Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	24–26 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Mikael Ljungberg  Sweden Davyd Saldadze  Ukraine Garrett Lowney  United States

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 76 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
Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	2	2	0	7	13
Petru Sudureac (ROU)	2	1	1	4	8
Ali Mollov (BUL)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Petru Sudureac (ROU)	2–3	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	1–3 PP
Ali Mollov (BUL)	1–6	Petru Sudureac (ROU)	1–3 PP
Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	10–0	Ali Mollov (BUL)	4–0 ST

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TB1	TB2
Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	2	1	1	3	6	3
Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)	2	1	1	3	1	3	3
Reynaldo Peña (CUB)	2	1	1	3	1	3	0

	Score		CP
Reynaldo Peña (CUB)	1–0	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	3–0 PO
Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)	1–0	Reynaldo Peña (CUB)	3–0 PO
Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	6–0	Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Garrett Lowney (USA)	2	2	0	6	10
Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	2	1	1	4	6
Marek Švec (CZE)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Garrett Lowney (USA)	2–0	Marek Švec (CZE)	3–0 PO
Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	3–8	Garrett Lowney (USA)	1–3 PP
Marek Švec (CZE)	2–3	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	6
Andrzej Wroński (POL)	2	1	1	3	7
Hakkı Başar (TUR)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	2–0	Andrzej Wroński (POL)	3–0 PO
Hakkı Başar (TUR)	2–4	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	1–3 PP
Andrzej Wroński (POL)	7–1	Hakkı Başar (TUR)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	3	3	0	10	18
Urs Bürgler (SUI)	3	2	1	7	12
Park Woo (KOR)	3	1	2	4	11
Ben Vincent (AUS)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	3–0	Park Woo (KOR)	3–0 PO
Ben Vincent (AUS)	0–11	Urs Bürgler (SUI)	0–4 ST
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	11–0	Ben Vincent (AUS)	4–0 ST
Park Woo (KOR)	0–1	Urs Bürgler (SUI)	0–3 PO
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	4–0	Urs Bürgler (SUI)	3–0 PO
Park Woo (KOR)	11–0	Ben Vincent (AUS)	4–0 ST

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	3	3	0	9	16
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	3	2	1	6	9
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	3	1	2	6	13
Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	3	0	3	1	3

	Score		CP
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	3–1	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	3–1 PP
Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	9–0	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	3–0 PO
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	0–2	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	0–3 PO
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	10–0	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	4–0 ST
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	6–3	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	3–1 PP
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	2–5	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)		5
	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)		0			Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)		8
	Garrett Lowney (USA)		2			Garrett Lowney (USA)		1
	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)		0								Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)		2
											Davyd Saldadze (UKR)		1
						Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)		2
						Davyd Saldadze (UKR)		4			Bronze medal match
											Garrett Lowney (USA)		3
											Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)		1

	5th place match
	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)		1
	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)		1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
	Garrett Lowney (USA)
4	Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)
5	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)
6	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)
7	Urs Bürgler (SUI)
8	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)
9	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
10	Park Woo (KOR)
11	Petru Sudureac (ROU)
12	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
13	Andrzej Wroński (POL)
14	Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)
15	Reynaldo Peña (CUB)
16	Hakkı Başar (TUR)
17	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)
18	Marek Švec (CZE)
19	Ali Mollov (BUL)
20	Ben Vincent (AUS)

References

• Official Report