Wrestling at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Sangmu Gymnasium |
Dates | 18 September – 1 October |
Competitors | 429 from 69 nations |
Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics | ||
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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 | |
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, 20 wrestling events were contested, for all men only. There were 10 weight classes in each of the freestyle wrestling and Greco-Roman wrestling disciplines. [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
3 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
4 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
6 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
16 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 nations) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
A total of 429 wrestlers from 69 nations competed at the Seoul Games: [1]
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