The Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg at the 1988 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sangmu Gymnasium, Seongnam.
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Abullah Alizani from the Yemen Arab Republic lost to Israeli Dov Groverman in the first round. Alizani was slated to wrestle the Israeli, but failed to show up for his match aeven after he was paged three times, in what an Israeli official called a political snub, and Alizani was declared the loser of the Men's Light-Flyweight (48 kg), Greco-Roman match by the referee.
Tournament results
The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.
Final standings
- Vincenzo Maenza (ITA)
- Andrzej Głąb (POL)
- Bratan Tsenov (BUL)
- Mahaddin Allahverdiyev (URS)
- Khaled Al-Faraj (SYR)
- Markus Scherer (FRG)
- Yang Zhizhong (CHN)
- Goun Duk-Yong (KOR)
References
Wrestling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA