Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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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 September 28 to October 1, and the Greco-Roman events were held from September 24 to September 27. In the freestyle 76 kg Alexander Leipold of Germany originally placed first, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone.

[edit] Medal summary

[edit] Freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan (AZE)	Sammie Henson United States (USA)	Amiran Karntanov Greece (GRE)
58 kg details	Alireza Dabir Iran (IRI)	Yevgen Buslovych Ukraine (UKR)	Terry Brands United States (USA)
63 kg details	Mourad Oumakhanov Russia (RUS)	Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria (BUL)	Jang Jae-Sung South Korea (KOR)
69 kg details	Daniel Igali Canada (CAN)	Arsen Gitinov Russia (RUS)	Lincoln McIlravy United States (USA)
76 kg details	Brandon Slay United States (USA)	Moon Eui-Jae South Korea (KOR)	Adem Bereket Turkey (TUR)
85 kg details	Adam Saitiev Russia (RUS)	Yoel Romero Cuba (CUB)	Mogamed Ibragimov FYR Macedonia (MKD)
97 kg details	Sagid Murtazaliev Russia (RUS)	Islam Bairamukov Kazakhstan (KAZ)	Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia (GEO)
130 kg details	David Musulbes Russia (RUS)	Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan (UZB)	Alexis Rodríguez Cuba (CUB)

[edit] Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Sim Kwon-Ho South Korea (KOR)	Lázaro Rivas Cuba (CUB)	Kang Yong-Gyun North Korea (PRK)
58 kg details	Armen Nazarian Bulgaria (BUL)	Kim In-Sub South Korea (KOR)	Sheng Zetian China (CHN)
63 kg details	Varteres Samourgachev Russia (RUS)	Juan Marén Cuba (CUB)	Akaki Chachua Georgia (GEO)
69 kg details	Filiberto Azcuy Cuba (CUB)	Katsuhiko Nagata Japan (JPN)	Alexei Gloushkov Russia (RUS)
76 kg details	Mourat Kardanov Russia (RUS)	Matt Lindland United States (USA)	Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland (FIN)
85 kg details	Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey (TUR)	Sándor Bárdosi Hungary (HUN)	Mukhran Vakhtangadze Georgia (GEO)
97 kg details	Mikael Ljungberg Sweden (SWE)	Davyd Saldadze Ukraine (UKR)	Garrett Lowney United States (USA)
130 kg details	Rulon Gardner United States (USA)	Alexander Karelin Russia (RUS)	Dmitry Debelka Belarus (BLR)

[edit] 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	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
	Iran (IRI)	1	0	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	0	1
11	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	0	2
12	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
16	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	3	3
17	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
	FYR Macedonia (MKD)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 314 wrestlers from 55 nations competed at the Sydney Games:

[edit] References

• International Olympic Committee results database

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