# Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 100 kg

The Men's Freestyle 100 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

## Medalists

| Gold | Vasile Puşcaşu Romania |
| Silver | Leri Khabelov Soviet Union |
| Bronze | William Scherr United States |

## 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 | Joe Byung-eun (KOR) | 1-3 PP | 3-5 | Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) | 0 |
| 0 | Kartar Singh (IND) | 3-1 PP | 3-2 | Tamon Honda (JPN) | 1 |
| 0 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 4-0 TF | 0:56 | Floriano Spiess (BRA) | 1 |
| 0 | Hayri Sezgin (TUR) | 4-0 TF | 1:42 | Jackson Bidei (NGR) | 1 |
| 1 | Fred Solovi (SAM) | 0-4 TF | 2:42 | Leri Khabelov (URS) | 0 |
| 0 | Clark Davis (CAN) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 1 | Clark Davis (CAN) | 1-3 PP | 2-6 | Joe Byung-eun (KOR) | 1 |
| 0 | Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) | 3-0 P1 | 4:27 | Kartar Singh (IND) | 1 |
| 2 | Tamon Honda (JPN) | 0-4 TF | 1:53 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 0 |
| 1 | Floriano Spiess (BRA) | 3-1 PP | 11-7 | Fred Solovi (SAM) | 2 |
| 1 | Hayri Sezgin (TUR) | 1-3 PP | 2-9 | Leri Khabelov (URS) | 0 |
| 1 | Jackson Bidei (NGR) | | | DNA | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 2 | Clark Davis (CAN) | 1-3 PP | 3-8 | Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) | 0 |
| 1 | Joe Byung-eun (KOR) | 4-0 ST | 16-1 | Kartar Singh (IND) | 2 |
| 0 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 3-1 PP | 5-3 | Hayri Sezgin (TUR) | 2 |
| 2 | Floriano Spiess (BRA) | 0-4 TF | 3:45 | Leri Khabelov (URS) | 0 |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 2 | Joe Byung-eun (KOR) | 0-4 TF | 1:16 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 0 |
| 1 | Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) | 0-4 TF | 1:50 | Leri Khabelov (URS) | 0 |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 2 | Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) | 0-4 TF | 1:48 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 0 |
| 0 | Leri Khabelov (URS) | | | Bye | |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 0 | Leri Khabelov (URS) | 3-1 PP | 3-1 | Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 1 |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Leri Khabelov (URS) | 0 | - | 18 |
| Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 1 | - | 20 |
| Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Joe Byung-eun (KOR) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Hayri Sezgin (TUR) | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Floriano Spiess (BRA) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Kartar Singh (IND) | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Clark Davis (CAN) | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Fred Solovi (SAM) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Tamon Honda (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Jackson Bidei (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 0 |

#### Group B

| L | | CP | TP | | L |
| Round 1 ||||||
| 0 | Georgi Karadushev (BUL) | 3-0 PO | 2-0 | Wilfried Colling (FRG) | 1 |
| 0 | Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) | 4-0 TF | 1:08 | Maisiba Obwoge (KEN) | 1 |
| 0 | Babacar Sar (MTN) | 4-0 TF | 2:16 | Alesana Sione (ASA) | 1 |
| 1 | István Robotka (HUN) | 0-3 PO | 0-8 | Noel Loban (GBR) | 0 |
| 1 | Wojciech Wala (POL) | 0-4 TF | 5:26 | William Scherr (USA) | 0 |
| 0 | Július Strnisko (TCH) | | | Bye | |
| Round 2 ||||||
| 1 | Július Strnisko (TCH) | 1-3 PP | 1-7 | Georgi Karaduchev (BUL) | 0 |
| 2 | Wilfried Colling (FRG) | 0-3 PO | 0-4 | Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) | 0 |
| 2 | Maisiba Obwoge (KEN) | 0-4 TF | 2:59 | Babacar Sar (MTN) | 0 |
| 2 | Alesana Sione (ASA) | 0-4 DQ | | István Robotka (HUN) | 1 |
| 0 | Noel Loban (GBR) | 3-1 PP | 11-2 | Wojciech Wala (POL) | 2 |
| 0 | William Scherr (USA) | | | Bye | |
| Round 3 ||||||
| 0 | William Scherr (USA) | 3-1 PP | 11-3 | Július Strnisko (TCH) | 2 |
| 1 | Georgi Karaduchev (BUL) | 1-3 PP | 3-7 | Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) | 0 |
| 1 | Babacar Sar (MTN) | 0-4 TF | 0:22 | István Robotka (HUN) | 1 |
| 0 | Noel Loban (GBR) | | | Bye | |
| Round 4 ||||||
| 1 | Noel Loban (GBR) | 1-3 PP | 2-5 | William Scherr (USA) | 0 |
| 1 | Georgi Karaduchev (BUL) | 4-0 TF | 0:47 | Babacar Sar (MTN) | 2 |
| 0 | Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) | 3-1 PP | 5-4 | István Robotka (HUN) | 2 |
| Round 5 ||||||
| 2 | Noel Loban (GBR) | 1-3 PP | 3-5 | Georgi Karaduchev (BUL) | 1 |
| 1 | William Scherr (USA) | 1-3 PP | 1-4 | Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) | 0 |
| Round 6 ||||||
| 1 | William Scherr (USA) | 3-1 PP | 6-1 | Georgi Karaduchev (BUL) | 2 |
| 0 | Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) | | | Bye | |
| Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
| Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) | 0 | - | 16 |
| William Scherr (USA) | 1 | - | 14 |
| Georgi Karaduchev (BUL) | 2 | 6 | 15 |
| Noel Loban (GBR) | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| István Robotka (HUN) | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Babacar Sar (MTN) | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Július Strnisko (TCH) | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Wojciech Wala (POL) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Alesana Sione (ASA) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Maisiba Obwoge (KEN) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Wilfried Colling (FRG) | 2 | 2 | 0 |

### Final round

| | CP | TP | |
| 7th place match ||||
| Joe Byung-eun (KOR) | 0-4 PA | | Noel Loban (GBR) |
| 5th place match ||||
| Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL) | 0-4 TF | 1:32 | Georgi Karaduchev (BUL) |
| Bronze medal match ||||
| Uwe Neupert (GDR) | 0-4 TF | 3:31 | William Scherr (USA) |
| Gold medal match ||||
| Leri Khabelov (URS) | 0-3 PO | 0-1 | Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU) |

## Final standings

* Vasile Puşcaşu (ROU)
* Leri Khabelov (URS)
* William Scherr (USA)
* Uwe Neupert (GDR)
* Georgi Karaduchev (BUL)
* Boldyn Javkhlantögs (MGL)
* Noel Loban (GBR)
* Joe Byung-eun (KOR)