Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle 97 kg

The Men's Freestyle 97 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, September 28 to September 30.

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
28 September 2000	09:30	Round 1
	17:00	Round 2
	17:00	Round 3
29 September 2000	09:30	Quarterfinals
	17:00	Semifinals
30 September 2000	17:00	Finals

Medalists

Gold	Sagid Murtazaliev  Russia
Silver	Islam Bayramukov  Kazakhstan
Bronze	Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia

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
Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	2	0	7	14
Arawat Sabejew (GER)	2	1	1	4	6
Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	1–11	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1–4 SP
Arawat Sabejew (GER)	5–1	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	3–1 PP
Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	3–1	Arawat Sabejew (GER)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	2	0	6	13
Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	1	1	4	5
Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	2	0	2	2	4

	Score		CP
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	7–1	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	3–1 PP
Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	1–6	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1–3 PP
Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	4–3	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	7
Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	1	1	3	5
Melvin Douglas (USA)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	4–0	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	3–0 PO
Melvin Douglas (USA)	1–3	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	5–1	Melvin Douglas (USA)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Aftandil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	2	2	0	6	7
George Torchinava (NED)	2	1	1	4	14
Victor Kodei (NGR)	2	0	2	2	4

	Score		CP
Aftandil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	4–1	Victor Kodei (NGR)	3–1 PP
George Torchinava (NED)	0–3	Aftandil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	0–3 PO
Victor Kodei (NGR)	3–14	George Torchinava (NED)	1–4 SP

Pool 5

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TB1	TB2
Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	2	1	1	3	3	3	3
Davud Magomedov (AZE)	2	1	1	3	3	3	0
Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	2	1	1	3	2	3

	Score		CP
Davud Magomedov (AZE)	0–3	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	0–3	Davud Magomedov (AZE)	0–3 PO
Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	0–2	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pool 6

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	3	3	0	9	9
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	3	2	1	7	14
Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	3	1	2	3	4
Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3	0	3	1	2

	Score		CP
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	7–0	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	3–0 PO
Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	0–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	5–0	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3–0 PO
Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	0–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	1–3 PP
Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	4–2	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		1
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)		0			Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		1
	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)		5			Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)		3
	Aftandil Xanthopoulos (GRE)		0								Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)		6
											Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)		0
						Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)		3
						Marek Garmulewicz (POL)		0
											Bronze medal match
											Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)		4
											Marek Garmulewicz (POL)		1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)
	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
4	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)
5	Aftandil Xanthopoulos (GRE)
6	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
7	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)
8	George Torchinava (NED)
9	Arawat Sabejew (GER)
10	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)
11	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)
12	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)
13	Davud Magomedov (AZE)
14	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)
15	Victor Kodei (NGR)
16	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)
17	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)
18	Melvin Douglas (USA)
19	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)

References

• Official Report