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Middleweight, Greco-Roman (≤76 kilograms), Men

Date	24 – 26 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	20 from 20 countries
Format	Round-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

This class was completely open, as multiple wrestlers had made podiums at recent internationals, but nobody had stepped forward to dominate. The semi-finals came down to Russian Murat Kardanov against Finland’s Marko Yli-Hannuksela, with Kardanov winning, 4-0; and American Matt Lindland against Ukraine’s Davyd Manukian, with Lindland winning easily, 7-4. The final saw Kardanov move out to a 3-0 lead quickly and he then held on to win, playing defense for the last four minutes. Kardanov had been World Cup Champion in 1992 and 1995 and was the 1998 European Champion, but his gold medal came from the blue. Lindland was also not well known, but would win a silver medal at the 2001 World Championships and then turned to mixed martial arts, competing with multiple groups in that fighting sport in the United States. Yli-Hannuksela would improve to a silver medal in this class at the 2004 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP	TP
1	Murat Kardanov	RUS	–	–	Gold
2	Matt Lindland	USA	–	–	Silver
3	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	–	–	Bronze
4	Davyd Manukian	UKR	–	–
5	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	–	–
6	Ara Abrahamian	SWE	–	–
7	Viachaslau Makaranka	BLR	8	47
8	T'ariel Melelashvili	GEO	7	4
9	Artur Michalkiewicz	POL	6	14
10	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ	4	7
11	Yevgeny Yerofaylov	UZB	4	7
12	Dimitrios Avramis	GRE	4	5
13	Nazmi Avluca	TUR	4	4
14	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	3	2
15	Yvon Riemer	FRA	2	3
16	Xviça Biçinaşvili	AZE	1	2
17	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN	1	2
18	Levon Geghamyan	ARM	1	1
19	Fa'afetai Iutana	SAM	0	0
20	Kader Silia	ALG	0	0

Round One (24 September 2000)

Round One Pool One (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	2	0	6	6	Q
2	Nazmi Avluca	TUR	1	1	4	4
3	Xviça Biçinaşvili	AZE	0	2	1	2

Match #1	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	decision (3-1) (8:42)	Nazmi Avluca	TUR
Match #2	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	decision (3-2) (6:00)	Xviça Biçinaşvili	AZE
Match #3	Nazmi Avluca	TUR	decision (3-0) (6:00)	Xviça Biçinaşvili	AZE

Round One Pool Two (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	2	0	6	8	Q
2	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ	1	1	4	7
3	Yvon Riemer	FRA	0	2	2	3

Match #1	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	decision (4-3) (6:00)	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ
Match #2	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	decision (4-1) (6:00)	Yvon Riemer	FRA
Match #3	Bakhtiyar Bayseitov	KAZ	decision (4-2) (6:00)	Yvon Riemer	FRA

Round One Pool Three (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Murat Kardanov	RUS	2	0	6	5	Q
2	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	1	1	3	2
3	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN	0	2	1	2

Match #1	Murat Kardanov	RUS	decision (1-0) (9:00)	Tamás Berzicza	HUN
Match #2	Murat Kardanov	RUS	decision (4-0) (6:00)	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN
Match #3	Tamás Berzicza	HUN	decision (2-2) (9:00)	Takamitsu Katayama	JPN

Round One Pool Four (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Ara Abrahamian	SWE	2	0	6	6	Q
2	Dimitrios Avramis	GRE	1	1	4	5
3	Levon Geghamyan	ARM	0	2	1	1

Match #1	Ara Abrahamian	SWE	decision (3-2) (6:00)	Dimitrios Avramis	GRE
Match #2	Ara Abrahamian	SWE	decision (3-0) (6:00)	Levon Geghamyan	ARM
Match #3	Dimitrios Avramis	GRE	decision (3-1) (6:39)	Levon Geghamyan	ARM

Round One Pool Five (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Davyd Manukian	UKR	3	0	11	35	Q
2	Viachaslau Makaranka	BLR	2	1	8	47
3	Artur Michalkiewicz	POL	1	2	6	14
4	Fa'afetai Iutana	SAM	0	3	0	0

Match #1	Davyd Manukian	UKR	grand superiority (12-1) (3:42)	Viachaslau Makaranka	BLR
Match #2	Davyd Manukian	UKR	decision (8-2) (6:00)	Artur Michalkiewicz	POL
Match #3	Davyd Manukian	UKR	grand superiority (15-0) (1:07)	Fa'afetai Iutana	SAM
Match #4	Viachaslau Makaranka	BLR	decision (4-1) (6:00)	Artur Michalkiewicz	POL
Match #5	Viachaslau Makaranka	BLR	grand superiority (42-0) (4:42)	Fa'afetai Iutana	SAM
Match #6	Artur Michalkiewicz	POL	fall (11-0) (2:43)	Fa'afetai Iutana	SAM

Round One Pool Six (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Matt Lindland	USA	3	0	10	10	Q
2	T'ariel Melelashvili	GEO	2	1	7	4
3	Yevgeny Yerofaylov	UZB	1	2	4	7
4	Kader Silia	ALG	0	3	0	0

Match #1	Matt Lindland	USA	decision (3-0) (6:00)	T'ariel Melelashvili	GEO
Match #2	Matt Lindland	USA	decision (1-1) (9:00)	Yevgeny Yerofaylov	UZB
Match #3	Matt Lindland	USA	default (6-0) (4:53)	Kader Silia	ALG
Match #4	T'ariel Melelashvili	GEO	decision (4-0) (6:00)	Yevgeny Yerofaylov	UZB
Match #5	T'ariel Melelashvili	GEO	default (injury) (0-0) (0:00)	Kader Silia	ALG
Match #6	Yevgeny Yerofaylov	UZB	decision (6-0) (6:00)	Kader Silia	ALG

Quarter-finals (25 September 2000)

Match #1	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	decision (3-0) (6:00)	Kim Jin-Su	KOR
Match #2	Murat Kardanov	RUS	decision (3-1) (7:19)	Ara Abrahamian	SWE
Match #3	Davyd Manukian	UKR	bye
Match #4	Matt Lindland	USA	bye

Semi-finals (25 September 2000)

Match #1	Murat Kardanov	RUS	decision (4-0) (7:23)	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN
Match #2	Matt Lindland	USA	decision (7-4) (6:00)	Davyd Manukian	UKR

Final Round (26 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Murat Kardanov	RUS	decision (3-0) (6:00)	Matt Lindland	USA
Match 3/4	Marko Yli-Hannuksela	FIN	decision (4-2) (6:00)	Davyd Manukian	UKR
Match 5/6	Kim Jin-Su	KOR	decision (9-0) (6:00)	Ara Abrahamian	SWE