THE SEOUL GAMES / DAY 13 : Roundup : Martinez Drives in 4 Runs in U.S. Win

Tino Martinez hit 2 home runs and drove in 4 runs, and Jim Abbott, already an American success story, held Japan to 7 hits as the U.S. won the baseball gold medal with a 5-3 victory Wednesday.

The U.S. lost to Japan, 6-3, in the 1984 Olympic title game. As it was in ‘84, baseball was a demonstration sport at Seoul. But it will be a fully recognized Olympic event at the Barcelona Games in 1992.

Wrestling: American John Smith headed toward a freestyle wrestling gold medal showdown, and Jim Scherr, in control of his semifinal match, was upset with 54 seconds left when he was pinned.

Smith, the defending world champion at 136 pounds, scored easy victories in the fourth and fifth rounds, easing up to the brink of the final match.

Smith beat Mika Lehto of Finland in the fourth round, 16-6, then pinned Giovanni Schillaci of Italy with 6 seconds left after leading, 12-0, in their fifth-round match.

Wrestling at 198 pounds, Scherr was 4-0 after a 15-0 victory over Graeme English of Great Britain. He was well on the way to his fifth victory, leading Akira Ohta of Japan, 8-1, late in the second round, when the unbeaten Ohta countered an offensive move by Scherr, whipped him onto his back and pinned the American.

Tim Vanni, who had suffered a pin Tuesday between two easy victories, added two more triumphs and will get a shot at the bronze medal.

Ken Chertow fought back from the brink of elimination to advance to the third preliminary round at 114 1/2 pounds.

Archery: South Korea and the Soviet Union shared honors by leading the 24 qualifiers in the individual women’s and men’s events.

All five American archers qualified for later rounds.

Equestrian: The American team won its first medal, a silver, in the team show jumping competition.

Led by veteran American rider Joe Fargis, 40, of Southampton, N.Y., and rookie Greg Best, 24, of Flemington, N.J., the four American riders narrowly lost the gold to West Germany. France won the bronze.

Weightlifting: Alexandre Kurlovich of the Soviet Union won the superheavyweight weightlifting gold medaland the title of “world’s strongest man.”

Kurlovich, a 292-pound sports instructor lifted 212.5 kilos in the snatch and 250 in the clean-and-jerk for a total of 462.5 kilos.

Manfred Nerlinger of West Germany took the silver and Martin Zawieja, also of West Germany, won the bronze.

Synchronized swimming: World champion Carolyn Waldo of Canada gained a commanding lead over defending U.S. Olympic champion Tracie Ruiz-Conforto in the compulsory figures.

Waldo compiled 101.150 points from the 6 figures. It put her virtually out of reach of Ruiz-Conforto, who had 98.633 points.