Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 58 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	25–27 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Armen Nazaryan  Bulgaria Kim In-sub  South Korea Sheng Zetian  China

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 58 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
Kim In-sub (KOR)	2	2	0	6	10
Dilshod Aripov (UZB)	2	1	1	5	2
Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)	0–6	Kim In-sub (KOR)	0–3 PO
Dilshod Aripov (UZB)		Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)	4–0 PA
Kim In-sub (KOR)	4–2	Dilshod Aripov (UZB)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Ali Ashkani (IRI)	2	2	0	6	12
Koba Guliashvili (GEO)	2	1	1	3	3
István Majoros (HUN)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
István Majoros (HUN)	1–5	Ali Ashkani (IRI)	1–3 PP
Koba Guliashvili (GEO)	3–0	István Majoros (HUN)	3–0 PO
Ali Ashkani (IRI)	7–0	Koba Guliashvili (GEO)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Jim Gruenwald (USA)	2	2	0	6	8
Igor Petrenko (BLR)	2	1	1	3	4
Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)	2	0	2	2	5

	Score		CP
Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)	2–4	Igor Petrenko (BLR)	1–3 PP
Jim Gruenwald (USA)	4–3	Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)	3–1 PP
Igor Petrenko (BLR)	0–4	Jim Gruenwald (USA)	0–3 PO

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sheng Zetian (CHN)	2	2	0	7	11
Djamal Ainaoui (FRA)	2	1	1	3	7
Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR)	2	0	2	1	6

	Score		CP
Sheng Zetian (CHN)	1–0	Djamal Ainaoui (FRA)	3–0 PO
Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR)	0–10	Sheng Zetian (CHN)	0–4 ST
Djamal Ainaoui (FRA)	7–6	Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Armen Nazaryan (BUL)	3	3	0	11	28
Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)	3	2	1	7	30
Nepes Gukulow (TKM)	3	1	2	6	14
Brett Cash (AUS)	3	0	3	1	2

	Score		CP
Armen Nazaryan (BUL)	11–0	Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)	4–0 ST
Brett Cash (AUS)	0–10	Nepes Gukulow (TKM)	0–4 ST
Armen Nazaryan (BUL)	13–2	Brett Cash (AUS)	4–1 SP
Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)	5–3	Nepes Gukulow (TKM)	3–1 PP
Armen Nazaryan (BUL)	4–1	Nepes Gukulow (TKM)	3–1 PP
Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)	25–0	Brett Cash (AUS)	4–0 ST

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Rıfat Yıldız (GER)	3	3	0	9	14
Valery Nikonorov (RUS)	3	2	1	8	19
Constantin Borăscu (ROU)	3	1	2	6	14
Mohamed Barguaoui (TUN)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Mohamed Barguaoui (TUN)	0–4	Rıfat Yıldız (GER)	0–3 PO
Constantin Borăscu (ROU)	3–7	Valery Nikonorov (RUS)	1–3 PP
Mohamed Barguaoui (TUN)	0–7	Constantin Borăscu (ROU)	0–4 TO
Rıfat Yıldız (GER)	4–1	Valery Nikonorov (RUS)	3–1 PP
Mohamed Barguaoui (TUN)	0–11	Valery Nikonorov (RUS)	0–4 EX
Rıfat Yıldız (GER)	6–4	Constantin Borăscu (ROU)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Kim In-sub (KOR)

3

Ali Ashkani (IRI)

1

Kim In-sub (KOR)

4

Jim Gruenwald (USA)

1

Sheng Zetian (CHN)

0

Sheng Zetian (CHN)

11

Kim In-sub (KOR)

3

Armen Nazaryan (BUL)

10 F

Armen Nazaryan (BUL)

10

Rıfat Yıldız (GER)

0

Bronze medal match

Sheng Zetian (CHN)

2

Rıfat Yıldız (GER)

0

	5th place match
	Ali Ashkani (IRI)		3
	Jim Gruenwald (USA)		2

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Armen Nazaryan (BUL)
	Kim In-sub (KOR)
	Sheng Zetian (CHN)
4	Rıfat Yıldız (GER)
5	Ali Ashkani (IRI)
6	Jim Gruenwald (USA)
7	Valery Nikonorov (RUS)
8	Makoto Sasamoto (JPN)
9	Constantin Borăscu (ROU)
10	Nepes Gukulow (TKM)
11	Dilshod Aripov (UZB)
12	Djamal Ainaoui (FRA)
13	Igor Petrenko (BLR)
14	Koba Guliashvili (GEO)
15	Karen Mnatsakanyan (ARM)
16	Oleksandr Stepanyan (UKR)
17	Brett Cash (AUS)
18	István Majoros (HUN)
19	Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ)
20	Mohamed Barguaoui (TUN)

References

• Official Report