# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 74 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

## 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 | Józef Tracz (POL) | 3-1 PP | 6-3 | David Butler (USA) | 1 |
| 1 | Óscar Sánchez (ESP) | 0-4 TF | 2:40 | Franc Podlesek (YUG) | 0 |
| 0 | Hiromichi Ito (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 8-4 | Wei Qingkun (CHN) | 1 |
| 1 | Zouheir Al-Balah (SYR) | 0-3 PO | 0-8 | Kim Young-nam (KOR) | 0 |
| 0 | Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | 4-0 ST | 16-0 | Jean Manga (CMR) | 1 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Józef Tracz (POL) | 4-0 TF | 1:51 | Óscar Sánchez (ESP) | 2 |
| 1 | David Butler (USA) | 2-0 P0 | 5:31 | Franc Podlesek (YUG) | 1 |
| 0 | Hiromichi Ito (JPN) | 3-0 P1 | 4:19 | Zouheir Al-Balah (SYR) | 2 |
| 2 | Wei Qingkun (CHN) | 0-3 PO | 0-4 | Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | 0 |
| 0 | Kim Young-Nam (KOR) | 4-0 TF | 1:49 | Jean Manga (CMR) | 2 |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 1 | Józef Tracz (POL) | 0-3 PO | 0-5 | Franc Podlesek (YUG) | 1 |
| 1 | David Butler (USA) | 3-1 PP | 6-2 | Hiromichi Ito (JPN) | 1 |
| 0 | Kim Young-Nam (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 3-1 | Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | 1 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 1 | Józef Tracz (POL) | 3-1 PP | 4-1 | Hiromichi Ito (JPN) | 2 |
| 2 | David Butler (USA) | 0-3 PO | 0-2 | Kim Young-nam (KOR) | 0 |
| 2 | Franc Podlesek (YUG) | 0-3 PO | 0-1 | Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | 1 |
| Final Round ||||||
| Round 5 ||||||
| 1 | Józef Tracz (POL) | 0-0 DQ | 7:14 | Kim Young-nam (KOR) | 1 |
| 1 | Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | | | Bye | |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 2 | Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | 1-3 PP | 4-5 | Józef Tracz (POL) | 1 |
| 1 | Kim Young-nam (KOR) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP | Tiebreaker |
| Kim Young-nam (KOR) | 0 | - | 13 | 3 |
| Józef Tracz (POL) | 1 | - | 10 | 3 |
| Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | 1 | - | 11 | 2 |
| Hiromichi Ito (JPN) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Franc Podlesek (YUG) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| David Butler (USA) | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Wei Qingkun (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jean Manga (CMR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Óscar Sánchez (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Zouheir Al-Balah (SYR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 0 | Roger Tallroth (SWE) | 3-1 PP | 7-5 | Jouko Salomäki (FIN) | 1 |
| 0 | Martial Mischler (FRA) | 3-0 P1 | 4:13 | Erhan Balcı (TUR) | 1 |
| 1 | Reza Andouz (IRI) | 0-4 TF | 2:06 | Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Jaroslav Zeman (TCH) | 1-3 PP | 2-5 | János Takács (HUN) | 0 |
| 0 | Abdelaziz Tahir (MAR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 1 | Abdelaziz Tahir (MAR) | 0-3 P1 | 3:27 | Roger Tallroth (SWE) | 0 |
| 2 | Jouko Salomäki (FIN) | 1-3 PP | 3-4 | Martial Mischler (FRA) | 0 |
| 1 | Erhan Balcı (TUR) | 3-0 P1 | 4:10 | Reza Andouz (IRI) | 2 |
| 0 | Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) | 4-0 TF | 3:24 | Jaroslav Zeman (TCH) | 2 |
| 0 | János Takács (HUN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 0 | János Takács (HUN) | 3-1 PP | 7-1 | Abdelaziz Tahir (MAR) | 2 |
| 1 | Roger Tallroth (SWE) | 1-3 PP | 2-3 | Martial Mischler (FRA) | 0 |
| 2 | Erhan Balcı (TUR) | 0-3 P1 | 2:27 | Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) | 0 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 1 | János Takács (HUN) | 0-3 P1 | 4:38 | Roger Tallroth (SWE) | 1 |
| 1 | Martial Mischler (FRA) | 0-4 TF | 4:30 | Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) | 0 |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 1 | János Takács (HUN) | 3-1 PP | 4-1 | Martial Mischler (FRA) | 2 |
| 2 | Roger Tallroth (SWE) | 0-3 P1 | 5:04 | Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) | 0 |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 2 | János Takács (HUN) | 0-3 PO | 0-10 | Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) | 0 |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) | 0 | - | 21 |
| János Takács (HUN) | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Martial Mischler (FRA) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Roger Tallroth (SWE) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Erhan Balcı (TUR) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Abdelaziz Tahir (MAR) | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Jouko Salomäki (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jaroslav Zeman (TCH) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Reza Andouz (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Hiromichi Ito (JPN) | 1-3 PP | 1-5 | Roger Tallroth (SWE) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Borislav Velichkov (BUL) | 1-3 PP | 1-4 | Martial Mischler (FRA) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Józef Tracz (POL) | 3-0 PO | 2-0 | János Takács (HUN) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Kim Young-nam (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 2-1 | Daulet Turlykhanov (URS) |

## Final standings

* Kim Young-nam (KOR)
* Daulet Turlykhanov (URS)
* Józef Tracz (POL)
* János Takács (HUN)
* Martial Mischler (FRA)
* Borislav Velichkov (BUL)
* Roger Tallroth (SWE)
* Hiromichi Ito (JPN)