Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 69 kg

Men's freestyle 69 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
Daniel Igali  Canada Arsen Gitinov  Russia Lincoln McIlravy  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 69 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
Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	2	0	6	5
Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	2	1	1	4	7
Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	2	0	2	1	4

	Score		CP
Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	4–5	Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	1–3 PP
Daniel Igali (CAN)	3–0	Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	3–0 PO
Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	2–2	Daniel Igali (CAN)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	2	2	0	6	11
Petar Kasabov (BUL)	2	1	1	3	3
Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	4–0	Petar Kasabov (BUL)	3–0 PO
Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)	0–7	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	0–3 PO
Petar Kasabov (BUL)	3–2	Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TB1	TB2
Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	2	1	1	4	7	4
Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	2	1	1	4	6	4	3
Takahiro Wada (JPN)	2	1	1	4	6	4	1

	Score		CP
Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	3–2	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	3–1 PP
Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	5–3	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	3–1 PP
Takahiro Wada (JPN)	4–2	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Lincoln McIlravy (USA)	2	2	0	7	8
Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	2	1	1	4	9
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	2	0	2	0	1

	Score		CP
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	1–2	Lincoln McIlravy (USA)	0–4 EF
Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	6–0	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	3–0 PO
Lincoln McIlravy (USA)	6–3	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	3–0 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	3	3	0	10	19
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	3	2	1	9	23
Edison Hurtado (COL)	3	1	2	3	3
Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	3	0	3	2	3

	Score		CP
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	1–3	Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	1–3 PP
Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	0–3	Edison Hurtado (COL)	0–3 PO
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	12–2	Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	4–1 SP
Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	11–0	Edison Hurtado (COL)	4–0 ST
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	10–0	Edison Hurtado (COL)	4–0 ST
Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	5–1	Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	3–1 PP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	3	3	0	11	13
Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)	3	2	1	7	13
Cameron Johnston (AUS)	3	1	2	4	0
Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)	3	0	3	1	1

	Score		CP
Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)	3–1	Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	10–0	Cameron Johnston (AUS)	4–0 ST
Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)	0–3	Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	0–3 PO
Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)		Cameron Johnston (AUS)	0–4 PA
Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)	10–0	Cameron Johnston (AUS)	4–0 ST
Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)		Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	0–4 PA

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Daniel Igali (CAN)		3
	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)		1			Daniel Igali (CAN)		6
	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)		1			Lincoln McIlravy (USA)		3
	Lincoln McIlravy (USA)		3								Daniel Igali (CAN)		7
											Arsen Gitinov (RUS)		4
						Arsen Gitinov (RUS)		3
						Sergey Demchenko (BLR)		2			Bronze medal match
											Lincoln McIlravy (USA)		3
											Sergey Demchenko (BLR)		1

	5th place match
	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)		6
	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)		3

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Daniel Igali (CAN)
	Arsen Gitinov (RUS)
	Lincoln McIlravy (USA)
4	Sergey Demchenko (BLR)
5	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)
6	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)
7	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
8	Almazbek Askarov (KGZ)
9	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)
10	Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)
11	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)
12	Takahiro Wada (JPN)
13	Cameron Johnston (AUS)
14	Edison Hurtado (COL)
15	Petar Kasabov (BUL)
16	Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)
17	Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)
18	Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)
19	Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)
20	Ibo Oziti (NGR)

References

• Official Report