Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad | |
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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 |
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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
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
Participating nations
A total of 314 wrestlers from 55 nations competed at the Sydney Games:[1]
- Algeria (2)
- Armenia (8)
- Australia (11)
- Azerbaijan (9)
- Belarus (14)
- Bulgaria (8)
- Canada (4)
- China (5)
- Colombia (1)
- Cuba (13)
- Czech Republic (3)
- Egypt (2)
- Estonia (3)
- Finland (4)
- France (3)
- Georgia (13)
- Germany (10)
- Greece (7)
- Guinea-Bissau (1)
- Hungary (8)
- India (1)
- Iran (11)
- Israel (3)
- Italy (2)
- Ivory Coast (1)
- Japan (8)
- Kazakhstan (11)
- Kyrgyzstan (6)
- Latvia (1)
- Lithuania (2)
- Macedonia (2)
- Moldova (4)
- Mongolia (4)
- Netherlands (1)
- New Zealand (3)
- Nigeria (2)
- North Korea (4)
- Norway (1)
- Poland (9)
- Romania (5)
- Russia (16)
- Samoa (1)
- Senegal (1)
- Slovakia (4)
- South Africa (1)
- South Korea (10)
- Sweden (5)
- Switzerland (4)
- Tunisia (4)
- Turkey (12)
- Turkmenistan (1)
- Ukraine (16)
- United States (16)
- Uzbekistan (11)
- Venezuela (2)
References
- ^ a b "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
External links
- International Olympic Committee results database