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Heavyweight, Freestyle (≤97 kilograms), Men

Date28 – 30 September 2000 — 09:30-17:00 (all days)
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Halls 1 & 2)
Participants19 from 19 countries
FormatRound-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Ukrainian-born Russian Sagid Murtazaliyev had won the 1999 World Championships and the 2000 Europeans and came to Sydney as the favorite. His biggest challenger was expected to be Georgian Eldar K’urt’anidze, the 1997-98 European Champion. Both got through the pools but then had to face each other in the semi-final, with Murtazaliyev winning 3-1. The other semi matched Kazakh Islam Bayramukov against Poland’s Marek Garmulewicz, twice a silver medalist at the Europeans and once at the Worlds, with Bayramukov shutting out the Pole, 3-0. Bayramukov had no significant international record and was no match for Murtazaliyev in the final, losing 6-0. K’urt’anidze also won the bronze medal match easily, 4-1, and would go on to win the 2001 European title, and the 2002-03 World titles.

When the IOC initially voted to eliminate wrestling from the Olympic Program in 2013, Murtazaliyev returned his gold medal to the IOC in protest of the decision, which was later reversed. Murtazaliyev took back his gold medal.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCCPTP
1Sagid MurtazaliyevRUSGold
2Islam BayramukovKAZSilver
3Eldar K'urt'anidzeGEOBronze
4Marek GarmulewiczPOL
5Aftantil XanthopoulosGRE
6Ali Reza HeidariIRI
7Aliaksandr ShamarauBLR714
8Gia TorchinavaNED414
9Arawat SabejewGER46
10Rolf ScherrerSUI45
11Vadym TasoievUKR35
12Gabriel SzerdaAUS34
13Davud MəhəmmədovAZE33
14Wilfredo MoralesCUB32
15Victor KodeiNGR24
16Ahmet DoğuTUR24
17Ričardas PauliukonisLTU22
18Melvin DouglasUSA22
19Dean SchmeichelCAN12

Round One (28 September 2000)

Round One Pool One (28 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Eldar K'urt'anidzeGEO20714Q
2Arawat SabejewGER1146
3Ričardas PauliukonisLTU0222

Match #1 Eldar K'urt'anidzeGEO
decision (3-1) (6:00)
Arawat SabejewGER
Match #2 Eldar K'urt'anidzeGEO
grand superiority (11-1) (4:37)
Ričardas PauliukonisLTU
Match #3 Arawat SabejewGER
decision (5-1) (6:00)
Ričardas PauliukonisLTU

Round One Pool Two (28 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Ali Reza HeidariIRI20613Q
2Rolf ScherrerSUI1145
3Ahmet DoğuTUR0224

Match #1 Ali Reza HeidariIRI
decision (7-1) (6:00)
Rolf ScherrerSUI
Match #2 Ali Reza HeidariIRI
decision (6-1) (6:00)
Ahmet DoğuTUR
Match #3 Rolf ScherrerSUI
decision (4-3) (6:00)
Ahmet DoğuTUR

Round One Pool Three (28 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Sagid MurtazaliyevRUS2067Q
2Vadym TasoievUKR1135
3Melvin DouglasUSA0222

Match #1 Sagid MurtazaliyevRUS
decision (4-0) (6:00)
Vadym TasoievUKR
Match #2 Sagid MurtazaliyevRUS
decision (3-1) (7:15)
Melvin DouglasUSA
Match #3 Vadym TasoievUKR
decision (5-1) (6:00)
Melvin DouglasUSA

Round One Pool Four (28 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Aftantil XanthopoulosGRE2067Q
2Gia TorchinavaNED11414
3Victor KodeiNGR0224

Match #1 Aftantil XanthopoulosGRE
decision (3-0) (6:00)
Gia TorchinavaNED
Match #2 Aftantil XanthopoulosGRE
decision (4-1) (6:00)
Victor KodeiNGR
Match #3 Gia TorchinavaNED
grand superiority (14-3) (2:37)
Victor KodeiNGR

Round One Pool Five (28 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Islam BayramukovKAZ1133Q
2Davud MəhəmmədovAZE1133
3Wilfredo MoralesCUB1132

Match #1 Islam BayramukovKAZ
decision (3-0) (6:00)
Davud MəhəmmədovAZE
Match #2 Davud MəhəmmədovAZE
decision (3-0) (6:00)
Wilfredo MoralesCUB
Match #3 Wilfredo MoralesCUB
decision (2-0) (9:00)
Islam BayramukovKAZ

Round One Pool Six (28 September 2000)

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsLossesCPTP
1Marek GarmulewiczPOL3099Q
2Aliaksandr ShamarauBLR21714
3Gabriel SzerdaAUS1234
4Dean SchmeichelCAN0312

Match #1 Marek GarmulewiczPOL
decision (3-2) (9:00)
Aliaksandr ShamarauBLR
Match #2 Marek GarmulewiczPOL
decision (3-0) (6:00)
Gabriel SzerdaAUS
Match #3 Marek GarmulewiczPOL
decision (3-0) (6:00)
Dean SchmeichelCAN
Match #4 Aliaksandr ShamarauBLR
decision (7-0) (6:00)
Gabriel SzerdaAUS
Match #5 Aliaksandr ShamarauBLR
decision (5-0) (6:00)
Dean SchmeichelCAN
Match #6 Gabriel SzerdaAUS
decision (4-2) (6:44)
Dean SchmeichelCAN

Quarter-finals (29 September 2000)

Match #1 Eldar K'urt'anidzeGEO
decision (1-0) (9:00)
Ali Reza HeidariIRI
Match #2 Sagid MurtazaliyevRUS
decision (5-0) (6:00)
Aftantil XanthopoulosGRE
Match #3 Islam BayramukovKAZ bye
Match #4 Marek GarmulewiczPOL bye

Semi-finals (29 September 2000)

Match #1 Sagid MurtazaliyevRUS
decision (3-1) (6:00)
Eldar K'urt'anidzeGEO
Match #2 Islam BayramukovKAZ
decision (3-0) (6:59)
Marek GarmulewiczPOL

Final Round (30 September 2000)

Match 1/2 Sagid MurtazaliyevRUS
decision (6-0) (6:00)
Islam BayramukovKAZ
Match 3/4 Eldar K'urt'anidzeGEO
decision (4-1) (6:00)
Marek GarmulewiczPOL
Match 5/6 Aftantil XanthopoulosGRE
default (injury) (0-0) (0:00)
Ali Reza HeidariIRI