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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤100 kilograms), Men

Date19 – 21 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationSang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam
Participants18 from 18 countries
FormatTwo groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top four in each group advance to placement matches for 1st-8th place.

There were multiple contenders in this class, but Poland’s Andrzej Wroński was not among them. He had never before placed in the top eight at an international championship and was third at the 1987 Polish Championships. The contenders were the 1984 Olympic champion, Vasile Andrei of Romania, the 1987 World Champion, Guram Gedekhauri of the Soviet Union, the 1987 World runner-up, Dennis Koslowski of the United States, the 1986 World Champion, Tamás Gáspár of Hungary, the 1986 European Champion, Jožef Tertei of Yugoslavia, and the 1987 European Champion, Iliya Georgiev of Bulgaria. None of them made the final match but Wroński did, although he lost in Group A to Gedakhauri in round three. Koslowski and Tertei also had one loss in Group A, but Wroński had defeated them both head-to-head, which was the deciding factor. In the final Wroński met West German Gerhard Himmel, who went undefeated in Group B. The final was close but Wroński prevailed on decision, 3-1, to win a surprising gold medal. Koslowski took bronze by defeating Georgiev, 6-0. Koslowski would improve at Barcelona in four years and win a silver medal, while Wroński placed fourth, but Wroński would win a second gold medal in this class at Atlanta in 1996.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCRECP
1Andrzej WrońskiPOLGold
2Gerhard HimmelFRGSilver
3Dennis KoslowskiUSABronze
4Iliya GeorgievBUL
5Jožef TerteiYUG
6Yu Yeong-YeolKOR
7Guram GedekhauriURS
8Tamás GáspárHUN
ACVasile AndreiROUEliminated r5/7 Group A10,0
ACSteve MarshallCANEliminated r3/7 Group A3,0
ACJuha AhokasFINEliminated r2/7 Group A0,0
ACMasahiko FukubeJPNEliminated r2/7 Group A0,0
ACDušan MasárTCHEliminated r2/7 Group A0,0
ACOumar Samba SyMTNEliminated r3/6 Group B8,0
ACSören ClaesonSWEEliminated r3/6 Group B4,5
ACMaisiba ObwogeKENEliminated r3/6 Group B4,0
ACFloriano SpiessBRAEliminated r2/6 Group B0,0
ACAmbroise SarrSENEliminated r2/6 Group B0,0

Group A - Round One (19 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Andrzej WrońskiPOL4,0
2Dennis KoslowskiUSA3,5
=3Steve MarshallCAN3,0
=3Vasile AndreiROU3,0
=3Jožef TerteiYUG3,0
6Guram GedekhauriURS1,0
=7Juha AhokasFIN0,0
=7Masahiko FukubeJPN0,0
=7Dušan MasárTCH0,0

Match #1 Steve MarshallCAN
passivity (5:43)
Juha AhokasFIN
Match #2 Dennis KoslowskiUSA
decision (16-0) (3:57)
Masahiko FukubeJPN
Match #3 Jožef TerteiYUG
passivity (3:21)
Dušan MasárTCH
Match #4 Vasile AndreiROU
decision (4-1)
Guram GedekhauriURS
Match #5 Andrzej WrońskiPOL bye

Group A - Round Two (19 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Andrzej WrońskiPOL7,0
=1Dennis KoslowskiUSA7,0
=1Jožef TerteiYUG7,0
4Vasile AndreiROU6,0
5Guram GedekhauriURS5,0
6Steve MarshallCAN3,0
=7Juha AhokasFIN0,0eliminated
=7Masahiko FukubeJPN0,0eliminated
=7Dušan MasárTCH0,0eliminated

Match #1 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (2-0)
Steve MarshallCAN
Match #2 Dennis KoslowskiUSA
decision (15-0) (5:23)
Juha AhokasFIN
Match #3 Jožef TerteiYUG
decision (17-2) (4:52)
Masahiko FukubeJPN
Match #4 Vasile AndreiROU
decision (6-0)
Dušan MasárTCH
Match #5 Guram GedekhauriURS bye

Group A - Round Three (19 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Dennis KoslowskiUSA10,0
=1Jožef TerteiYUG10,0
3Guram GedekhauriURS9,0
4Andrzej WrońskiPOL7,0
5Vasile AndreiROU6,0
6Steve MarshallCAN3,0eliminated

Match #1 Guram GedekhauriURS
fall (3:48)
Andrzej WrońskiPOL
Match #2 Dennis KoslowskiUSA
passivity (4:51)
Steve MarshallCAN
Match #3 Jožef TerteiYUG
decision (1-0)
Vasile AndreiROU

Group A - Round Four (20 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Guram GedekhauriURS12,0
2Dennis KoslowskiUSA11,0
=3Andrzej WrońskiPOL10,0
=3Vasile AndreiROU10,0
=3Jožef TerteiYUG10,0

