Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	24–26 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Sim Kwon-ho  South Korea Lázaro Rivas  Cuba Kang Yong-gyun  North Korea

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 54 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 24 to 26.

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
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER)	2	2	0	6	8
Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)	2	1	1	3	4
Tero Katajisto (FIN)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER)	5–0	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)	3–0 PO
Tero Katajisto (FIN)	0–3	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)	4–2	Tero Katajisto (FIN)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	2	2	0	7	12
Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)	2	1	1	5	9
Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	2	0	2	0	2

	Score		CP
Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	0–10	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	0–4 ST
Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)	7–2	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	4–0 TO
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	2–2	Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Wang Hui (CHN)	2	2	0	6	16
Hassan Rangraz (IRI)	2	1	1	4	10
Petr Švehla (CZE)	2	0	2	2	5

	Score		CP
Petr Švehla (CZE)	3–8	Wang Hui (CHN)	1–3 PP
Hassan Rangraz (IRI)	8–2	Petr Švehla (CZE)	3–1 PP
Wang Hui (CHN)	8–2	Hassan Rangraz (IRI)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TB1	TB2
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	2	1	1	4	17	4
Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)	2	1	1	4	16	4	3
Marian Sandu (ROU)	2	1	1	4	16	4	1

	Score		CP
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	7–8	Marian Sandu (ROU)	1–3 PP
Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)	5–10	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	1–3 PP
Marian Sandu (ROU)	8–11	Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR)	3	3	0	11	30
Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	3	2	1	7	13
Mohamed Abou Elela (EGY)	3	1	2	5	8
Steven Mays (USA)	3	0	3	1	3

	Score		CP
Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	10–0	Steven Mays (USA)	4–0 ST
Mohamed Abou Elela (EGY)	2–16	Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR)	1–4 SP
Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	3–1	Mohamed Abou Elela (EGY)	3–1 PP
Steven Mays (USA)	0–11	Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR)	0–4 ST
Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	0–3	Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR)	0–3 PO
Steven Mays (USA)	3–5	Mohamed Abou Elela (EGY)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	3	3	0	11	31
Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	3	2	1	8	14
Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	3	1	2	4	16
Jotham Pellew (NZL)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	0–10	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	0–4 ST
Jotham Pellew (NZL)	0–10	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	0–4 ST
Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	16–0	Jotham Pellew (NZL)	4–0 ST
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	6–1	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	3–1 PP
Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	0–3	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	0–3 PO
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	15–0	Jotham Pellew (NZL)	4–0 ST

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER)		4
	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)		6			Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)		10
	Wang Hui (CHN)		5			Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)		0
	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)		10								Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)		8
											Lázaro Rivas (CUB)		0
						Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR)		0
						Lázaro Rivas (CUB)		11			Bronze medal match
											Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)		7
											Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR)		0

	5th place match
	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER)		6
	Wang Hui (CHN)		0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)
	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)
	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)
4	Andriy Kalashnykov (UKR)
5	Alfred Ter-Mkrtychyan (GER)
6	Wang Hui (CHN)
7	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)
8	Uran Kalilov (KGZ)
9	Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)
10	Mohamed Abou Elela (EGY)
11	Ercan Yıldız (TUR)
12	Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)
13	Marian Sandu (ROU)
14	Hassan Rangraz (IRI)
15	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)
16	Petr Švehla (CZE)
17	Steven Mays (USA)
18	Tero Katajisto (FIN)
19	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)
20	Jotham Pellew (NZL)

References

• Official Report