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.^[1]

Men's freestyle 74 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Anaheim Convention Center
Dates	28–30 September
Competitors	30 from 30 nations
Medalists
Kenny Monday  United States Adlan Varayev  Soviet Union Rahmat Sofiadi  Bulgaria
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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

1.   Kenny Monday (USA)
2.   Adlan Varayev (URS)
3.   Rahmat Sofiadi (BUL)
4.   Lodoyn Enkhbayar (MGL)
5.   Pekka Rauhala (FIN)
6.   Ayat Vagozari (IRI)
7.   Yoon Kyung-jae (KOR)
8.   Uwe Westendorf (GDR)

References

1. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

External links

• Official Report