Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Wrestling; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates	28 September – 1 October 2000
No. of events	16
Competitors	314 from 55 nations
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Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from 28 September to 1 October, and the Greco-Roman events were held from 24 to 27 September. In the freestyle 76 kg Alexander Leipold of Germany originally placed first, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone.^[1]

Qualification

Medalists

Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan	Sammie Henson United States	Amiran Kardanov Greece
58 kg details	Alireza Dabir Iran	Yevhen Buslovych Ukraine	Terry Brands United States
63 kg details	Murad Umakhanov Russia	Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria	Jang Jae-sung South Korea
69 kg details	Daniel Igali Canada	Arsen Gitinov Russia	Lincoln McIlravy United States
76 kg details	Brandon Slay United States	Moon Eui-jae South Korea	Adem Bereket Turkey
85 kg details	Adam Saitiev Russia	Yoel Romero Cuba	Magomed Ibragimov Macedonia
97 kg details	Sagid Murtazaliev Russia	Islam Bayramukov Kazakhstan	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia
130 kg details	David Musulbes Russia	Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Sim Kwon-ho South Korea	Lázaro Rivas Cuba	Kang Yong-gyun North Korea
58 kg details	Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria	Kim In-sub South Korea	Sheng Zetian China
63 kg details	Varteres Samurgashev Russia	Juan Marén Cuba	Akaki Chachua Georgia
69 kg details	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba	Katsuhiko Nagata Japan	Aleksey Glushkov Russia
76 kg details	Murat Kardanov Russia	Matt Lindland United States	Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland
85 kg details	Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey	Sándor Bárdosi Hungary	Mukhran Vakhtangadze Georgia
97 kg details	Mikael Ljungberg Sweden	Davyd Saldadze Ukraine	Garrett Lowney United States
130 kg details	Rulon Gardner United States	Aleksandr Karelin Russia	Dmitry Debelka Belarus

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	6	2	1	9
2	United States (USA)	2	2	3	7
3	Cuba (CUB)	1	3	1	5
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	1	4
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	0	2
6	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	1	2
7	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Iran (IRI)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
11	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	0	2
12	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	0	1
16	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	3	3
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Macedonia (MKD)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		16	16	16	48