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Welterweight, Greco-Roman (≤69 kilograms), Men

Date	25 – 27 September 2000 — 09:30-17:00 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Halls 1 & 2)
Participants	19 from 19 countries
Format	Round-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Cuban Filiberto Azcuy was 1996 Olympic Champion as a welterweight, but he was elmiinated early at the 1999 World Championships, which meant Cuba did not have an entrant as a welterweight, but they did qualify for lightweight so Azcuy cut weight to compete in this class in Sydney. He had one close match early but after that stormed into the final where he met Japan’s Katsuhiko Nagata, who was known to his parents, but not much else. In the final Nagata underwhelmed Azcuy, as Azcuy scored 11 points in 1:44 to end the match by technical superiority. Nagata may have been unknown but he competed again at the 2004 Olympics, not coming close to a medal, but then turned professional and fought in mixed martial arts in Japan, with a desultory record of 6 wins, 7 losses, and 3 draws through 2011.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP	TP
1	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	–	–	Gold
2	Katsuhiko Nagata	JPN	–	–	Silver
3	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS	–	–	Bronze
4	Valeri Nikitin	EST	–	–
5	Son Sang-Pil	KOR	–	–
6	İslam Duquçiyev	AZE	–	–
7	Ryszard Wolny	POL	8	8
8	Rustam Adzhy	UKR	6	8
9	Ender Memet	ROU	5	14
10	Ruslan Biktyakov	UZB	4	4
11	Ghani Yalouz	FRA	3	13
12	Heath Sims	USA	3	4
13	Adam Juretzko	GER	3	2
14	Juha Lappalainen	FIN	3	2
15	Csaba Hirbik	HUN	2	7
16	Parviz Zeidvand	IRI	1	1
17	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR	0	0
18	Mattias Schoberg	SWE	0	0
19	Ali Abdo	AUS	0	0

Round One (25 – 26 September 2000)

Round One Pool One (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Son Sang-Pil	KOR	2	0	7	16	Q
2	Adam Juretzko	GER	1	1	3	2
3	Mattias Schoberg	SWE	0	2	0	0

Match #1	Son Sang-Pil	KOR	grand superiority (12-0) (3:20)	Adam Juretzko	GER
Match #2	Son Sang-Pil	KOR	decision (4-0) (6:00)	Mattias Schoberg	SWE
Match #3	Adam Juretzko	GER	decision (2-0) (9:00)	Mattias Schoberg	SWE

Round One Pool Two (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	2	0	7	14	Q
2	Ender Memet	ROU	1	1	5	14
3	Ali Abdo	AUS	0	2	0	0

Match #1	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	decision (4-3) (6:00)	Ender Memet	ROU
Match #2	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	grand superiority (10-0) (1:15)	Ali Abdo	AUS
Match #3	Ender Memet	ROU	grand superiority (11-0) (4:05)	Ali Abdo	AUS

Round One Pool Three (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	İslam Duquçiyev	AZE	2	0	6	6	Q
2	Juha Lappalainen	FIN	1	1	3	2
3	Parviz Zeidvand	IRI	0	2	1	1

Match #1	İslam Duquçiyev	AZE	decision (1-0) (9:00)	Juha Lappalainen	FIN
Match #2	İslam Duquçiyev	AZE	decision (5-0) (6:00)	Parviz Zeidvand	IRI
Match #3	Juha Lappalainen	FIN	decision (2-1) (9:00)	Parviz Zeidvand	IRI

Round One Pool Four (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Valeri Nikitin	EST	2	0	7	15	Q
2	Ghani Yalouz	FRA	1	1	3	13
3	Csaba Hirbik	HUN	0	2	2	7

Match #1	Valeri Nikitin	EST	fall (11-8) (5:40)	Ghani Yalouz	FRA
Match #2	Valeri Nikitin	EST	decision (4-3) (6:00)	Csaba Hirbik	HUN
Match #3	Ghani Yalouz	FRA	decision (5-4) (6:00)	Csaba Hirbik	HUN

Round One Pool Five (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Katsuhiko Nagata	JPN	1	1	4	5	Q
2	Ruslan Biktyakov	UZB	1	1	4	4
3	Heath Sims	USA	1	1	3	4

Match #1	Katsuhiko Nagata	JPN	decision (3-1) (6:00)	Ruslan Biktyakov	UZB
Match #2	Ruslan Biktyakov	UZB	decision (3-0) (7:45)	Heath Sims	USA
Match #3	Heath Sims	USA	decision (4-2) (6:00)	Katsuhiko Nagata	JPN

Round One Pool Six (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS	3	0	10	24	Q
2	Ryszard Wolny	POL	2	1	8	8
3	Rustam Adzhy	UKR	1	2	6	8
4	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR	0	3	0	0

Match #1	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS	decision (8-1) (6:00)	Ryszard Wolny	POL
Match #2	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS	decision (5-4) (6:41)	Rustam Adzhy	UKR
Match #3	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS	fall (11-0) (3:29)	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR
Match #4	Ryszard Wolny	POL	decision (7-1) (6:00)	Rustam Adzhy	UKR
Match #5	Ryszard Wolny	POL	bye
Match #6	Rustam Adzhy	UKR	fall (3-0) (0:46)	Uladzimir Kapitau	BLR

Quarter-finals (27 September 2000)

Match #1	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	decision (9-2) (6:00)	Son Sang-Pil	KOR
Match #2	Valeri Nikitin	EST	decision (4-1) (7:07)	İslam Duquçiyev	AZE
Match #3	Katsuhiko Nagata	JPN	bye
Match #4	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS	bye

Semi-finals (27 September 2000)

Match #1	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	decision (6-0) (6:00)	Valeri Nikitin	EST
Match #2	Katsuhiko Nagata	JPN	decision (3-1) (6:00)	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS

Final Round (27 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Filiberto Azcuy	CUB	grand superiority (11-0) (1:44)	Katsuhiko Nagata	JPN
Match 3/4	Aleksey Glushkov	RUS	decision (5-0) (6:00)	Valeri Nikitin	EST
Match 5/6	Son Sang-Pil	KOR	bye