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Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤130 kilograms), Men

Date	4 – 6 August 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Instituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), Barcelona
Participants	15 from 15 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.

The Bruce Baumgartner – Davit Gobejishvili show continued. The two had been the best super-heavyweights since the early-to-mid 1980s and were arch-rivals. Baumgartner had won the gold medal in 1984 in Gobejishvili’s absence due to the Soviet-led boycott of Los Angeles. Gobejishvili won in 1988 at Seoul, defeating Baumgartner in the final. Baumgartner was World Champion in 1986 while Gobejishvili won in 1985 and 1990. Unfortunately, because FILA does not seed wrestlers at the Olympics, they were both drawn in Group B and met in round three. It was their 17th match with Baumgartner leading the series, 10-6. The match was scoreless until four seconds remained when Baumgartner caught Gobejishvili in a double-leg takedown and scores three points to win, 3-0. As expected they won the remainder of their matches, Baumgartner winning a second gold by easily defeating Canadian Jeffrey Thue in the final, 8-0.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	–	–	Gold
2	Jeff Thue	CAN	–	–	Silver
3	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	–	–	Bronze
4	Mahmut Demir	TUR	–	–
5	Andreas Schröder	GER	–	–
6	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	–	–
7	Wang Chunguang	CHN	–	–
8	Park Seong-Ha	KOR	–	–
9	Kiril Barbutov	BUL	–	–
10	Rod Figueroa	PUR	–	–
AC	Tamon Honda	JPN	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	1,0
AC	Tomasz Kupis	POL	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	1,0
AC	Mor Wade	SEN	Eliminated r2/6 Group A	0,0
AC	Juraj Štěch	TCH	Eliminated r2/5 Group B	1,0
AC	Zsolt Gombos	HUN	Eliminated r2/5 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Jeff Thue	CAN	4,0
=1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	4,0
=3	Park Seong-Ha	KOR	3,0
=3	Mahmut Demir	TUR	3,0
5	Tomasz Kupis	POL	1,0
=6	Tamon Honda	JPN	0,0
=6	Rod Figueroa	PUR	0,0
=6	Mor Wade	SEN	0,0

Match #1	Park Seong-Ha	KOR	decision (3-0)	Rod Figueroa	PUR
Match #2	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	fall (1:49)	Tamon Honda	JPN
Match #3	Jeff Thue	CAN	fall (1:35)	Mor Wade	SEN
Match #4	Mahmut Demir	TUR	decision (4-1)	Tomasz Kupis	POL

Group A - Round Two (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	8,0
=2	Jeff Thue	CAN	7,0
=2	Mahmut Demir	TUR	7,0
=4	Park Seong-Ha	KOR	3,0
=4	Rod Figueroa	PUR	3,0
=6	Tamon Honda	JPN	1,0	eliminated
=6	Tomasz Kupis	POL	1,0	eliminated
8	Mor Wade	SEN	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Rod Figueroa	PUR	decision (3-2)	Tamon Honda	JPN
Match #2	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	fall (2:02)	Park Seong-Ha	KOR
Match #3	Mahmut Demir	TUR	fall (3:17)	Mor Wade	SEN
Match #4	Jeff Thue	CAN	decision (6-0)	Tomasz Kupis	POL

Group A - Round Three (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	12,0
2	Jeff Thue	CAN	10,0
3	Mahmut Demir	TUR	7,0
=4	Park Seong-Ha	KOR	3,0
=4	Rod Figueroa	PUR	3,0

Match #1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	fall (2:19)	Rod Figueroa	PUR
Match #2	Jeff Thue	CAN	decision (5-0)	Park Seong-Ha	KOR
Match #3	Mahmut Demir	TUR	bye

Group A - Round Four (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	13,0
=2	Jeff Thue	CAN	10,0
=2	Mahmut Demir	TUR	10,0

Match #1	Mahmut Demir	TUR	decision (2-1) (10:19)	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI
Match #2	Jeff Thue	CAN	bye

Group A - Round Five (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Jeff Thue	CAN	13,0
=1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	13,0
3	Mahmut Demir	TUR	10,0

Match #1	Jeff Thue	CAN	decision (1-0)	Mahmut Demir	TUR
Match #2	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	bye

Group A - Round Six (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Jeff Thue	CAN	13,0
=1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	13,0
3	Mahmut Demir	TUR	10,0

Match #1	Ali Reza Soleimani	IRI	DQ (double passivity)	Jeff Thue	CAN
Match #2	Mahmut Demir	TUR	bye

Group B - Round One (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Andreas Schröder	GER	3,0
=1	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	3,0
=1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	3,0
=4	Kiril Barbutov	BUL	1,0
=4	Juraj Štěch	TCH	1,0
=6	Wang Chunguang	CHN	0,0
=6	Zsolt Gombos	HUN	0,0

Match #1	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	decision (6-3)	Juraj Štěch	TCH
Match #2	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	decision (9-1)	Kiril Barbutov	BUL
Match #3	Andreas Schröder	GER	decision (4-0)	Zsolt Gombos	HUN
Match #4	Wang Chunguang	CHN	bye

Group B - Round Two (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	6,0
=1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	6,0
3	Wang Chunguang	CHN	4,0
4	Andreas Schröder	GER	3,0
5	Kiril Barbutov	BUL	2,0
6	Juraj Štěch	TCH	1,0	eliminated
7	Zsolt Gombos	HUN	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Wang Chunguang	CHN	fall (2:22)	Juraj Štěch	TCH
Match #2	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	decision (7-1)	Kiril Barbutov	BUL
Match #3	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	decision (8-0)	Zsolt Gombos	HUN
Match #4	Andreas Schröder	GER	bye

Group B - Round Three (4 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	9,0
2	Andreas Schröder	GER	7,0
3	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	6,0
4	Wang Chunguang	CHN	4,0

Match #1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	decision (3-0)	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN
Match #2	Andreas Schröder	GER	fall (2:27)	Wang Chunguang	CHN

Group B - Round Four (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	13,0
2	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	9,0
3	Andreas Schröder	GER	7,0
4	Wang Chunguang	CHN	5,0

Match #1	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	decision (4-3)	Wang Chunguang	CHN
Match #2	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	fall (4:49)	Andreas Schröder	GER

Group B - Round Five (5 August 1992)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	16,0
2	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	9,0
3	Andreas Schröder	GER	7,0

Match #1	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	decision (7-0)	Andreas Schröder	GER
Match #2	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	bye

Final Round (6 August 1992)

Match 1/2	Bruce Baumgartner	USA	decision (8-0)	Jeff Thue	CAN
Match 3/4	Davit Gobejishvili	EUN	decision (4-0)	Mahmut Demir	TUR
Match 5/6	Andreas Schröder	GER	bye
Match 7/8	Wang Chunguang	CHN	decision (9-0)	Park Seong-Ha	KOR
Match 9/10	Kiril Barbutov	BUL	decision (11-0)	Rod Figueroa	PUR