Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 69 kg

The men's freestyle 69 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 69 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	29 September – 1 October
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Daniel Igali  Canada Arsen Gitinov  Russia Lincoln McIlravy  United States

Schedule

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

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Daniel Igali (CAN)	2	2	0	6	5
2	Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	2	1	1	4	7
3	Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	2	0	2	1	4

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	4–5	Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	1–3 PP
Daniel Igali (CAN)	3–0	Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)	3–0 PO
Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)	2–2	Daniel Igali (CAN)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	2	2	0	6	11
2	Petar Kasabov (BUL)	2	1	1	3	3
3	Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)	2	0	2	1	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	4–0	Petar Kasabov (BUL)	3–0 PO
Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)	0–7	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)	0–3 PO
Petar Kasabov (BUL)	3–2	Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	2	1	1	4	7
2	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	2	1	1	4	6

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	3–2	Takahiro Wada (JPN)	3–1 PP
Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	5–3	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)	3–1 PP
Takahiro Wada (JPN)	4–2	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Lincoln McIlravy (USA)	2	2	0	7	8
2	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	2	1	1	4	9
3	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	2	0	2	0	1

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Ibo Oziti (NGR)	1–2 Ret	Lincoln McIlravy (USA)	0–4 PA
Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	6–0	Ibo Oziti (NGR)	3–0 PO
Lincoln McIlravy (USA)	6–3	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)	3–0 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	3	3	0	10	19
2	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	3	2	1	9	23
3	Edison Hurtado (COL)	3	1	2	3	3
4	Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	3	0	3	2	3

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	1–3	Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	1–3 PP
Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	0–3	Edison Hurtado (COL)	0–3 PO
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	12–2	Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	4–1 SP
Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	11–0	Edison Hurtado (COL)	4–0 ST
Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)	10–0	Edison Hurtado (COL)	4–0 ST
Arsen Gitinov (RUS)	5–1	Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)	3–1 PP

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	3	3	0	11	13
2	Almaz Askarov (KGZ)	3	2	1	7	13
3	Cameron Johnston (AUS)	3	1	2	4	0
4	Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)	3	0	3	1	1

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Almaz Askarov (KGZ)	3–1	Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	10–0	Cameron Johnston (AUS)	4–0 ST
Almaz Askarov (KGZ)	0–3	Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	0–3 PO
Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)	WO	Cameron Johnston (AUS)	0–4 PA
Almaz Askarov (KGZ)	10–0	Cameron Johnston (AUS)	4–0 ST
Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)	WO	Sergey Demchenko (BLR)	0–4 PA

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Daniel Igali (CAN)		3
	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)		1			Daniel Igali (CAN)		6
	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)		1			Lincoln McIlravy (USA)		3
	Lincoln McIlravy (USA)		3								Daniel Igali (CAN)		7
											Arsen Gitinov (RUS)		4
						Arsen Gitinov (RUS)		3
						Sergey Demchenko (BLR)		2			Bronze medal match
											Lincoln McIlravy (USA)		3
											Sergey Demchenko (BLR)		1

	Classification 5th–6th
	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)		6
	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)		3

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Daniel Igali (CAN)
	Arsen Gitinov (RUS)
	Lincoln McIlravy (USA)
4	Sergey Demchenko (BLR)
5	Yosvany Sánchez (CUB)
6	Ivan Diaconu (MDA)
7	Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM)
8	Almaz Askarov (KGZ)
9	Yüksel Şanlı (TUR)
10	Amir Tavakkolian (IRI)
11	Zaza Zazirov (UKR)
12	Takahiro Wada (JPN)
13	Cameron Johnston (AUS)
14	Edison Hurtado (COL)
15	Petar Kasabov (BUL)
16	Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE)
17	Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO)
18	Mariusz Dąbrowski (POL)
19	Ruslan Veliyev (KAZ)
20	Ibo Oziti (NGR)

References

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

External links

• Official Report