# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 130 kg

The Men's Freestyle 130 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

## Medalists

| Gold | David Gobejishvili Soviet Union |
| Silver | Bruce Baumgartner United States |
| Bronze | Andreas Schröder East Germany |

## 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 | Bruce Baumgartner (USA) | 4-0 DQ | | Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 1 |
| 0 | Andreas Schröder (GDR) | 4-0 TF | 1:12 | Adam Sandurski (POL) | 1 |
| 0 | Ham Duk-won (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 6-4 | Jesús Montesdeoca (ESP) | 1 |
| 0 | Dan Payne (CAN) | 4-0 TF | 0:21 | Navind Ramsaran (MRI) | 1 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Bruce Baumgartner (USA) | 3-1 PP | 11-1 | Andreas Schröder (GDR) | 1 |
| 1 | Adam Sandurski (POL) | 4-0 TF | 1:00 | Ham Duk-won (KOR) | 1 |
| 2 | Jesús Montesdeoca (ESP) | 0-3 P1 | 4:14 | Dan Payne (CAN) | 0 |
| 1 | Navind Ramsaran (MRI) | | | Bye | |
| 1 | Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | | | DNA | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 2 | Navind Ramsaran (MRI) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Bruce Baumgartner (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Andreas Schröder (GDR) | 4-0 TF | 1:05 | Ham Duk-won (KOR) | 2 |
| 1 | Adam Sandurski (POL) | 3-1 PP | 4-3 | Dan Payne (CAN) | 1 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 0 | Bruce Baumgartner (USA) | 4-0 ST | 17-0 | Adam Sandurski (POL) | 2 |
| 1 | Andreas Schröder (GDR) | 3.5-.5 SP | 15-3 | Dan Payne (CAN) | 2 |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Bruce Baumgartner (USA) | 0 | - | 15 |
| Andreas Schröder (GDR) | 1 | - | 12.5 |
| Daniel Payne (CAN) | 2 | 4 | 8.5 |
| Adam Sandurski (POL) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Ham Duk-won (KOR) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Navind Ramsaran (MRI) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Jesús Montesdeoca (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Hassan El-Hadad (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 0 | László Klauz (HUN) | 4-0 TF | 16-0 | Miroslav Luberda (TCH) | 1 |
| 1 | Ralf Bremmer (FRG) | 1-3 PP | 4-8 | Hiroyuki Obata (JPN) | 0 |
| 0 | David Gobejishvili (URS) | 4-0 ST | 17-0 | Dennis Atiyeh (SYR) | 1 |
| 0 | Atanas Atanasov (BUL) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 1 | Atanas Atanassov (BUL) | 0-3 P1 | 5:17 | László Klauz (HUN) | 0 |
| 2 | Miroslav Luberda (TCH) | 0-4 TF | 4:11 | Ralf Bremmer (FRG) | 1 |
| 1 | Hiroyuki Obata (JPN) | 0-4 TF | 2:43 | David Gobejishvili (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Dennis Atiyeh (SYR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 2 | Dennis Atiyeh (SYR) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Atanas Atanassov (BUL) | 1 |
| 0 | László Klauz (HUN) | 4-0 TF | 0:17 | Hiroyuki Obata (JPN) | 2 |
| 2 | Ralf Bremmer (FRG) | 0-3 P1 | 4:43 | David Gobejishvili (URS) | 0 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 2 | Atanas Atanassov (BUL) | 1-3 PP | 1-6 | David Gobejishvili (URS) | 0 |
| 0 | László Klauz (HUN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 1 | László Klauz (HUN) | 0-3 PO | 0-10 | David Gobejishvili (URS) | 0 |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| David Gobejishvili (URS) | 0 | - | 17 |
| László Klauz (HUN) | 1 | - | 11 |
| Atanas Atanassov (BUL) | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Ralf Bremmer (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Hiroyuki Obata (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Dennis Atiyeh (SYR) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Miroslav Luberda (TCH) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Adam Sandurski (POL) | 3-1 PP | 7-5 | Ralf Bremmer (FRG) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Dan Payne (CAN) | 1-3 PP | 3-8 | Atanas Atanassov (BUL) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Andreas Schröder (GDR) | 3-0 P1 | 4:21 | László Klauz (HUN) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Bruce Baumgartner (USA) | 1-3 PP | 1-3 | David Gobejishvili (URS) |

## Final standings

* David Gobejishvili (URS)
* Bruce Baumgartner (USA)
* Andreas Schröder (GDR)
* László Klauz (HUN)
* Atanas Atanassov (BUL)
* Dan Payne (CAN)
* Adam Sandurski (POL)
* Ralf Bremmer (FRG)