# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 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 ||||||
| 1 | Zouheir Hory (SYR) | 0-3 P1 | 4:25 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 0 |
| 0 | Francisco Barcia (ESP) | 3-1 PP | 7-5 | Daniel Navarrete (ARG) | 1 |
| 1 | Morten Brekke (NOR) | 0-3 PO | 0-5 | Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 0 |
| 1 | Abdullah Al-Shamsi (YAR) | 0-4 TF | 2:43 | Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | 0 |
| 0 | Masoud Ghadimi (IRI) | 3-1 PP | 2-1 | Zhao Jianqiang (CHN) | 1 |
| 1 | Franck Abrial (FRA) | 0-3 PO | 0-7 | Claudio Passarelli (FRG) | 0 |
| 0 | Said Souaken (MAR) | 3-0 P1 | 5:40 | Gustavo Manzur (ESA) | 1 |
| 1 | Nandor Sabo (YUG) | 0-3.5 SO | 0-13 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 0 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 1 | Zouheir Hory (SYR) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Francisco Barcia (ESP) | 1 |
| 0 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 3-0 P1 | 5:42 | Daniel Navarrete (ARG) | 2 |
| 1 | Morten Brekke (NOR) | 4-0 ST | 17-0 | Abdullah Al-Shamsi (YAR) | 2 |
| 0 | Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 10-1 | Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | 1 |
| 1 | Masoud Ghadimi (IRI) | 0-4 TF | 1:07 | Franck Abrial (FRA) | 1 |
| 2 | Zhao Jianqiang (CHN) | 1-3 PP | 1-8 | Claudio Passarelli (FRG) | 0 |
| 1 | Said Souaken (MAR) | 0-3 P1 | 1:59 | Nandor Sabo (YUG) | 1 |
| 2 | Gustavo Manzur (ESA) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 0 |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 2 | Zouheir Hory (SYR) | 0-3 P1 | 5:24 | Morten Brekke (NOR) | 1 |
| 0 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 3-0 P1 | 4:31 | Francisco Barcia (ESP) | 2 |
| 0 | Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 4-0 DQ | 5:46 | Masoud Ghadimi (IRI) | 2 |
| 1 | Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 7-6 | Franck Abrial (FRA) | 2 |
| 1 | Claudio Passarelli (FRG) | 1-3 PP | 3-4 | Nandor Sabo (YUG) | 1 |
| 2 | Said Souaken (MAR) | 0-3 PO | 0-7 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 0 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 1 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 1-3 PP | 1-4 | Morten Brekke (NOR) | 1 |
| 0 | Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 3-0 P1 | 5:08 | Claudio Passarelli (FRG) | 2 |
| 1 | Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 2-1 | Nandor Sabo (YUG) | 2 |
| 0 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 0 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 3-0 PO | 2-0 | Morten Brekke (NOR) | 2 |
| 2 | Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 0-4 ST | 2-18 | Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 0 |
| 1 | Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 2 | Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | 0-3 PO | 0-10 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 0 |
| 0 | Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 7 ||||||
| 0 | Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 8-3 | Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 1 |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 0 | - | 20 |
| Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 1 | - | 17.5 |
| Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Morten Brekke (NOR) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Herminio Hidalgo (PAN) | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Nandor Sabo (YUG) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Claudio Passarelli (FRG) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Franck Abrial (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Zouheir Hory (SYR) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Francisco Barcia (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Masoud Ghadimi (IRI) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Said Souaken (MAR) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Zhao Jianqiang (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Daniel Navarrete (ARG) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Gustavo Manzur (ESA) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Abdullah Al-Shamsi (YAR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 0 | Jerzy Kopański (POL) | 3-0 P1 | 5:36 | Sümer Koçak (TUR) | 1 |
