Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 76 kg

Men's freestyle 76 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	28–30 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Brandon Slay  United States Moon Eui-jae  South Korea Adem Bereket  Turkey

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 76 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
Brandon Slay (USA)	2	2	0	6	8
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	2	1	1	4	11
Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	2–8	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Brandon Slay (USA)	4–1	Plamen Paskalev (BUL)	3–1 PP
Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)	3–4	Brandon Slay (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	2	2	0	6	7
Pejman Dorostkar (IRI)	2	1	1	4	4
Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar (MGL)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar (MGL)	0–4	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Pejman Dorostkar (IRI)	3–0	Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar (MGL)	3–0 PO
Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)	3–1	Pejman Dorostkar (IRI)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)	2	2	0	7	14
Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	2	1	1	4	10
Jannie du Toit (RSA)	2	0	2	2	6

	Score		CP
Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)	11–1	Jannie du Toit (RSA)	4–1 SP
Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	2–3	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)	1–3 PP
Jannie du Toit (RSA)	5–8	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Adem Bereket (TUR)	2	2	0	6	6
Guram Mchedlidze (GEO)	2	1	1	3	3
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Guram Mchedlidze (GEO)	3–0	Árpád Ritter (HUN)	3–0 PO
Adem Bereket (TUR)	3–0	Guram Mchedlidze (GEO)	3–0 PO
Árpád Ritter (HUN)	2–3	Adem Bereket (TUR)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	3	3	0	10	21
Alik Muzayev (UKR)	3	2	1	8	20
Marcin Jurecki (POL)	3	1	2	6	12
Rein Ozoline (AUS)	3	0	3	1	3

	Score		CP
Marcin Jurecki (POL)	10–0	Rein Ozoline (AUS)	4–0 ST
Alik Muzayev (UKR)	1–5	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	1–3 PP
Marcin Jurecki (POL)	1–3	Alik Muzayev (UKR)	1–3 PP
Rein Ozoline (AUS)	0–11	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	0–4 ST
Marcin Jurecki (POL)	1–5	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)	1–3 PP
Rein Ozoline (AUS)	3–16	Alik Muzayev (UKR)	1–4 SP

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Alexander Leipold (GER)	3	3	0	9	14
Nasir Gadzhikhanov (MKD)	3	2	1	7	8
Yosmany Romero (CUB)	3	1	2	4	4
Radion Kertanti (SVK)	3	0	3	2	4

	Score		CP
Alexander Leipold (GER)	4–1	Yosmany Romero (CUB)	3–1 PP
Radion Kertanti (SVK)	2–3	Nasir Gadzhikhanov (MKD)	1–3 PP
Alexander Leipold (GER)	5–0	Radion Kertanti (SVK)	3–0 PO
Yosmany Romero (CUB)	0–3	Nasir Gadzhikhanov (MKD)	0–3 PO
Alexander Leipold (GER)	5–2	Nasir Gadzhikhanov (MKD)	3–1 PP
Yosmany Romero (CUB)	3–2	Radion Kertanti (SVK)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Brandon Slay (USA)		2
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)		2			Brandon Slay (USA)		3
	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)		2			Adem Bereket (TUR)		1
	Adem Bereket (TUR)		5								Brandon Slay (USA)		0
											Alexander Leipold (GER)		4
						Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		1
						Alexander Leipold (GER)		3			Bronze medal match
											Adem Bereket (TUR)		0
											Moon Eui-jae (KOR)		3

	5th place match
	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)		PA
	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Brandon Slay (USA)
	Moon Eui-jae (KOR)
	Adem Bereket (TUR)
4	Gennadiy Laliyev (KAZ)
5	Ruslan Khinchagov (UZB)
6	Alik Muzayev (UKR)
7	Nasir Gadzhikhanov (MKD)
8	Marcin Jurecki (POL)
9	Buvaisar Saitiev (RUS)
10	Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE)
11	Yosmany Romero (CUB)
12	Pejman Dorostkar (IRI)
13	Guram Mchedlidze (GEO)
14	Jannie du Toit (RSA)
15	Radion Kertanti (SVK)
16	Plamen Paskalev (BUL)
17	Rein Ozoline (AUS)
18	Árpád Ritter (HUN)
19	Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar (MGL)
DSQ	Alexander Leipold (GER)

• Alexander Leipold of Germany stripped off his gold medal after he was tested positive for nandrolone, handing it over to his American rival Brandon Slay.^[1]

References

External links

• Official Report