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
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	54 kg	54 kg
	58 kg	58 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	69 kg	69 kg
	76 kg	76 kg
	85 kg	85 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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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

Participating nations

A total of 314 wrestlers from 55 nations competed at the Sydney Games: ^[1]

References

External links

• International Olympic Committee results database