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Flyweight (≤58 kilograms), Men

Date	27 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	14 from 14 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

The 1997 World Champion in the bantamweight class, Huang Chih-Hsiung (TPE), moved down in class to the flyweight division for the 2000 Olympics. In the second round, he lost to the reigning European champion Mikhail Mouroutsos (GRE), 2-1. Mourotsos then took out “The Gabriels” – Taraburelli of Argentina in the semi-finals, also 2-1, and Esparza of Spain in the final, winning easily 4-2. Huang went thru the repêchage round to win the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	017	Michail Mouroutsos	GRE	Gold
2	016	Gabriel Esparza	ESP	Silver
3	025	Huang Chih-Hsiung	TPE	Bronze
4	013	Gabriel Taraburelli	ARG
=5	019	József Salim	HUN
=5	022	Younès Sekkat	MAR
7	015	Talaat Abada	EGY
=8	021	Naser Buftain	KUW
=8	023	Roberto Cruz	PHI
=10	018	Gabriel Sagástume	GUA
=10	026	Juan Miguel Moreno	USA
=10	020	Kiyoteru Higuchi	JPN
=10	024	Mfanukhona Dlamini	SWZ
=10	014	Paul Lyons	AUS

Round One

Date	27 September 2000 — 9:15
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Gabriel Taraburelli	ARG				bye
Match #2	27 Sep 9:15	Roberto Cruz	PHI	Final score	Gabriel Sagástume	GUA
Match #3	27 Sep 9:45	Huang Chih-Hsiung	TPE	Final score	Kiyoteru Higuchi	JPN
Match #4	27 Sep 10:15	Michail Mouroutsos	GRE	Final score	Talaat Abada	EGY
Match #5	27 Sep 10:45	József Salim	HUN	Final score	Juan Miguel Moreno	USA
Match #6	27 Sep 11:00	Naser Buftain	KUW	Referee stopped contest	Mfanukhona Dlamini	SWZ
Match #7	27 Sep 11:15	Younès Sekkat	MAR	Superiority	Paul Lyons	AUS
Match #8	27 Sep	Gabriel Esparza	ESP				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 September 2000 — 11:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 11:45	Gabriel Taraburelli	ARG	Final score	Roberto Cruz	PHI
Match #2	27 Sep 12:15	Michail Mouroutsos	GRE	Final score	Huang Chih-Hsiung	TPE
Match #3	27 Sep 14:45	József Salim	HUN	Superiority	Naser Buftain	KUW
Match #4	27 Sep 15:15	Gabriel Esparza	ESP	Final score	Younès Sekkat	MAR

Semi-Finals

Date	27 September 2000 — 15:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 15:45	Michail Mouroutsos	GRE	Final score	Gabriel Taraburelli	ARG
Match #2	27 Sep 16:15	Gabriel Esparza	ESP	Final score	József Salim	HUN

Repêchage Round One

Date	27 September 2000 — 16:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Gabriel Taraburelli	ARG				bye
Match #2	27 Sep	Younès Sekkat	MAR				bye
Match #3	27 Sep 16:45	Huang Chih-Hsiung	TPE	Final score	Talaat Abada	EGY
Match #4	27 Sep	József Salim	HUN				bye

Repêchage Round Two

Date	27 September 2000 — 19:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep 19:45	Gabriel Taraburelli	ARG	Final score	Younès Sekkat	MAR
Match #2	27 Sep 20:15	Huang Chih-Hsiung	TPE	Final score	József Salim	HUN

Final Round

Date	27 September 2000 — 20:45

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Sep 21:15	Michail Mouroutsos	GRE	Final score	Gabriel Esparza	ESP
Match 3/4	27 Sep 20:45	Huang Chih-Hsiung	TPE	Final score	Gabriel Taraburelli	ARG