# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 90 kg

The Men's Freestyle 90 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 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 12-6 | Christian Iloanusi (NGR) | 1 |
| 1 | Walter Koenig (AUS) | 0-4 TF | 2:03 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 0 |
| 1 | Subhash Verma (IND) | 1-3 PP | 4-11 | Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 0 |
| 1 | Doug Cox (CAN) | 1-3 PP | 7-10 | Jim Scherr (USA) | 0 |
| 0 | Graeme English (GBR) | 4-0 TF | 2:13 | Moustapha Guèye (SEN) | 1 |
| 1 | Samba Adama (MTN) | 0-4 TF | 2:45 | Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) | 0 |
| 1 | Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) | 1-3 PP | 4-14 | Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) | 0 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 1:12 | Walter Koenig (AUS) | 2 |
| 2 | Christian Iloanusi (NGR) | 0-3 P1 | 3:26 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 0 |
| 1 | Subhash Verma (IND) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Doug Cox (CAN) | 2 |
| 1 | Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 1-3 PP | 1-3 | Jim Scherr (USA) | 0 |
| 0 | Graeme English (GBR) | 4-0 TF | 1:24 | Samba Adama (MTN) | 2 |
| 2 | Moustapha Guèye (SEN) | 0-4 TF | 1:30 | Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) | 1 |
| 1 | Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) | 0-0 DQ | 5:09 | Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) | 1 |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 0 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 1:52 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 1 |
| 2 | Subhash Verma (IND) | 1-3 PP | 3-6 | Jim Scherr (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 3-0 PO | 10-0 | Graeme English (GBR) | 1 |
| 1 | Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) | 4-0 TF | 1:52 | Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) | 2 |
| 1 | Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 2 | Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) | 0-4 TF | 5:51 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 0 |
| 2 | Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 1-3 PP | 2-6 | Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 1 |
| 0 | Jim Scherr (USA) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Graeme English (GBR) | 2 |
| 1 | Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) | | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 2 | Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) | 0-3 PO | 0-4 | Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 1 |
| 0 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 5:06 | Jim Scherr (USA) | 1 |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 1 | Akira Ota (JPN) | 1-3 PP | 4-5 | Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 1 |
| 1 | Jim Scherr (USA) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP | Tiebreaker |
| Akira Ota (JPN) | 1 | - | 20 | 5 |
| Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 1 | - | 16 | 4 |
| Jim Scherr (USA) | 1 | - | 13 | 3 |
| Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Abdul Majeed Maruwala (PAK) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Graeme English (GBR) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Mehmet Türkkaya (TUR) | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Subhash Verma (IND) | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Taj Mohammad Khairi (AFG) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Doug Cox (CAN) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Christian Iloanusi (NGR) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Walter Koenig (AUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Samba Adama (MTN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Moustapha Guèye (SEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 0 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 4-0 TF | 1:20 | Reuben Tucker (GUM) | 1 |
| 1 | Roberto Neves Filho (BRA) | 1-3 PP | 6-10 | Hubert Bindels (BEL) | 0 |
| 0 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 3-1 PP | 9-3 | Jerzy Nieć (POL) | 1 |
| 0 | Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) | 3-1 PP | 3-2 | Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 1 |
| 1 | Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | 0 |
| 0 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 8-2 | Ahmad Al-Shamy (SYR) | 1 |
| 0 | Edwin Lins (AUT) | 4-0 TF | 1:35 | Bakary Sanneh (GAM) | 1 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 3-1 PP | 9-2 | Roberto Neves Filho (BRA) | 2 |
| 2 | Reuben Tucker (GUM) | 0-4 TF | 0:36 | Hubert Bindels (BEL) | 0 |
| 0 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 3-1 PP | 3-2 | Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) | 1 |
| 2 | Jerzy Nieć (POL) | 0-3 P1 | 5:08 | Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 1 |
| 2 | Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR) | 0-3.5 PS | 4:41 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | 0 |
| 0 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | 3-1 PP | 10-1 | Edwin Lins (AUT) | 1 |
| 1 | Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR) | 4-0 TF | 1:55 | Bakary Sanneh (GAM) | 2 |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 0 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 3-1 PP | 3-1 | Hubert Bindels (BEL) | 1 |
| 0 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 3-1 PP | 3-2 | Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 2 |
| 2 | Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) | 0-3 P1 | 3:27 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | 0 |
| 0 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | 4-0 TF | 2:47 | Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR) | 2 |
| 1 | Edwin Lins (AUT) | | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 1 | Edwin Lins (AUT) | 3-1 PP | 6-5 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 1 |
| 2 | Hubert Bindels (BEL) | 0-3 PO | 0-9 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 0 |
| 0 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | 4-0 TF | 3:54 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | 1 |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 2 | Edwin Lins (AUT) | 0-4 TF | 1:41 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 0 |
| 2 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 0-4 TF | 1:46 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 1 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 5-3 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 1 |
| 0 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | | | Bye | |
| Round 7 ||||||
| 0 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | 4-0 TF | 5:27 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 2 |
| 1 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) | 0 | - | 23 |
| Kim Tae-woo (KOR) | 1 | - | 12.5 |
| Rumen Alabakov (BUL) | 2 | 7 | 17 |
| Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Edwin Lins (AUT) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Hubert Bindels (BEL) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Bodo Lukowski (FRG) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Ahmed Al-Shamy (SYR) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Mohamed Reza Tupchi (IRI) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Roberto Neves Filho (BRA) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jerzy Nieć (POL) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jean-Baptiste Youmbi (CMR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bakary Sanneh (GAM) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Reuben Tucker (GUM) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE) | 3-1 PP | 4-2 | Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Jim Scherr (USA) | 3-1 PP | 3-1 | Rumen Alabakov (BUL) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Gábor Tóth (HUN) | 0-3 PO | 0-1 | Kim Tae-woo (KOR) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Akira Ota (JPN) | 0-4 ST | 0-16 | Makharbek Khadartsev (URS) |

## Final standings

* Makharbek Khadartsev (URS)
* Akira Ota (JPN)
* Kim Tae-woo (KOR)
* Gábor Tóth (HUN)
* Jim Scherr (USA)
* Rumen Alabakov (BUL)
* Iraklis Deskoulidis (GRE)
* Zevegiin Düvchin (MGL)