# Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

The Men's Freestyle 48 kilograms at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya from August 4 to August 6. The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Elimination A
#### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| Nader Rahmati (IRI) | 3–6 | Chen Zhengbin (CHN) | 1–3 PP |
| Vincent Pangelinan (GUM) | 0–16 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 0–4 ST |
| Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 0–15 | Tserenbaataryn Khosbayar (MGL) | 0–4 ST |
| Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | 4–2 | Romica Rașovan (ROM) | 3–1 PP |
| Amos Ojo (NGR) | 4–7 | Tom Petryshen (CAN) | 1–3 PP |

#### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| Nader Rahmati (IRI) | 11–0 Fall | Vincent Pangelinan (GUM) | 4–0 TO |
| Chen Zhengbin (CHN) | 2–3 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 1–3 PP |
| Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 1–17 | Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | 0–4 ST |
| Tserenbaataryn Khosbayar (MGL) | 19–4 Fall | Amos Ojo (NGR) | 4–0 TO |
| Romica Rașovan (ROM) | 10–0 | Tom Petryshen (CAN) | 3–0 PO |

#### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Nader Rahmati (IRI) | 7–9 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 1–3 PP |
| Chen Zhengbin (CHN) | 0–1 | Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | 0–3 PO |
| Tserenbaataryn Khosbayar (MGL) | 7–9 | Romica Rașovan (ROM) | 1–3 PP |
| Tom Petryshen (CAN) | | Bye | |

#### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Tom Petryshen (CAN) | 0–5 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 0–3 PO |
| Tserenbaataryn Khosbayar (MGL) | 2–6 | Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | 1–3 PP |
| Romica Rașovan (ROM) | | Bye | |

#### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Romica Rașovan (ROM) | 10–7 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 3–1 PP |
| Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | | Bye |

#### Round 6

| | Score | | CP |
| Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | 5–2 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 3–1 PP |
| Romica Rașovan (ROM) | | Bye |

#### Summary

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | R | CP | TP |
| 1 | Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | 5 | 5 | 0 | X | 16 | 33 |
| 2 | Romica Rașovan (ROM) | 4 | 3 | 1 | X | 10 | 31 |
| 3 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 6 | 4 | 2 | X | 15 | 42 |
| 4 | Tserenbaataryn Khosbayar (MGL) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 43 |
| 5 | Tom Petryshen (CAN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| — | Nader Rahmati (IRI) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 21 |
| — | Chen Zhengbin (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| — | Amos Ojo (NGR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| — | Francisco Sánchez (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| — | Vincent Pangelinan (GUM) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
* 1 2 3 Classification points: KOR 6, ROM 4, USA 2

### Elimination B
#### Round 1

| | Score | | CP |
| Stanisław Szostecki (POL) | 7–3 | Fariborz Besarati (SWE) | 3–1 PP |
| Vugar Orujov (EUN) | 5–9 | Kim Il (PRK) | 1–3 PP |
| Aldo Martínez (CUB) | 3–2 | Marian Avramov (BUL) | 3–1 PP |
| László Óváry (HUN) | 7–5 | Chaouki Sammari (TUN) | 3–1 PP |
| Reiner Heugabel (GER) | | Bye | |

#### Round 2

| | Score | | CP |
| Reiner Heugabel (GER) | 9–0 | Stanisław Szostecki (POL) | 3–0 PO |
| Fariborz Besarati (SWE) | 2–8 | Vugar Orujov (EUN) | 1–3 PP |
| Kim Il (PRK) | 7–6 | Aldo Martínez (CUB) | 3–1 PP |
| Marian Avramov (BUL) | 7–2 | László Óváry (HUN) | 3–1 PP |
| Chaouki Sammari (TUN) | | Bye | |

#### Round 3

| | Score | | CP |
| Chaouki Sammari (TUN) | 0–3 Fall | Reiner Heugabel (GER) | 0–4 TO |
| Stanisław Szostecki (POL) | 0–12 Fall | Vugar Orujov (EUN) | 0–4 TO |
| Kim Il (PRK) | 3–0 | Marian Avramov (BUL) | 3–0 PO |
| Aldo Martínez (CUB) | 20–5 | László Óváry (HUN) | 4–0 ST |

#### Round 4

| | Score | | CP |
| Reiner Heugabel (GER) | 4–10 Fall | Kim Il (PRK) | 0–4 TO |
| Vugar Orujov (EUN) | 12–5 | Aldo Martínez (CUB) | 3–1 PP |

#### Round 5

| | Score | | CP |
| Reiner Heugabel (GER) | 0–1 | Vugar Orujov (EUN) | 0–3 PO |
| Kim Il (PRK) | | Bye | |

#### Summary

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | R | CP | TP |
| 1 | Kim Il (PRK) | 4 | 4 | 0 | X | 13 | 29 |
| 2 | Vugar Orujov (EUN) | 5 | 4 | 1 | X | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Reiner Heugabel (GER) | 4 | 2 | 2 | X | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Aldo Martínez (CUB) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 34 |
| — | Marian Avramov (BUL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | László Óváry (HUN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| — | Stanisław Szostecki (POL) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| — | Chaouki Sammari (TUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| — | Fariborz Besarati (SWE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
* 1 2 3 Classification points: PRK 7, EUN 4, GER 0

### Finals

| | Score | | CP |
| 9th place match ||||
| Tom Petryshen (CAN) | WO | László Óváry (HUN) | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Tserenbaataryn Khosbayar (MGL) | WO | Aldo Martínez (CUB) | |
| 5th place match ||||
| Tim Vanni (USA) | 1–0 | Reiner Heugabel (GER) | 3–0 PO |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Romica Rașovan (ROM) | 1–2 | Vugar Orujov (EUN) | 1–3 PP |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Kim Jong-shin (KOR) | 1–4 | Kim Il (PRK) | 1–3 PP |

## Final standing

| Rank | Athlete |
| | Kim Il (PRK) |
| | Kim Jong-shin (KOR) |
| | Vugar Orujov (EUN) |
| 4 | Romica Rașovan (ROM) |
| 5 | Tim Vanni (USA) |
| 6 | Reiner Heugabel (GER) |
| 7 | Aldo Martínez (CUB) |
| 8 | Tserenbaataryn Khosbayar (MGL) |
| 9 | Tom Petryshen (CAN) |
| 10 | László Óváry (HUN) |