Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 130 kg

The men's freestyle 130 kilograms 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.[1]

Men's freestyle 130 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
VenueSydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date29 September – 1 October 2000
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Musulbes  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexis Rodríguez  Cuba
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Schedule edit

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

Date Time Event
29 September 2000 09:30 Round 1
17:00 Round 2
30 September 2000 09:30 Round 3
1 October 2000 09:00 Quarterfinals
09:00 Semifinals
14:30 Finals

Results edit

Legend
  • F — Won by fall
  • WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools edit

Pool 1 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) 2 2 0 6 3 Knockout round
2   Krasimir Kochev (BUL) 2 1 1 3 1
3   Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) 2 0 2 2 2
Score CP
  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) 2–0   Krasimir Kochev (BUL) 3–0 PO
  Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) 1–1   Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) 1–3 PP
  Krasimir Kochev (BUL) 1–1   Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) 3–1 PP

Pool 2 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 2 2 0 6 6 Knockout round
2   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 2 1 1 4 6
3   Chen Xingqiang (CHN) 2 0 2 1 2
Score CP
  Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 2–3   Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 1–3 PP
  Chen Xingqiang (CHN) 2–4   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 1–3 PP
  Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 3–0   Chen Xingqiang (CHN) 3–0 PO

Pool 3 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Kerry McCoy (USA) 2 2 0 7 13 Knockout round
2   Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE) 2 1 1 4 4
3   Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 2 0 2 0 0
Score CP
  Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 0–3   Kerry McCoy (USA) 0–3 PO
  Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE) 4–0 Fall   Mirabi Valiyev (UKR) 4–0 TO
  Kerry McCoy (USA) 10–0   Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE) 4–0 ST

Pool 4 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Artur Taymazov (UZB) 2 2 0 7 13 Knockout round
2   Aydın Polatçı (TUR) 2 1 1 3 3
3   Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 2 0 2 0 0
Score CP
  Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 0–10   Artur Taymazov (UZB) 0–4 ST
  Aydın Polatçı (TUR) 3–0   Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 3–0 PO
  Artur Taymazov (UZB) 3–0   Aydın Polatçı (TUR) 3–0 PO

Pool 5 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   David Musulbes (RUS) 2 2 0 7 5 Knockout round
2   Sven Thiele (GER) 2 1 1 4 10
3   Peter Pecha (SVK) 2 0 2 0 0
Score CP
  Sven Thiele (GER) 10–0   Peter Pecha (SVK) 4–0 ST
  David Musulbes (RUS) 5–0   Sven Thiele (GER) 3–0 PO
  Peter Pecha (SVK) WO   David Musulbes (RUS) 0–4 PA

Pool 6 edit

Pos Athlete Pld W L CP TP Qualification
1   Abbas Jadidi (IRI) 2 2 0 6 13 Knockout round
2   Alex Modebadze (GEO) 2 1 1 3 5
3   Efstathios Topalidis (GRE) 2 0 2 1 1
Score CP
  Efstathios Topalidis (GRE) 1–9   Abbas Jadidi (IRI) 1–3 PP
  Alex Modebadze (GEO) 5–0   Efstathios Topalidis (GRE) 3–0 PO
  Abbas Jadidi (IRI) 4–0   Alex Modebadze (GEO) 3–0 PO

Knockout round edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) 4
  Aleksey Medvedev (BLR) 0   Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) 0
  Kerry McCoy (USA) 9   Artur Taymazov (UZB) 4F
  Artur Taymazov (UZB) 11   Artur Taymazov (UZB) 2
  David Musulbes (RUS) 5
  David Musulbes (RUS) 3
  Abbas Jadidi (IRI) 0
Bronze medal match
  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) 1
  Abbas Jadidi (IRI) 0
Classification 5th–6th
  Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)  
  Kerry McCoy (USA) WO

Final standing edit

Rank Athlete
    David Musulbes (RUS)
    Artur Taymazov (UZB)
    Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)
4   Abbas Jadidi (IRI)
5   Kerry McCoy (USA)
6   Aleksey Medvedev (BLR)
7   Sven Thiele (GER)
8   Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)
9   Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE)
10   Alex Modebadze (GEO)
11   Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
12   Krasimir Kochev (BUL)
13   Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL)
14   Chen Xingqiang (CHN)
15   Efstathios Topalidis (GRE)
16   Peter Pecha (SVK)
17   Zsolt Gombos (HUN)
18   Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)

References edit

  1. ^ "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

External links edit