Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg

The men's Greco-Roman 54 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 24 to 26. 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]

Men's Greco-Roman 54 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	24–26 September 2000
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Sim Kwon-ho  South Korea Lázaro Rivas  Cuba Kang Yong-gyun  North Korea
← 1996

Main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
24 September 2000	09:30	Round 1
		Round 2
	17:00	Round 3
25 September 2000	09:30	Quarterfinals
	17:00	Semifinals
26 September 2000	17:00	Finals

Results

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	2	2	0	6	8	Knockout round
2	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)	2	1	1	3	4
3	Tero Katajisto (FIN)	2	0	2	1	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	5–0	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)	3–0 PO
Tero Katajisto (FIN)	0–3	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)	4–2	Tero Katajisto (FIN)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	2	2	0	7	12	Knockout round
2	Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)	2	1	1	5	9
3	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	2	0	2	0	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	0–10	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	0–4 ST
Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)	7–2 Fall	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)	4–0 TO
Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	2–2	Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Wang Hui (CHN)	2	2	0	6	16	Knockout round
2	Hassan Rangraz (IRI)	2	1	1	4	10
3	Petr Švehla (CZE)	2	0	2	2	5

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Petr Švehla (CZE)	3–8	Wang Hui (CHN)	1–3 PP
Hassan Rangraz (IRI)	8–2	Petr Švehla (CZE)	3–1 PP
Wang Hui (CHN)	8–2	Hassan Rangraz (IRI)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	2	1	1	4	17	Knockout round
2	Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)	2	1	1	4[a]	16
3	Marian Sandu (ROM)	2	1	1	4[a]	16

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: RUS 3–1 ROM.

	Score		CP
Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	7–8	Marian Sandu (ROM)	1–3 PP
Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)	5–10	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	1–3 PP
Marian Sandu (ROM)	8–11	Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	3	3	0	11	30	Knockout round
2	Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	3	2	1	7	13
3	Mohamed Abou El-Ela (EGY)	3	1	2	5	8
4	Steven Mays (USA)	3	0	3	1	3

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	10–0	Steven Mays (USA)	4–0 ST
Mohamed Abou El-Ela (EGY)	2–16	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	1–4 SP
Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	3–1	Mohamed Abou El-Ela (EGY)	3–1 PP
Steven Mays (USA)	0–11	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	0–4 ST
Uran Kalilov (KGZ)	0–3	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	0–3 PO
Steven Mays (USA)	3–5	Mohamed Abou El-Ela (EGY)	1–3 PP

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	3	3	0	11	31	Knockout round
2	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	3	2	1	8	14
3	Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	3	1	2	4	16
4	Jotham Pellew (NZL)	3	0	3	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	0–10	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	0–4 ST
Jotham Pellew (NZL)	0–10	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	0–4 ST
Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	16–0	Jotham Pellew (NZL)	4–0 ST
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	6–1	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	3–1 PP
Ercan Yıldız (TUR)	0–3	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)	0–3 PO
Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	15–0	Jotham Pellew (NZL)	4–0 ST

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	4
	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	6			Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	10
	Wang Hui (CHN)	5			Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	0
	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	10							Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)	8
									Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	0
					Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	0
					Lázaro Rivas (CUB)	11
									Bronze medal match
									Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)	7
									Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)	0

	Classification 5th–6th
	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)	6
	Wang Hui (CHN)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sim Kwon-ho (KOR)
	Lázaro Rivas (CUB)
	Kang Yong-gyun (PRK)
4	Andriy Kalashnikov (UKR)
5	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER)
6	Wang Hui (CHN)
7	Natig Eyvazov (AZE)
8	Uran Kalilov (KGZ)
9	Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ)
10	Mohamed Abou El-Ela (EGY)
11	Ercan Yıldız (TUR)
12	Aleksey Shevtsov (RUS)
13	Marian Sandu (ROM)
14	Hassan Rangraz (IRI)
15	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)
16	Petr Švehla (CZE)
17	Steven Mays (USA)
18	Tero Katajisto (FIN)
19	Dariusz Jabłoński (POL)
20	Jotham Pellew (NZL)