Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 58 kg

The Men's Freestyle 58 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, 2000.

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

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Date	Time	Event
29 September 2000	09:30	Round 1
29 September 2000	17:00	Round 2
30 September 2000	09:30	Round 3
1 October 2000	09:00	Quarterfinals
	09:00	Semifinals
	14:30	Finals

Medalists

Gold	Alireza Dabir Iran
Silver	Yevhen Buslovych Ukraine
Bronze	Terry Brands United States

Results

Legend

EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
PA — Injury default
PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
TO — Victory by fall
CP — Classification points
TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Alireza Dabir (IRI)	2	2	0	7	13
Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	2	1	1	4	0
Talata Embalo (GBS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Alireza Dabir (IRI)	10–0	Talata Embalo (GBS)	4–0 ST
Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	0–3	Alireza Dabir (IRI)	0–3 PO
Talata Embalo (GBS)		Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	0–4 EF

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	2	2	0	6	15
Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	2	1	1	5	15
Cory O'Brien (AUS)	2	0	2	1	4

	Score		CP
Cory O'Brien (AUS)	0–9	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	14–4	Cory O'Brien (AUS)	4–1 SP
Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	6–1	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
David Pogosian (GEO)	2	2	0	6	7
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	2	1	1	4	6
Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	1–2	David Pogosian (GEO)	1–3 PP
Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	1–5	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	1–3 PP
David Pogosian (GEO)	5–1	Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Terry Brands (USA)	2	2	0	7	14
Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	2	1	1	5	6
Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	6

	Score		CP
Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	6–5	Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	0–4 TO
Terry Brands (USA)	6–0	Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	4–0 TO
Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	1–8	Terry Brands (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	3	2	1	8	9
Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	3	2	1	7	4
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	3	1	2	4	5
Harun Doğan (TUR)	3	1	2	3	6

	Score		CP
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	2–6	Harun Doğan (TUR)	1–3 PP
Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	4–1	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	3–1 PP
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	3–0	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	3–0 PO
Harun Doğan (TUR)	0–3	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0–3 PO
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	0–5	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0–4 TO
Harun Doğan (TUR)		Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	0–4 EF

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	3	3	0	9	16
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3	2	1	9	26
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	3	1	2	5	14
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	3	0	3	3	8

	Score		CP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	5–8	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	1–3 PP
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–5	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	2–14	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–4 SP
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	5–7	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	1–4	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	1–11	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–4 SP

Knockout round

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal match

Alireza Dabir (IRI)	5
Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	2	Alireza Dabir (IRI)	6
David Pogosian (GEO)	2	Terry Brands (USA)	4
Terry Brands (USA)	4			Alireza Dabir (IRI)	3
				Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	0
		Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0
		Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	2
				Bronze medal match

				Terry Brands (USA)	3
				Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	2

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Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Alireza Dabir (IRI)
	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)
	Terry Brands (USA)
4	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)
5	David Pogosian (GEO)
6	Martin Berberyan (ARM)
7	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)
8	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)
9	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)
10	Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)
11	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)
12	Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)
13	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
14	Othmar Kuhner (GER)
15	Harun Doğan (TUR)
16	Andrej Fašánek (SVK)
17	Cory O'Brien (AUS)
18	Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)
19	Talata Embalo (GBS)
DQ	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)