The Men's Freestyle 76 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	6	8
	1	1	4	11
	0	2	2	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Plamen Paskalev	Buvaisar Saitiev	1-3 PP	2-8
Brandon Slay Brandon Slay Brandon Slay won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in wrestling. Slay currently is the Assistant National Freestyle Coach and National Freestyle Resident Coach for USA wrestling, stationed at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.-High school Years:He graduated from Tascosa...	Plamen Paskalev	3-1 PP	4-1
Buvaisar Saitiev	Brandon Slay Brandon Slay Brandon Slay won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in wrestling. Slay currently is the Assistant National Freestyle Coach and National Freestyle Resident Coach for USA wrestling, stationed at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.-High school Years:He graduated from Tascosa...	1-3 PP	3-4

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	6	7
	1	1	4	4
	0	2	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar	Gennadiy Laliyev Gennadiy Laliyev Gennadiy Laliyev is an Kazakhstani wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He also competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Men's Freestyle 84 kg, placing 13th. He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program...	0-3 PO	0-4
Pejman Dorostkar	Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar	3-0 PO	3-0
Gennadiy Laliyev Gennadiy Laliyev Gennadiy Laliyev is an Kazakhstani wrestler who competed in the Men's Freestyle 74 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal. He also competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Men's Freestyle 84 kg, placing 13th. He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program...	Pejman Dorostkar	3-1 PP	3-1

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	7	14
	1	1	4	10
	0	2	2	6

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Ruslan Khinchagov	Jannie du Toit	4-1 SP	11-1
Elshad Allahverdiyev	Ruslan Khinchagov	1-3 PP	2-3
Jannie du Toit	Elshad Allahverdiyev	1-3 PP	5-8

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	2	0	6	6
	1	1	3	3
	0	2	1	2

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Guram Mchedlidze	Árpád Ritter	3-0 PO	3-0
Adem Bereket	Guram Mchedlidze	3-0 PO	3-0
Árpád Ritter	Adem Bereket	1-3 PP	2-3

Pool 5

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	3	0	10	21
	2	1	8	20
	1	2	6	12
	0	3	1	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Marcin Jurecki	Rein Ozoline	4-0 ST	10-0
Alik Muzayev	Moon Eui-Jae Moon Eui-Jae Moon Eui-Jae is a retired South Korean wrestler who won two Olympic silver medals in freestyle wrestling, Men's Freestyle 76 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Men's Freestyle 84 kg in Athens in 2004...	1-3 PP	1-5
Marcin Jurecki	Alik Muzayev	1-3 PP	1-3
Rein Ozoline	Moon Eui-Jae Moon Eui-Jae Moon Eui-Jae is a retired South Korean wrestler who won two Olympic silver medals in freestyle wrestling, Men's Freestyle 76 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Men's Freestyle 84 kg in Athens in 2004...	0-4 ST	0-11
Marcin Jurecki	Moon Eui-Jae Moon Eui-Jae Moon Eui-Jae is a retired South Korean wrestler who won two Olympic silver medals in freestyle wrestling, Men's Freestyle 76 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Men's Freestyle 84 kg in Athens in 2004...	1-3 PP	1-5
Rein Ozoline	Alik Muzayev	1-4 SP	3-16

Pool 6

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
	3	0	9	14
	2	1	7	8
	1	2	4	4
	0	3	2	4

Red	Blue	CP	TP
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...	Yosmany Romero	3-1 PP	4-1
Radion Kertanti	Nasir Gadzihanov	1-3 PP	2-3
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...	Radion Kertanti	3-0 PO	5-0
Yosmany Romero	Nasir Gadzihanov	0-3 PO	0-3
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...	Nasir Gadzihanov	3-1 PP	5-2
Yosmany Romero	Radion Kertanti	3-1 PP	3-2

Knock-Out round

Final standings

DSQ: *

* was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone