Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 130 kg

Wrestling at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Freestyle Greco-Roman
  54 kg     54 kg  
  58 kg     58 kg  
  63 kg     63 kg  
  69 kg     69 kg  
  76 kg     76 kg  
  85 kg     85 kg
  97 kg     97 kg
  130 kg     130 kg

The Men's Freestyle 130 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, September 29 to October 1.

Contents

Medalists

Gold  David Musulbes
Russia (RUS)
Silver  Artur Taymazov
Uzbekistan (UZB)
Bronze  Alexis Rodríguez
Cuba (CUB)

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

Elimination pools

All matches held on September 29 and 30.

Pool 1

Wrestler W L CP TP
 Alexis Rodríguez (CUB) 2 0 6 3
 Krasimir Kochev (BUL) 1 1 3 1
 Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL) 0 2 2 2
Red Blue CP TP
Alexis Rodríguez Krasimir Kochev 3-0 PO 2-0
Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar Alexis Rodríguez 1-3 PP 1-1
Krasimir Kochev Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar 3-1 PP 1-1

Pool 2

Wrestler W L CP TP
 Aleksei Medvedev (BLR) 2 0 6 6
 Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) 1 1 4 6
 Chen Xingqiang (CHN) 0 2 1 2
Red Blue CP TP
Aleksandr Kovalevsky Aleksei Medvedev 1-3 PP 2-3
Chen Xingqiang Aleksandr Kovalevsky 1-3 PP 2-4
Aleksei Medvedev Chen Xingqiang 3-0 PO 3-0

Pool 3

Wrestler W L CP TP
 Kerry McCoy (USA) 2 0 7 13
 Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE) 1 1 4 4
 Merabi Valiyev (UKR) 0 2 0 0
Red Blue CP TP
Merabi Valiyev Kerry McCoy 0-3 PO 0-3
Rajab Ashabaliyev Merabi Valiyev 4-0 TO 3:13
Kerry McCoy Rajab Ashabaliyev 4-0 ST 10-0

Pool 4

Wrestler W L CP TP
 Artur Taymazov (UZB) 2 0 7 13
 Aydın Polatçı (TUR) 1 1 3 3
 Zsolt Gombos (HUN) 0 2 0 0
Red Blue CP TP
Zsolt Gombos Artur Taymazov 0-4 ST 0-10
Aydın Polatçı Zsolt Gombos 3-0 PO 3-0
Artur Taymazov Aydın Polatçı 3-0 PO 3-0

Pool 5

Wrestler W L CP TP
 David Musulbes (RUS) 2 0 7 5
 Sven Thiele (GER) 1 1 4 10
 Peter Pecha (SVK) 0 2 0 0
Red Blue CP TP
Sven Thiele Peter Pecha 4-0 ST 10-0
David Musulbes Sven Thiele 3-0 PO 5-0
Peter Pecha David Musulbes 0-4 PA

Pool 6

Wrestler W L CP TP
 Abbas Jadidi (IRI) 2 0 6 13
 Alex Modebadze (GEO) 1 1 3 5
 Efstathios Topalidis (GRE) 0 2 1 1
Red Blue CP TP
Efstathios Topalidis Abbas Jadidi 1-3 PP 1-9
Alex Modebadze Efstathios Topalidis 3-0 PO 5-0
Abbas Jadidi Alex Modebadze 3-0 PO 4-0

Knock-Out round

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
October 1        
  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)  4
October 1
  Aleksei Medvedev (BLR)  0  
  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)  0:37
 
    Artur Taymazov (UZB)  TO  
  Kerry McCoy (USA)  9
October 1
  Artur Taymazov (UZB)  11  
  Artur Taymazov (UZB)  2
 
    David Musulbes (RUS)  5
  David Musulbes (RUS)   
 
 Bye     
  David Musulbes (RUS)  3 Third place
 
    Abbas Jadidi (IRI)  0  
  Abbas Jadidi (IRI)      Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)  1
 Bye        Abbas Jadidi (IRI)  0
 
5th place
   
  Aleksei Medvedev (BLR)  
  Kerry McCoy (USA)  PA

Final standings

  1.  David Musulbes (RUS)
  2.  Artur Taymazov (UZB)
  3.  Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)
  4.  Abbas Jadidi (IRI)
  5.  Kerry McCoy (USA)
  6.  Aleksei Medvedev (BLR)
  7.  Sven Thiele (GER)
  8.  Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ)
  9.  Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE)
  10.  Alex Modebadze (GEO)
  11.  Aydın Polatçı (TUR)
  12.  Krasimir Kochev (BUL)
  13.  Dolgorsürengiin Sumiyaabazar (MGL)
  14.  Chen Xingqiang (CHN)
  15.  Efstathios Topalidis (GRE)
  16.  Peter Pecha (SVK)
  17.  Zsolt Gombos (HUN)
  18.  Merabi Valiyev (UKR)

References