Wrestling at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Dates	28 September – 1 October 2000
No. of events	16
Competitors	314 from 55 nations
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Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	54 kg	54 kg
	58 kg	58 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	69 kg	69 kg
	76 kg	76 kg
	85 kg	85 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from 28 September to 1 October, and the Greco-Roman events were held from 24 to 27 September. In the freestyle 76 kg Alexander Leipold of Germany originally placed first, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone.^[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan	Sammie Henson  United States	Amiran Kardanov  Greece
58 kg details	Alireza Dabir  Iran	Yevhen Buslovych  Ukraine	Terry Brands  United States
63 kg details	Murad Umakhanov  Russia	Serafim Barzakov  Bulgaria	Jang Jae-sung  South Korea
69 kg details	Daniel Igali  Canada	Arsen Gitinov  Russia	Lincoln McIlravy  United States
76 kg details	Brandon Slay  United States	Moon Eui-jae  South Korea	Adem Bereket  Turkey
85 kg details	Adam Saitiev  Russia	Yoel Romero  Cuba	Magomed Ibragimov  Macedonia
97 kg details	Sagid Murtazaliev  Russia	Islam Bayramukov  Kazakhstan	Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia
130 kg details	David Musulbes  Russia	Artur Taymazov  Uzbekistan	Alexis Rodríguez  Cuba

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
54 kg details	Sim Kwon-ho  South Korea	Lázaro Rivas  Cuba	Kang Yong-gyun  North Korea
58 kg details	Armen Nazaryan  Bulgaria	Kim In-sub  South Korea	Sheng Zetian  China
63 kg details	Varteres Samurgashev  Russia	Juan Marén  Cuba	Akaki Chachua  Georgia
69 kg details	Filiberto Azcuy  Cuba	Katsuhiko Nagata  Japan	Aleksey Glushkov  Russia
76 kg details	Murat Kardanov  Russia	Matt Lindland  United States	Marko Yli-Hannuksela  Finland
85 kg details	Hamza Yerlikaya  Turkey	Sándor Bárdosi  Hungary	Mukhran Vakhtangadze  Georgia
97 kg details	Mikael Ljungberg  Sweden	Davyd Saldadze  Ukraine	Garrett Lowney  United States
130 kg details	Rulon Gardner  United States	Aleksandr Karelin  Russia	Dmitry Debelka  Belarus

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	6	2	1	9
2	United States (USA)	2	2	3	7
3	Cuba (CUB)	1	3	1	5
4	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	1	4
5	Bulgaria (BUL)	1	1	0	2
6	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	1	2
7	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	0	1
	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
	Iran (IRI)	1	0	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
11	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	0	2
12	Hungary (HUN)	0	1	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	0	1
16	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	3	3
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	China (CHN)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Macedonia (MKD)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		16	16	16	48

A total of 314 wrestlers from 55 nations competed at the Sydney Games:^[1]

• International Olympic Committee results database