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Bantamweight, Greco-Roman (≤54 kg), 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	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	5	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	–	–	Gold
2	18	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	–	–	Silver
3	10	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	–	–	Bronze
4	16	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	–	–
5	1	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	–	–
6	8	Wang Hui	CHN	–	–
7	20	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	8	14
8	13	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	7	13
9	6	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ	5	9
10	15	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY	5	8
11	17	Ercan Yıldız	TUR	4	16
12	12	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	4	16
13	11	Marian Sandu	ROU	4	16
14	9	Hassan Rangraz	IRI	4	10
15	2	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze	GEO	3	4
16	7	Petr Švehla	CZE	2	5
17	14	Steven Mays	USA	1	3
18	3	Tero Katajisto	FIN	1	2
19	4	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	0	2
20	19	Jotham Pellew	NZL	0	0

Round One

Date	24 September 2000

Round One Pool One

Date	24 September 2000

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

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	Decision (5-0) (6:00)	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze	GEO
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Tero Katajisto	FIN
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Aleksandr Tsertsvadze	GEO	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Tero Katajisto	FIN

Round One Pool Two

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	5	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	2	0	7	12	Q
2	6	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ	1	1	5	9
3	4	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL	0	2	0	2

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Decision (2-2) (9:00)	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:06)	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Rakymzhan Asembekov	KAZ	Fall (7-2) (4:14)	Dariusz Jabłoński	POL

Round One Pool Three

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	8	Wang Hui	CHN	2	0	6	16	Q
2	9	Hassan Rangraz	IRI	1	1	4	10
3	7	Petr Švehla	CZE	0	2	2	5

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Wang Hui	CHN	Decision (8-2) (6:00)	Hassan Rangraz	IRI
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Wang Hui	CHN	Decision (8-3) (6:00)	Petr Švehla	CZE
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Hassan Rangraz	IRI	Decision (8-2) (6:00)	Petr Švehla	CZE

Round One Pool Four

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	10	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	1	1	4	17	Q
2	12	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	1	1	4	16
3	11	Marian Sandu	ROU	1	1	4	16

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Decision (10-5) (6:00)	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Aleksey Shevtsov	RUS	Decision (11-8) (6:00)	Marian Sandu	ROU
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Marian Sandu	ROU	Decision (8-7) (7:23)	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK

Round One Pool Five

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	16	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	3	0	11	30	Q
2	13	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	2	1	7	13
3	15	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY	1	2	5	8
4	14	Steven Mays	USA	0	3	1	3

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Uran Kalilov	KGZ
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Grand superiority (16-2) (4:54)	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:29)	Steven Mays	USA
Match #4	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY
Match #5	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Uran Kalilov	KGZ	Grand superiority (10-0) (5:59)	Steven Mays	USA
Match #6	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mohamed Moustafa Abou Elea	EGY	Decision (5-3) (6:00)	Steven Mays	USA

Round One Pool Six

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	18	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	3	0	11	31	Q
2	20	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	2	1	8	14
3	17	Ercan Yıldız	TUR	1	2	4	16
4	19	Jotham Pellew	NZL	0	3	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	Decision (6-1) (6:00)	Natig Eyvazov	AZE
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:32)	Ercan Yıldız	TUR
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	Grand superiority (15-0) (4:07)	Jotham Pellew	NZL
Match #4	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Ercan Yıldız	TUR
Match #5	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Natig Eyvazov	AZE	Grand superiority (10-0) (4:49)	Jotham Pellew	NZL
Match #6	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Ercan Yıldız	TUR	Grand superiority (16-0) (2:06)	Jotham Pellew	NZL

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Decision (6-4) (6:00)	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Decision (10-5) (6:00)	Wang Hui	CHN
Match #3	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR
Match #4	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	25 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:37)	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Lázaro Rivas	CUB	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:26)	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR

Final Round

Date	26 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sim Gwon-Ho	KOR	Decision (8-0) (6:00)	Lázaro Rivas	CUB
Match 3/4	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kang Yong-Gyun	PRK	Decision (7-0) (6:00)	Andriy Kalashnykov	UKR
Match 5/6	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan	GER	Decision (6-0) (6:00)	Wang Hui	CHN