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Light-Flyweight, Greco-Roman (≤48 kg), Men

Date	18 – 20 September 1988
Status	Olympic
Location	Sang-mu Che-yuk-gwan, Seongnam
Participants	15 from 15 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.

Italy’s Vincenzo Maenza had won the gold medal in Los Angeles, which was somewhat of an upset and was attributed partly to the Eastern Bloc boycott. The top wrestler in this class since 1984 had been Soviet Azerbaijani Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev, who was World Champion in 1985-87, although Maenza had won the 1987 European title. Maenza won all his matches in Group A to make the final match, although he required an overtime victory over Bulgarian Bratan Tsenov in round five to do so. In Group B Allahverdiyev lost his first match to Poland’s Andrzej Głąb and could never recover, as Głąb won Group B. The final was close but Maenza defended his gold medal with a 3-0 victory on points. Tsenov won the bronze medal match when Allahverdiyev was disqualified for passivity. Maenza would win his third consecutive Olympic medal in this class in 1992, taking silver at Barcelona.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Round Eliminated	CP
1	5	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	–	–	Gold
2	2	Andrzej Głąb	POL	–	–	Silver
3	13	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	–	–	Bronze
4	4	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	–	–
5	10	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	–	–
6	9	Markus Scherer	FRG	–	–
7	15	Yang Zhizhong	CHN	–	–
8	14	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR	–	–
AC	3	Mark Fuller	USA	eliminated r3/4 Group A	5.0
AC	7	Lars Rønningen	NOR	eliminated r3/4 Group A	3.5
AC	1	Ikuzo Saito	JPN	eliminated r2/4 Group A	2.0
AC	11	Majid Reza Simkhah Asil	IRI	eliminated r2/4 Group A	1.0
AC	6	Dov Grobermann	ISR	eliminated r3/4 Group B	6.0
AC	16	József Faragó	HUN	eliminated r3/4 Group B	4.0
AC	12	Víctor Hugo Capacho	COL	eliminated r2/4 Group B	1.0
DNS	8	Abdullah Al-Izani	YAR	–	–

Group A - Round One

Date	18 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	13	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	3.5
=1	5	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	3.5
=3	9	Markus Scherer	FRG	3.0
=3	3	Mark Fuller	USA	3.0
=5	11	Majid Reza Simkhah Asil	IRI	1.0
=5	1	Ikuzo Saito	JPN	1.0
=7	15	Yang Zhizhong	CHN	0.0
=7	7	Lars Rønningen	NOR	0.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Mark Fuller	USA	Decision (3-1)	Ikuzo Saito	JPN
Match #2	18 Sep	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	Decision (11-0)	Lars Rønningen	NOR
Match #3	18 Sep	Markus Scherer	FRG	Decision (10-5)	Majid Reza Simkhah Asil	IRI
Match #4	18 Sep	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	Passivity (2:10)	Yang Zhizhong	CHN

Group A - Round Two

Date	18 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	13	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	7.0	–
2	5	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	6.5	–
3	3	Mark Fuller	USA	4.0	–
=4	15	Yang Zhizhong	CHN	3.5	–
=4	9	Markus Scherer	FRG	3.5	–
6	7	Lars Rønningen	NOR	3.0	–
7	1	Ikuzo Saito	JPN	2.0	eliminated
8	11	Majid Reza Simkhah Asil	IRI	1.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	Decision (9-1)	Ikuzo Saito	JPN
Match #2	18 Sep	Lars Rønningen	NOR	Decision (6-4)	Mark Fuller	USA
Match #3	18 Sep	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	Decision (15-3)	Markus Scherer	FRG
Match #4	18 Sep	Yang Zhizhong	CHN	Decision (16-0) (4:44)	Majid Reza Simkhah Asil	IRI

Group A - Round Three

Date	18 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	13	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	10.5	–
2	5	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	9.5	–
3	9	Markus Scherer	FRG	6.5	–
4	3	Mark Fuller	USA	5.0	eliminated
5	15	Yang Zhizhong	CHN	4.5	–
6	7	Lars Rønningen	NOR	3.5	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	Decision (7-4)	Mark Fuller	USA
Match #2	18 Sep	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	Decision (16-4)	Lars Rønningen	NOR
Match #3	18 Sep	Markus Scherer	FRG	Decision (13-4)	Yang Zhizhong	CHN

Group A - Round Four

Date	19 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	5	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	16.0
2	13	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	15.5
3	9	Markus Scherer	FRG	7.5

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	Decision (15-1)	Markus Scherer	FRG
Match #2	19 Sep	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	Decision (4-3)	Bratan Tsenov	BUL
Match #3	19 Sep	Bratan Tsenov	BUL

Group B - Round One

Date	18 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
=1	6	Dov Grobermann	ISR	4.0
=1	10	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	4.0
=3	14	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR	3.0
=3	2	Andrzej Głąb	POL	3.0
5	4	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	1.0
=6	12	Víctor Hugo Capacho	COL	0.0
=6	16	József Faragó	HUN	0.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Andrzej Głąb	POL	Decision (10-5)	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS
Match #2	18 Sep	Dov Grobermann	ISR
Match #3	18 Sep	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	Fall (5:11)	Víctor Hugo Capacho	COL
Match #4	18 Sep	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR	Decision (1-0)	József Faragó	HUN

Group B - Round Two

Date	18 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
=1	14	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR	6.0	–
=1	2	Andrzej Głąb	POL	6.0	–
3	6	Dov Grobermann	ISR	5.0	–
=4	10	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	4.5	–
=4	4	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	4.5	–
6	16	József Faragó	HUN	4.0	–
7	12	Víctor Hugo Capacho	COL	1.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Andrzej Głąb	POL	Decision (16-7)	Dov Grobermann	ISR
Match #2	18 Sep	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	Decision (16-4)	Khaled El-Farej	SYR
Match #3	18 Sep	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR	Decision (2-1)	Víctor Hugo Capacho	COL
Match #4	18 Sep	József Faragó	HUN

Group B - Round Three

Date	18 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	Event Status
1	2	Andrzej Głąb	POL	9.0	–
=2	10	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	7.5	–
=2	4	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	7.5	–
4	14	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR	7.0	–
5	6	Dov Grobermann	ISR	6.0	eliminated
6	16	József Faragó	HUN	4.0	eliminated

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Andrzej Głąb	POL	Passivity (5:49)	József Faragó	HUN
Match #2	18 Sep	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	Decision (7-1)	Dov Grobermann	ISR
Match #3	18 Sep	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	Decision (8-5)	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR

Group B - Round Four

Date	19 September 1988

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP
1	2	Andrzej Głąb	POL	12.0
2	4	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	10.5
3	10	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	8.5
4	14	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR	8.0

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Andrzej Głąb	POL	Decision (10-5)	Khaled El-Farej	SYR
Match #2	19 Sep	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS	Decision (2-1)	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR

Final Round

Date	20 September 1988

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Sep	Vincenzo Maenza	ITA	Decision (3-0)	Andrzej Głąb	POL
Match 3/4	20 Sep	Bratan Tsenov	BUL	Passivity (7:28)	Məhyəddin Allahverdiyev	URS
Match 5/6	20 Sep	Khaled El-Farej	SYR	Decision (16-6)	Markus Scherer	FRG
Match 7/8	20 Sep	Yang Zhizhong	CHN	Default	Gwon Deok-Yong	KOR