Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 24 to 26. 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.[1]

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date24–26 September 2000
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mikael Ljungberg  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Davyd Saldadze  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Garrett Lowney  United States
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Schedule edit

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Date Time Event
24 September 2000 09:30 Round 1
17:00 Round 2
17:00 Round 3
25 September 2000 09:30 Quarterfinals
17:00 Semifinals
26 September 2000 17:00 Finals

Results edit

Elimination pools edit

Pool 1 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) 2 2 0 7 13 Knockout round
2   Petru Sudureac (ROM) 2 1 1 4 8
3   Ali Mollov (BUL) 2 0 2 1 1
Score CP
  Petru Sudureac (ROM) 2–3   Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) 1–3 PP
  Ali Mollov (BUL) 1–6   Petru Sudureac (ROM) 1–3 PP
  Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) 10–0   Ali Mollov (BUL) 4–0 ST

Pool 2 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) 2 1 1 3 6 Knockout round
2   Rafael Samurgashev (ARM) 2 1 1 3[a] 1
3   Reynaldo Peña (CUB) 2 1 1 3[a] 1
Source: Official Report
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: ARM 3–0 CUB.
Score CP
  Reynaldo Peña (CUB) 1–0   Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) 3–0 PO
  Rafael Samurgashev (ARM) 1–0   Reynaldo Peña (CUB) 3–0 PO
  Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) 6–0   Rafael Samurgashev (ARM) 3–0 PO

Pool 3 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Garrett Lowney (USA) 2 2 0 6 10 Knockout round
2   Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) 2 1 1 4 6
3   Marek Švec (CZE) 2 0 2 1 2
Score CP
  Garrett Lowney (USA) 2–0   Marek Švec (CZE) 3–0 PO
  Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) 3–8   Garrett Lowney (USA) 1–3 PP
  Marek Švec (CZE) 2–3   Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) 1–3 PP

Pool 4 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) 2 2 0 6 6 Knockout round
2   Andrzej Wroński (POL) 2 1 1 3 7
3   Hakkı Başar (TUR) 2 0 2 2 3
Score CP
  Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) 2–0   Andrzej Wroński (POL) 3–0 PO
  Hakkı Başar (TUR) 2–4   Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) 1–3 PP
  Andrzej Wroński (POL) 7–1   Hakkı Başar (TUR) 3–1 PP

Pool 5 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) 3 3 0 10 18 Knockout round
2   Urs Bürgler (SUI) 3 2 1 7 12
3   Park Woo (KOR) 3 1 2 4 11
4   Ben Vincent (AUS) 3 0 3 0 0
Score CP
  Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) 3–0   Park Woo (KOR) 3–0 PO
  Ben Vincent (AUS) 0–11   Urs Bürgler (SUI) 0–4 ST
  Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) 11–0   Ben Vincent (AUS) 4–0 ST
  Park Woo (KOR) 0–1   Urs Bürgler (SUI) 0–3 PO
  Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) 4–0   Urs Bürgler (SUI) 3–0 PO
  Park Woo (KOR) 11–0   Ben Vincent (AUS) 4–0 ST

Pool 6 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Davyd Saldadze (UKR) 3 3 0 9 16 Knockout round
2   Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) 3 2 1 6[a] 9
3   Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) 3 1 2 6[a] 13
4   Hassene Fkiri (TUN) 3 0 3 1 3
Source: Official Report
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: LTU 3–1 BLR.
Score CP
  Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) 3–1   Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) 3–1 PP
  Davyd Saldadze (UKR) 9–0   Hassene Fkiri (TUN) 3–0 PO
  Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) 0–2   Davyd Saldadze (UKR) 0–3 PO
  Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) 10–0   Hassene Fkiri (TUN) 4–0 ST
  Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU) 6–3   Hassene Fkiri (TUN) 3–1 PP
  Sergey Lishtvan (BLR) 2–5   Davyd Saldadze (UKR) 1–3 PP

Knockout round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
  Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) 5
  Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) 0   Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) 8
  Garrett Lowney (USA) 2   Garrett Lowney (USA) 1
  Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) 0   Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) 2
  Davyd Saldadze (UKR) 1
  Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) 2
  Davyd Saldadze (UKR) 4
Bronze medal match
  Garrett Lowney (USA) 3
  Konstantinos Thanos (GRE) 1
Classification 5th–6th
  Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ) 1
  Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) 1

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete
    Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
    Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
    Garrett Lowney (USA)
4   Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)
5   Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)
6   Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)
7   Urs Bürgler (SUI)
8   Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)
9   Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
10   Park Woo (KOR)
11   Petru Sudureac (ROM)
12   Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
13   Andrzej Wroński (POL)
14   Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)
15   Reynaldo Peña (CUB)
16   Hakkı Başar (TUR)
17   Hassene Fkiri (TUN)
18   Marek Švec (CZE)
19   Ali Mollov (BUL)
20   Ben Vincent (AUS)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

External links edit