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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 kilograms), Men

Date24 – 26 September 2000 — 09:30-17:00 (all days)
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Halls 1 & 2)
Participants20 from 20 countries
FormatRound-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

This class did have an overwhelming favorite but it would not do him much good. Russian Gogi Koguashvili had won the last three World Championships but in pool three he opened against unknown American Garrett Lowney, who cared little for his reputation. The match went to overtime when Lowney threw Koguashvili to win a major upset. Lowney went to the semis, where he was handily defeated, 8-1, by Sweden’s Mikael Ljungberg, the 1996 Olympic bronze medalist and twice a World Champion. Ljungberg then met Ukrainian Davyd Soldadze in the final with Ljungberg winning a narrow victory, 2-1. Ljungberg would later suffer from mental illness and committed suicide in 2004 while undergoing treatment for depression.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCPTP
1Mikael LjungbergSWEGold
2Davyd SoldadzeUKRSilver
3Garrett LowneyUSABronze
4Kostas ThanosGRE
5Gennady ChkhaidzeGEO
6Sergey MatviyenkoKAZ
7Urs BürglerSUI712
8Mindaugas EžerskisLTU69
9Siarhei LishtvanBLR613
10Park UKOR411
11Petru SudureacROU48
12Gogi KoguashviliRUS46
13Andrzej WrońskiPOL37
14Rafayel SamurgashevARM31
15Reynaldo PeñaCUB31
16Hakkı BaşarTUR23
17Hassan FkiriTUN13
18Marek ŠvecCZE12
19Ali MollovBUL11
20Ben VincentAUS00

Round One (24 September 2000)

Round One Pool One (24 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Mikael LjungbergSWE20713Q
2Petru SudureacROU1148
3Ali MollovBUL0211

Match #1 Mikael LjungbergSWE
decision (3-2) (7:50)
Petru SudureacROU
Match #2 Mikael LjungbergSWE
grand superiority (10-0) (1:40)
Ali MollovBUL
Match #3 Petru SudureacROU
decision (6-1) (6:00)
Ali MollovBUL

Round One Pool Two (24 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Sergey MatviyenkoKAZ1136Q
2Rafayel SamurgashevARM1131
3Reynaldo PeñaCUB1131

Match #1 Sergey MatviyenkoKAZ
decision (6-0) (6:00)
Rafayel SamurgashevARM
Match #2 Rafayel SamurgashevARM
decision (1-0) (9:00)
Reynaldo PeñaCUB
Match #3 Reynaldo PeñaCUB
decision (1-0) (9:00)
Sergey MatviyenkoKAZ

Round One Pool Three (24 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Garrett LowneyUSA20610Q
2Gogi KoguashviliRUS1146
3Marek ŠvecCZE0212

Match #1 Garrett LowneyUSA
decision (8-3) (5:50)
Gogi KoguashviliRUS
Match #2 Garrett LowneyUSA
decision (2-0) (9:00)
Marek ŠvecCZE
Match #3 Gogi KoguashviliRUS
decision (3-2) (6:00)
Marek ŠvecCZE

Round One Pool Four (24 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Gennady ChkhaidzeGEO2066Q
2Andrzej WrońskiPOL1137
3Hakkı BaşarTUR0223

Match #1 Gennady ChkhaidzeGEO
decision (2-0) (9:00)
Andrzej WrońskiPOL
Match #2 Gennady ChkhaidzeGEO
decision (4-2) (6:00)
Hakkı BaşarTUR
Match #3 Andrzej WrońskiPOL
decision (7-1) (6:00)
Hakkı BaşarTUR

Round One Pool Five (24 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Kostas ThanosGRE301018Q
2Urs BürglerSUI21712
3Park UKOR12411
4Ben VincentAUS0300

Match #1 Kostas ThanosGRE
decision (4-0) (6:00)
Urs BürglerSUI
Match #2 Kostas ThanosGRE
decision (3-0) (6:00)
Park UKOR
Match #3 Kostas ThanosGRE
grand superiority (11-0) (4:55)
Ben VincentAUS
Match #4 Urs BürglerSUI
decision (1-0) (9:00)
Park UKOR
Match #5 Urs BürglerSUI
grand superiority (11-0) (2:17)
Ben VincentAUS
Match #6 Park UKOR
grand superiority (11-0) (4:11)
Ben VincentAUS

Round One Pool Six (24 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Davyd SoldadzeUKR30916Q
2Mindaugas EžerskisLTU2169
3Siarhei LishtvanBLR12613
4Hassan FkiriTUN0313

Match #1 Davyd SoldadzeUKR
decision (2-0) (9:00)
Mindaugas EžerskisLTU
Match #2 Davyd SoldadzeUKR
decision (5-2) (6:00)
Siarhei LishtvanBLR
Match #3 Davyd SoldadzeUKR
decision (9-0) (6:00)
Hassan FkiriTUN
Match #4 Mindaugas EžerskisLTU
decision (3-1) (7:56)
Siarhei LishtvanBLR
Match #5 Mindaugas EžerskisLTU
decision (6-3) (6:00)
Hassan FkiriTUN
Match #6 Siarhei LishtvanBLR
grand superiority (10-0) (5:08)
Hassan FkiriTUN

Quarter-finals (25 September 2000)

Match #1 Mikael LjungbergSWE
decision (5-0) (6:00)
Sergey MatviyenkoKAZ
Match #2 Garrett LowneyUSA
decision (2-0) (9:00)
Gennady ChkhaidzeGEO
Match #3 Kostas ThanosGRE bye
Match #4 Davyd SoldadzeUKR bye

Semi-finals (25 September 2000)

Match #1 Mikael LjungbergSWE
decision (8-1) (6:00)
Garrett LowneyUSA
Match #2 Davyd SoldadzeUKR
decision (4-2) (6:00)
Kostas ThanosGRE

Final Round (26 September 2000)

Match 1/2 Mikael LjungbergSWE
decision (2-1) (9:00)
Davyd SoldadzeUKR
Match 3/4 Garrett LowneyUSA
decision (3-1) (6:53)
Kostas ThanosGRE
Match 5/6 Gennady ChkhaidzeGEO
decision (1-1) (9:00)
Sergey MatviyenkoKAZ