Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

The Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, September 24 to September 26.

Medalists

Gold	Mikael Ljungberg  Schweden
Silver	Davyd Saldadze  Ukraine
Bronze	Garrett Lowney  Vereinigte Staaten

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

Elimination pools

All matches held on September 24.

Pool 1

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	2	0	7	13
Petru Sudureac (ROU)	1	1	4	8
Ali Mollov (BUL)	0	2	1	1

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Petru Sudureac	Mikael Ljungberg	1-3 PP	2-3
Ali Mollov	Petru Sudureac	1-3 PP	1-6
Mikael Ljungberg	Ali Mollov	4-0 ST	10-0

Pool 2

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	1	1	3	6
Rafael Samourgashev (ARM)	1	1	3	1
Reynaldo Peña (CUB)	1	1	3	1

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Reynaldo Peña	Sergey Matviyenko	3-0 PO	1-0
Rafael Samourgashev	Reynaldo Peña	3-0 PO	1-0
Sergey Matviyenko	Rafael Samourgashev	3-0 PO	6-0

Pool 3

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Garrett Lowney (USA)	2	0	6	10
Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)	1	1	4	6
Marek Švec (CZE)	0	2	1	2

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Garrett Lowney	Marek Švec	3-0 PO	2-0
Gogi Koguashvili	Garrett Lowney	1-3 PP	3-8
Marek Švec	Gogi Koguashvili	1-3 PP	2-3

Pool 4

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	2	0	6	6
Andrzej Wroński (POL)	1	1	3	7
Hakkı Başar (TUR)	0	2	2	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Gennady Chkhaidze	Andrzej Wroński	3-0 PO	2-0
Hakkı Başar	Gennady Chkhaidze	1-3 PP	2-4
Andrzej Wroński	Hakkı Başar	3-1 PP	7-1

Pool 5

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	3	0	10	18
Urs Bürgler (SUI)	2	1	7	12
Park Woo (KOR)	1	2	4	11
Ben Vincent (AUS)	0	3	0	0

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Konstantinos Thanos	Park Woo	3-0 PO	3-0
Ben Vincent	Urs Bürgler	0-4 ST	0-11
Konstantinos Thanos	Ben Vincent	4-0 ST	11-0
Park Woo	Urs Bürgler	0-3 PO	0-1
Konstantinos Thanos	Urs Bürgler	3-0 PO	4-0
Park Woo	Ben Vincent	4-0 ST	11-0

Pool 6

Wrestler	W	L	CP	TP
Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	3	0	9	16
Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)	2	1	6	9
Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)	1	2	6	13
Hassene Fkiri (TUN)	0	3	1	3

Red	Blue	CP	TP
Mindaugas Ežerskis	Sergey Lishtvan	3-1 PP	3-1
Davyd Saldadze	Hassene Fkiri	3-0 PO	9-0
Mindaugas Ežerskis	Davyd Saldadze	0-3 PO	0-2
Sergey Lishtvan	Hassene Fkiri	4-0 ST	10-0
Mindaugas Ežerskis	Hassene Fkiri	3-1 PP	6-3
Sergey Lishtvan	Davyd Saldadze	1-3 PP	2-5

Knock-Out round

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	September 25
	Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	5
					September 25
	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	0
					Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	8
					Garrett Lowney (USA)	1
	Garrett Lowney (USA)	2
									September 26
	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	0
									Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)	2
									Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	1
	Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)
	Bye
					Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	2
					Davyd Saldadze (UKR)	4			Third place
	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
	Bye
									Garrett Lowney (USA)	3
									Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)	1

	5th place
	Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)	1
	Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)	1

Final standings

1.  Mikael Ljungberg (SWE)
2.  Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
3.  Garrett Lowney (USA)
4.  Konstantinos Thanos (GRE)
5.  Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO)
6.  Sergey Matviyenko (KAZ)
7.  Urs Bürgler (SUI)
8.  Mindaugas Ežerskis (LTU)
9.  Sergey Lishtvan (BLR)
10.  Park Woo (KOR)
11.  Petru Sudureac (ROU)
12.  Gogi Koguashvili (RUS)
13.  Andrzej Wroński (POL)
14.  Rafael Samourgashev (ARM)
15.  Reynaldo Peña (CUB)
16.  Hakkı Başar (TUR)
17.  Hassene Fkiri (TUN)
18.  Marek Švec (CZE)
19.  Ali Mollov (BUL)
20.  Ben Vincent (AUS)

References

• Official Report