Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 74 kg

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's freestyle 74 kg

|games = 1988 Summer

|image =

|image_size =

|caption =

|venue = Sangmu Gymnasium

|dates = 28–30 September 1988

|competitors = 30

|nations = 30

|gold = Kenny Monday

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Adlan Varaev

|silverNOC = URS

|bronze = Rahmat Sofiadi

|bronzeNOC = BUL

|prev = 1984

|next = 1992

}}

{{WrestlingAt1988SummerOlympics}}

The Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124504/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/WRE/mens-welterweight-freestyle.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wrestling at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Welterweight, Freestyle |work=Sports Reference |access-date=22 April 2019}}

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==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="30" | L

! width="250" |

! width="62" | CP

! width="40" | TP

! width="250" |

! width="30" | L

colspan="7" | Round 1
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lars Gustafsson|SWE|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP1-2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Claudiu Tămăduianu|ROU|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|David Harmon|IRL|1988 Summer}}0-4 ST0-16style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Haitham Jibara|IRQ|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP5-3style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Anwar|PAK|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF4:24style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Djibril Diouf|SEN|1988 Summer}}1
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mamadou Diaw Diallo|GUI|1988 Summer}}0-3 P15:07style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Naresh Kumar|IND|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP4-1style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Monday Eguabor|NGR|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF1:24style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Jean Manga|CMR|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshihiko Hara|JPN|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshihiko Hara|JPN|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP7-1style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Lars Gustafsson|SWE|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Claudiu Tămăduianu|ROU|1988 Summer}}4-0 ST15-0style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|David Harmon|IRL|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Haitham Jibara|IRQ|1988 Summer}}0-3 PO0-9style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP20-9style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Anwar|PAK|1988 Summer}}1
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Djibril Diouf|SEN|1988 Summer}}0-3 P17:25style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mamadou Diaw Diallo|GUI|1988 Summer}}1
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Naresh Kumar|IND|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP2-11style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}0
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Monday Eguabor|NGR|1988 Summer}}0-4 ST0-15style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jean Manga|CMR|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 3
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jean Manga|CMR|1988 Summer}}0-4 TF1:56style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshihiko Hara|JPN|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Claudiu Tămăduianu|ROU|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP7-4style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Haitham Jibara|IRQ|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF0:21style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Anwar|PAK|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF5:51style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Naresh Kumar|IND|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mamadou Diaw Diallo|GUI|1988 Summer}}0-4 TF1:30style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 4
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP7-3style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshihiko Hara|JPN|1988 Summer}}1
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Claudiu Tămăduianu|ROU|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP1-10style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP6-3style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}1
colspan="7" | Round 5
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}3.5-.5 SP14-2style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Claudiu Tămăduianu|ROU|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshihiko Hara|JPN|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP9-12style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP4-2style="text-align:left;" | {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
colspan="7" | Round 6
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP2-5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 7
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}0-4 PAstyle="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="250" | Wrestler

! width="32" | L

! width="32" | ER

! width="32" | CP

bgcolor="ccffcc"

|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}

|0|

|19
bgcolor="lightyellow"

|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}

|1|

|19.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}

|2

714
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}

|2

512
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Claudiu Tămăduianu|ROU|1988 Summer}}

|2

511.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoshihiko Hara|JPN|1988 Summer}}

|2

59
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Haitham Jibara|IRQ|1988 Summer}}

|2

35
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Muhammad Anwar|PAK|1988 Summer}}

|2

35
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Naresh Kumar|IND|1988 Summer}}

|2

34
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Mamadou Diaw Diallo|GUI|1988 Summer}}

|2

33
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Jean Manga|CMR|1988 Summer}}

|2

30
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lars Gustafsson|SWE|1988 Summer}}

|2

22
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Monday Eguabor|NGR|1988 Summer}}

|2

21
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|David Harmon|IRL|1988 Summer}}

|2

20
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Djibril Diouf|SEN|1988 Summer}}

