Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 58 kg

Men's freestyle 58 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	29 September – 1 October
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Alireza Dabir  Iran Yevhen Buslovych  Ukraine Terry Brands  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 freestyle 58 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
Alireza Dabir (IRI)	2	2	0	7	13
Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	2	1	1	4	0
Talata Embalo (GBS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Alireza Dabir (IRI)	10–0	Talata Embalo (GBS)	4–0 ST
Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	0–3	Alireza Dabir (IRI)	0–3 PO
Talata Embalo (GBS)		Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	0–4 EF

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	2	2	0	6	15
Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	2	1	1	5	15
Cory O'Brien (AUS)	2	0	2	1	4

	Score		CP
Cory O'Brien (AUS)	0–9	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	14–4	Cory O'Brien (AUS)	4–1 SP
Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	6–1	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
David Pogosian (GEO)	2	2	0	6	7
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	2	1	1	4	6
Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	1–2	David Pogosian (GEO)	1–3 PP
Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	1–5	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	1–3 PP
David Pogosian (GEO)	5–1	Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Terry Brands (USA)	2	2	0	7	14
Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	2	1	1	5	6
Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	6

	Score		CP
Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	6–5	Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	0–4 TO
Terry Brands (USA)	6–0	Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	4–0 TO
Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	1–8	Terry Brands (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	3	2	1	8	9
Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	3	2	1	7	4
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	3	1	2	4	5
Harun Doğan (TUR)	3	1	2	3	6

	Score		CP
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	2–6	Harun Doğan (TUR)	1–3 PP
Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	4–1	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	3–1 PP
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	3–0	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	3–0 PO
Harun Doğan (TUR)	0–3	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0–3 PO
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	0–5	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0–4 TO
Harun Doğan (TUR)		Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	0–4 EF

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	3	3	0	9	16
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3	2	1	9	26
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	3	1	2	5	14
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	3	0	3	3	8

	Score		CP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	5–8	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	1–3 PP
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–5	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	2–14	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–4 SP
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	5–7	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	1–4	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	1–11	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–4 SP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Alireza Dabir (IRI)		5
	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)		2			Alireza Dabir (IRI)		6
	David Pogosian (GEO)		2			Terry Brands (USA)		4
	Terry Brands (USA)		4								Alireza Dabir (IRI)		3
											Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)		0
						Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)		0
						Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)		2			Bronze medal match
											Terry Brands (USA)		3
											Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)		2

	5th place match
	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)		6
	David Pogosian (GEO)		0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Alireza Dabir (IRI)
	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)
	Terry Brands (USA)
4	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)
5	David Pogosian (GEO)
6	Martin Berberyan (ARM)
7	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)
8	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)
9	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)
10	Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)
11	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)
12	Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)
13	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
14	Othmar Kuhner (GER)
15	Harun Doğan (TUR)
16	Andrej Fašánek (SVK)
17	Cory O'Brien (AUS)
18	Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)
19	Talata Embalo (GBS)
DSQ	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)

• Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar of Mongolia originally placed fifth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for furosemide.^[1]

References

• Official Report