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Bantamweight, Freestyle (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date	5 – 7 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), Barcelona
Participants	18 from 18 countries
Format	Two groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top five in each group advance to placement matches for 1st-10th place.

Soviet Sergey Beloglazov had dominated this class since 1980, winning the 1980 and 1988 gold medals, and would almost certainly have won in 1984 had he been able to compete, but he was now retired. The last three World Championships had been won by three different wrestlers – Kim Sik-Seung of Korea (1989), Alejandro Puerto of Cuba (1990), and Sergey Smal of the Soviet Union/Unified Team (1991). Nobody was really considered a favorite but Puerto and Small won their respective groups and advanced to the final match, with Puerto winning the gold medal easily, 5-0. The bronze medal match was between two complete unknowns internationally, with North Korean Kim Yong-Sik defeating Turk Remzi Musaoğlu.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	–	–	Gold
2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	–	–	Silver
3	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	–	–	Bronze
4	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	–	–
5	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	–	–
6	Kendall Cross	USA	–	–
7	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	–	–
8	Robert Dawson	CAN	–	–
9	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI	–	–
10	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL	–	–
AC	Béla Nagy	HUN	Eliminated r3/5 Group A	4,5
AC	Zoran Šorov	IOA	Eliminated r3/5 Group A	1,0
AC	Kim Chun-Ho	KOR	Eliminated r2/5 Group A	1,0
AC	Tebe Dorgu	NGR	Eliminated r2/5 Group A	0,0
AC	Keiji Okuyama	JPN	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	4,0
AC	Andrés Iniesta	ESP	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	0,0
AC	Ashok Kumar	IND	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	1,0
AC	Ahmed Naseer	PAK	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Béla Nagy	HUN	4,0
=2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	3,0
=2	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	3,0
=2	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	3,0
=5	Kim Chun-Ho	KOR	1,0
=5	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL	1,0
=5	Zoran Šorov	IOA	1,0
=8	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	0,0
=8	Tebe Dorgu	NGR	0,0

Match #1	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	decision (12-2)	Kim Chun-Ho	KOR
Match #2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	decision (6-5)	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL
Match #3	Béla Nagy	HUN	fall (2:58)	Tebe Dorgu	NGR
Match #4	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	decision (6-2)	Zoran Šorov	IOA
Match #5	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	bye

Group A - Round Two (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	7,0
2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	6,0
3	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL	5,0
=4	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	4,0
=4	Béla Nagy	HUN	4,0
=4	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	4,0
=7	Kim Chun-Ho	KOR	1,0	eliminated
=7	Zoran Šorov	IOA	1,0
9	Tebe Dorgu	NGR	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	fall (4:18)	Kim Chun-Ho	KOR
Match #2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	decision (4-2)	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK
Match #3	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL	decision (25-9) (4:58)	Béla Nagy	HUN
Match #4	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	fall (2:51)	Tebe Dorgu	NGR
Match #5	Zoran Šorov	IOA	bye

Group A - Round Three (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Siarhei Smal	EUN	9,5
2	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	8,0
=3	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	7,0
=3	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	7,0
5	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL	6,0
6	Béla Nagy	HUN	4,5	eliminated
7	Zoran Šorov	IOA	1,0	eliminated

Match #1	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	decision (10-5)	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL
Match #2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	decision (13-0)	Béla Nagy	HUN
Match #3	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	fall (4:45)	Zoran Šorov	IOA
Match #4	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	bye

Group A - Round Four (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Siarhei Smal	EUN	12,5
2	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	10,0
3	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	9,0
4	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	7,0

Match #1	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	decision (5-0)	Jürgen Scheibe	GER
Match #2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	decision (12-1)	Rumen Pavlov	BUL

Group A - Round Five (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Siarhei Smal	EUN	15,5
2	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	13,0
3	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	10,0
4	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	7,0

Match #1	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	decision (10-3)	Rumen Pavlov	BUL
Match #2	Siarhei Smal	EUN	decision (6-0)	Jürgen Scheibe	GER

Group B - Round One (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	4,0
=2	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI	3,0
=2	Keiji Okuyama	JPN	3,0
=2	Kendall Cross	USA	3,0
=5	Robert Dawson	CAN	1,0
=5	Ashok Kumar	IND	1,0
=7	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	0,0
=7	Andrés Iniesta	ESP	0,0
=7	Ahmed Naseer	PAK	0,0

Match #1	Keiji Okuyama	JPN	decision (5-0)	Ahmed Naseer	PAK
Match #2	Kendall Cross	USA	decision (3-2)	Robert Dawson	CAN
Match #3	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI	decision (6-2)	Ashok Kumar	IND
Match #4	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	decision (16-0) (3:38)	Andrés Iniesta	ESP
Match #5	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	bye

Group B - Round Two (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	7,0
=1	Kendall Cross	USA	7,0
=3	Robert Dawson	CAN	4,0
=3	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI	4,0
=5	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	3,0
=5	Keiji Okuyama	JPN	3,0
7	Ashok Kumar	IND	1,0	eliminated
=8	Andrés Iniesta	ESP	0,0
=8	Ahmed Naseer	PAK	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	decision (6-0)	Ahmed Naseer	PAK
Match #2	Kendall Cross	USA	fall (1:01)	Keiji Okuyama	JPN
Match #3	Robert Dawson	CAN	decision (5-1)	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI
Match #4	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	decision (7-0)	Ashok Kumar	IND
Match #5	Andrés Iniesta	ESP	bye

Group B - Round Three (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kendall Cross	USA	10,0
=2	Robert Dawson	CAN	7,0
=2	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	7,0
4	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	6,0
5	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI	5,0
6	Keiji Okuyama	JPN	4,0	eliminated
7	Andrés Iniesta	ESP	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	decision (8-0)	Andrés Iniesta	ESP
Match #2	Robert Dawson	CAN	decision (4-3)	Keiji Okuyama	JPN
Match #3	Kendall Cross	USA	decision (5-3)	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI
Match #4	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	bye

Group B - Round Four (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kendall Cross	USA	11,0
2	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	10,0
3	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	9,0
4	Robert Dawson	CAN	7,0

Match #1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	decision (1-0)	Robert Dawson	CAN
Match #2	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	decision (7-3)	Kendall Cross	USA

Group B - Round Five (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	12,0
2	Kendall Cross	USA	11,0
3	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	10,0

Match #1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	decision (3-0)	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR
Match #2	Kendall Cross	USA	bye

Group B - Round Six (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	15.0
2	Kendall Cross	USA	12.0
3	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	10,0

Match #1	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	decision (10-6)	Kendall Cross	USA
Match #2	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR	bye

Final Round (7 August 1992)

Match 1/2	Alejandro Puerto	CUB	decision (5-0)	Siarhei Smal	EUN
Match 3/4	Kim Yong-Sik	PRK	decision (3-2)	Remzi Musaoğlu	TUR
Match 5/6	Rumen Pavlov	BUL	fall (0:44)	Kendall Cross	USA
Match 7/8	Jürgen Scheibe	GER	injury (forfeit)	Robert Dawson	CAN
Match 9/10	Oveyss Mallahi	IRI	injury (forfeit)	Tserenbaataryn Tsogtbayar	MGL