Group A - Round Two (19 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	7,0
=1	Józef Tracz	POL	7,0
=3	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	6,0
=3	Hiromichi Ito	JPN	6,0
5	Franc Podlesek	YUG	4,0
6	David Butler	USA	3,0
7	Wei Qingkun	CHN	1,0	eliminated
=8	Jean Manga	CMR	0,0	eliminated
=8	Óscar Sánchez-Silva	ESP	0,0	eliminated
=8	Zouheir Al-Balah	SYR	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Józef Tracz	POL	fall (1:51)	Óscar Sánchez-Silva	ESP
Match #2	David Butler	USA	passivity (5:31)	Franc Podlesek	YUG
Match #3	Hiromichi Ito	JPN	passivity (4:19)	Zouheir Al-Balah	SYR
Match #4	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	decision (4-0)	Wei Qingkun	CHN
Match #5	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	fall (1:49)	Jean Manga	CMR

Group A - Round Three (19 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	10,0
=2	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	7,0
=2	Hiromichi Ito	JPN	7,0
=2	Józef Tracz	POL	7,0
=2	Franc Podlesek	YUG	7,0
6	David Butler	USA	6,0

Match #1	Franc Podlesek	YUG	decision (5-0)	Józef Tracz	POL
Match #2	David Butler	USA	decision (6-2)	Hiromichi Ito	JPN
Match #3	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	decision (3-1)	Borislav Velichkov	BUL

Group A - Round Four (20 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	13,0
=2	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	10,0
=2	Józef Tracz	POL	10,0
4	Hiromichi Ito	JPN	8,0
5	Franc Podlesek	YUG	7,0	eliminated
6	David Butler	USA	6,0	eliminated

Match #1	Józef Tracz	POL	decision (4-1)	Hiromichi Ito	JPN
Match #2	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	decision (2-0)	David Butler	USA
Match #3	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	decision (1-0)	Franc Podlesek	YUG

Group A - Round Five (20 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	14,0
2	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	13,0
3	Józef Tracz	POL	10,0

Match #1	Józef Tracz	POL	DQ (double passivity)	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR
Match #2	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	bye

Group A - Round Six (21 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Borislav Velichkov	BUL	15,0
2	Józef Tracz	POL	13,0

Match #1	Józef Tracz	POL	decision (5-4)	Borislav Velichkov	BUL

Group B - Round One (19 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	4,0
=1	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	4,0
=3	Martial Mischler	FRA	3,0
=3	János Takács	HUN	3,0
=3	Roger Tallroth	SWE	3,0
=6	Jaroslav Zeman	TCH	1,0
=6	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	1,0
=8	Reza Anduz	IRI	0,0
=8	Erhan Balcı	TUR	0,0

Match #1	Roger Tallroth	SWE	decision (7-5)	Jouko Salomäki	FIN
Match #2	Martial Mischler	FRA	passivity (4:13)	Erhan Balcı	TUR
Match #3	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	fall (2:06)	Reza Anduz	IRI
Match #4	János Takács	HUN	decision (5-2)	Jaroslav Zeman	TCH
Match #5	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	bye

Group B - Round Two (19 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	8,0
2	János Takács	HUN	7,0
=3	Martial Mischler	FRA	6,0
=3	Roger Tallroth	SWE	6,0
5	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	4,0
6	Erhan Balcı	TUR	3,0
7	Jouko Salomäki	FIN	2,0	eliminated
8	Jaroslav Zeman	TCH	1,0	eliminated
9	Reza Anduz	IRI	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Roger Tallroth	SWE	passivity (3:27)	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR
Match #2	Martial Mischler	FRA	decision (4-3)	Jouko Salomäki	FIN
Match #3	Erhan Balcı	TUR	passivity (4:10)	Reza Anduz	IRI
Match #4	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	fall (3:24)	Jaroslav Zeman	TCH
Match #5	János Takács	HUN	bye

Group B - Round Three (19 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	11,0
2	János Takács	HUN	10,0
3	Martial Mischler	FRA	9,0
4	Roger Tallroth	SWE	7,0
5	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR	5,0	eliminated
6	Erhan Balcı	TUR	3,0	eliminated

Match #1	János Takács	HUN	decision (7-1)	Abdel Aziz Tahir	MAR
Match #2	Martial Mischler	FRA	decision (3-2) (7:11)	Roger Tallroth	SWE
Match #3	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	passivity (2:27)	Erhan Balcı	TUR

Group B - Round Four (20 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	15,0
=2	János Takács	HUN	10,0
=2	Roger Tallroth	SWE	10,0
4	Martial Mischler	FRA	9,0

Match #1	Roger Tallroth	SWE	passivity (4:38)	János Takács	HUN
Match #2	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	fall (4:30)	Martial Mischler	FRA

Group B - Round Five (20 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	18,0
2	János Takács	HUN	13,0
=3	Martial Mischler	FRA	10,0
=3	Roger Tallroth	SWE	10,0

Match #1	János Takács	HUN	decision (4-1)	Martial Mischler	FRA
Match #2	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	passivity (5:04)	Roger Tallroth	SWE

Group B - Round Six (21 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	21,5
2	János Takács	HUN	13,0

Match #1	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS	decision (10-0)	János Takács	HUN

Final Round (21 September 1988)

Match 1/2	Kim Yeong-Nam	KOR	decision (2-1)	Daulet Turlykhanov	URS
Match 3/4	Józef Tracz	POL	decision (2-0)	János Takács	HUN
Match 5/6	Martial Mischler	FRA	decision (4-1)	Borislav Velichkov	BUL
Match 7/8	Roger Tallroth	SWE	decision (5-1)	Hiromichi Ito	JPN