Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg explained

Event:	Men's freestyle 62 kg
Games:	1988 Summer
Venue:	Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates:	27–29 September
Competitors:	28
Nations:	28
Gold:	John Smith
Goldnoc:	USA
Silver:	Stepan Sarkisyan
Silvernoc:	URS
Bronze:	Simeon Shterev
Bronzenoc:	BUL
Prev:	1984
Next:	1992

The Men's Freestyle 62 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		3-1 PP	10-2		1
0		3-1 PP	8-4		1
0		3-1 PP	11-4		1
0		3-1 PP	2-1		1
1		0-4 ST	0-16		0
1		1-3 PP	4-6		0
1		0-4 ST	2-18		0
Round 2
1		1-3 PP	1-4		0
bgcolor=pink	2		0-3 PO	0-7	Ali Dad (AFG)	1
0		3-1 PP	6-3		1
bgcolor=pink	2		1-3 PP	4-5		1
1		3-1 PP	11-5		bgcolor=pink	2
0		4-0 ST	15-0		bgcolor=pink	2
1		1-3 PP	1-7		0
Round 3
1		3-0 PO	7-0		bgcolor=pink	2
1		1-3 PP	2-4		0
1		4-0 TF	2:45		bgcolor=pink	2
1		4-0 TF	5:32		bgcolor=pink	2
0		3-1 PP	6-2		1
Round 4
bgcolor=pink	2		1-3 PP	6-16		0
bgcolor=pink	2		0-3 PO	0-2		1
bgcolor=pink	2		1-3 PP	1-7		0
1				Bye
Round 5
bgcolor=pink	2		0-4 TF	5:54		0
1		3-0 P1	5:25		1
Round 6
0		3-1 PP	12-7		bgcolor=pink	2
1				Bye

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
	0	-	19
	1	-	14
	2	6	15
	2	5	8
	2	4	9
	2	4	8
	2	4	7
	2	3	4
Ali Dad (AFG)*	2	3	4
	2	3	3
	2	2	2
	2	2	2
	2	2	1
	2	2	0

* was disqualified after he tested positive for Furosemide

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0		4-0 TF	1:20		1
1		1-3 PP	10-15		0
1		0-3 P1	5:33		0
0		4-0 ST	16-0		1
1		0-4 TF	3:30		0
0		3-1 PP	8-4		1
1		0-4 ST	0-15		0
Round 2
0		3-1 PP	13-5		bgcolor=pink	2
bgcolor=pink	2		0-4 TF	2:45		0
bgcolor=pink	2		0-3.5 SO	0-13		0
0		4-0 TF	1:20		bgcolor=pink	2
bgcolor=pink	2		0-3 PO	0-4		0
0		4-0 TF	0:33		bgcolor=pink	2
bgcolor=pink	2		1-3 PP	3-4		0
Round 3
1		1-3 PP	5-6		0
1		.5-3.5 SP	1-13		0
1		0-3 PO	0-6		0
0				Bye
Round 4
0		3-1 PP	6-1		1
1		3-1 PP	7-3		bgcolor=pink	2
0		3-1 PP	7-2		1
bgcolor=pink	1				DNA
Round 5
0		3-1 PP	10-3		bgcolor=pink	2
bgcolor=pink	2		1-3 PP	1-8		0
1				Bye
Round 6
bgcolor=pink	2		0-3 PO	0-5		0
0				Bye
Round 7
0		3-1 PP	12-1		1

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
	0	-	20
	1	-	17
	2	6	10
	2	5	12
	2	5	11.5
	2	4	9
	1	3	8
	2	2	2
	2	2	2
	2	2	0
	2	2	0
	2	2	0
	2	2	0
	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
	3-0 PO	5-0
5th place match
	1-3 PP	4-5
Bronze medal match
	3-1 PP	5-2
Gold medal match
	3-0 PO	4-0

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/WRE/mens-featherweight-freestyle.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 21 April 2019.