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Flyweight, Freestyle (≤52 kilograms), Men

Date	28 – 30 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Sang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam
Participants	30 from 30 countries
Format	Two groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top four in each group advance to placement matches for 1st-8th place.

The favorite was three-time World and six-time European Champion Valentin Yordanov of Bulgaria. He won his first three matches easily, but was injured and then badly beaten in his final two matches against Yugoslav Šaban Trstena, the defending gold medalist, and Soviet Ukrainian Volodymyr Tohuzov. Trstena advanced to his second consecutive gold medal match, where he faced Japan’s Mitsuru Sato. Sato had been runner-up at the 1986 Worlds and placed third in 1987. He easily defeated Trstena, 13-2, to win the gold medal. Tohuzov won the bronze medal by defeating Hungarian László Bíró even more easily, winning 14-1. Yordanov would win four more World Championships through 1995 but would have to wait until the 1996 Olympics to win his Olympic gold medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	RE	CP
1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	–	–	Gold
2	Šaban Trstena	YUG	–	–	Silver
3	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	–	–	Bronze
4	László Bíró	HUN	–	–
5	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	–	–
6	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	–	–
7	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	–	–
8	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	–	–
AC	Władysław Stecyk	POL	Eliminated r5/7 Group A	12,0
AC	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	Eliminated r5/7 Group A	11,5
AC	Majid Torkan	IRI	Eliminated r4/7 Group A	8,5
AC	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	Eliminated r3/7 Group A	5,0
AC	Ken Chertow	USA	Eliminated r3/7 Group A	4,5
AC	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	0,0
AC	Edvin Eduardo Vázquez	GUA	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	0,0
AC	Ousmane Diallo	GUI	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	0,0
AC	Surya Saputra	INA	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	0,0
AC	Garba Lame	NGR	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	0,0
AC	Carlos Negrón	PUR	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	0,0
AC	Lo Chao-Cheng	TPE	Eliminated r2/7 Group A	0,0
AC	Óscar Muñoz	COL	Eliminated r4/6 Group B	9,0
AC	Herbert Tutsch	FRG	Eliminated r4/6 Group B	9,0
AC	Kuldeep Singh	IND	Eliminated r4/6 Group B	9,0
AC	Ahmad Nasir	AFG	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	4,0
AC	Nguyễn Kim Hương	VIE	Eliminated r3/6 Group B	4,0
AC	Fayadh Minati	IRQ	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	2,0
AC	Xu Jihua	CHN	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	1,0
AC	Jihad Sharif	JOR	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	0,0
AC	Lamachi Elimu	KEN	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	0,0
AC	Florentino Tirante	PHI	Eliminated r2/6 Group B	0,0

Group A - Round One (28 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	4,0
=1	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	4,0
=1	Władysław Stecyk	POL	4,0
=4	Majid Torkan	IRI	3,5
=4	Šaban Trstena	YUG	3,5
=4	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	3,5
=4	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	3,5
8	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	3,0
9	Ken Chertow	USA	1,0
=10	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	0,0
=10	Edvin Eduardo Vázquez	GUA	0,0
=10	Ousmane Diallo	GUI	0,0
=10	Surya Saputra	INA	0,0
=10	Garba Lame	NGR	0,0
=10	Carlos Negrón	PUR	0,0
=10	Lo Chao-Cheng	TPE	0,0

Match #1	Majid Torkan	IRI	decision (15-0) (2:18)	Lo Chao-Cheng	TPE
Match #2	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	decision (16-0) (2:42)	Chris Woodcroft	CAN
Match #3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (15-0) (3:48)	Surya Saputra	INA
Match #4	Władysław Stecyk	POL	fall (5:18)	Garba Lame	NGR
Match #5	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	fall (2:41)	Edvin Eduardo Vázquez	GUA
Match #6	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	decision (5-1)	Ken Chertow	USA
Match #7	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	fall (2:02)	Carlos Negrón	PUR
Match #8	Šaban Trstena	YUG	decision (15-0) (3:00)	Ousmane Diallo	GUI

