Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 54 kg

Men's freestyle 54 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	28–30 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan Sammie Henson  United States Amiran Kardanov  Greece

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 54 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 28 to 30.

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
Sammie Henson (USA)	2	2	0	7	19
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	2	1	1	4	9
Moon Myung-seok (KOR)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Moon Myung-seok (KOR)	2–8	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	1–3 PP
Sammie Henson (USA)	10–0	Moon Myung-seok (KOR)	4–0 ST
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	1–9	Sammie Henson (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2	2	0	7	13
Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)	2	1	1	4	4
Ivan Tsonov (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)	0–3	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	0–3 PO
Ivan Tsonov (BUL)	0–4	Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)	0–4 TO
Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	10–0	Ivan Tsonov (BUL)	4–0 ST

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	2	2	0	6	18
Adkham Achilov (UZB)	2	1	1	4	14
Vasilij Zeiher (GER)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Adkham Achilov (UZB)	9–2	Vasilij Zeiher (GER)	3–1 PP
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	10–5	Adkham Achilov (UZB)	3–1 PP
Vasilij Zeiher (GER)	1–8	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	2	1	1	5	9
Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	2	1	1	4	6
Wilfredo García (CUB)	2	1	1	3	5

	Score		CP
Wilfredo García (CUB)	4–1	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	3–1 PP
Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	7–1	Wilfredo García (CUB)	4–0 TO
Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	5–2	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	2	2	0	7	16
Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	2	1	1	4	10
Martin Liddle (NZL)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	6–0	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	3–0 PO
Martin Liddle (NZL)	0–10	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	0–4 ST
Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	10–0	Martin Liddle (NZL)	4–0 ST

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3	3	0	10	21
Vitalie Railean (MDA)	3	2	1	8	15
Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	3	1	2	4	4
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	3	0	3	1	6

	Score		CP
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	2–3	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	1–3 PP
Vitalie Railean (MDA)	1–4	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–3 PP
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	4–12	Vitalie Railean (MDA)	0–4 TO
Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	0–7	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	0–3 PO
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	0–10	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	0–4 ST
Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	1–2	Vitalie Railean (MDA)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Sammie Henson (USA)		8
	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)		4			Sammie Henson (USA)		3
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)		2			Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)		0
	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)		4								Sammie Henson (USA)		3
											Namig Abdullayev (AZE)		4
						Namig Abdullayev (AZE)		5
						Amiran Kardanov (GRE)		3			Bronze medal match
											Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)		4
											Amiran Kardanov (GRE)		5

	5th place match
	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)		8
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)		1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
	Sammie Henson (USA)
	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)
4	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)
5	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)
6	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)
7	Vitalie Railean (MDA)
8	Adkham Achilov (UZB)
9	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)
10	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)
11	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)
12	Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)
13	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)
14	Wilfredo García (CUB)
15	Vasilij Zeiher (GER)
16	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)
17	Moon Myung-seok (KOR)
18	Martin Liddle (NZL)
19	Ivan Tsonov (BUL)

References

• Official Report