# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines.

## Medal summary
### Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Takashi Kobayashi Japan | Ivan Tzonov Bulgaria | Sergei Karamchakov Soviet Union |
| 52 kg details | Mitsuru Sato Japan | Shaban Tërstena Yugoslavia | Vladimir Toguzov Soviet Union |
| 57 kg details | Sergei Beloglazov Soviet Union | Askari Mohammadian Iran | Noh Kyung-sun South Korea |
| 62 kg details | John Smith United States | Stepan Sarkisyan Soviet Union | Simeon Shterev Bulgaria |
| 68 kg details | Arsen Fadzaev Soviet Union | Park Jang-soon South Korea | Nate Carr United States |
| 74 kg details | Kenny Monday United States | Adlan Varayev Soviet Union | Rahmat Sofiadi Bulgaria |
| 82 kg details | Han Myung-woo South Korea | Necmi Gençalp Turkey | Jozef Lohyňa Czechoslovakia |
| 90 kg details | Makharbek Khadartsev Soviet Union | Akira Ota Japan | Kim Tae-woo South Korea |
| 100 kg details | Vasile Puşcaşu Romania | Leri Khabelov Soviet Union | William Scherr United States |
| 130 kg details | David Gobejishvili Soviet Union | Bruce Baumgartner United States | Andreas Schröder East Germany |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Vincenzo Maenza Italy | Andrzej Głąb Poland | Bratan Tzenov Bulgaria |
| 52 kg details | Jon Rønningen Norway | Atsuji Miyahara Japan | Lee Jae-suk South Korea |
| 57 kg details | András Sike Hungary | Stoyan Balov Bulgaria | Charalambos Cholidis Greece |
| 62 kg details | Kamandar Madzhidov Soviet Union | Zhivko Vangelov Bulgaria | An Dae-hyun South Korea |
| 68 kg details | Levon Julfalakyan Soviet Union | Kim Sung-moon South Korea | Tapio Sipilä Finland |
| 74 kg details | Kim Young-nam South Korea | Daulet Turlykhanov Soviet Union | Józef Tracz Poland |
| 82 kg details | Mikhail Mamiashvili Soviet Union | Tibor Komáromi Hungary | Kim Sang-kyu South Korea |
| 90 kg details | Atanas Komchev Bulgaria | Harri Koskela Finland | Vladimir Popov Soviet Union |
| 100 kg details | Andrzej Wroński Poland | Gerhard Himmel West Germany | Dennis Koslowski United States |
| 130 kg details | Aleksandr Karelin Soviet Union | Rangel Gerovski Bulgaria | Tomas Johansson Sweden |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |

## Participating nations

A total of 429 wrestlers from 69 nations competed at the Seoul Games:
| Afghanistan (5)  American Samoa (1)  Argentina (2)  Australia (3)  Austria (5)  Belgium (1)  Brazil (2)  Bulgaria (20)  Cameroon (4)  Canada (11)  China (11)  Chinese Taipei (4)  Colombia (4)  Czechoslovakia (9)  East Germany (8)  Egypt (5)  El Salvador (1)  Finland (12) | France (9)  The Gambia (3)  Great Britain (7)  Greece (5)  Guam (1)  Guatemala (1)  Guinea (2)  Hungary (18)  India (7)  Indonesia (2)  Iran (15)  Iraq (5)  Ireland (1)  Israel (2)  Italy (4)  Japan (20)  Jordan (2) | Kenya (4)  Lebanon (1)  Malta (2)  Mauritania (4)  Mauritius (1)  Mexico (4)  Mongolia (9)  Morocco (5)  New Zealand (2)  Nigeria (6)  North Yemen (3)  Norway (5)  Pakistan (3)  Panama (2)  Peru (1)  Philippines (2)  Poland (18) | Portugal (1)  Puerto Rico (2)  Romania (4)  Samoa (2)  Senegal (4)  South Korea (19)  Soviet Union (20)  Spain (9)  Sweden (10)  Switzerland (4)  Syria (8)  Tunisia (3)  Turkey (13)  United States (20)  Vietnam (1)  West Germany (17)  Yugoslavia (10) |