Match #1 Guram GedekhauriURS
decision (5-4)
Dennis KoslowskiUSA
Match #2 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (1-0)
Jožef TerteiYUG
Match #3 Vasile AndreiROU bye

Group A - Round Five (20 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Dennis KoslowskiUSA15,0
=2Andrzej WrońskiPOL13,0
=2Jožef TerteiYUG13,0
4Guram GedekhauriURS12,0
5Vasile AndreiROU10,0eliminated

Match #1 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
passivity (5:50)
Vasile AndreiROU
Match #2 Jožef TerteiYUG
decision (4-0)
Guram GedekhauriURS
Match #3 Dennis KoslowskiUSA bye

Group A - Round Six (21 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Jožef TerteiYUG17,0
2Andrzej WrońskiPOL16,0
3Dennis KoslowskiUSA15,0

Match #1 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (1-0)
Dennis KoslowskiUSA
Match #2 Jožef TerteiYUG bye

Group A - Round Seven (21 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Dennis KoslowskiUSA18,0
2Jožef TerteiYUG17,0

Match #1 Dennis KoslowskiUSA
decision (2-0)
Jožef TerteiYUG

Group B - Round One (19 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Iliya GeorgievBUL4,0
=1Yu Yeong-YeolKOR4,0
=1Oumar Samba SyMTN4,0
4Tamás GáspárHUN3,5
5Gerhard HimmelFRG3,0
=6Floriano SpiessBRA0,0
=6Maisiba ObwogeKEN0,0
=6Ambroise SarrSEN0,0
=6Sören ClaesonSWE0,0

Match #1 Tamás GáspárHUN
decision (15-0) (1:56)
Floriano SpiessBRA
Match #2 Iliya GeorgievBUL
fall (1:49)
Ambroise SarrSEN
Match #3 Gerhard HimmelFRG
passivity (5:07)
Sören ClaesonSWE
Match #4 Oumar Samba SyMTN
fall (1:47)
Maisiba ObwogeKEN
Match #5 Yu Yeong-YeolKOR bye

Group B - Round Two (19 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Yu Yeong-YeolKOR8,0
2Gerhard HimmelFRG7,0
3Tamás GáspárHUN6,5
4Iliya GeorgievBUL5,0
=5Maisiba ObwogeKEN4,0
=5Oumar Samba SyMTN4,0
=5Sören ClaesonSWE4,0
=8Floriano SpiessBRA0,0eliminated
=8Ambroise SarrSEN0,0eliminated

Match #1 Yu Yeong-YeolKOR
decision (18-2) (2:55)
Floriano SpiessBRA
Match #2 Tamás GáspárHUN
decision (2-1)
Iliya GeorgievBUL
Match #3 Gerhard HimmelFRG
fall (2:57)
Ambroise SarrSEN
Match #4 Sören ClaesonSWE
fall (1:27)
Oumar Samba SyMTN
Match #5 Maisiba ObwogeKEN bye

Group B - Round Three (19 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Yu Yeong-YeolKOR12,0
2Gerhard HimmelFRG11,0
3Iliya GeorgievBUL8,5
4Oumar Samba SyMTN8,0eliminated
5Tamás GáspárHUN6,5
6Sören ClaesonSWE4,5eliminated
7Maisiba ObwogeKEN4,0eliminated

Match #1 Yu Yeong-YeolKOR
fall (0:34)
Maisiba ObwogeKEN
Match #2 Gerhard HimmelFRG
injury default (1:13)
Tamás GáspárHUN
Match #3 Iliya GeorgievBUL
decision (14-2)
Sören ClaesonSWE
Match #4 Oumar Samba SyMTN bye

Group B - Round Four (20 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Gerhard HimmelFRG15,0
=2Iliya GeorgievBUL12,0
=2Yu Yeong-YeolKOR12,0

Match #1 Iliya GeorgievBUL
decision (17-0) (1:50)
Yu Yeong-YeolKOR
Match #2 Gerhard HimmelFRG bye

Group B - Round Five (20 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Gerhard HimmelFRG18,0
2Iliya GeorgievBUL16,0
3Yu Yeong-YeolKOR12,0

Match #1 Gerhard HimmelFRG
decision (7-0)
Yu Yeong-YeolKOR
Match #2 Iliya GeorgievBUL bye

Group B - Round Six (21 September 1988)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Gerhard HimmelFRG21,0
2Iliya GeorgievBUL16,0

Match #1 Gerhard HimmelFRG
passivity (4:49)
Iliya GeorgievBUL

Final Round (21 September 1988)

Match 1/2 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (3-1)
Gerhard HimmelFRG
Match 3/4 Dennis KoslowskiUSA
decision (6-0)
Iliya GeorgievBUL
Match 5/6 Jožef TerteiYUG walkover
Match 7/8 Guram GedekhauriURS walkover