Men's freestyle 85 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	29 September – 1 October 2000
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Adam Saitiev  Russia Yoel Romero  Cuba Magomed Ibragimov  Macedonia
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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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The men's freestyle 85 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 29 to October 1. 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]

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

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	2	2	0	7	7	Knockout round
2	Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR)	2	1	1	4	8
3	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	2	0	2	1	6

	Score		CP
Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR)	1–1	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	1–3 PP
Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	1–7	Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR)	1–3 PP
Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	6–5 Fall	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)	4–0 TO

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Charles Burton (USA)	2	2	0	7	14	Knockout round
2	Alioune Diouf (SEN)	2	1	1	3	10
3	Grégory Martinetti (SUI)	2	0	2	1	7

	Score		CP
Alioune Diouf (SEN)	10–7	Grégory Martinetti (SUI)	3–1 PP
Charles Burton (USA)	4–0	Alioune Diouf (SEN)	3–0 PO
Grégory Martinetti (SUI)	0–10	Charles Burton (USA)	0–4 ST

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Adam Saitiev (RUS)	2	2	0	7	15	Knockout round
2	Beibulat Musaev (BLR)	2	1	1	5	14
3	Igor Praporshchikov (AUS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Adam Saitiev (RUS)	4–1	Beibulat Musaev (BLR)	3–1 PP
Igor Praporshchikov (AUS)	0–11 Fall	Adam Saitiev (RUS)	0–4 TO
Beibulat Musaev (BLR)	13–0	Igor Praporshchikov (AUS)	4–0 ST

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	2	2	0	6	8	Knockout round
2	Makharbek Khadartsev (UZB)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Ali Özen (TUR)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Makharbek Khadartsev (UZB)	2–3	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	1–3 PP
Ali Özen (TUR)	0–3	Makharbek Khadartsev (UZB)	0–3 PO
Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	5–2	Ali Özen (TUR)	3–1 PP

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Yoel Romero (CUB)	3	3	0	9	15	Knockout round
2	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	3	1	2	4	14
3	Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	3	1	2	4	9
4	Justin Abdou (CAN)	3	1	2	4	8

	Score		CP
Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	2–3	Justin Abdou (CAN)	1–3 PP
Yoel Romero (CUB)	4–0	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	3–0 PO
Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	0–3	Yoel Romero (CUB)	0–3 PO
Justin Abdou (CAN)	5–8	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	1–3 PP
Igors Samušonoks (LAT)	7–6	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)	3–1 PP
Justin Abdou (CAN)	0–8	Yoel Romero (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	3	3	0	9	14	Knockout round
2	Gábor Kapuvári (HUN)	3	2	1	7	11
3	Nicolae Ghiță (ROM)	3	1	2	6	14
4	Vincent Aka-Akesse (CIV)	3	0	3	0	0

	Score		CP
Gábor Kapuvári (HUN)	6–0	Vincent Aka-Akesse (CIV)	3–0 PO
Nicolae Ghiță (ROM)	3–5	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	1–3 PP
Gábor Kapuvári (HUN)	2–1	Nicolae Ghiță (ROM)	3–1 PP
Vincent Aka-Akesse (CIV)	0–4	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	0–3 PO
Gábor Kapuvári (HUN)	3–5	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	1–3 PP
Vincent Aka-Akesse (CIV)	0–10	Nicolae Ghiță (ROM)	0–4 ST

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	4
	Charles Burton (USA)	2			Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	0
	Adam Saitiev (RUS)	5			Adam Saitiev (RUS)	3
	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)	0							Adam Saitiev (RUS)	7F
									Yoel Romero (CUB)	1
					Yoel Romero (CUB)	3
					Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	0
									Bronze medal match
									Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)	4
									Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)	1

	Classification 5th–6th
	Charles Burton (USA)	WO
	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)

Rank	Athlete
	Adam Saitiev (RUS)
	Yoel Romero (CUB)
	Magomed Ibragimov (MKD)
4	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)
5	Charles Burton (USA)
6	Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)
7	Gábor Kapuvári (HUN)
8	Nicolae Ghiță (ROM)
9	Beibulat Musaev (BLR)
10	Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ)
11	Igors Samušonoks (LAT)
12	Davyd Bichinashvili (UKR)
13	Justin Abdou (CAN)
14	Makharbek Khadartsev (UZB)
15	Alioune Diouf (SEN)
16	Grégory Martinetti (SUI)
17	Tatsuo Kawai (JPN)
18	Ali Özen (TUR)
19	Igor Praporshchikov (AUS)
20	Vincent Aka-Akesse (CIV)

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