Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	25–27 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Rulon Gardner  United States Aleksandr Karelin  Russia Dmitry Debelka  Belarus

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
	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

The men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 25 to 27.

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Results

Legend

• EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
• E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
• EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
• EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Héctor Milián (CUB)	2	2	0	6	4
Zhao Hailin (CHN)	2	1	1	3	3
Helger Hallik (EST)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Héctor Milián (CUB)	3–0	Helger Hallik (EST)	3–0 PO
Zhao Hailin (CHN)	0–1	Héctor Milián (CUB)	0–3 PO
Helger Hallik (EST)	2–3	Zhao Hailin (CHN)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	2	2	0	6	5
Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	2	1	1	4	5
Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	0–3	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	0–3 PO
Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	4–0	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	3–0 PO
Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	2–1	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	2	2	0	7	15
Rafael Barreno (VEN)	2	1	1	3	4
Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Rafael Barreno (VEN)	0–9	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	0–3 PO
Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)	0–4	Rafael Barreno (VEN)	0–3 PO
Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	6–0	Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)	4–0 TO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	2	2	0	7	6
Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	2	1	1	4	0
Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	3–0	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	3–0 PO
Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	0–3	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	0–4 TO
Sergei Mureiko (BUL)		Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	0–4 PA

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Rulon Gardner (USA)	3	3	0	9	15
Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	3	2	1	7	6
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	3	1	2	3	3
Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3	0	3	2	4

	Score		CP
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	0–1	Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	0–3 PO
Rulon Gardner (USA)	7–2	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3–1 PP
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	0–6	Rulon Gardner (USA)	0–3 PO
Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	4–0	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3–0 PO
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	3–2	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3–1 PP
Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	1–2	Rulon Gardner (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)	3	3	0	9	11
Fatih Bakir (TUR)	3	2	1	6	4
David Vála (CZE)	3	1	2	4	5
Marek Sitnik (POL)	3	0	3	1	1

	Score		CP
Fatih Bakir (TUR)	0–3	Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)	0–3 PO
Marek Sitnik (POL)	0–4	David Vála (CZE)	0–3 PO
Fatih Bakir (TUR)	1–0	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–0 PO
Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)	5–1	David Vála (CZE)	3–1 PP
Fatih Bakir (TUR)	3–0	David Vála (CZE)	3–0 PO
Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)	3–1	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Héctor Milián (CUB)		0
	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)		1			Dmitry Debelka (BLR)		0
	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)		0			Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)		3
	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)		4								Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)		0
											Rulon Gardner (USA)		1
						Rulon Gardner (USA)		3
						Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)		2			Bronze medal match
											Dmitry Debelka (BLR)		1
											Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)		0

	5th place match
	Héctor Milián (CUB)		5
	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)		3

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Rulon Gardner (USA)
	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)
	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)
4	Yuri Evseitchik (ISR)
5	Héctor Milián (CUB)
6	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)
7	Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)
8	Fatih Bakir (TUR)
9	David Vála (CZE)
10	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)
11	Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)
12	Rafael Barreno (VEN)
13	Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)
14	Zhao Hailin (CHN)
15	Omrane Ayari (TUN)
16	Helger Hallik (EST)
17	Marek Sitnik (POL)
18	Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)
19	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)
20	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)

References

• Official Report