Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg; at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	25–27 September 2000
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
	← 1996 2004 →

The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 25 to 27. 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]

American Rulon Gardner's defeat of Russian Aleksandr Karelin in the gold medal match is considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history.^[2]^[3]^[4] This was Karelin's first and only international loss, having previously been unbeaten throughout his international career.^[5]^[6]

Schedule edit

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

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

Results edit

Legend

WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools edit

Pool 1 edit

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Héctor Milián (CUB)	2	2	0	6	4	Knockout round
2	Zhao Hailin (CHN)	2	1	1	3	3
3	Helger Hallik (EST)	2	0	2	1	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Héctor Milián (CUB)	3–0	Helger Hallik (EST)	3–0 PO
Zhao Hailin (CHN)	0–1	Héctor Milián (CUB)	0–3 PO
Helger Hallik (EST)	2–3	Zhao Hailin (CHN)	1–3 PP

Pool 2 edit

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	2	2	0	6	5	Knockout round
2	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	0–3	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	0–3 PO
Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	4–0	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)	3–0 PO
Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	2–1	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)	3–1 PP

Pool 3 edit

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	2	2	0	7	15	Knockout round
2	Rafael Barreno (VEN)	2	1	1	3	4
3	Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Rafael Barreno (VEN)	0–9	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	0–3 PO
Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)	0–4	Rafael Barreno (VEN)	0–3 PO
Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	6–0 Fall	Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)	4–0 TO

Pool 4 edit

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	2	2	0	7	6	Knockout round
2	Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	2	1	1	4	0
3	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	3–0	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	3–0 PO
Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	0–3 Fall	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	0–4 TO
Sergei Mureiko (BUL)	WO	Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)	0–4 PA

Pool 5 edit

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Rulon Gardner (USA)	3	3	0	9	15	Knockout round
2	Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	3	2	1	7	6
3	Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	3	1	2	3	3
4	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3	0	3	2	4

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	0–1	Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	0–3 PO
Rulon Gardner (USA)	7–2	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3–1 PP
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	0–6	Rulon Gardner (USA)	0–3 PO
Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	4–0	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3–0 PO
Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)	3–2	Omrane Ayari (TUN)	3–1 PP
Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)	1–2	Rulon Gardner (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 6 edit

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	3	3	0	9	11	Knockout round
2	Fatih Bakir (TUR)	3	2	1	6	4
3	David Vála (CZE)	3	1	2	4	5
4	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3	0	3	1	1

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Fatih Bakir (TUR)	0–3	Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	0–3 PO
Marek Sitnik (POL)	0–4	David Vála (CZE)	0–3 PO
Fatih Bakir (TUR)	1–0	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–0 PO
Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	5–1	David Vála (CZE)	3–1 PP
Fatih Bakir (TUR)	3–0	David Vála (CZE)	3–0 PO
Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	3–1	Marek Sitnik (POL)	3–1 PP

Knockout round edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

Héctor Milián (CUB)	0
Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	1	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	0
Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	0	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	3
Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	4			Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	0
				Rulon Gardner (USA)	1
		Rulon Gardner (USA)	3
		Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	2
				Bronze medal match

				Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	1
				Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	0

	Classification 5th–6th

	Héctor Milián (CUB)	5
	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	3

Final standing edit

Rank	Athlete
	Rulon Gardner (USA)
	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)
	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)
4	Yuri Evseichik (ISR)
5	Héctor Milián (CUB)
6	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)
7	Giuseppe Giunta (ITA)
8	Fatih Bakir (TUR)
9	David Vála (CZE)
10	Eddy Bengtsson (SWE)
11	Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN)
12	Rafael Barreno (VEN)
13	Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)
14	Zhao Hailin (CHN)
15	Omrane Ayari (TUN)
16	Helger Hallik (EST)
17	Marek Sitnik (POL)
18	Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)
19	Sergei Mureiko (BUL)
20	Mirian Giorgadze (GEO)

References edit

^ "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^ Jussim, Matthew (2021-04-26). "The 15 Greatest Underdog Sports Stories of All Time". Men's Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
^ Vasilogambros, Matt (2016-05-02). "Leicester City, the Unlikeliest of Winners". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
^ Chodos, Ben. "10 Greatest Upsets in Summer Olympic History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
^ "Aleksandr Karelin". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
^ "Summer Olympics 2000 Gardner doesn't know what to expect after upset". a.espncdn.com. 2000-09-29. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

External links edit

Official Report

[SR-1] "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

[2] Jussim, Matthew (2021-04-26). "The 15 Greatest Underdog Sports Stories of All Time". Men's Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

[3] Vasilogambros, Matt (2016-05-02). "Leicester City, the Unlikeliest of Winners". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

[4] Chodos, Ben. "10 Greatest Upsets in Summer Olympic History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-05-19.

[5] "Aleksandr Karelin". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

[6] "Summer Olympics 2000 Gardner doesn't know what to expect after upset". a.espncdn.com. 2000-09-29. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

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