| Date | 20 September 1988 |
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| Status | Olympic (non-medal) |
| Location | Jang-chung Che-yuk-gwan, Seoul |
| Participants | 15 from 15 countries |
Fifteen fighters competed in a single-elimination tournament. The event was won by Korean Chang Myung-Sam, which was not unusual, as Korean fighters won seven of the eight men’s classes. Chang had never medalled at the World Championships, which were won by Chinese Taipei’s Lee Chian-Hsiang in 1985 and Korean Han Jae-Koo in 1987. Chang won the event by defeating Turkey’s Cengiz Yağiz in the final.
| Date | 20 September 1988 — 10:00 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 20 Sep | Katsuhiro Oki | JPN | bye | |||
| Match #2 | 20 Sep | Ibrahim Al-Gafar | KSA | Superiority | Seelan Rengasamy | GBR | |
| Match #3 | 20 Sep | Jesús Tortosa | ESP | Points | Man Bahadur Tamang | NEP | |
| Match #4 | 20 Sep | Chang Myung-Sam | KOR | Points | Alain Kouyate | CIV | |
| Match #5 | 20 Sep | Jeffrey Huber | NED | Forfeit | Fred Edenhauser | AUT | |
| Match #6 | 20 Sep | Cengiz Yağiz | TUR | Points | Bernhard Güntner | FRG | |
| Match #7 | 20 Sep | Samer Kamal | JOR | Points | Dražen Perković | YUG | |
| Match #8 | 20 Sep | Fayez Al-Daihani | KUW | Points | Anwar Mohamed | BRN |
| Date | 20 September 1988 — 13:30 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 20 Sep | Ibrahim Al-Gafar | KSA | Points | Katsuhiro Oki | JPN | |
| Match #2 | 20 Sep | Chang Myung-Sam | KOR | Points | Jesús Tortosa | ESP | |
| Match #3 | 20 Sep | Cengiz Yağiz | TUR | Superiority | Jeffrey Huber | NED | |
| Match #4 | 20 Sep | Samer Kamal | JOR | Superiority | Fayez Al-Daihani | KUW |
| Date | 20 September 1988 — 15:30 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 20 Sep | Chang Myung-Sam | KOR | Referee stopped contest | Ibrahim Al-Gafar | KSA | |
| Match #2 | 20 Sep | Cengiz Yağiz | TUR | Points | Samer Kamal | JOR |
| Date | 20 September 1988 — 17:50 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 20 Sep | Chang Myung-Sam | KOR | Points | Cengiz Yağiz | TUR |