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Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

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Quick Facts Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, Venue ...

The men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 25 to 27. 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.[1]

American Rulon Gardner's defeat of Russian Aleksandr Karelin in the gold medal match is considered one of the biggest upsets in sports history.[2][3][4] This was Karelin's first and only international loss, having previously been unbeaten throughout his international career.[5][6]

Schedule

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Results

Legend
  • WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools

Pool 1

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Pool 2

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Pool 3

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Pool 4

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Pool 5

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Knockout round

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
 Héctor Milián (CUB) 0
 Dmitry Debelka (BLR) 1  Dmitry Debelka (BLR) 0
 Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) 0  Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) 3
 Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) 4  Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) 0
 Rulon Gardner (USA) 1
 Rulon Gardner (USA) 3
 Yuri Evseichik (ISR) 2
Bronze medal match
 Dmitry Debelka (BLR) 1
 Yuri Evseichik (ISR) 0
Classification 5th–6th
 Héctor Milián (CUB) 5
 Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) 3

Final standing

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References

  1. "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. Jussim, Matthew (2021-04-26). "The 15 Greatest Underdog Sports Stories of All Time". Men's Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  3. Vasilogambros, Matt (2016-05-02). "Leicester City, the Unlikeliest of Winners". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  4. Chodos, Ben. "10 Greatest Upsets in Summer Olympic History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  5. "Aleksandr Karelin". United World Wrestling. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
  6. "Summer Olympics 2000 Gardner doesn't know what to expect after upset". a.espncdn.com. 2000-09-29. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-18.

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