The Men's Freestyle 54 kg 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...

as part of the wrestling program

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition 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...

 were held at 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....

, September 28 to September 30.

Medalists

Tournament results

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualified for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.
Legend

• TO — Won by Fall
• SP — Won by Superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Won by Superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• PP — Won by Points, the loser with technical points
• PO — Won by Points, the loser without technical points
• PA — Won by Opponent Injury
• DQ — Won by Forfeit
• CP — Classification Points
• TP — Technical Points

Pool 1

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	7	19
	1	1	4	9
	0	2	1	2

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Moon Myung-Seok	Chikara Tanabe Chikara Tanabe is a Japanese wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 55 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.-References:...	1-3 PP	2-8
Sammie Henson	Moon Myung-Seok	4-0 ST	10-0
Chikara Tanabe Chikara Tanabe is a Japanese wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 55 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.-References:...	Sammie Henson	1-3 PP	1-9

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	7	13
	1	1	4	4
	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Leonid Chuchunov	Oleksandr Zakharuk	0-3 PO	0-3
Ivan Conov	Leonid Chuchunov	0-4 TO	3:49
Oleksandr Zakharuk	Ivan Conov	4-0 ST	10-0

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	6	18
	1	1	4	14
	0	2	2	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Adkham Achilov	Vasilij Zeiher	3-1 PP	9-2
Maulen Mamyrov Maulen Mamyrov Maulen Mamyrov is a Kazakhstani wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle Flyweight category.-Achievements:...	Adkham Achilov	3-1 PP	10-5
Vasilij Zeiher	Maulen Mamyrov Maulen Mamyrov Maulen Mamyrov is a Kazakhstani wrestler. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the Men's Freestyle Flyweight category.-Achievements:...	1-3 PP	1-8

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	1	1	5	9
	1	1	4	6
	1	1	3	5

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Wilfredo García	Nurdin Donbaev	3-1 PP	4-1
German Kontoev	Wilfredo García	4-0 TO	3:58
Nurdin Donbaev	German Kontoev	3-1 PP	5-2

Pool 5

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	7	16
	1	1	4	10
	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Namig Abdullayev Namig Abdullayev Namig Yadulla oglu Abdullayev was an Azerbaijani Olympic Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	Jin Ju-Dong	3-0 PO	6-0
Martin Liddle	Namig Abdullayev Namig Abdullayev Namig Yadulla oglu Abdullayev was an Azerbaijani Olympic Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics...	0-4 ST	0-10
Jin Ju-Dong	Martin Liddle	4-0 ST	10-0

Pool 6

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	3	0	10	21
	2	1	8	15
	1	2	4	4
	0	3	1	6

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan	Behnam Tayyebi	1-3 PP	2-3
Vitalie Railean	Amiran Kardanov	1-3 PP	1-4
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan	Vitalie Railean	0-4 TO	4:01
Behnam Tayyebi	Amiran Kardanov	0-3 PO	0-7
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan	Amiran Kardanov	0-4 ST	0-10
Behnam Tayyebi	Vitalie Railean	1-3 PP	1-2

Knock-Out round

Final standings