# Wrestling at the 1990 Goodwill Games

Freestyle wrestling was part of the 1990 Goodwill Games program. The freestyle wrestling tournament was a team championship (but the wrestlers won individual gold, silver and bronze medals)
A total of 82 wrestlers from 8 nations competed at the 1990 Goodwill Games:
* Bulgaria (10);
* Canada (10);
* Japan (10);
* Mongolian People's Republic (10);
* South Korea (10);
* Soviet Union (10);
* Turkey (10);
* United States (10).
According to the results of the 1988 Olympic Games, the following countries became the world's best centers for the development of freestyle wrestling: USSR, South Korea, Japan, USA and Bulgaria.
The USSR national freestyle wrestling team included the following players: 1. Gnel Medzhlumyan, 48 kg; 2. Zambalov Sergey, 52 kg; 3. Ruslan Karaev, 57 kg; 4. Stepan Sarkisyan, 62 kg; 5. Arsen Fadzaev, 68 kg; 6. Adlan Varayev, 74 kg; 7. Elmadi Zhabrailov, 82 kg; 8. Makharbek Khadartsev, 90 kg; 9. Andrei Golovko, 100 kg; 10. David Gobejishvili, 100 + kg.
The South Korean national freestyle wrestling team included the following players: 1. Kim Jong-Shin, 48 kg; 2. Kim Sun-Hak, 52 kg; 3. Kim Jong-Oh, 57 kg; 4. Shin Sang-Kyu, 62 kg; 5. Park Jang-soon, 68 kg; 6. Park Young-Jin, 74 kg; 7. Lee Dong-Woo, 82 kg; 8. Oh Hyo-Chul, 90 kg; 9. Kim Tae-woo (wrestler), 100 kg; 10. Jo Byung-eun, 100 + kg.
The Japan national freestyle wrestling team included the following players: 1. Hirano Takayoshi, 48 kg; 2. Hideo Sasayama, 52 kg; 3. Toshio Asakura, 57 kg; 4. Takumi Adachi, 62 kg; 5. Kosei Akaishi, 68 kg; 6. Yoshihiko Hara, 74 kg; 7. Kikuchi Takashi, 82 kg; 8. Akaishi Akeo, 90 kg; 9. Manabu Nakanishi, 100 kg; 10. Tamon Honda, 100 + kg.
The USA national freestyle wrestling team included the following players: 1. Cory Baze, 48 kg; 2. Zeke Jones, 52 kg; 3. Joe Melchiore, 57 kg; 4. John Smith, 62 kg; 5. Nate Carr, 68 kg; 6. Rob Koll, 74 kg; 7. Royce Alger, Kenny Monday, 82 kg; 8. James Scherr, 90 kg; 9. Kirk Trost, William Scherr, 100 kg; 10. Bruce Baumgartner, 100 + kg.
The Bulgarian national freestyle wrestling team included the following players: 1. Chetov Azet, 48 kg; 2. Valentin Yordanov, 52 kg; 3. Topolov Dimitar, 57 kg; 4. Yankov Vladimir, 62 kg; 5. Petovski Aleksander, 68 kg; 6. Rahmat Sofiadi, 74 kg; 7. Markov Dimitar, 82 kg; 8. Rusev Dragia, 90 kg; 9. Makedonov Petio, 100 kg; 10. Kiril Barbutov, 100 + kg.
The national teams were divided into two groups:
* Group A: USSR, South Korea, Mongolian People's Republic and Canada;
* Group B: Japan, USA, Bulgaria and Turkey.
Final round:
* Japan vs Canada – Edgelow Gregory, Adachi Takumi and Kosei Akaishi won the bronze medal. The world champion Toshio Asakura won by points, but was left without a medal (he lost in his group B);
* Turkey vs Mongolian People's Republic – Khaltmaagiin Battuul won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 57 kg;
* USSR vs Bulgaria – the world champion Valentin Yordanov won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 52 kg;
* South Korea vs USA – Nate Carr won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 68 kg;
* South Korea vs Bulgaria – Park Young-Jin won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 74 kg;
* USSR vs USA – John Smith and Makharbek Khadartsev twice won gold medals of the Goodwill Games.
* USSR vs Turkey (individual match) - Elmadi Zhabrailov won the gold medal in the men's freestyle 82 kg.
The winners of Groups A and B wrestled among themselves for gold and silver medals. They retained the medals even after losing further meetings
Top - upset of the 1990 Goodwill Games wrestling tournament: a journeyman Chris Wilson (Canada) defeated the outstanding international freestyle wrestler Arsen Fadzaev (USSR) in the men's freestyle 68 kg.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Turkey | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

## Medal summary
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg | Cory Baze United States | Gnel Medzhlumyan Soviet Union | İlyas Şükrüoğlu Turkey |
| 52 kg | Valentin Yordanov Bulgaria | Zambalov Sergey Soviet Union | Zeke Jones United States |
| 57 kg | Khaltmaagiin Battuul Mongolia | Remzi Musaoğlu Turkey | Ruslan Karaev Soviet Union |
| 62 kg | John Smith United States | Stepan Sarkisyan Soviet Union | Takumi Adachi Japan |
| 68 kg | Nate Carr United States | Park Jang-soon South Korea | Kosei Akaishi Japan |
| 74 kg | Park Young-Jin South Korea | Rahmat Sofiadi Bulgaria | Adlan Varaev Soviet Union |
| 82 kg | Elmadi Zhabrailov Soviet Union | Sebahattin Öztürk Turkey | Royce Alger United States |
| 90 kg | Makharbek Khadartsev Soviet Union | James Scherr United States | Gregory Edgelow Canada |
| 100 kg | Makedonov Petio Bulgaria | Golovko Andrey Soviet Union | Kirk Trost United States |
| +100 kg | David Gobejishvili Soviet Union | Bruce Baumgartner United States | Kiril Barbutov Bulgaria |