Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg

Men's freestyle 90 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates	27–29 September
Competitors	28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Makharbek Khadartsev  Soviet Union Akira Ota  Japan Kim Tae-woo  South Korea

Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	48 kg	48 kg
	52 kg	52 kg
	57 kg	57 kg
	62 kg	62 kg
	68 kg	68 kg
	74 kg	74 kg
	82 kg	82 kg
	90 kg	90 kg
	100 kg	100 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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The Men's Freestyle 90 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.^[1]

Tournament results

The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

Legend

• TF — Won by Fall
• SP — Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser with points
• SO — Won by Superiority, 12-14 points difference, the loser without points
• ST — Won by Technical Superiority, 15 points difference
• PP — Won by Points, the loser with technical points
• PO — Won by Points, the loser without technical points
• P0 — Won by Passivity, scoring zero points
• P1 — Won by Passivity, while leading by 1-11 points
• PS — Won by Passivity, while leading by 12-14 points
• PA — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Forfeit
• DNA — Did not appear
• L — Losses
• ER — Round of Elimination
• CP — Classification Points
• TP — Technical Points

Eliminatory round

Group A

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Akira Ota (JPN)	3-1 PP	12-6	Christian Iloanusi (NGR)	1
1	Walter Koenig (AUS)	0-4 TF	2:03	Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK)	0
1	Subhash Verma (IND)	1-3 PP	4-11	Gábor Tóth (HUN)	0
1	Doug Cox (CAN)	1-3 PP	7-10	Jim Scherr (USA)	0
0	Graeme English (GBR)	4-0 TF	2:13	Moustapha Guèye (SEN)	1
1	Samba Adama (MTN)	0-4 TF	2:45	Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)	0
1	Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG)	1-3 PP	4-14	Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR)	0
Round 2
0	Akira Ota (JPN)	4-0 TF	1:12	Walter Koenig (AUS)	2
2	Christian Iloanusi (NGR)	0-3 P1	3:26	Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK)	0
1	Subhash Verma (IND)	4-0 ST	15-0	Doug Cox (CAN)	2
1	Gábor Tóth (HUN)	1-3 PP	1-3	Jim Scherr (USA)	0
0	Graeme English (GBR)	4-0 TF	1:24	Samba Adama (MTN)	2
2	Moustapha Guèye (SEN)	0-4 TF	1:30	Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG)	1
1	Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)	0-0 DQ	5:09	Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR)	1
Round 3
0	Akira Ota (JPN)	4-0 TF	1:52	Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK)	1
2	Subhash Verma (IND)	1-3 PP	3-6	Jim Scherr (USA)	0
1	Gábor Tóth (HUN)	3-0 PO	10-0	Graeme English (GBR)	1
1	Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)	4-0 TF	1:52	Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG)	2
1	Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR)			Bye
Round 4
2	Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR)	0-4 TF	5:51	Akira Ota (JPN)	0
2	Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK)	1-3 PP	2-6	Gábor Tóth (HUN)	1
0	Jim Scherr (USA)	4-0 ST	15-0	Graeme English (GBR)	2
1	Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)			Bye
Round 5
2	Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)	0-3 PO	0-4	Gábor Tóth (HUN)	1
0	Akira Ota (JPN)	4-0 TF	5:06	Jim Scherr (USA)	1
Round 6
1	Akira Ota (JPN)	1-3 PP	4-5	Gábor Tóth (HUN)	1
1	Jim Scherr (USA)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP	Tiebreaker
Akira Ota (JPN)	1	-	20	5
Gábor Tóth (HUN)	1	-	16	4
Jim Scherr (USA)	1	-	13	3
Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)	2	5	8
Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK)	2	4	8
Graeme English (GBR)	2	4	8
Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR)	2	4	3
Subhash Verma (IND)	2	3	6
Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG)	2	3	5
Doug Cox (CAN)	2	2	1
Christian Iloanusi (NGR)	2	2	1
Walter Koenig (AUS)	2	2	0
Samba Adama (MTN)	2	2	0
Moustapha Guèye (SEN)	2	2	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)	4-0 TF	1:20	Reuben Tucker (GUM)	1
1	Roberto Neves Filho (BRA)	1-3 PP	6-10	Hubert Bindels (BEL)	0
0	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	3-1 PP	9-3	Jerzy Nieć (POL)	1
0	Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI)	3-1 PP	3-2	Bodo Lukowski (FRG)	1
1	Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR)	0-4 ST	0-15	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)	0
0	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)	3-1 PP	8-2	Ahmad Al-Shamy (SYR)	1
0	Edwin Lins (AUT)	4-0 TF	1:35	Bakary Sanneh (GAM)	1
Round 2
0	Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)	3-1 PP	9-2	Roberto Neves Filho (BRA)	2
2	Reuben Tucker (GUM)	0-4 TF	0:36	Hubert Bindels (BEL)	0
0	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	3-1 PP	3-2	Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI)	1
2	Jerzy Nieć (POL)	0-3 P1	5:08	Bodo Lukowski (FRG)	1
2	Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR)	0-3.5 PS	4:41	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)	0
0	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)	3-1 PP	10-1	Edwin Lins (AUT)	1
1	Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR)	4-0 TF	1:55	Bakary Sanneh (GAM)	2
Round 3
0	Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)	3-1 PP	3-1	Hubert Bindels (BEL)	1
0	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	3-1 PP	3-2	Bodo Lukowski (FRG)	2
2	Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI)	0-3 P1	3:27	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)	0
0	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)	4-0 TF	2:47	Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR)	2
1	Edwin Lins (AUT)			Bye
Round 4
1	Edwin Lins (AUT)	3-1 PP	6-5	Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)	1
2	Hubert Bindels (BEL)	0-3 PO	0-9	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	0
0	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)	4-0 TF	3:54	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)	1
Round 5
2	Edwin Lins (AUT)	0-4 TF	1:41	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	0
2	Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)	0-4 TF	1:46	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)	0
1	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)			Bye
Round 6
1	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)	3-1 PP	5-3	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	1
0	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)			Bye
Round 7
0	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)	4-0 TF	5:27	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	2
1	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)			Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)	0	-	23
Kim Tae-woo (KOR)	1	-	12.5
Rumen Alabakov (BUL)	2	7	17
Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)	2	5	11
Edwin Lins (AUT)	2	5	8
Hubert Bindels (BEL)	2	4	8
Bodo Lukowski (FRG)	2	3	5
Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR)	2	3	5
Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI)	2	3	4
Roberto Neves Filho (BRA)	2	2	2
Jerzy Nieć (POL)	2	2	1
Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR)	2	2	0
Bakary Sanneh (GAM)	2	2	0
Reuben Tucker (GUM)	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)	3-1 PP	4-2	Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)
5th place match
Jim Scherr (USA)	3-1 PP	3-1	Rumen Alabakov (BUL)
Bronze medal match
Gábor Tóth (HUN)	0-3 PO	0-1	Kim Tae-woo (KOR)
Gold medal match
Akira Ota (JPN)	0-4 ST	0-16	Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)

Final standings

1.  Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
2.  Akira Ota (JPN)
3.  Kim Tae-woo (KOR)
4.  Gábor Tóth (HUN)
5.  Jim Scherr (USA)
6.  Rumen Alabakov (BUL)
7.  Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)
8.  Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)

References

External links

• Official Report