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Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤130 kilograms), Men

Date27 – 29 July 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationInstituto Nacional de Educación Física de Cataluña (INEFC), Barcelona
Participants16 from 16 countries
FormatTwo groups (A and B). Double elimination tournament within each group. Top five in each group advance to placement matches for 1st-10th place.

Defending Olympic Champion Aleksandr Karelin, a Russian wrestling for the Unified Team in Barcelona, had won every World Championship since 1989 and every European title since 1988. He had not been beaten in five years. His repeat victory in Barcelona was more a coronation than a competition, as only one wrestler lasted the full five minutes against him, and that was an 8-1 decision victory over Finn Juha Ahokas in round three of Group A. In the final Karelin threw Sweden’s Tomas Johansson in only 1:33. Johansson had been the bronze medalist in 1988 and was, at first, a silver medalist in 1984, before being disqualified for a doping positive. Karelin would return in 1996, continuing to win every international meet, and won his third consecutive gold medal. Still dominant as of 2000, he was beaten in the final match at the Sydney Olympics by American Rulon Gardner, one of the biggest upsets in Olympic history, and wrestling history.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCRECP
1Aleksandr KarelinEUNGold
2Tomas JohanssonSWESilver
3Ioan GrigorașROUBronze
4László KlauzHUN
5Andy BorodowCAN
6Tian LeiCHN
7Juha AhokasFIN
8Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE
9Jerzy ChoromańskiPOL
10Milan RadakovićIOA
ACCándido MesaCUBEliminated r3/5 Group A4,0
ACGuillermo DíazMEXEliminated r2/5 Group A0,0
ACBounama TouréSENEliminated r2/5 Group A0,0
ACRangel GerovskiBULEliminated r2/4 Group B0,0
ACKenichi SuzukiJPNEliminated r2/4 Group B0,0
ACMatt GhaffariUSAEliminated r2/4 Group B0,0

Group A - Round One (27 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1Cándido MesaCUB4,0
=1Aleksandr KarelinEUN4,0
=1Milan RadakovićIOA4,0
4Ioan GrigorașROU3,0
5Juha AhokasFIN1,0
=6Andy BorodowCAN0,0
=6Guillermo DíazMEX0,0
=6Bounama TouréSEN0,0

Match #1 Aleksandr KarelinEUN
fall (1:30)
Andy BorodowCAN
Match #2 Cándido MesaCUB
fall (0:32)
Bounama TouréSEN
Match #3 Milan RadakovićIOA
fall (3:42)
Guillermo DíazMEX
Match #4 Ioan GrigorașROU
decision (4-2)
Juha AhokasFIN

Group A - Round Two (27 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Aleksandr KarelinEUN8,0
2Ioan GrigorașROU7,0
=3Andy BorodowCAN4,0
=3Cándido MesaCUB4,0
=3Juha AhokasFIN4,0
=3Milan RadakovićIOA4,0
=7Guillermo DíazMEX0,0eliminated
=7Bounama TouréSEN0,0eliminated

Match #1 Andy BorodowCAN
fall (0:15)
Bounama TouréSEN
Match #2 Aleksandr KarelinEUN
fall (2:15)
Cándido MesaCUB
Match #3 Ioan GrigorașROU
decision (16-0) (4:54)
Guillermo DíazMEX
Match #4 Juha AhokasFIN
decision (2-0)
Milan RadakovićIOA

Group A - Round Three (27 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Aleksandr KarelinEUN11,0
2Ioan GrigorașROU10,0
3Andy BorodowCAN8,0
=4Juha AhokasFIN5,0
=4Milan RadakovićIOA5,0
6Cándido MesaCUB4,0eliminated

Match #1 Andy BorodowCAN
fall (4:35)
Cándido MesaCUB
Match #2 Aleksandr KarelinEUN
decision (8-1)
Juha AhokasFIN
Match #3 Ioan GrigorașROU
decision (8-1)
Milan RadakovićIOA

Group A - Round Four (28 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Ioan GrigorașROU13,0
2Aleksandr KarelinEUN11,0
3Andy BorodowCAN8,0

Match #1 Ioan GrigorașROU
decision (4-0)
Andy BorodowCAN
Match #2 Aleksandr KarelinEUN bye

Group A - Round Five (28 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Aleksandr KarelinEUN15,0
2Ioan GrigorașROU13,0
3Andy BorodowCAN8,0

Match #1 Aleksandr KarelinEUN
fall (0:14)
Ioan GrigorașROU
Match #2 Andy BorodowCAN bye

Group B - Round One (27 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Tian LeiCHN4,0
2Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE3,0
=3Rangel GerovskiBUL0,0
=3László KlauzHUN0,0
=3Kenichi SuzukiJPN0,0
=3Jerzy ChoromańskiPOL0,0
=3Tomas JohanssonSWE0,0
=3Matt GhaffariUSA0,0

Match #1 Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE
decision (2-0)
Jerzy ChoromańskiPOL
Match #2 Tian LeiCHN
fall (1:30)
Kenichi SuzukiJPN
Match #3 Tomas JohanssonSWE
DQ (mutual)
László KlauzHUN
Match #4 Matt GhaffariUSA
DQ (double passivity)
Rangel GerovskiBUL

Group B - Round Two (27 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Tian LeiCHN7,0
2Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE6,0
=3László KlauzHUN3,0
=3Tomas JohanssonSWE3,0
5Jerzy ChoromańskiPOL1,0
=6Rangel GerovskiBUL0,0eliminated
=6Kenichi SuzukiJPN0,0eliminated
=6Matt GhaffariUSA0,0eliminated

Match #1 Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE
decision (2-0)
Kenichi SuzukiJPN
Match #2 Tian LeiCHN
decision (6-2)
Jerzy ChoromańskiPOL
Match #3 Tomas JohanssonSWE
decision (1-0)
Matt GhaffariUSA
Match #4 László KlauzHUN
decision (1-0)
Rangel GerovskiBUL

Group B - Round Three (27 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
1Tian LeiCHN8,0
=2Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE6,0
=2László KlauzHUN6,0
=2Tomas JohanssonSWE6,0

Match #1 Tomas JohanssonSWE
decision (2-0)
Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE
Match #2 László KlauzHUN
decision (2-1) (7:07)
Tian LeiCHN

Group B - Round Four (28 July 1992)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCP
=1László KlauzHUN9,0
=1Tomas JohanssonSWE9,0
3Tian LeiCHN8,0
4Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE7,0

Match #1 László KlauzHUN
decision (2-1)
Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE
Match #2 Tomas JohanssonSWE
decision (6-0)
Tian LeiCHN

Final Round (29 July 1992)

Match 1/2 Aleksandr KarelinEUN
fall (1:33)
Tomas JohanssonSWE
Match 3/4 Ioan GrigorașROU
decision (1-0)
László KlauzHUN
Match 5/6 Andy BorodowCAN
decision (12-0)
Tian LeiCHN
Match 7/8 Juha AhokasFIN
decision (1-0) (6:27)
Panagiotis PoikilidisGRE
Match 9/10 Jerzy ChoromańskiPOL
decision (4-2)
Milan RadakovićIOA