Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 130 kg

Men's freestyle 130 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	29 September – 1 October
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
David Musulbes  Russia Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan Alexis Rodríguez  Cuba

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 freestyle 130 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 29 to October 1.

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
Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	2	2	0	6	3
Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	2	1	1	3	1
Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	2–0	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	3–0 PO
Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL)	1–1	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)	1–3 PP
Krasimir Kochev (BUL)	1–1	Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)	2	2	0	6	6
Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	2	1	1	4	6
Chen Xingqiang (CHN)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	2–3	Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)	1–3 PP
Chen Xingqiang (CHN)	2–4	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)	1–3 PP
Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)	3–0	Chen Xingqiang (CHN)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Kerry McCoy (USA)	2	2	0	7	13
Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE)	2	1	1	4	4
Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	0–3	Kerry McCoy (USA)	0–3 PO
Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE)	4–0	Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)	4–0 TO
Kerry McCoy (USA)	10–0	Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE)	4–0 ST

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	2	2	0	7	13
Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	2	1	1	3	3
Zsolt Gombos (HUN)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Zsolt Gombos (HUN)	0–10	Artur Taymazov (UZB)	0–4 ST
Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	3–0	Zsolt Gombos (HUN)	3–0 PO
Artur Taymazov (UZB)	3–0	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)	3–0 PO

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
David Musulbes (RUS)	2	2	0	7	5
Sven Thiele (GER)	2	1	1	4	10
Peter Pecha (SVK)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Sven Thiele (GER)	10–0	Peter Pecha (SVK)	4–0 ST
David Musulbes (RUS)	5–0	Sven Thiele (GER)	3–0 PO
Peter Pecha (SVK)		David Musulbes (RUS)	0–4 PA

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	2	2	0	6	13
Alex Modebadze (GEO)	2	1	1	3	5
Efstathios Topalidis (GRE)	2	0	2	1	1

	Score		CP
Efstathios Topalidis (GRE)	1–9	Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	1–3 PP
Alex Modebadze (GEO)	5–0	Efstathios Topalidis (GRE)	3–0 PO
Abbas Jadidi (IRI)	4–0	Alex Modebadze (GEO)	3–0 PO

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)

4

Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)

0

Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)

Kerry McCoy (USA)

9

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

TO

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

11

Artur Taymazov (UZB)

2

David Musulbes (RUS)

5

David Musulbes (RUS)

3

Abbas Jadidi (IRI)

0

Bronze medal match

Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)

1

Abbas Jadidi (IRI)

0

	5th place match
	Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)
	Kerry McCoy (USA)		PA

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	David Musulbes (RUS)
	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)
4	Abbas Jadidi (IRI)
5	Kerry McCoy (USA)
6	Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)
7	Sven Thiele (GER)
8	Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)
9	Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE)
10	Alex Modebadze (GEO)
11	Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
12	Krasimir Kochev (BUL)
13	Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL)
14	Chen Xingqiang (CHN)
15	Efstathios Topalidis (GRE)
16	Peter Pecha (SVK)
17	Zsolt Gombos (HUN)
18	Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)

References

• Official Report