Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg

The men's freestyle 97 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 97 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	28–30 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Sagid Murtazaliev  Russia Islam Bayramukov  Azerbaijan Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
28 September 2000	09:30	Round 1
	17:00	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	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	2	0	7	14
2	Arawat Sabejew (GER)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	2	0	2	2	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	1–11	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1–4 SP
Arawat Sabejew (GER)	5–1	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	3–1 PP
Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	3–1	Arawat Sabejew (GER)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	2	0	6	13
2	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	2	0	2	2	4

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	7–1	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	3–1 PP
Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	1–6	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1–3 PP
Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	4–3	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	7
2	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	1	1	3	5
3	Melvin Douglas (USA)	2	0	2	2	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	4–0	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	3–0 PO
Melvin Douglas (USA)	1–3	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	5–1	Melvin Douglas (USA)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	2	2	0	6	7
2	George Torchinava (NED)	2	1	1	4	14
3	Victor Kodei (NGR)	2	0	2	2	4

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	4–1	Victor Kodei (NGR)	3–1 PP
George Torchinava (NED)	0–3	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	0–3 PO
Victor Kodei (NGR)	3–14	George Torchinava (NED)	1–4 SP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	2	1	1	3	3
2	Davud Magomedov (AZE)	2	1	1	3	3
3	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	2	1	1	3	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Davud Magomedov (AZE)	0–3	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	0–3	Davud Magomedov (AZE)	0–3 PO
Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	0–2	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
1	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	3	3	0	9	9
2	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	3	2	1	7	14
3	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	3	1	2	3	4
4	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3	0	3	1	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	7–0	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	3–0 PO
Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	0–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	5–0	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3–0 PO
Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	0–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	1–3 PP
Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	4–2	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		1
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)		0			Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		1
	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)		5			Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)		3
	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)		0								Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)		6
											Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)		0
						Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)		3
						Marek Garmulewicz (POL)		0			Bronze medal match
											Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		4
											Marek Garmulewicz (POL)		1

	Classification 5th–6th
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)		WO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)
	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
4	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)
5	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)
6	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
7	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)
8	George Torchinava (NED)
9	Arawat Sabejew (GER)
10	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)
11	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)
12	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)
13	Davud Magomedov (AZE)
14	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)
15	Victor Kodei (NGR)
16	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)
17	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)
18	Melvin Douglas (USA)
19	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)

References

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

External links

• Official Report