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Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤90 kilograms), Men

Date	5 – 7 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), Barcelona
Participants	17 from 17 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.

Former Soviet Makharbek Khadartsev was the defending gold medalist and had won the last five World Championships. He defended his gold medal easily in group competition, then won the final with a careful victory over Turkey’s Kenan Şimşek, winning 1-0, while playing defense in the last half of the bout.

The bronze medal went to American Chris Campbell, who came a long way for that medal. He had made the 1980 Olympic team but could not compete but then won the 1981 World Championship as a middleweight. Campbell was injured in 1984, did not make the US team, and then retired. He came back in 1989 and was runner-up to Khadartsev at the 1990 Worlds. In Barcelona he was drawn against Khadartsev in the first match and lost, 7-0, but Campbell won all his remaining matches, including the bronze medal bout against Mongolian Puntsagiin Sükhbat to earn his long-sought Olympic medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	–	–	Gold
2	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	–	–	Silver
3	Chris Campbell	USA	–	–	Bronze
4	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	–	–
5	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	–	–
6	Roberto Limonta	CUB	–	–
7	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	–	–
8	Renato Lombardo	ITA	–	–
9	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE	–	–
10	Ludwig Schneider	GER	–	–
AC	Akira Ota	JPN	Eliminated r3/5 Group A	4,0
AC	Jozef Palatinus	TCH	Eliminated r3/5 Group A	0,0
AC	Gregory Edgelow	CAN	Eliminated r2/5 Group A	1,0
AC	Grant Parker	NZL	Eliminated r2/5 Group A	0,0
AC	Gábor Tóth	HUN	Eliminated r3/5 Group B	3,0
AC	Kaloyan Baev	BUL	Eliminated r2/5 Group B	2,0
AC	Daniel Sánchez	PUR	Eliminated r2/5 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Akira Ota	JPN	4,0
=2	Roberto Limonta	CUB	3,0
=2	Renato Lombardo	ITA	3,0
=2	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	3,0
5	Gregory Edgelow	CAN	1,0
=6	Ludwig Schneider	GER	0,0
=6	Grant Parker	NZL	0,0
=6	Jozef Palatinus	TCH	0,0
=6	Chris Campbell	USA	0,0

Match #1	Roberto Limonta	CUB	decision (2-1)	Gregory Edgelow	CAN
Match #2	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	decision (7-0)	Chris Campbell	USA
Match #3	Akira Ota	JPN	fall (3:00)	Grant Parker	NZL
Match #4	Renato Lombardo	ITA	decision (1-0)	Jozef Palatinus	TCH
Match #5	Ludwig Schneider	GER	bye

Group A - Round Two (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Roberto Limonta	CUB	6,0
=1	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	6,0
=3	Akira Ota	JPN	4,0
=3	Chris Campbell	USA	4,0
5	Renato Lombardo	ITA	3,0
6	Gregory Edgelow	CAN	1,0	eliminated
=7	Ludwig Schneider	GER	0,0
=7	Grant Parker	NZL	0,0	eliminated
=7	Jozef Palatinus	TCH	0,0

Match #1	Roberto Limonta	CUB	decision (10-0)	Ludwig Schneider	GER
Match #2	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	decision (6-0)	Gregory Edgelow	CAN
Match #3	Chris Campbell	USA	decision (15-0) (4:40)	Grant Parker	NZL
Match #4	Akira Ota	JPN	DQ (double passivity)	Renato Lombardo	ITA
Match #5	Jozef Palatinus	TCH	bye

Group A - Round Three (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	9,0
=2	Roberto Limonta	CUB	7,0
=2	Chris Campbell	USA	7,0
4	Akira Ota	JPN	4,0	eliminated
=5	Ludwig Schneider	GER	3,0
=5	Renato Lombardo	ITA	3,0
7	Jozef Palatinus	TCH	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	decision (7-2)	Roberto Limonta	CUB
Match #2	Chris Campbell	USA	decision (4-0)	Akira Ota	JPN
Match #3	Ludwig Schneider	GER	decision (2-0)	Jozef Palatinus	TCH
Match #4	Renato Lombardo	ITA	bye

Group A - Round Four (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	12,0
2	Roberto Limonta	CUB	10,0
3	Chris Campbell	USA	7,0
=4	Ludwig Schneider	GER	4,0
=4	Renato Lombardo	ITA	4,0

Match #1	Roberto Limonta	CUB	decision (6-1)	Renato Lombardo	ITA
Match #2	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	decision (7-1)	Ludwig Schneider	GER
Match #3	Chris Campbell	USA	bye

Group A - Round Five (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	12,0
2	Roberto Limonta	CUB	11,0
3	Chris Campbell	USA	10,0
4	Renato Lombardo	ITA	7,0
5	Ludwig Schneider	GER	4,0

Match #1	Chris Campbell	USA	decision (5-4) (7:14)	Roberto Limonta	CUB
Match #2	Renato Lombardo	ITA	decision (2-0)	Ludwig Schneider	GER
Match #3	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	bye

Group B - Round One (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	4,0
=2	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE	3,0
=2	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	3,0
=2	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	3,0
5	Kaloyan Baev	BUL	1,0
=6	Gábor Tóth	HUN	0,0
=6	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	0,0
=6	Daniel Sánchez	PUR	0,0

Match #1	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE	decision (8-2)	Kaloyan Baev	BUL
Match #2	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	decision (1-0)	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI
Match #3	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	decision (16-1) (2:33)	Daniel Sánchez	PUR
Match #4	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	decision (6-0)	Gábor Tóth	HUN

Group B - Round Two (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	6,0
=1	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	6,0
3	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	5,0
=4	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE	3,0
=4	Gábor Tóth	HUN	3,0
=4	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	3,0
7	Kaloyan Baev	BUL	2,0	eliminated
8	Daniel Sánchez	PUR	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	decision (4-0)	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE
Match #2	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	decision (8-1)	Kaloyan Baev	BUL
Match #3	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	decision (4-0)	Daniel Sánchez	PUR
Match #4	Gábor Tóth	HUN	decision (5-4)	Marek Garmulewicz	POL

Group B - Round Three (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	9,0
=1	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	9,0
=3	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	6,0
=3	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	6,0
=5	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE	3,0
=5	Gábor Tóth	HUN	3,0	eliminated

Match #1	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	decision (2-0)	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE
Match #2	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	decision (4-0)	Gábor Tóth	HUN
Match #3	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	decision (4-1)	Marek Garmulewicz	POL

Group B - Round Four (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	12,0
2	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	9,0
3	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	6,0

Match #1	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	decision (4-0)	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI
Match #2	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	bye

Group B - Round Five (6 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	15,0
2	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL	10,0
3	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	6,0

Match #1	Kenan Şimşek	TUR	decision (3-2)	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL
Match #2	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	bye

Final Round (7 August 1992)

Match 1/2	Makharbek Khadartsev	EUN	decision (1-0)	Kenan Şimşek	TUR
Match 3/4	Chris Campbell	USA	decision (3-1) (7:23)	Puntsagiin Sükhbat	MGL
Match 5/6	Ayoub Baninosrat	IRI	decision (3-1)	Roberto Limonta	CUB
Match 7/8	Marek Garmulewicz	POL	decision (0-0) (8:00)	Renato Lombardo	ITA
Match 9/10	Iraklis Deskoulidis	GRE	decision (3-0)	Ludwig Schneider	GER