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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 Greco-Roman (American English), Graeco-Roman (British English), or classic wrestling (Euro-English) is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. Greco-Roman wrestling was included in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and has been i ... 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 Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics O 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sangmu Gymnasium
Sangmu Gymnasium is an indoor arena, 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 at the 1988 Summer Olympics, wrestling events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. 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 folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Smith was a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, and a six-time world level champion with two Olympic Championships and four World Wrestling Championships. Smith is the only American wrestler ever to win six consecutive World and 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 City, Oklahoma. While in high school Smith had a 105–5 record, and was a two-time Oklahoma state champion. College Smith competed collegiately at Oklahoma State University. While at Oklahoma State University, Smith's college career record was 154-7-2. At the NCAA Division I Wrest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akira Ota
Akira may refer to: People *Akira (given name); and a list of people with this given name Surnames *Asa Akira (born 1986), American pornographic actress, model, and director * Elly Akira, Japanese pornographic actress *Francesco Akira (born 1999), Japanese ring name for Italian wrestler Francesco Begnini Mononymed people * Akira (actor) (born 1981), Japanese actor and dance performer * Akira (American wrestler) (born 1993), American professional wrestler *Akira Nogami (born 1966; ring name "AKIRA"), Japanese professional wrestler and actor *Natalie Horler (born 1981; stage name "Akira"), German singer and television presenter formerly using the stagename "Akira" * Akira the Don, stagename of British DJ Adam Narkiewicz * Akira the Hustler (born 1969), stagename of Japanese artist Yukio Cho Fictional characters *Akira Yuki, a major character of the ''Virtua Fighter'' series of video games * Akira (''The Simpsons''), a Japanese chef on ''The Simpsons'' * Akira (''Akira''), a charac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makharbek Khadartsev
Makharbek Khazbiyevich Khadartsev () (born 2 October 1964) is a Soviet-Russian politician and former 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. It is one of two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games, along with Greco-Roman wrestling, Greco-Roman. scholastic wrestling, High school wrestling and men's collegiate wrestling in the U ... 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 Sportspeople from Zlaté Moravce 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 bronze medalists for Czechos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Necmi Gençalp
Necmi Gençalp (born 1 January 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 the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe .... 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 sportsmen 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Myung-woo
Han Myung-Woo (; born November 12, 1956, in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province) 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 commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United ...
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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 Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...n. References 1965 births Living people Olympic wrestlers for 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 21st-century Bulgarian people 20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Bulgaria-wrestling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlan Varaev
Adlan Abuevich Varaev (; 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 th ... 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. Varaev 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 drowned after a bad fall into the Argun River. References 1962 births 2016 deaths Soviet male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for the Soviet Union Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for ... [...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 is 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 voted the outstanding wrestler of the Grand Master ... [...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] |