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Welterweight, Freestyle (≤69 kg), Men

Date	29 September – 1 October 2000 — 09:30-17:00 (all days)
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Halls 1 & 2)
Participants	20 from 20 countries
Format	Round-robin pools, winner of each pool advanced to single-elimination tournament.

At the 1999 World Championships, Nigerian-born Canadian Daniel Igali had defeated American Lincoln McIlravy in the final. Both were in Sydney and expected to contend for the gold medal. They made the knockout phase but were unfortunately drawn against each other in the semi-final, with Igali winning a 6-3 decision in overtime. The other semi matched Russian Arsen Gitinov against Belarussian Sergey Demchenko, neither of whom had major international palmares. Gitinov won that match to face Igali in the final, but he was no match for the Canadian, as Igali won the gold medal, 7-4. McIlravy won the bronze medal, defeating Demchenko 3-1, which gave him his third consecutive major international medal, after World silver in 1998 and bronze in 1999.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	3	Daniel Igali	CAN	–	–	Gold
2	14	Arsen Gitinov	RUS	–	–	Silver
3	11	Lincoln McIlravy	USA	–	–	Bronze
4	19	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR	–	–
5	4	Yosvany Sánchez	CUB	–	–
6	9	Ion Diaconu	MDA	–	–
7	13	Arayik Gevorgyan	ARM	9	23
8	17	Almaz Askarov	KGZ	7	13
9	12	Yüksel Şanlı	TUR	4	9
10	2	Amir Tavakolian	IRI	4	7
11	7	Zaza Zazirov	UKR	4	6
12	8	Takahiro Wada	JPN	4	6
13	20	Cameron Johnston	AUS	4	0
14	16	Édison Hurtado	COL	3	3
15	5	Petar Kasabov	BUL	3	3
16	15	Nikolaos Loizidis	GRE	2	3
17	1	Emzar Bedineishvili	GEO	1	4
18	6	Mariusz Dąbrowski	POL	1	2
19	18	Ruslan Veliyev	KAZ	1	1
20	10	Ibo Oziti	NGR	0	1

Round One

Date	29 – 30 September 2000

Round One Pool One

Date	29 – 30 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	3	Daniel Igali	CAN	2	0	6	5	Q
2	2	Amir Tavakolian	IRI	1	1	4	7
3	1	Emzar Bedineishvili	GEO	0	2	1	4

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Daniel Igali	CAN	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Emzar Bedineishvili	GEO
Match #2	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Amir Tavakolian	IRI	Decision (5-4) (8:42)	Emzar Bedineishvili	GEO
Match #3	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Daniel Igali	CAN	Decision (2-2) (9:00)	Amir Tavakolian	IRI

Round One Pool Two

Date	29 – 30 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	4	Yosvany Sánchez	CUB	2	0	6	11	Q
2	5	Petar Kasabov	BUL	1	1	3	3
3	6	Mariusz Dąbrowski	POL	0	2	1	2

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Yosvany Sánchez	CUB	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Petar Kasabov	BUL
Match #2	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Yosvany Sánchez	CUB	Decision (7-0) (6:00)	Mariusz Dąbrowski	POL
Match #3	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Petar Kasabov	BUL	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Mariusz Dąbrowski	POL

Round One Pool Three

Date	29 – 30 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	9	Ion Diaconu	MDA	1	1	4	7	Q
2	7	Zaza Zazirov	UKR	1	1	4	6
3	8	Takahiro Wada	JPN	1	1	4	6

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Ion Diaconu	MDA	Decision (5-3) (6:00)	Zaza Zazirov	UKR
Match #2	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Zaza Zazirov	UKR	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Takahiro Wada	JPN
Match #3	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Takahiro Wada	JPN	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Ion Diaconu	MDA

Round One Pool Four

Date	29 – 30 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	11	Lincoln McIlravy	USA	2	0	7	8	Q
2	12	Yüksel Şanlı	TUR	1	1	4	9
3	10	Ibo Oziti	NGR	0	2	0	1

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Lincoln McIlravy	USA	Default (injury) (2-1) (4:39)	Ibo Oziti	NGR
Match #2	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Yüksel Şanlı	TUR	Decision (6-0) (6:00)	Ibo Oziti	NGR
Match #3	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Lincoln McIlravy	USA	Decision (6-3) (6:00)	Yüksel Şanlı	TUR

Round One Pool Five

Date	29 – 30 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	14	Arsen Gitinov	RUS	3	0	10	19	Q
2	13	Arayik Gevorgyan	ARM	2	1	9	23
3	16	Édison Hurtado	COL	1	2	3	3
4	15	Nikolaos Loizidis	GRE	0	3	2	3

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Arsen Gitinov	RUS	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Arayik Gevorgyan	ARM
Match #2	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Arsen Gitinov	RUS	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:51)	Édison Hurtado	COL
Match #3	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Arayik Gevorgyan	ARM	Grand superiority (12-2) (4:16)	Nikolaos Loizidis	GRE
Match #4	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Édison Hurtado	COL	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Nikolaos Loizidis	GRE
Match #5	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Arsen Gitinov	RUS	Decision (5-1) (6:00)	Nikolaos Loizidis	GRE
Match #6	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Arayik Gevorgyan	ARM	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:13)	Édison Hurtado	COL

Round One Pool Six

Date	29 – 30 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	19	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR	3	0	11	13	Q
2	17	Almaz Askarov	KGZ	2	1	7	13
3	20	Cameron Johnston	AUS	1	2	4	0
4	18	Ruslan Veliyev	KAZ	0	3	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR	Decision (3-0) (6:20)	Almaz Askarov	KGZ
Match #2	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:19)	Cameron Johnston	AUS
Match #3	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Almaz Askarov	KGZ	Decision (3-1) (6:25)	Ruslan Veliyev	KAZ
Match #4	29 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Cameron Johnston	AUS	Default (injury) (0-0) (0:00)	Ruslan Veliyev	KAZ
Match #5	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR	Default (injury) (0-0) (0:00)	Ruslan Veliyev	KAZ
Match #6	30 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Almaz Askarov	KGZ	Grand superiority (10-0) (4:11)	Cameron Johnston	AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	1 October 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Daniel Igali	CAN	Decision (3-1) (6:15)	Yosvany Sánchez	CUB
Match #2	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Lincoln McIlravy	USA	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Ion Diaconu	MDA
Match #3	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Arsen Gitinov	RUS
Match #4	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR

Semi-Finals

Date	1 October 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Daniel Igali	CAN	Decision (6-3) (8:14)	Lincoln McIlravy	USA
Match #2	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Arsen Gitinov	RUS	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR

Final Round

Date	1 October 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Daniel Igali	CAN	Decision (7-4) (6:00)	Arsen Gitinov	RUS
Match 3/4	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Lincoln McIlravy	USA	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Siarhei Dzemchanka	BLR
Match 5/6	01 Oct	Halls 1 & 2	Yosvany Sánchez	CUB	Decision (6-3) (6:00)	Ion Diaconu	MDA