Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg

Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	48 kg			48 kg
	52 kg			52 kg
	57 kg			57 kg
	62 kg			62 kg
	68 kg			68 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	82 kg			82 kg
	90 kg			90 kg
	100 kg			100 kg
	130 kg			130 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 68 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.

Medalists

Gold	Levon Julfalakyan  Soviet Union
Silver	Kim Sung-Moon  South Korea
Bronze	Tapio Sipilä  Finland

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	Zouheir Hory (SYR)	0-3 P1	4:25	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	0
0	Francisco Barcia (ESP)	3-1 PP	7-5	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	1
1	Morten Brekke (NOR)	0-3 PO	0-5	Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	0
1	Abdullah Al-Shamsi (YAR)	0-4 TF	2:43	Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)	0
0	Masoud Ghadimi (IRI)	3-1 PP	2-1	Zhao Jianqiang (CHN)	1
1	Franck Abrial (FRA)	0-3 PO	0-7	Claudio Passarelli (FRG)	0
0	Said Souaken (MAR)	3-0 P1	5:40	Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	1
1	Nandor Sabo (YUG)	0-3.5 SO	0-13	Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	0
Round 2
1	Zouheir Hory (SYR)	4-0 ST	15-0	Francisco Barcia (ESP)	1
0	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	3-0 P1	5:42	Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	2
1	Morten Brekke (NOR)	4-0 ST	17-0	Abdullah Al-Shamsi (YAR)	2
0	Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	3-1 PP	10-1	Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)	1
1	Masoud Ghadimi (IRI)	0-4 TF	1:07	Franck Abrial (FRA)	1
2	Zhao Jianqiang (CHN)	1-3 PP	1-8	Claudio Passarelli (FRG)	0
1	Said Souaken (MAR)	0-3 P1	1:59	Nandor Sabo (YUG)	1
2	Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	0-4 ST	0-15	Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	0
Round 3
2	Zouheir Hory (SYR)	0-3 P1	5:24	Morten Brekke (NOR)	1
0	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	3-0 P1	4:31	Francisco Barcia (ESP)	2
0	Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	4-0 DQ	5:46	Masoud Ghadimi (IRI)	2
1	Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)	3-1 PP	7-6	Franck Abrial (FRA)	2
1	Claudio Passarelli (FRG)	1-3 PP	3-4	Nandor Sabo (YUG)	1
2	Said Souaken (MAR)	0-3 PO	0-7	Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	0
Round 4
1	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	1-3 PP	1-4	Morten Brekke (NOR)	1
0	Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	3-0 P1	5:08	Claudio Passarelli (FRG)	2
1	Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)	3-1 PP	2-1	Nandor Sabo (YUG)	2
0	Tapio Sipilä (FIN)			Bye
Round 5
0	Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	3-0 PO	2-0	Morten Brekke (NOR)	2
2	Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	0-4 ST	2-18	Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	0
1	Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)			Bye
Round 6
2	Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)	0-3 PO	0-10	Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	0
0	Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)			Bye
Round 7
0	Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	3-1 PP	8-3	Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	1

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	0	-	20
Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	1	-	17.5
Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)	2	6	11
Morten Brekke (NOR)	2	5	10
Herminio Hidalgo (PAN)	2	5	10
Nandor Sabo (YUG)	2	4	7
Claudio Passarelli (FRG)	2	4	7
Franck Abrial (FRA)	2	3	5
Zouheir Hory (SYR)	2	3	4
Francisco Barcia (ESP)	2	3	3
Masoud Ghadimi (IRI)	2	3	3
Said Souaken (MAR)	2	3	3
Zhao Jianqiang (CHN)	2	2	2
Daniel Navarrete (ARG)	2	2	1
Gustavo Manzur (ESA)	2	2	0
Abdullah Al-Shamsi (YAR)	2	2	0

