1988 Pan American Wrestling Championships
| Host City |
Ciudad de México |
| Country |
 MEX |
| Held |
18 – 20 September 1988 |
| Competitors |
57 |
| Countries |
10 |
Events
Medal table
| Pos |
Country |
🥇 Gold |
🥈 Silver |
🥉 Bronze |
Total |
| 1 |
Cuba |
 CUB |
19 |
1 |
0 |
20 |
| 2 |
United States |
 USA |
1 |
8 |
5 |
14 |
| 3 |
Mexico |
MEX |
0 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
| 4 |
Canada |
 CAN |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
| 5 |
Argentina |
 ARG |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 6 |
Panama |
 PAN |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 7 |
Colombia |
 COL |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
| 8 |
Peru |
 PER |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
| 9 |
Brazil |
 BRA |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 10 |
Guatemala |
 GUA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Medal winners
| Event |
🥇 Gold |
|
🥈 Silver |
|
🥉 Bronze |
|
| Greco-Roman -48 kg, Men |
Wilber Sánchez
|
CUB
|
Eric Wetzel
|
USA
|
Víctor Hugo Capacho
|
COL
|
| Greco-Roman -52 kg, Men |
Pedro Roque
|
CUB
|
Juan Cortés
|
MEX
|
Mark Fuller
|
USA
|
| Greco-Roman -57 kg, Men |
Amadoris González
|
CUB
|
Adrián Ponce
|
MEX
|
Óscar Acencio
|
GUA
|
| Greco-Roman -62 kg, Men |
José Mario Olivera
|
CUB
|
Buddy Lee
|
USA
|
Juan Mora
|
MEX
|
| Greco-Roman -68 kg, Men |
Andrés Alexis Jiménez
|
CUB
|
Daniel Navarrete
|
ARG
|
Edmundo Ichillumpa
|
PER
|
| Greco-Roman -74 kg, Men |
Jacinto Arrechavaleta
|
CUB
|
Rick Dove
|
CAN
|
Jim Miller
|
USA
|
| Greco-Roman -82 kg, Men |
Alfredo Linares
|
CUB
|
Darrel Gholar
|
USA
|
Alfonso Jessel
|
MEX
|
| Greco-Roman -90 kg, Men |
Guillermo Cruz
|
CUB
|
Michael Carolan
|
USA
|
Roberto Leitão
|
BRA
|
| Greco-Roman -100 kg, Men |
Héctor Milián
|
CUB
|
Steve Marshall
|
CAN
|
James Johnson
|
USA
|
| Greco-Roman -130 kg, Men |
Juan Poulot
|
CUB
|
Craig Pittman
|
USA
|
Miguel Zambrano
|
PER
|
| Freestyle -48 kg, Men |
Aldo Martínez
|
CUB
|
César Vargas
|
MEX
|
Javier Delgado
|
COL
|
| Freestyle -52 kg, Men |
Carlos Varela
|
CUB
|
Bernardo Olvera
|
MEX
|
Carlos Muñoz
|
COL
|
| Freestyle -57 kg, Men |
Alejandro Puerto
|
CUB
|
Greg Robbins
|
USA
|
Jorge Olvera
|
MEX
|
| Freestyle -62 kg, Men |
Ray Ramírez
|
CUB
|
Arturo Oporta
|
PAN
|
Javier Rincón
|
COL
|
| Freestyle -68 kg, Men |
Eugenio Montero
|
CUB
|
Mark Manning
|
USA
|
Darrik James
|
CAN
|
| Freestyle -74 kg, Men |
Alberto Rodríguez
|
CUB
|
Nate Carr
|
USA
|
Rick Dove
|
CAN
|
| Freestyle -82 kg, Men |
Orlando Hernández
|
CUB
|
Daniel Iglesias
|
ARG
|
Michael Sheets
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -90 kg, Men |
Roberto Limonta
|
CUB
|
Peter James Guterson
|
CAN
|
Duane Goldman
|
USA
|
| Freestyle -100 kg, Men |
Geovany Redmond
|
CUB
|
Steve Marshall
|
CAN
|
Floriano Spiess
|
BRA
|
| Freestyle -130 kg, Men |
Bruce Baumgartner
|
USA
|
Domingo Mesa
|
CUB
|
Miguel Zambrano
|
PER
|