Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 62 kg

The men's freestyle 62 kilograms at the 1992 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya from August 5 to August 7. The wrestlers are divided into 2 groups. The winner of each group decided by a double-elimination system.^[1]

Men's freestyle 62 kg at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue	Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya
Dates	5–7 August 1992
Competitors	21 from 21 nations
Medalists
John Smith  United States Askari Mohammadian  Iran Lázaro Reinoso  Cuba
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Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination A

Round 1

	Score		CP
Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)	6–11	Magomed Azizov (EUN)	1–3 PP
Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	2–1	Takumi Adachi (JPN)	3–1 PP
Karsten Polky (GER)	5–3	Tjaart du Plessis (RSA)	3–1 PP
İsmail Faikoğlu (TUR)	2–3	John Smith (USA)	1–3 PP
Kim Gwang-chol (PRK)	6–2	Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)	3–1 PP
Marty Calder (CAN)		Bye

Round 2

	Score		CP
Marty Calder (CAN)	7–10	Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)	1–3 PP
Magomed Azizov (EUN)	3–1	Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	3–1 PP
Takumi Adachi (JPN)	5–7	Karsten Polky (GER)	1–3 PP
Tjaart du Plessis (RSA)	0–9	İsmail Faikoğlu (TUR)	0–3 PO
John Smith (USA)	2–1	Kim Gwang-chol (PRK)	3–1 PP
Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)		Bye

Round 3

	Score		CP
Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)	5–2	Marty Calder (CAN)	3–1 PP
Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)	3–1	Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	3–1 PP
Magomed Azizov (EUN)	2–1	İsmail Faikoğlu (TUR)	3–1 PP
Karsten Polky (GER)	0–8	John Smith (USA)	0–3 PO
Kim Gwang-chol (PRK)		Bye

Round 4

	Score		CP
Kim Gwang-chol (PRK)	4–6	Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)	1–3 PP
Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)	5–2	Karsten Polky (GER)	3–1 PP
Magomed Azizov (EUN)	1–17	John Smith (USA)	0–4 ST

Round 5

	Score		CP
Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)	5–11	Magomed Azizov (EUN)	1–3 PP
Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)	3–1	John Smith (USA)	3–1 PP

Summary

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	R	CP	TP
1	John Smith (USA)	5	4	1	X[a]	14	31
2	Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)	5	4	1	X[a]	13	28
3	Magomed Azizov (EUN)	5	4	1	X[a]	12	28
4	Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)	4	2	2	5	8	17
5	Karsten Polky (GER)	4	2	2	4	7	14
—	Kim Gwang-chol (PRK)	3	1	2	4	5	11
—	İsmail Faikoğlu (TUR)	3	1	2	3	5	12
—	Giovanni Schillaci (ITA)	3	1	2	3	5	4
—	Marty Calder (CAN)	2	0	2	3	2	9
—	Takumi Adachi (JPN)	2	0	2	2	2	6
—	Tjaart du Plessis (RSA)	2	0	2	2	1	3

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. Classification points: USA 5, CUB 4, EUN 3

Elimination B

Round 1

	Score		CP
Martin Müller (SUI)	1–5	Askari Mohammadian (IRI)	1–3 PP
Dharan Singh Dahiya (IND)	4–6	Georgios Moustopoulos (GRE)	1–3 PP
Eduards Žukovs (LAT)	2–5 Fall	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	4–0 TO
Dariusz Grzywiński (POL)	2–3 Fall	Anibál Nieves (PUR)	0–4 TO
Vicente Cáceres (ESP)	3–10	Rosen Vasilev (BUL)	1–3 PP

Round 2

	Score		CP
Martin Müller (SUI)	8–2	Dharan Singh Dahiya (IND)	3–1 PP
Askari Mohammadian (IRI)	4–0	Georgios Moustopoulos (GRE)	3–0 PO
Eduards Žukovs (LAT)	2–4	Dariusz Grzywiński (POL)	1–3 PP
Musa Ilhan (AUS)	11–4	Vicente Cáceres (ESP)	3–1 PP
Anibál Nieves (PUR)	2–6	Rosen Vasilev (BUL)	1–3 PP

Round 3

	Score		CP
Martin Müller (SUI)	5–0 Ret	Georgios Moustopoulos (GRE)	4–0 PA
Askari Mohammadian (IRI)	11–0	Eduards Žukovs (LAT)	3–0 PO
Musa Ilhan (AUS)	9–3 Fall	Anibál Nieves (PUR)	4–0 TO
Dariusz Grzywiński (POL)	4–5	Rosen Vasilev (BUL)	1–3 PP

Round 4

	Score		CP
Martin Müller (SUI)	3–4	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	1–3 PP
Askari Mohammadian (IRI)	4–2	Rosen Vasilev (BUL)	3–1 PP
Eduards Žukovs (LAT)	1–6	Anibál Nieves (PUR)	1–3 PP

•  Eduards Žukovs (LAT) and  Anibál Nieves (PUR) were tied on classification points for fifth.

Round 5

	Score		CP
Askari Mohammadian (IRI)	6–0	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	3–0 PO
Rosen Vasilev (BUL)		Bye

Round 6

	Score		CP
Rosen Vasilev (BUL)	8–3	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	3–1 PP
Askari Mohammadian (IRI)		Bye

Summary

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	R	CP	TP
1	Askari Mohammadian (IRI)	5	5	0	X[a]	15	30
2	Rosen Vasilev (BUL)	5	4	1	X[a]	13	31
3	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	6	3	3	X[a]	11	32
4	Martin Müller (SUI)	4	2	2	4	9	17
5	Anibál Nieves (PUR)	4	2	2	3	8	14
—	Eduards Žukovs (LAT)	4	1	3	3	6	5
—	Dariusz Grzywiński (POL)	3	1	2	3	4	10
—	Georgios Moustopoulos (GRE)	3	1	2	3	3	6
—	Vicente Cáceres (ESP)	2	0	2	2	2	7
—	Dharan Singh Dahiya (IND)	2	0	2	2	2	6

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. Classification points: IRI 6, BUL 4, AUS 1

Finals

	Score		CP
9th place match
Karsten Polky (GER)	WO	Anibál Nieves (PUR)	4–0 PA
7th place match
Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)	2–9 Fall	Martin Müller (SUI)	0–4 TO
5th place match
Magomed Azizov (EUN)	11–5	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	3–1 PP
Bronze medal match
Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)	4–0	Rosen Vasilev (BUL)	3–0 PO
Gold medal match
John Smith (USA)	6–0	Askari Mohammadian (IRI)	3–0 PO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	John Smith (USA)
	Askari Mohammadian (IRI)
	Lázaro Reinoso (CUB)
4	Rosen Vasilev (BUL)
5	Magomed Azizov (EUN)
6	Musa Ilhan (AUS)
7	Martin Müller (SUI)
8	Shin Sang-kyu (KOR)
9	Karsten Polky (GER)
10	Anibál Nieves (PUR)