# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kenny Monday United States |
| Silver | Adlan Varayev Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Rahmat Sofiadi Bulgaria |

## 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 | Lars Gustafsson (SWE) | 1-3 PP | 1-2 | Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU) | 0 |
| 1 | David Harmon (IRL) | 0-4 ST | 0-16 | Haitham Jibara (IRQ) | 0 |
| 0 | Adlan Varayev (URS) | 3-1 PP | 5-3 | Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 1 |
| 0 | Muhammad Anwar (PAK) | 4-0 TF | 4:24 | Djibril Diouf (SEN) | 1 |
| 1 | Mamadou Diaw Diallo (GUI) | 0-3 P1 | 5:07 | Naresh Kumar (IND) | 0 |
| 0 | Uwe Westendorf (GDR) | 3-1 PP | 4-1 | Monday Eguabor (NGR) | 1 |
| 0 | Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 4-0 TF | 1:24 | Jean Manga (CMR) | 1 |
| 0 | Yoshihiko Hara (JPN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Yoshihiko Hara (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 7-1 | Lars Gustafsson (SWE) | 2 |
| 0 | Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | David Harmon (IRL) | 2 |
| 1 | Haitham Jibara (IRQ) | 0-3 PO | 0-9 | Adlan Varayev (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 3-1 PP | 20-9 | Muhammad Anwar (PAK) | 1 |
| 2 | Djibril Diouf (SEN) | 0-3 P1 | 7:25 | Mamadou Diaw Diallo (GUI) | 1 |
| 1 | Naresh Kumar (IND) | 1-3 PP | 2-11 | Uwe Westendorf (GDR) | 0 |
| 2 | Monday Eguabor (NGR) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 0 |
| 1 | Jean Manga (CMR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 2 | Jean Manga (CMR) | 0-4 TF | 1:56 | Yoshihiko Hara (JPN) | 0 |
| 0 | Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU) | 3-1 PP | 7-4 | Haitham Jibara (IRQ) | 2 |
| 0 | Adlan Varayev (URS) | 4-0 TF | 0:21 | Muhammad Anwar (PAK) | 2 |
| 1 | Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 4-0 TF | 5:51 | Naresh Kumar (IND) | 2 |
| 2 | Mamadou Diaw Diallo (GUI) | 0-4 TF | 1:30 | Uwe Westendorf (GDR) | 0 |
| 0 | Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 0 | Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 3-1 PP | 7-3 | Yoshihiko Hara (JPN) | 1 |
| 1 | Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU) | 1-3 PP | 1-10 | Adlan Varayev (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 3-1 PP | 6-3 | Uwe Westendorf (GDR) | 1 |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 0 | Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 3.5-.5 SP | 14-2 | Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU) | 2 |
| 2 | Yoshihiko Hara (JPN) | 1-3 PP | 9-12 | Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 1 |
| 0 | Adlan Varayev (URS) | 3-1 PP | 4-2 | Uwe Westendorf (GDR) | 2 |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 1 | Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 1-3 PP | 2-5 | Adlan Varayev (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | | | Bye | |
| Round 7 ||||||
| 2 | Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 0-4 PA | | Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 1 |
| 0 | Adlan Varayev (URS) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Adlan Varayev (URS) | 0 | - | 19 |
| Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 1 | - | 19.5 |
| Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| Uwe Westendorf (GDR) | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Claudiu Tămăduianu (ROU) | 2 | 5 | 11.5 |
| Yoshihiko Hara (JPN) | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Haitham Jibara (IRQ) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Muhammad Anwar (PAK) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Naresh Kumar (IND) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Mamadou Diaw Diallo (GUI) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Jean Manga (CMR) | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Lars Gustafsson (SWE) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Monday Eguabor (NGR) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| David Harmon (IRL) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Djibril Diouf (SEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 1 | Fitzlloyd Walker (GBR) | 0–3.5 SO | 0-12 | Kenny Monday (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Alfonso Jessel (MEX) | .5-3.5 SP | 1-14 | János Nagy (HUN) | 0 |
| 0 | Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Eusebio Serna (ESP) | 1 |
| 0 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 4-0 ST | 15-0 | Salem Ould Habib (MTN) | 1 |
| 0 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 3-1 PP | 12-4 | Bruno Beudet (FRA) | 1 |
| 1 | Abdullah Al-Ghrbi (YAR) | 0-4 TF | 0:42 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | 0 |
| 1 | Uati Iutana (SAM) | 0-4 TF | 0:55 | Adama Damballey (GAM) | 0 |
| 0 | Šaban Sejdi (YUG) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 0 | Šaban Sejdi (YUG) | 3-0 PO | 10-0 | Fitzlloyd Walker (GBR) | 2 |
| 0 | Kenny Monday (USA) | 4-0 TF | 2:00 | Alfonso Jessel (MEX) | 2 |
| 1 | János Nagy (HUN) | 1-3 PP | 3-9 | Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) | 0 |
| 2 | Eusebio Serna (ESP) | 0-4 ST | 0-16 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 0 |
| 2 | Salem Ould Habib (MTN) | 0-4 TF | 0:27 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 0 |
| 1 | Bruno Beudet (FRA) | 4-0 ST | 16-0 | Abdullah Al-Ghrbi (YAR) | 2 |
| 0 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | 4-0 TF | 0:40 | Uati Iutaga (SAM) | 2 |
| 0 | Adama Damballey (GAM) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 1 | Adama Damballey (GAM) | 0-4 TF | 0:54 | Šaban Sejdi (YUG) | 0 |
| 0 | Kenny Monday (USA) | 3-1 PP | 3-2 | János Nagy (HUN) | 2 |
| 1 | Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) | 1-3 PP | 1-8 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 0 |
| 0 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 3-1 PP | 6-4 | Bruno Beudet (FRA) | 2 |
| 0 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 0 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | 4-0 TF | 1:20 | Adama Damballey (GAM) | 2 |
| 1 | Šaban Sejdi (YUG) | 0-3 PO | 0-4 | Kenny Monday (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) | 3-1 PP | 7-4 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 1 |
| 0 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | | | Bye | |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 0 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 3-0 P1 | 5:39 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | 1 |
| 2 | Šaban Sejdi (YUG) | 1-3 PP | 2-4 | Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) | 1 |
| 0 | Kenny Monday (USA) | 3-0 PO | 6-0 | Gary Holmes (CAN) | 2 |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 1 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 0-3 PO | 0-2 | Kenny Monday (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | 4-0 TF | 2:19 | Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) | 2 |
| Round 7 ||||||
| 2 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | 0-3 PO | 0-7 | Kenny Monday (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Kenny Monday (USA) | 0 | - | 22.5 |
| Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 1 | - | 13 |
| Pekka Rauhala (FIN) | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) | 2 | 6 | 14 |
| Gary Holmes (CAN) | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Šaban Sejdi (YUG) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Adama Damballey (GAM) | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Bruno Beudet (FRA) | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| János Nagy (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 5.5 |
| Alfonso Jessel (MEX) | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
| Fitzlloyd Walker (GBR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Salem Ould Habib (MTN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Uati Iutaga (SAM) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Eusebio Serna (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Abdullah Al-Ghrbi (YAR) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Uwe Westendorf (GDR) | 0-4 PA | | Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Ayat Vagozari (IRI) | 0-4 PA | 3:00 | Pekka Rauhala (FIN) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL) | 3-1 PP | 8-3 | Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Adlan Varayev (URS) | 1-3 PP | 2-5 | Kenny Monday (USA) |

## Final standings

* Kenny Monday (USA)
* Adlan Varayev (URS)
* Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL)
* Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL)
* Pekka Rauhala (FIN)
* Ayat Vagozari (IRI)
* Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR)
* Uwe Westendorf (GDR)