Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue	Sangmu Gymnasium
Dates	20–21 September 1988
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Aleksandr Karelin  Soviet Union Rangel Gerovski  Bulgaria Tomas Johansson  Sweden
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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
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The Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam from September 20 to September 22. The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.^[1]

Gold	Aleksandr Karelin  Soviet Union
Silver	Rangel Gerovski  Bulgaria
Bronze	Tomas Johansson  Sweden

Legend

• FR — Won by forfeit
• D2 — Both wrestlers disqualified for passivity
• DQ — Disqualification from the entire competition
• P0 — Won by passivity, scoring zero points
• P1 — Won by passivity, while leading by 1–11 points margin
• PA — Win by injury default or withdrawal
• PO — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• PP — Win by decision (1–11 points margin) and loser has technical points
• PS — Won by passivity, while leading by 12–14 points margin
• SO — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has no technical points
• SP — Win by superiority (12–14 points margin) and loser has technical points
• ST — Win by technical superiority (15 points margin)
• TF — Win by fall
• CP — Classification points

	Score		CP
Round 1
Duane Koslowski (USA)	5–3	Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	3–1 PP
Khodr Bechara (LIB)	0:30	Lubomír David (TCH)	0–4 TF
László Klauz (HUN)	5:30	Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG)	3–0 P1
Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	4:00	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	3–0 P1
Round 2
Duane Koslowski (USA)	1:12	Khodr Bechara (LIB)	4–0 TF
Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	3:44	Lubomír David (TCH)	4–0 PA
László Klauz (HUN)	4:43	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0–3 P1
Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG)	1–2	Tomas Johansson (SWE)	1–3 PP
Round 3
Duane Koslowski (USA)	0–2	László Klauz (HUN)	0–3 PO
Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	4:10	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0–4 TF
Tomas Johansson (SWE)		Bye
Round 4
Tomas Johansson (SWE)	2–1	László Klauz (HUN)	3–1 PP
Duane Koslowski (USA)	0–15	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0–4 ST

Athlete	L	R	CP	TB
Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	0	—	14	3
Tomas Johansson (SWE)	1	—	6	0
László Klauz (HUN)	2	4	7	3
Duane Koslowski (USA)	2	4	7	0
Alexander Neumüller (AUT)	2	3	5
Lubomír David (TCH)	1	2	4
Fritz Gerdsmeier (FRG)	2	2	1
Khodr Bechara (LIB)	2	2	0

	Score		CP
Round 1
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	2:09	Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	4–0 TF
Farhan Jassim (IRQ)	3:51	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	0–3 P1
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	5:44	Dan Payne (CAN)	3–0 P1
Fabio Valguarnera (ITA)	5:49	Roman Wrocławski (POL)	0–0 D2
Round 2
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	4:16	Farhan Jassim (IRQ)	3–0 P1
Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	0:48	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	0–4 TF
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	5:27	Fabio Valguarnera (ITA)	3–0 P1
Dan Payne (CAN)	4:19	Roman Wrocławski (POL)	0–4 TF
Round 3
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	2:14	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	4–0 TF
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	4:23	Roman Wrocławski (POL)	3–0 P1
Round 4
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	0–5	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	0–3 PO
Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)		Bye
Round 5
Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	0–14	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	0–3.5 SO
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)		Bye

Athlete	L	R	CP	TB
Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	0	—	15.5	6.5
Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	1	—	11	4
Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	2	—	7	0
Roman Wrocławski (POL)	2	3	4
Dan Payne (CAN)	2	2	0
Fabio Valguarnera (ITA)	2	2	0
Farhan Jassim (IRQ)	2	2	0
Navind Ramsaran (MRI)	2	2	0

	Score		CP
7th place match
Duane Koslowski (USA)		Roman Wrocławski (POL)	0–4 FR
5th place match
László Klauz (HUN)	5:00	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)	3.5–0 PS
Bronze medal match
Tomas Johansson (SWE)	5:04	Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)	3–0 P1
Gold medal match
Aleksandr Karelin (URS)	5–3	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)	3–1 PP

Rank	Athlete
	Aleksandr Karelin (URS)
	Rangel Gerovski (BUL)
	Tomas Johansson (SWE)
4	Hassan El-Hadad (EGY)
5	László Klauz (HUN)
6	Kazuya Deguchi (JPN)
7	Roman Wrocławski (POL)

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