Group A - Round Two (28 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	8,0
=1	Władysław Stecyk	POL	8,0
=3	Majid Torkan	IRI	7,5
=3	Šaban Trstena	YUG	7,5
=3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	7,5
=3	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	7,5
7	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	6,5
8	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	5,0
9	Ken Chertow	USA	4,0
=10	Chris Woodcroft	CAN	0,0	eliminated
=10	Edvin Eduardo Vázquez	GUA	0,0	eliminated
=10	Ousmane Diallo	GUI	0,0	eliminated
=10	Surya Saputra	INA	0,0	eliminated
=10	Garba Lame	NGR	0,0	eliminated
=10	Carlos Negrón	PUR	0,0	eliminated
=10	Lo Chao-Cheng	TPE	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Majid Torkan	IRI	fall (5:42)	Chris Woodcroft	CAN
Match #2	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	fall (0:42)	Lo Chao-Cheng	TPE
Match #3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (16-1) (5:26)	Garba Lame	NGR
Match #4	Władysław Stecyk	POL	fall (1:48)	Surya Saputra	INA
Match #5	Ken Chertow	USA	decision (10-7)	Bernardo Olvera	MEX
Match #6	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	decision (16-0) (2:30)	Edvin Eduardo Vázquez	GUA
Match #7	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	decision (17-1) (2:57)	Ousmane Diallo	GUI
Match #8	Šaban Trstena	YUG	decision (16-1) (4:32)	Carlos Negrón	PUR

Group A - Round Three (28 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	11,5
=1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	11,5
=3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	10,5
=3	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	10,5
5	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	9,5
6	Władysław Stecyk	POL	9,0
7	Majid Torkan	IRI	8,5
8	Bernardo Olvera	MEX	5,0	eliminated
9	Ken Chertow	USA	4,5	eliminated

Match #1	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	decision (4-2)	Majid Torkan	IRI
Match #2	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (8-4)	Władysław Stecyk	POL
Match #3	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	passivity (5:08)	Bernardo Olvera	MEX
Match #4	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	decision (19-6)	Ken Chertow	USA
Match #5	Šaban Trstena	YUG	bye

Group A - Round Four (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	15,5
=1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	15,5
3	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	13,5
4	Władysław Stecyk	POL	12,0
5	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	11,5
6	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	10,5
7	Majid Torkan	IRI	8,5	eliminated

Match #1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	injury default (0:21)	Majid Torkan	IRI
Match #2	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	decision (5-4)	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR
Match #3	Władysław Stecyk	POL	decision (6-2)	Thierry Bourdin	FRA
Match #4	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	bye

Group A - Round Five (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	18,5
2	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	17,5
3	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	16,5
4	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	14,5
5	Władysław Stecyk	POL	12,0	eliminated
6	Thierry Bourdin	FRA	11,5	eliminated

Match #1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	decision (11-5)	Valentin Yordanov	BUL
Match #2	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	decision (17-1) (2:52)	Władysław Stecyk	POL
Match #3	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (3-2)	Thierry Bourdin	FRA

Group A - Round Six (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	21,5
2	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	21,0
3	Valentin Yordanov	BUL	17,0
4	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	15,5

Match #1	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	decision (14-1)	Valentin Yordanov	BUL
Match #2	Šaban Trstena	YUG	decision (7-3)	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR

Group A - Round Seven (30 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	24,5
2	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	21,0

Match #1	Šaban Trstena	YUG	decision (3-0)	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS

Group B - Round One (28 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
=1	Óscar Muñoz	COL	4,0
=1	László Bíró	HUN	4,0
=1	Kuldeep Singh	IND	4,0
=1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	4,0
=5	Ahmad Nasir	AFG	3,0
=5	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	3,0
=5	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	3,0
=8	Xu Jihua	CHN	1,0
=8	Herbert Tutsch	FRG	1,0
=8	Fayadh Minati	IRQ	1,0
=11	Jihad Sharif	JOR	0,0
=11	Lamachi Elimu	KEN	0,0
=11	Florentino Tirante	PHI	0,0
=11	Nguyễn Kim Hương	VIE	0,0

