Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad

Venue

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

Date

24–26 September 2000

Competitors

20 from 20 nations

Medalists

		Mikael Ljungberg	Sweden
		Davyd Saldadze	Ukraine
		Garrett Lowney	United States

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Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	54 kg	54 kg
	58 kg	58 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	69 kg	69 kg
	76 kg	76 kg
	85 kg	85 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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The men's Greco-Roman 97 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 24 to 26. 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]

Schedule

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

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

Results

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	2	2	0	7	13	Knockout round
2	Petru Sudureac (ROM)	2	1	1	4	8
3	Ali Mollov (BUL)	2	0	2	1	1

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Petru Sudureac (ROM)	2–3	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	1–3 PP
Ali Mollov (BUL)	1–6	Petru Sudureac (ROM)	1–3 PP
Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	10–0	Ali Mollov (BUL)	4–0 ST

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	2	1	1	3	6	Knockout round
2	Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)	2	1	1	3^[a]	1
3	Reynaldo Peña (CUB)	2	1	1	3^[a]	1

Source: Official Report
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: ARM 3–0 CUB.

	Score		CP
Reynaldo Peña (CUB)	1–0	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	3–0 PO
Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)	1–0	Reynaldo Peña (CUB)	3–0 PO
Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	6–0	Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)	3–0 PO

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Garrett Lowney (USA)	2	2	0	6	10	Knockout round
2	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Marek Švec (CZE)	2	0	2	1	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Garrett Lowney (USA)	2–0	Marek Švec (CZE)	3–0 PO
Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	3–8	Garrett Lowney (USA)	1–3 PP
Marek Švec (CZE)	2–3	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	6	Knockout round
2	Andrzej Wroński (POL)	2	1	1	3	7
3	Hakkı Başar (TUR)	2	0	2	2	3

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	2–0	Andrzej Wroński (POL)	3–0 PO
Hakkı Başar (TUR)	2–4	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	1–3 PP
Andrzej Wroński (POL)	7–1	Hakkı Başar (TUR)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	3	3	0	10	18	Knockout round
2	Urs Bürgler (SUI)	3	2	1	7	12
3	Park Woo (KOR)	3	1	2	4	11
4	Ben Vincent (AUS)	3	0	3	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	3–0	Park Woo (KOR)	3–0 PO
Ben Vincent (AUS)	0–11	Urs Bürgler (SUI)	0–4 ST
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	11–0	Ben Vincent (AUS)	4–0 ST
Park Woo (KOR)	0–1	Urs Bürgler (SUI)	0–3 PO
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	4–0	Urs Bürgler (SUI)	3–0 PO
Park Woo (KOR)	11–0	Ben Vincent (AUS)	4–0 ST

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	3	3	0	9	16	Knockout round
2	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	3	2	1	6^[a]	9
3	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	3	1	2	6^[a]	13
4	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	3	0	3	1	3

Source: Official Report
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: LTU 3–1 BLR.

	Score		CP
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	3–1	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	3–1 PP
Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	9–0	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	3–0 PO
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	0–2	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	0–3 PO
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	10–0	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	4–0 ST
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	6–3	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	3–1 PP
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	2–5	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	5
Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	0	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	8
Garrett Lowney (USA)	2	Garrett Lowney (USA)	1
Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	0			Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	2
				Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	1
		Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	2
		Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	4
				Bronze medal match

				Garrett Lowney (USA)	3
				Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	1

	Classification 5th–6th

	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	1
	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
	Garrett Lowney (USA)
4	Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)
5	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)
6	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)
7	Urs Bürgler (SUI)
8	Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)
9	Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
10	Park Woo (KOR)
11	Petru Sudureac (ROM)
12	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
13	Andrzej Wroński (POL)
14	Rafael Samurgashev (ARM)
15	Reynaldo Peña (CUB)
16	Hakkı Başar (TUR)
17	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)
18	Marek Švec (CZE)
19	Ali Mollov (BUL)
20	Ben Vincent (AUS)