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Wrestling At The 1988 Summer Olympics ...
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. Medal summary Freestyle Greco-Roman Medal table Participating nations A total of 429 wrestlers from 69 nations competed at the Seoul Games: See also *List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling * List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling References External links * Official Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Wrestling At The 1988 Summer Olympics 1988 Summer Olympics events O 1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangmu Gymnasium
Sangmu Gymnasium is an indoor sporting arena located in Seongnam, South Korea. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and was built in 1986 to host wrestling events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References1988 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. Part 1. p. 192. Indoor arenas in South Korea Venues of the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic wrestling venues Sports venues in Gyeonggi Province Buildings and structures in Seongnam Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps Venues of the 1986 Asian Games {{Summer-Olympic-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Smith (American Wrestler)
John William Smith (born August 9, 1965) is an American Collegiate wrestling, folkstyle and Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler and coach. Smith was a two-time NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, NCAA Division I national champion, and a List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling#6 World Level Championships, six-time List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling, world level champion with two Olympic Games, Olympic Championships and four World Wrestling Championships, World Wrestling Championships. Smith is the only American wrestler ever to win six consecutive World or Olympic championships as a competitor. At the end of his competitive career, Smith had won more World and Olympic gold medals in wrestling than any other American. Smith was widely known for his low single leg takedown, and is considered one of the greatest freestyle wrestlers of all time. Wrestling career High School Smith wrestled at Del City High School in Del C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Ota
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Makharbek Khadartsev
Makharbek Khasbiyevich Khadartsev (russian: Махарбек Хазбиевич Хадарцев) (born 2 October 1964) is a former Soviet wrestler who later competed for Russia and Uzbekistan, two times Olympic champion and five times world champion in Freestyle wrestling. He was born in Suadag, Alagirsky District, North Ossetia. Olympics Khadartsev competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling, the ''light heavyweight'' class."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 13 September 2008) He won a second gold medal at the |
Jozef Lohyňa
Jozef Lohyňa (born 1963) is a Slovak wrestler. He was born in Zlaté Moravce. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling ... in 1988 and a gold medal at the 1990 World Wrestling Championships in Tokyo, competing for Czechoslovakia. He represented Czechoslovakia at the 1992 Olympics, and competed for Slovakia at the 1996 Olympics. References 1963 births Living people People from Zlaté Moravce Sportspeople from the Nitra Region Czechoslovak male sport wrestlers Slovak male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Czechoslovakia Olympic wrestlers for Slovakia Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Czech male sport wrestlers Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necmi Gençalp
Necmi Gençalp (born 1960), is a Turkish wrestler. He was born in Yozgat. He was silver medalist in Freestyle wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October .... References External links * 1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Yozgat Olympic wrestlers for Turkey Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Turkish male sport wrestlers Olympic silver medalists for Turkey Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Turkey Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Turkish people 21st-century Turkish people {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Myung-woo
Han Myung-Woo (Hangul: 한명우, Hanja: 韓明愚; born November 12, 1956, in Dangjin, Chungcheongnam-do) is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler and Olympic champion. He won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 7, 2008) He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angele ...
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Rahmat Sofiadi
Rahmat Sukra Sofiadi (born 15 November 1965) is a Bulgarian former wrestler who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Sofiadi's mother is Bulgarian while his father is Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...n. References 1965 births Living people Olympic wrestlers of Bulgaria Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Bulgarian male sport wrestlers Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in wrestling Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century Bulgarian people 21st-century Bulgarian people {{Bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlan Varayev
Adlan Abuevich Varayev (russian: Адлан Абуевич Вараев; 2 January 1962 – 4 May 2016) was a Russian-Chechen welterweight Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like Muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the ... freestyle wrestler who won a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics. He won the 1987 World Championships, beating Dave Schultz in the final, and placed second in 1986. Varayev held the European welterweight title in 1986–1988. After retiring from competitions worked as a wrestling coach and administrator. He trained the Russian national freestyle team and served as vice-president of the Russian Wrestling Federation. He accidentally drowned after a bad fall into the Argun River. References 1962 births 2016 deaths Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers of the Soviet Union Wrestler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Monday
Kenny Dale Monday (born November 25, 1961) is an Olympic gold medalist and three-time All-American wrestler from Oklahoma State University. He began wrestling at age six at a YMCA after-school program and grew up idolizing Olympic wrestler Wayne Wells. Monday was a three-time Olympian. Monday attended Booker T. Washington High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he won four state titles and the 1977 Junior National championship. He never lost a match from seventh grade through the end of high school and finished with a record of 140-0-1. As an All-American at OSU, Monday won the NCAA title in 1984 at 150 pounds. His collegiate record of 121-12-2 contributed to the Cowboys winning two Big Eight titles. He won the 1989 World Championship and a series of USA Freestyle championships in 1985, 1988, 1991, and 1996. He won the Olympic Championship in 1988 in a 5–2 overtime win against the Soviet Union's Adlan Varaev. Monday was a silver medalist in the 1992 Olympics and placed sixth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Carr
Nate Carr (born June 24, 1960) is an American former collegiate and international senior level freestyle wrestler. He grew up in a family of 16 children in Erie, Pennsylvania. Five of these, including Nate, would become All-American wrestlers (an NCAA record) and two, again including Nate, would compete in the Olympic Games. In 2003, Carr was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Member. ''National Wrestling Hall of Fame''. Retrieved October 3, 2022. High school During his high school career at Erie Tech High School, Carr was coached by Tom Carr (no relation) and posted a record of 115-7, winning a |
Park Jang-soon
Park Jang-Soon (; born April 10, 1968) is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler, world champion and Olympic champion. Olympics He received a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul."1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 7, 2008) He won a gold medal at the in . [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
