# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg

The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

## Medalists

| Gold | Takashi Kobayashi Japan |
| Silver | Ivan Tsonov Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Sergey Karamchakov Soviet Union |

## 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 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 4-0 TF | 3:52 | Tümendembereliin Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 1 |
| 1 | Liang Dejin (CHN) | 1-3 PP | 7-13 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 0 |
| 0 | Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 3-1 PP | 12-3 | Suryadi Gunawan (INA) | 1 |
| 0 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 3-1 PP | 7-1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 |
| 0 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 3-1 PP | 14-5 | Hour Jiunn-yih (TPE) | 1 |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 4-0 TF | 2:55 | Liang Dejin (CHN) | 2 |
| 2 | Tümendembereliin Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 1-3 PP | 6-7 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 0 |
| 1 | Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 1-3 PP | 2-12 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 0 |
| 2 | Suryadi Gunawan (INA) | 1-3 PP | 4-10 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 0 |
| 1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 4-0 ST | 19-3 | Hour Jiunn-Yih (TPE) | 2 |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 3.5-0 SO | 12-0 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 1 |
| 2 | Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 1-3 PP | 3-10 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 |
| 0 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 3-0 PO | 2-0 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 1 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 2-0 P0 | 5:01 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 1 |
| 2 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 1-3 PP | 8-11 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 |
| 1 | Volker Anger (GDR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 2 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 0-3 P1 | 4:28 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 0 |
| 1 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | | | Bye | |
| 1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | | | Bye | |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 3-0 PO | 3-0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 1 |
| 1 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP | Tiebreaker |
| Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 | - | 14 | 4 |
| Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 1 | - | 9 | 3 |
| Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 1 | - | 16.5 | 2 |
| Volker Anger (GDR) | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Suryadi Gunawan (INA) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Hour Jiunn-Yih (TPE) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Liang Dejin (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Tümendembereliin Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 2 | 2 | 1 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 1 | Alfredo Marcuño (ESP) | 0-4 ST | 0-16 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Lee Sang-Ho (KOR) | 0-4 PA | 0:44 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 |
| 0 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 4-0 ST | 17-0 | William Delgado (COL) | 1 |
| 0 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 3-1 PP | 8-1 | Amos Ojo (NGR) | 1 |
| 0 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | 3-1 PP | 10-3 | Alfredo Marcuño (ESP) | 2 |
| 1 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 0-4 TF | 1:48 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 |
| 0 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 3-1 PP | 4-3 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 1 |
| 1 | William Delgado (COL) | 3-1 PP | 8-6 | Amos Ojo (NGR) | 2 |
| 1 | Lee Sang-Ho (KOR) | | | DNA | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 1 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | .5-3.5 SP | 1-13 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 1 |
| 0 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 3:23 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 1 |
| 2 | William Delgado (COL) | 1-3 PP | 6-9 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 1 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 2 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 |
| 1 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 4-0 TF | 4:25 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 2 |
| 1 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 2 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 1-3 PP | 3-5 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 1 |
| 0 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 0 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 6-5 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 3 |
| 1 | Tim Vanni (USA) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 | - | 19 |
| Tim Vanni (USA) | 1 | - | 14.5 |
| İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | 2 | 4 | 3.5 |
| William Delgado (COL) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Amos Ojo (NGR) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Alfredo Marcuño (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Lee Sang-Ho (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Volker Anger (GDR) | 4-0 DQ | | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 3-0 P1 | 4:27 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 3-1 PP | 3-1 | Tim Vanni (USA) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | .5-3.5 SP | 4-16 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) |

## Final standings

* Takashi Kobayashi (JPN)
* Ivan Tsonov (BUL)
* Sergey Karamchakov (URS)
* Tim Vanni (USA)
* Reiner Heugabel (FRG)
* İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR)
* Volker Anger (GDR)