# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 68 kg

The Men's Freestyle 68 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program, were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

## Tournament results

The wrestlers were divided into two groups. The winner of each group was 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 | Mohamed El-Khodary (EGY) | 4-0 ST | 19-3 | Gustavo Manzur (ESA) | 1 |
| 0 | Amar Wattar (SYR) | 4-0 ST | 17-2 | Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) | 1 |
| 0 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 1:13 | Dean-Carlos Manibog (PHI) | 1 |
| 0 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 4-0 ST | 19-3 | Kiptoo Salbei (KEN) | 1 |
| 0 | Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Ho Bisgaltu (CHN) | 1 |
| 1 | Angel Yassenov (BUL) | 1-3 PP | 4-12 | Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Juan Caride (ESP) | 0-4 TF | 4:05 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | 0 |
| 0 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 4-0 ST | 16-0 | Essam El-Khodary (EGY) | 1 |
| 2 | Gustavo Manzur (ESA) | .5-3.5 SP | 3-16 | Amar Wattar (SYR) | 0 |
| 2 | Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 0 |
| 2 | Dean Manibog (PHI) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 0 |
| 2 | Kiptoo Salbei (KEN) | 0-4 TF | 0:17 | Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE) | 0 |
| 2 | Ho Bisgaltu (CHN) | 1-3 PP | 3-12 | Angel Yassenov (BUL) | 1 |
| 0 | Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | 4-0 TF | 3:50 | Juan Caride (ESP) | 2 |
| 0 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 0 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | 3-1 PP | 8-7 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 1 |
| 2 | Essam El-Khodary (EGY) | 1-3 PP | 3-14 | Amar Wattar (SYR) | 0 |
| 0 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 1 |
| 1 | Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE) | 1-3 PP | 2-3 | Angel Yassenov (BUL) | 1 |
| 0 | Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 0 | Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | 3-1 PP | 10-1 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | 1 |
| 1 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 4-0 ST | 17-1 | Amar Wattar (SYR) | 1 |
| 0 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 5-4 | Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE) | 2 |
| 2 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 0-4 TF | 1:31 | Angel Yassenov (BUL) | 1 |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 0 | Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | 3-1 PP | 12-4 | Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 2 |
| 1 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | 3.5-0 SO | 12-0 | Amar Wattar (SYR) | 2 |
| 0 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 5-3 | Angel Yassenov (BUL) | 2 |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 0 | Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | 3-0 PO | 9-0 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 1 |
| 1 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 7 ||||||
| 2 | Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | 0-3 PO | 0-5 | Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 1 |
| 0 | Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | 0 | - | 16 |
| Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 1 | - | 21 |
| Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | 2 | 7 | 11.5 |
| Angel Yassenov (BUL) | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Amar Wattar (SYR) | 2 | 5 | 10.5 |
| Amir Reza Khadem (IRI) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Georgios Athanasiadis (GRE) | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Essam El-Khodary (EGY) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ho Bisgaltu (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Gustavo Manzur (ESA) | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Kiptoo Salbei (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Dean Manibog (PHI) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Juan Caride (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 0 | Cris Brown (AUS) | 3-1 PP | 13-3 | Daniel Navarrete (ARG) | 1 |
| 1 | Muneir Al-Masri (JOR) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | David McKay (CAN) | 0 |
| 1 | Gérard Santoro (FRA) | 1-3 PP | 4-9 | Park Jang-Soon (KOR) | 0 |
| 1 | René Neyer (SUI) | 1-3 PP | 8-14 | Andrzej Kubiak (POL) | 0 |
| 0 | Alexander Leipold (FRG) | 3-1 PP | 11-1 | Satyawan Satyawan (IND) | 1 |
| 0 | Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Mohammad Shir (AFG) | 1 |
| 0 | Nate Carr (USA) | 4-0 ST | 16-1 | Attila Podolszki (HUN) | 1 |
| 0 | Fevzi Şeker (TUR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 1 | Fevzi Şeker (TUR) | 1-3 PP | 2-3 | Cris Brown (AUS) | 0 |
| 1 | Daniel Navarrete (ARG) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Muneir Al-Masri (JOR) | 2 |
| 0 | David McKay (CAN) | 3-1 PP | 7-1 | Gérard Santoro (FRA) | 2 |
| 0 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | René Neyer (SUI) | 2 |
| 1 | Andrzej Kubiak (POL) | 1-3 PP | 2-3 | Alexander Leipold (FRG) | 0 |
| 2 | Satyawan Satyawan (IND) | 1-3 PP | 2-7 | Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL) | 0 |
| 2 | Mohammad Shir (AFG) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Nate Carr (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Attila Podolszki (HUN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 2 | Attila Podolszki (HUN) | 0-4 PA | | Fevzi Şeker (TUR) | 1 |
| 0 | Cris Brown (AUS) | 3-1 PP | 7-1 | David McKay (CAN) | 1 |
| 2 | Daniel Navarrete (ARG) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) | 0 |
| 2 | Andrzej Kubiak (POL) | 1-3 PP | 2-4 | Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL) | 0 |
| 1 | Alexander Leipold (FRG) | 1-3 PP | 3-11 | Nate Carr (USA) | 0 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 2 | Fevzi Şeker (TUR) | 1-3 PP | 7-9 | David McKay (CAN) | 1 |
| 1 | Cris Brown (AUS) | 1-3 PP | 2-5 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) | 0 |
| 1 | Alexander Leipold (FRG) | 3-1 PP | 5-3 | Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL) | 1 |
| 0 | Nate Carr (USA) | | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 0 | Nate Carr (USA) | 3-0 PO | 6-0 | Cris Brown (AUS) | 2 |
| 1 | David McKay (CAN) | 3-1 PP | 11-7 | Alexander Leipold (FRG) | 2 |
| 0 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) | 3-0 PO | 5-0 | Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL) | 2 |
| Final Round ||||||
| Round 6 ||||||
| 0 | Nate Carr (USA) | 3-0 PO | 9-0 | David McKay (CAN) | 1 |
| 0 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 7 ||||||
| 0 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 3-2 | Nate Carr (USA) | 1 |
| 1 | David McKay (CAN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 8 ||||||
| 2 | David McKay (CAN) | 1-3 PP | 4-13 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) | 0 |
| 1 | Nate Carr (USA) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP | Tiebreaker |
| Park Jang-soon (KOR) | 0 | - | 17 | 6 |
| Nate Carr (USA) | 0 | - | 14 | 4 |
| David McKay (CAN) | 1 | - | 14 | 1 |
| Alexander Leipold (FRG) | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Khenmedekhiin Amaraa (MGL) | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Cris Brown (AUS) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Fevzi Şeker (TUR) | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Daniel Navarrete (ARG) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Andrzej Kubiak (POL) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Attila Podolszki (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Gérard Santoro (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Satyawan Satyawan (IND) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| René Neyer (SUI) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Mohammad Shir (AFG) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Muneir Al-Masri (JOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Angel Yassenov (BUL) | 1-3 PP | 10-14 | Alexander Leipold (FRG) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Jukka Rauhala (FIN) | 1-3 PP | 1-4 | David McKay (CAN) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Kosei Akaishi (JPN) | 1-3 PP | 1-5 | Nate Carr (USA) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Arsen Fadzaev (URS) | 3-0 PO | 6-0 | Park Jang-soon (KOR) |

## Final standings

* Arsen Fadzaev (URS)
* Park Jang-Soon (KOR)
* Nate Carr (USA)
* Kosei Akaishi (JPN)
* David McKay (CAN)
* Jukka Rauhala (FIN)
* Alexander Leipold (FRG)
* Angel Yassenov (BUL)