title: Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg
text: # Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 48 kg
  
  The Men's Freestyle 48 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Takashi Kobayashi Japan |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Ivan Tsonov Bulgaria |
  | Bronze | Sergey Karamchakov Soviet Union |
  
  ## 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**
  
  | L | | CP | TP | | L |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Round 1 ||||||
  | 0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 4-0 TF | 3:52 | Tümendembereliin Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 1 |
  | 1 | Liang Dejin (CHN) | 1-3 PP | 7-13 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 0 |
  | 0 | Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 3-1 PP | 12-3 | Suryadi Gunawan (INA) | 1 |
  | 0 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 3-1 PP | 7-1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 |
  | 0 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 3-1 PP | 14-5 | Hour Jiunn-yih (TPE) | 1 |
  | Round 2 ||||||
  | 0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 4-0 TF | 2:55 | Liang Dejin (CHN) | 2 |
  | 2 | Tümendembereliin Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 1-3 PP | 6-7 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 0 |
  | 1 | Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 1-3 PP | 2-12 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 0 |
  | 2 | Suryadi Gunawan (INA) | 1-3 PP | 4-10 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 0 |
  | 1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 4-0 ST | 19-3 | Hour Jiunn-Yih (TPE) | 2 |
  | Round 3 ||||||
  | 0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 3.5-0 SO | 12-0 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 1 |
  | 2 | Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 1-3 PP | 3-10 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 |
  | 0 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 3-0 PO | 2-0 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 1 |
  | Round 4 ||||||
  | 0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 2-0 P0 | 5:01 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 1 |
  | 2 | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 1-3 PP | 8-11 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 |
  | 1 | Volker Anger (GDR) | | | Bye | |
  | Round 5 ||||||
  | 2 | Volker Anger (GDR) | 0-3 P1 | 4:28 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 0 |
  | 1 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | | | Bye | |
  | 1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | | | Bye | |
  | Round 6 ||||||
  | 1 | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 3-0 PO | 3-0 | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 1 |
  | 1 | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | | | Bye | |
  | Wrestler | L | ER | CP | Tiebreaker |
  | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | 1 | - | 14 | 4 |
  | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 1 | - | 9 | 3 |
  | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 1 | - | 16.5 | 2 |
  | Volker Anger (GDR) | 2 | 5 | 6 |
  | Rajesh Kumar (IND) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
  | Mohammad Razigul (AFG) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
  | Suryadi Gunawan (INA) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  | Hour Jiunn-Yih (TPE) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
  | Liang Dejin (CHN) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
  | Tümendembereliin Sükhbaatar (MGL) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
  
  **Group B**
  
  | L | | CP | TP | | L |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Round 1 ||||||
  | 1 | Alfredo Marcuño (ESP) | 0-4 ST | 0-16 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 0 |
  | 1 | Lee Sang-Ho (KOR) | 0-4 PA | 0:44 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 |
  | 0 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 4-0 ST | 17-0 | William Delgado (COL) | 1 |
  | 0 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 3-1 PP | 8-1 | Amos Ojo (NGR) | 1 |
  | 0 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | | | Bye | |
  | Round 2 ||||||
  | 0 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | 3-1 PP | 10-3 | Alfredo Marcuño (ESP) | 2 |
  | 1 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 0-4 TF | 1:48 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 |
  | 0 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 3-1 PP | 4-3 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 1 |
  | 1 | William Delgado (COL) | 3-1 PP | 8-6 | Amos Ojo (NGR) | 2 |
  | 1 | Lee Sang-Ho (KOR) | | | DNA | |
  | Round 3 ||||||
  | 1 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | .5-3.5 SP | 1-13 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 1 |
  | 0 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 4-0 TF | 3:23 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 1 |
  | 2 | William Delgado (COL) | 1-3 PP | 6-9 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 1 |
  | Round 4 ||||||
  | 2 | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | 0-4 ST | 0-15 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 |
  | 1 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 4-0 TF | 4:25 | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 2 |
  | 1 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | | | Bye | |
  | Round 5 ||||||
  | 2 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 1-3 PP | 3-5 | Tim Vanni (USA) | 1 |
  | 0 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | | | Bye | |
  | Round 6 ||||||
  | 0 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 3-1 PP | 6-5 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 3 |
  | 1 | Tim Vanni (USA) | | | Bye | |
  | Wrestler | L | ER | CP |
  | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) | 0 | - | 19 |
  | Tim Vanni (USA) | 1 | - | 14.5 |
  | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) | 3 | 6 | 9 |
  | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) | 2 | 4 | 7 |
  | Mohamed El-Messouti (SYR) | 2 | 4 | 3.5 |
  | William Delgado (COL) | 2 | 3 | 4 |
  | Amos Ojo (NGR) | 2 | 2 | 2 |
  | Alfredo Marcuño (ESP) | 2 | 2 | 1 |
  | Lee Sang-Ho (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
  
  ### Final round
  
  | | CP | TP | |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 7th place match ||||
  | Volker Anger (GDR) | 4-0 DQ | | Nasser Zeinalnia (IRI) |
  | 5th place match ||||
  | Reiner Heugabel (FRG) | 3-0 P1 | 4:27 | İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR) |
  | Bronze medal match ||||
  | Sergey Karamchakov (URS) | 3-1 PP | 3-1 | Tim Vanni (USA) |
  | Gold medal match ||||
  | Ivan Tsonov (BUL) | .5-3.5 SP | 4-16 | Takashi Kobayashi (JPN) |
  
  ## Final standings
  
  * Takashi Kobayashi (JPN)
  * Ivan Tsonov (BUL)
  * Sergey Karamchakov (URS)
  * Tim Vanni (USA)
  * Reiner Heugabel (FRG)
  * İlyas Şükrüoğlu (TUR)
  * Volker Anger (GDR)
  