Match #1	László Bíró	HUN	fall (0:16)	Florentino Tirante	PHI
Match #2	Kuldeep Singh	IND	decision (18-3) (5:35)	Nguyễn Kim Hương	VIE
Match #3	Óscar Muñoz	COL	fall (1:11)	Lamachi Elimu	KEN
Match #4	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	decision (12-7)	Fayadh Minati	IRQ
Match #5	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	decision (15-8)	Xu Jihua	CHN
Match #6	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	fall (0:45)	Jihad Sharif	JOR
Match #7	Ahmad Nasir	AFG	decision (7-3)	Herbert Tutsch	FRG

Group B - Round Two (28 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	8,0
=2	Óscar Muñoz	COL	7,0
=2	László Bíró	HUN	7,0
=2	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	7,0
5	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	6,0
=6	Herbert Tutsch	FRG	5,0
=6	Kuldeep Singh	IND	5,0
=8	Ahmad Nasir	AFG	4,0
=8	Nguyễn Kim Hương	VIE	4,0
10	Fayadh Minati	IRQ	2,0	eliminated
11	Xu Jihua	CHN	1,0	eliminated
=12	Jihad Sharif	JOR	0,0	eliminated
=12	Lamachi Elimu	KEN	0,0	eliminated
=12	Florentino Tirante	PHI	0,0	eliminated

Match #1	Nguyễn Kim Hương	VIE	fall (2:02)	Florentino Tirante	PHI
Match #2	László Bíró	HUN	decision (11-5)	Kuldeep Singh	IND
Match #3	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	fall (1:02)	Lamachi Elimu	KEN
Match #4	Óscar Muñoz	COL	decision (8-1)	Fayadh Minati	IRQ
Match #5	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	fall (4:02)	Xu Jihua	CHN
Match #6	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	decision (8-5)	Ahmad Nasir	AFG
Match #7	Herbert Tutsch	FRG	fall (2:16)	Jihad Sharif	JOR

Group B - Round Three (28 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	12,0
2	László Bíró	HUN	10,0
=3	Herbert Tutsch	FRG	9,0
=3	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	9,0
=5	Óscar Muñoz	COL	8,0
=5	Kuldeep Singh	IND	8,0
=5	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	8,0
=8	Ahmad Nasir	AFG	4,0	eliminated
=8	Nguyễn Kim Hương	VIE	4,0	eliminated

Match #1	László Bíró	HUN	passivity (4:16)	Nguyễn Kim Hương	VIE
Match #2	Kuldeep Singh	IND	decision (12-6)	Óscar Muñoz	COL
Match #3	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	decision (11-3)	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL
Match #4	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	fall (1:44)	Ahmad Nasir	AFG
Match #5	Herbert Tutsch	FRG	bye

Group B - Round Four (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	16,0
2	László Bíró	HUN	14,0
3	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	12,0
4	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	11,0
=5	Óscar Muñoz	COL	9,0	eliminated
=5	Herbert Tutsch	FRG	9,0	eliminated
=5	Kuldeep Singh	IND	9,0	eliminated

Match #1	László Bíró	HUN	fall (1:14)	Herbert Tutsch	FRG
Match #2	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	decision (16-9)	Kuldeep Singh	IND
Match #3	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	decision (12-4)	Óscar Muñoz	COL
Match #4	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	bye

Group B - Round Five (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	20,0
2	László Bíró	HUN	17,0
3	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	13,0
4	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	11,0

Match #1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	fall (0:53)	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL
Match #2	László Bíró	HUN	decision (8-4)	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR

Group B - Round Six (29 September 1988)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP
1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	24,0
=2	László Bíró	HUN	17,0
=2	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	17,0

Match #1	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	fall (2:55)	László Bíró	HUN
Match #2	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR	bye

Final Round (30 September 1988)

Match 1/2	Mitsuru Sato	JPN	decision (13-2)	Šaban Trstena	YUG
Match 3/4	Volodymyr Tohuzov	URS	decision (14-1)	László Bíró	HUN
Match 5/6	Aslan Seyhanlı	TUR	decision (5-4)	Kim Jong-Oh	KOR
Match 7/8	Tserenbaataryn Enkhbayar	MGL	walkover