|2

20

== Group B==

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="30" | L

! width="250" |

! width="62" | CP

! width="40" | TP

! width="250" |

! width="30" | L

colspan="7" | Round 1
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Fitzlloyd Walker|GBR|1988 Summer}}0–3.5 SO0-12style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alfonso Jessel|MEX|1988 Summer}}.5-3.5 SP1-14style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|János Nagy|HUN|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}4-0 ST15-0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Eusebio Serna|ESP|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gary Holmes|CAN|1988 Summer}}4-0 ST15-0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Salem Ould Habib|MTN|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP12-4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Beudet|FRA|1988 Summer}}1
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Abdullah Al-Ghrbi|YAR|1988 Summer}}0-4 TF0:42style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uati Iutana|SAM|1988 Summer}}0-4 TF0:55style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adama Damballey|GAM|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdiu|YUG|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdiu|YUG|1988 Summer}}3-0 PO10-0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Fitzlloyd Walker|GBR|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF2:00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alfonso Jessel|MEX|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|János Nagy|HUN|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP3-9style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}0
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Eusebio Serna|ESP|1988 Summer}}0-4 ST0-16style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gary Holmes|CAN|1988 Summer}}0
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Salem Ould Habib|MTN|1988 Summer}}0-4 TF0:27style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Beudet|FRA|1988 Summer}}4-0 ST16-0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Abdullah Al-Ghrbi|YAR|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF0:40style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uati Iutaga|SAM|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adama Damballey|GAM|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 3
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adama Damballey|GAM|1988 Summer}}0-4 TF0:54style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdiu|YUG|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP3-2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|János Nagy|HUN|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP1-8style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}0
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gary Holmes|CAN|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP6-4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Beudet|FRA|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 4
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF1:20style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adama Damballey|GAM|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdiu|YUG|1988 Summer}}0-3 PO0-4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP7-4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gary Holmes|CAN|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye
colspan="7" | Round 5
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}3-0 P15:39style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}1
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdiu|YUG|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP2-4style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}1
0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}3-0 PO6-0style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gary Holmes|CAN|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
colspan="7" | Round 6
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}0-3 PO0-2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}4-0 TF2:19style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}bgcolor=pink|2
colspan="7" | Round 7
bgcolor=pink|2style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}0-3 PO0-7style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}0
1style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}style="text-align:left;" | Bye

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="250" | Wrestler

! width="32" | L

! width="32" | ER

! width="32" | CP

bgcolor="ccffcc"

|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}

|0|

|22.5
bgcolor="lightyellow"

|style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}

|1|

|13
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}

|2

716
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}

|2

614
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Gary Holmes|CAN|1988 Summer}}

|2

512
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Šaban Sejdiu|YUG|1988 Summer}}

|2

58
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adama Damballey|GAM|1988 Summer}}

|2

44
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Bruno Beudet|FRA|1988 Summer}}

|2

36
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|János Nagy|HUN|1988 Summer}}

|2

35.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Alfonso Jessel|MEX|1988 Summer}}

|2

20.5
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Fitzlloyd Walker|GBR|1988 Summer}}

|2

20
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Salem Ould Habib|MTN|1988 Summer}}

|2

20
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uati Iutaga|SAM|1988 Summer}}

|2

20
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Eusebio Serna|ESP|1988 Summer}}

|2

20
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Abdullah Al-Ghrbi|YAR|1988 Summer}}

|2

20

= Final round =

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |
width="250" |

! width="62" | CP

! width="40" | TP

! width="250" |

colspan="5" | 7th place match
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}0-4 PAstyle="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}
colspan="5" | 5th place match
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}0-4 PA3:00style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}
colspan="5" | Bronze medal match
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}3-1 PP8-3style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}
colspan="5" | Gold medal match
style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}1-3 PP2-5style="text-align:left;"| {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}

Final standings

  1. {{flagIOCathlete|Kenny Monday|USA|1988 Summer}}
  2. {{flagIOCathlete|Adlan Varaev|URS|1988 Summer}}
  3. {{flagIOCathlete|Rahmat Sofiadi|BUL|1988 Summer}}
  4. {{flagIOCathlete|Lodoyn Enkhbayar|MGL|1988 Summer}}
  5. {{flagIOCathlete|Pekka Rauhala|FIN|1988 Summer}}
  6. {{flagIOCathlete|Ayat Vagozari|IRI|1988 Summer}}
  7. {{flagIOCathlete|Yoon Kyung-jae|KOR|1988 Summer}}
  8. {{flagIOCathlete|Uwe Westendorf|GDR|1988 Summer}}

References

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