Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Wrestling
Amateur wrestling
Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...

at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, is located in Sydney's Darling Harbour near the Central Business District. The building is adjacent to Cockle Bay, Tumbalong Park and the Harbourside shopping centre....

 and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from September 28 to October 1, and the Greco-Roman events were held from September 24 to September 27. In the freestyle 76 kg Alexander Leipold
Alexander Leipold
Alexander Leipold is a German former freestyle wrestler who won the German Championships eleven times, the European Championships three times, the World Championships in 1994, and won the tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics but was later stripped of his gold medal.-Wrestling career:Leipold won...

 of Germany originally placed first, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone
Nandrolone
Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid that may be present naturally in the human body, albeit in minute quantities of less than 0.4 ng/ml. Nandrolone is most commonly sold commercially as its decanoate ester and less commonly as a phenylpropionate ester...

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Freestyle

54 kg
58 kg
63 kg
69 kg
76 kg
85 kg
97 kg
130 kg

Greco-Roman

54 kg
58 kg
63 kg
69 kg
76 kg
85 kg
97 kg
130 kg

Medal table

1 6 2 1 9
2 2 2 3 7
3 1 3 1 5
4 1 2 1 4
5 1 1 0 2
6 1 0 1 2
7 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1
11 0 2 0 2
12 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
16 0 0 3 3
17 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

Participating nations

A total of 314 wrestlers from 55 nations competed at the Sydney Games:

See also

List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling

List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling

United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
United States results in men's freestyle wrestling
-List of Results by the United States in Men's Freestyle Wrestling at the Olympics and World Championships:Men's freestyle wrestling competition began in the Olympics in 1904...

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