Group B

L		CP	TP		L
Round 1
0	Jerzy Kopański (POL)	3-0 P1	5:36	Sümer Koçak (TUR)	1
1	Abdellatif Abdellatif (EGY)	0-3 PO	0-9	Lars Lagerborg (SWE)	0
0	Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE)	4-0 ST	15-0	Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	1
1	Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	0-4 ST	0-16	Andrew Seras (USA)	0
1	Markus Pittner (AUT)	1-3 PP	2-5	Petrică Cărare (ROU)	0
1	Douglas Yeats (CAN)	0-4 ST	0-15	Levon Julfalakyan (URS)	0
1	Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	0-4 ST	0-15	Georgi Karamanliev (BUL)	0
0	Attila Repka (HUN)			Bye
Round 2
1	Attila Repka (HUN)	0-3 PO	0-4	Jerzy Kopański (POL)	0
1	Sümer Koçak (TUR)	4-0 TF	4:34	Abdellatif Abdellatif (EGY)	2
0	Lars Lagerborg (SWE)	3-0 P1	5:17	Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE)	1
2	Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	0-4 TF	1:16	Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	1
0	Andrew Seras (USA)	4-0 ST	15-0	Markus Pittner (AUT)	2
0	Petrică Cărare (ROU)	3-0 P1	3:45	Douglas Yeats (CAN)	2
0	Levon Julfalakyan (URS)	4-0 ST	16-0	Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	2
0	Georgi Karamanliev (BUL)			Bye
Round 3
1	Georgi Karamanliev (BUL)	0-3 P1	5:10	Attila Repka (HUN)	1
1	Jerzy Kopański (POL)	0-0 DQ	5:22	Lars Lagerborg (SWE)	1
1	Sümer Koçak (TUR)	3-0 P1	4:14	Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE)	2
2	Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	0-4 ST	0-19	Petrică Cărare (ROU)	0
1	Andrew Seras (USA)	1-3 PP	2-9	Levon Julfalakyan (URS)	0
Round 4
2	Georgi Karamanliev (BUL)	0-3 P1	5:29	Jerzy Kopański (POL)	1
1	Attila Repka (HUN)	3-0 P1	3:35	Sümer Koçak (TUR)	2
2	Lars Lagerborg (SWE)	0-0 DQ	5:33	Andrew Seras (USA)	2
1	Petrică Cărare (ROU)	1-3 PP	4-8	Levon Julfalakyan (URS)	0
Round 5
2	Attila Repka (HUN)	0-3 PO	0-1	Petrică Cărare (ROU)	1
2	Jerzy Kopański (POL)	0-4 TF	0:34	Levon Julfalakyan (URS)	0

Wrestler	L	ER	CP
Levon Julfalakyan (URS)	0	-	18
Petrică Cărare (ROU)	1	-	14
Jerzy Kopański (POL)	2	5	9
Attila Repka (HUN)	2	5	6
Andrew Seras (USA)	2	4	9
Sümer Koçak (TUR)	2	4	7
Lars Lagerborg (SWE)	2	4	6
Georgi Karamanliev (BUL)	2	4	4
Aristidis Grigorakis (GRE)	2	3	4
Edmundo Ichillumpa (PER)	2	3	4
Markus Pittner (AUT)	2	2	1
Douglas Yeats (CAN)	2	2	0
Abdellatif Abdellatif (EGY)	2	2	0
Muneir Al-Masri (JOR)	2	2	0
Kiptoo Salbei (KEN)	2	2	0

Final round

	CP	TP
7th place match
Morten Brekke (NOR)	3-1 PP	6-5	Attila Repka (HUN)
5th place match
Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)	0-3 P1	5:07	Jerzy Kopański (POL)
Bronze medal match
Tapio Sipilä (FIN)	3-1 PP	7-4	Petrică Cărare (ROU)
Gold medal match
Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)	1-3 PP	3-9	Levon Julfalakyan (URS)

Final standings

1.  Levon Julfalakyan (URS)
2.  Kim Sung-Moon (KOR)
3.  Tapio Sipilä (FIN)
4.  Petrică Cărare (ROU)
5.  Jerzy Kopański (POL)
6.  Yasuhiro Okubo (JPN)
7.  Morten Brekke (NOR)
8.  Attila Repka (HUN)

References

• Official Report