| 1 | Abdellatif Abdellatif (EGY) | 0-3 PO | 0-9 | Lars Lagerborg (SWE) | 0 |
| 0 | Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Muneir Al-Masri (JOR) | 1 |
| 1 | Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) | 0-4 ST | 0-16 | Andrew Seras (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Markus Pittner (AUT) | 1-3 PP | 2-5 | Petrică Cărare (ROU) | 0 |
| 1 | Douglas Yeats (CAN) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Levon Julfalakyan (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Kiptoo Salbei (KEN) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Georgi Karamanliev (BUL) | 0 |
| 0 | Attila Repka (HUN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 1 | Attila Repka (HUN) | 0-3 PO | 0-4 | Jerzy Kopański (POL) | 0 |
| 1 | Sümer Koçak (TUR) | 4-0 TF | 4:34 | Abdellatif Abdellatif (EGY) | 2 |
| 0 | Lars Lagerborg (SWE) | 3-0 P1 | 5:17 | Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE) | 1 |
| 2 | Muneir Al-Masri (JOR) | 0-4 TF | 1:16 | Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) | 1 |
| 0 | Andrew Seras (USA) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Markus Pittner (AUT) | 2 |
| 0 | Petrică Cărare (ROU) | 3-0 P1 | 3:45 | Douglas Yeats (CAN) | 2 |
| 0 | Levon Julfalakyan (URS) | 4-0 ST | 16-0 | Kiptoo Salbei (KEN) | 2 |
| 0 | Georgi Karamanliev (BUL) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 1 | Georgi Karamanliev (BUL) | 0-3 P1 | 5:10 | Attila Repka (HUN) | 1 |
| 1 | Jerzy Kopański (POL) | 0-0 DQ | 5:22 | Lars Lagerborg (SWE) | 1 |
| 1 | Sümer Koçak (TUR) | 3-0 P1 | 4:14 | Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE) | 2 |
| 2 | Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) | 0-4 ST | 0-19 | Petrică Cărare (ROU) | 0 |
| 1 | Andrew Seras (USA) | 1-3 PP | 2-9 | Levon Julfalakyan (URS) | 0 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 2 | Georgi Karamanliev (BUL) | 0-3 P1 | 5:29 | Jerzy Kopański (POL) | 1 |
| 1 | Attila Repka (HUN) | 3-0 P1 | 3:35 | Sümer Koçak (TUR) | 2 |
| 2 | Lars Lagerborg (SWE) | 0-0 DQ | 5:33 | Andrew Seras (USA) | 2 |
| 1 | Petrică Cărare (ROU) | 1-3 PP | 4-8 | Levon Julfalakyan (URS) | 0 |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 2 | Attila Repka (HUN) | 0-3 PO | 0-1 | Petrică Cărare (ROU) | 1 |
| 2 | Jerzy Kopański (POL) | 0-4 TF | 0:34 | Levon Julfalakyan (URS) | 0 |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Levon Julfalakyan (URS) | 0 | - | 18 |
| Petrică Cărare (ROU) | 1 | - | 14 |
| Jerzy Kopański (POL) | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Attila Repka (HUN) | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Andrew Seras (USA) | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Sümer Koçak (TUR) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Lars Lagerborg (SWE) | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Georgi Karamanliev (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Markus Pittner (AUT) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Douglas Yeats (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Abdellatif Abdellatif (EGY) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Muneir Al-Masri (JOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kiptoo Salbei (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Morten Brekke (NOR) | 3-1 PP | 6-5 | Attila Repka (HUN) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN) | 0-3 P1 | 5:07 | Jerzy Kopański (POL) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Tapio Sipilä (FIN) | 3-1 PP | 7-4 | Petrică Cărare (ROU) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Kim Sung-moon (KOR) | 1-3 PP | 3-9 | Levon Julfalakyan (URS) |

## Final standings

* Levon Julfalakyan (URS)
* Kim Sung-moon (KOR)
* Tapio Sipilä (FIN)
* Petrică Cărare (ROU)
* Jerzy Kopański (POL)
* Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)
* Morten Brekke (NOR)
* Attila Repka (HUN)