Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 63 kg

The men's freestyle 63 kilograms 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.[1]

Men's freestyle 63 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	28–30 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Murad Umakhanov  Russia Serafim Barzakov  Bulgaria Jang Jae-sung  South Korea

Schedule

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

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

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	2	2	0	6	7
2	Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)	2	1	1	5	11
3	Jürgen Scheibe (GER)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Jürgen Scheibe (GER)	0–3	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	0–3 PO
Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)	10–0	Jürgen Scheibe (GER)	4–0 ST
Serafim Barzakov (BUL)	4–1	Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Carlos Ortiz (CUB)	2	2	0	6	10
2	Kazuyuki Miyata (JPN)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	2	0	2	2	4

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	1–6	Carlos Ortiz (CUB)	1–3 PP
Kazuyuki Miyata (JPN)	4–3	Otar Tushishvili (GEO)	3–1 PP
Carlos Ortiz (CUB)	4–1	Kazuyuki Miyata (JPN)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)	2	2	0	7	5
2	Cary Kolat (USA)	2	1	1	5	10
3	Ramil Islamov (UZB)	2	0	2	0	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Cary Kolat (USA)	4–5	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)	1–3 PP
Ramil Islamov (UZB)	2–6 Fall	Cary Kolat (USA)	0–4 TO
Mohammad Talaei (IRI)	WO	Ramil Islamov (UZB)	4–0 PA

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM)	2	2	0	6	13
2	Mikalai Savin (BLR)	2	1	1	4	8
3	Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ)	2	0	2	2	3

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM)	6–2	Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ)	3–1 PP
Mikalai Savin (BLR)	4–7	Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM)	1–3 PP
Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ)	1–4	Mikalai Savin (BLR)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Murad Umakhanov (RUS)	2	2	0	7	22
2	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	2	1	1	4	9
3	Jo Yong-son (PRK)	2	0	2	2	6

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	6–4	Jo Yong-son (PRK)	3–1 PP
Murad Umakhanov (RUS)	13–3	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)	4–1 SP
Jo Yong-son (PRK)	2–9	Murad Umakhanov (RUS)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	3	3	0	11	29
2	Shamil Afandiyev (AZE)	3	2	1	8	17
3	Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	3	1	2	6	4
4	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	3	0	3	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	1–6	Shamil Afandiyev (AZE)	1–3 PP
Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	10–0	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	4–0 ST
Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	3–13	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	1–4 SP
Shamil Afandiyev (AZE)	10–0	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	4–0 ST
Štefan Fernyák (SVK)	WO	Musa Ilhan (AUS)	4–0 PA
Shamil Afandiyev (AZE)	1–6	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)		4
	Carlos Ortiz (CUB)		1			Serafim Barzakov (BUL)		4
	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)		3			Mohammad Talaei (IRI)		0
	Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM)		2								Serafim Barzakov (BUL)		2
											Murad Umakhanov (RUS)		3
						Murad Umakhanov (RUS)		4
						Jang Jae-sung (KOR)		4			Bronze medal match
											Mohammad Talaei (IRI)		2
											Jang Jae-sung (KOR)		12

	Classification 5th–6th
	Carlos Ortiz (CUB)
	Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM)		WO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Murad Umakhanov (RUS)
	Serafim Barzakov (BUL)
	Jang Jae-sung (KOR)
4	Mohammad Talaei (IRI)
5	Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM)
6	Carlos Ortiz (CUB)
7	Shamil Afandiyev (AZE)
8	Štefan Fernyák (SVK)
9	Cary Kolat (USA)
10	Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA)
11	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR)
12	Mikalai Savin (BLR)
13	Kazuyuki Miyata (JPN)
14	Jo Yong-son (PRK)
15	Otar Tushishvili (GEO)
16	Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ)
17	Ramil Islamov (UZB)
18	Musa Ilhan (AUS)
19	Jürgen Scheibe (GER)

References

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

External links

• Official Report