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

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]

Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	25–27 September
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Rulon Gardner  United States Aleksandr Karelin  Russia Dmitry Debelka  Belarus

Schedule

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

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

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Héctor Milián (CUB)	2	2	0	6	4
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

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Dmitry Debelka (BLR)	2	2	0	6	5
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

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Georgiy Saldadze (UKR)	2	2	0	7	15
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

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS)	2	2	0	7	6
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

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Rulon Gardner (USA)	3	3	0	9	15
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

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Yuri Evseichik (ISR)	3	3	0	9	11
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

	Semifinals					Gold medal match					Final
	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

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

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.

External links

• Official Report