# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam from September 20 to September 22. The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

## Medalists

| Gold | Aleksandr Karelin Soviet Union |
| Silver | Rangel Gerovski Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Tomas Johansson Sweden |

## Results
### Legend

* FR — Won by forfeit
* D2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity
* DQ — Disqualification from the entire competition
* P0 — Won by passivity, scoring zero points
* P1 — Won by passivity, while leading by 1–11 points margin
* PA — Win by injury default or withdrawal
* PO — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has no technical points
* PP — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has technical points
* PS — Won by passivity, while leading by 12–14 points margin
* SO — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has no technical points
* SP — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has technical points
* ST — Win by technical superiority (15 points margin)
* TF — Win by fall
* CP — Classification points

### Eliminatory round
#### Group A

| | Score | | CP |
| Round 1 ||||
| Duane Koslowski (USA) | 5–3 | Alexander Neumüller (AUT) | 3–1 PP |
| Khodr Bechara (LIB) | 0:30 | Lubomír David (TCH) | 0–4 TF |
| László Klauz (HUN) | 5:30 | Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG) | 3–0 P1 |
| Aleksandr Karelin (URS) | 4:00 | Tomas Johansson (SWE) | 3–0 P1 |
| Round 2 ||||
| Duane Koslowski (USA) | 1:12 | Khodr Bechara (LIB) | 4–0 TF |
| Alexander Neumüller (AUT) | 3:44 | Lubomír David (TCH) | 4–0 PA |
| László Klauz (HUN) | 4:43 | Aleksandr Karelin (URS) | 0–3 P1 |
| Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG) | 1–2 | Tomas Johansson (SWE) | 1–3 PP |
| Round 3 ||||
| Duane Koslowski (USA) | 0–2 | László Klauz (HUN) | 0–3 PO |
| Alexander Neumüller (AUT) | 4:10 | Aleksandr Karelin (URS) | 0–4 TF |
| Tomas Johansson (SWE) | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||
| Tomas Johansson (SWE) | 2–1 | László Klauz (HUN) | 3–1 PP |
| Duane Koslowski (USA) | 0–15 | Aleksandr Karelin (URS) | 0–4 ST |
| Athlete | L | R | CP | TB |
| Aleksandr Karelin (URS) | 0 | — | 14 | 3 |
| Tomas Johansson (SWE) | 1 | — | 6 | 0 |
| László Klauz (HUN) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Duane Koslowski (USA) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Alexander Neumüller (AUT) | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Lubomír David (TCH) | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Khodr Bechara (LIB) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| | Score | | CP |
| Round 1 ||||
| Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 2:09 | Navind Ramsaran (MRI) | 4–0 TF |
| Farhan Jassim (IRQ) | 3:51 | Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) | 0–3 P1 |
| Rangel Gerovski (BUL) | 5:44 | Dan Payne (CAN) | 3–0 P1 |
| Fabio Valguarnera (ITA) | 5:49 | Roman Wrocławski (POL) | 0–0 D2 |
| Round 2 ||||
| Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 4:16 | Farhan Jassim (IRQ) | 3–0 P1 |
| Navind Ramsaran (MRI) | 0:48 | Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) | 0–4 TF |
| Rangel Gerovski (BUL) | 5:27 | Fabio Valguarnera (ITA) | 3–0 P1 |
| Dan Payne (CAN) | 4:19 | Roman Wrocławski (POL) | 0–4 TF |
| Round 3 ||||
| Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 2:14 | Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) | 4–0 TF |
| Rangel Gerovski (BUL) | 4:23 | Roman Wrocławski (POL) | 3–0 P1 |
| Round 4 ||||
| Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 0–5 | Rangel Gerovski (BUL) | 0–3 PO |
| Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||
| Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) | 0–14 | Rangel Gerovski (BUL) | 0–3.5 SO |
| Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | | Bye | |
| Athlete | L | R | CP | TB |
| Rangel Gerovski (BUL) | 0 | — | 15.5 | 6.5 |
| Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 1 | — | 11 | 4 |
| Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) | 2 | — | 7 | 0 |
| Roman Wrocławski (POL) | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Dan Payne (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fabio Valguarnera (ITA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Farhan Jassim (IRQ) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Navind Ramsaran (MRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | |

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| 7th place match ||||
| Duane Koslowski (USA) | | Roman Wrocławski (POL) | 0–4 FR |
| 5th place match ||||
| László Klauz (HUN) | 5:00 | Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) | 3.5–0 PS |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Tomas Johansson (SWE) | 5:04 | Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 3–0 P1 |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Aleksandr Karelin (URS) | 5–3 | Rangel Gerovski (BUL) | 3–1 PP |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Aleksandr Karelin (URS) |
| | Rangel Gerovski (BUL) |
| | Tomas Johansson (SWE) |
| 4 | Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) |
| 5 | László Klauz (HUN) |
| 6 | Kazuya Deguchi (JPN) |
| 7 | Roman Wrocławski (POL) |