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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤54 kilograms), Men

Date	24 – 26 September 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.

The favorites were the last two World Champions. Korean Sim Gwon-Ho had won in 1998 and was the Olympic gold medalist in 1996 as a light-flyweight. Cuban Lázaro Rivas was the 1999 World and Pan American Games Champion. The two were easily the class of the class and met in the final, where Sim overwhelmed Rivas, winning 8-0. The bronze medal went to North Korean Kang Yong-Gyun, who defeated Ukrainian Andriy Kalashnykov, 7-0. Sim’s gold medal was his ninth championship at a major international since 1993.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	CP	TP
1	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	–	–	Silver
3	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	–	–	Bronze
4	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	–	–
5	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	–	–
6	Wang Hui	CHN	–	–
7	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	8	14
8	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	7	13
9	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ	5	9
10	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY	5	8
11	Ercan Yıldız	TUR	4	16
12	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	4	16
13	Marian Sandu	ROU	4	16
14	Hassan Rangraz	IRI	4	10
15	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze	GEO	3	4
16	Petr Švehla	CZE	2	5
17	Steven Mays	USA	1	3
18	Tero Katajisto	FIN	1	2
19	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	0	2
20	Jotham Pellew	NZL	0	0

Round One (24 September 2000)

Round One Pool One (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	2	0	6	8	Q
2	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze	GEO	1	1	3	4
3	Tero Katajisto	FIN	0	2	1	2

Match #1	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	decision (5-0) (6:00)	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze	GEO
Match #2	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	decision (3-0) (6:00)	Tero Katajisto	FIN
Match #3	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze	GEO	decision (4-2) (6:00)	Tero Katajisto	FIN

Round One Pool Two (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	2	0	7	12	Q
2	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ	1	1	5	9
3	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	0	2	0	2

Match #1	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	decision (2-2) (9:00)	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ
Match #2	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	grand superiority (10-0) (3:06)	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL
Match #3	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ	fall (7-2) (4:14)	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL

Round One Pool Three (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Wang Hui	CHN	2	0	6	16	Q
2	Hassan Rangraz	IRI	1	1	4	10
3	Petr Švehla	CZE	0	2	2	5

Match #1	Wang Hui	CHN	decision (8-2) (6:00)	Hassan Rangraz	IRI
Match #2	Wang Hui	CHN	decision (8-3) (6:00)	Petr Švehla	CZE
Match #3	Hassan Rangraz	IRI	decision (8-2) (6:00)	Petr Švehla	CZE

Round One Pool Four (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	1	1	4	17	Q
2	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	1	1	4	16
3	Marian Sandu	ROU	1	1	4	16

Match #1	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	decision (10-5) (6:00)	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS
Match #2	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	decision (11-8) (6:00)	Marian Sandu	ROU
Match #3	Marian Sandu	ROU	decision (8-7) (7:23)	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK

Round One Pool Five (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	3	0	11	30	Q
2	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	2	1	7	13
3	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY	1	2	5	8
4	Steven Mays	USA	0	3	1	3

Match #1	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	decision (3-0) (6:00)	Uran Kalilov	KGZ
Match #2	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	grand superiority (16-2) (4:54)	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY
Match #3	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	grand superiority (11-0) (2:29)	Steven Mays	USA
Match #4	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	decision (3-1) (6:00)	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY
Match #5	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	grand superiority (10-0) (5:59)	Steven Mays	USA
Match #6	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY	decision (5-3) (6:00)	Steven Mays	USA

Round One Pool Six (24 September 2000)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	3	0	11	31	Q
2	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	2	1	8	14
3	Ercan Yıldız	TUR	1	2	4	16
4	Jotham Pellew	NZL	0	3	0	0

Match #1	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	decision (6-1) (6:00)	Natig Eyvazov	AZE
Match #2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	grand superiority (10-0) (1:32)	Ercan Yıldız	TUR
Match #3	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	grand superiority (15-0) (4:07)	Jotham Pellew	NZL
Match #4	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	decision (3-0) (6:00)	Ercan Yıldız	TUR
Match #5	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	grand superiority (10-0) (4:49)	Jotham Pellew	NZL
Match #6	Ercan Yıldız	TUR	grand superiority (16-0) (2:06)	Jotham Pellew	NZL

Quarter-finals (25 September 2000)

Match #1	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	decision (6-4) (6:00)	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER
Match #2	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	decision (10-5) (6:00)	Wang Hui	CHN
Match #3	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	bye
Match #4	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	bye

Semi-finals (25 September 2000)

Match #1	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	grand superiority (10-0) (2:37)	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK
Match #2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	grand superiority (11-0) (2:26)	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR

Final Round (26 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	decision (8-0) (6:00)	Lázaro Rivas	CUB
Match 3/4	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	decision (7-0) (6:00)	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR
Match 5/6	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	decision (6-0) (6:00)	Wang Hui	CHN