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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤58 kg), Men

Date	25 – 27 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 favorite was two-time World Champion (1998-99) Kim In-Seop of Korea, although he had a big challenger in Bulgarian Armen Nazaryan. Nazaryan had won a gold medal at Atlanta as a flyweight, when he competed for Armenia. He had since settled in Bulgaria, home of his girlfriend and future wife, and won three straight bronze medals at the Worlds and won the 1998-99 European Championships. Kim and Nazaryan were unchallenged and met in the final, with Nazaryan winning by fall in 2:47, after leading 10-3. Nazaryan continued to dominate the class for Bulgaria, winning three World and two European Championships over the next five years, and adding a bronze medal at the 2004 Olympics.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	–	–	Gold
2	Kim In-Seop	KOR	–	–	Silver
3	Sheng Zetian	CHN	–	–	Bronze
4	Rifat Yildiz	GER	–	–
5	Ali Ashkani	IRI	–	–
6	Jim Gruenwald	USA	–	–
7	Valery Nikonorov	RUS	8	19
8	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	7	30
9	Constantin Borăscu	ROU	6	14
10	Nepes Gukulov	TKM	6	14
11	Dilshod Aripov	UZB	5	2
12	Djamel Ainaoui	FRA	3	7
13	Ihar Piatrenka	BLR	3	4
14	Koba Guliashvili	GEO	3	3
15	Karen Mnatsakanyan	ARM	2	5
16	Oleksandr Stepanian	UKR	1	6
17	Brett Cash	AUS	1	2
18	István Majoros	HUN	1	1
19	Yury Melnichenko	KAZ	0	0
20	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN	0	0

Round One

Date	25 – 26 September 2000

Round One Pool One

Date	25 – 26 September 2000

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Kim In-Seop	KOR	2	0	6	10	Q
2	Dilshod Aripov	UZB	1	1	5	2
3	Yury Melnichenko	KAZ	0	2	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kim In-Seop	KOR	Decision (6-0) (6:00)	Yury Melnichenko	KAZ
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Dilshod Aripov	UZB
Match #3	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kim In-Seop	KOR	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Dilshod Aripov	UZB

Round One Pool Two

Date	25 – 26 September 2000

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Ali Ashkani	IRI	2	0	6	12	Q
2	Koba Guliashvili	GEO	1	1	3	3
3	István Majoros	HUN	0	2	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Ali Ashkani	IRI	Decision (5-1) (6:00)	István Majoros	HUN
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Koba Guliashvili	GEO	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	István Majoros	HUN
Match #3	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Ali Ashkani	IRI	Decision (7-0) (6:00)	Koba Guliashvili	GEO

Round One Pool Three

Date	25 – 26 September 2000

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Jim Gruenwald	USA	2	0	6	8	Q
2	Ihar Piatrenka	BLR	1	1	3	4
3	Karen Mnatsakanyan	ARM	0	2	2	5

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Jim Gruenwald	USA	Decision (4-3) (6:00)	Karen Mnatsakanyan	ARM
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Ihar Piatrenka	BLR	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Karen Mnatsakanyan	ARM
Match #3	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Jim Gruenwald	USA	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Ihar Piatrenka	BLR

Round One Pool Four

Date	25 – 26 September 2000

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Sheng Zetian	CHN	2	0	7	11	Q
2	Djamel Ainaoui	FRA	1	1	3	7
3	Oleksandr Stepanian	UKR	0	2	1	6

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sheng Zetian	CHN	Decision (1-0) (9:00)	Djamel Ainaoui	FRA
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sheng Zetian	CHN	Grand superiority (10-0) (2:20)	Oleksandr Stepanian	UKR
Match #3	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Djamel Ainaoui	FRA	Decision (7-6) (6:00)	Oleksandr Stepanian	UKR

Round One Pool Five

Date	25 – 26 September 2000

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	3	0	11	28	Q
2	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	2	1	7	30
3	Nepes Gukulov	TKM	1	2	6	14
4	Brett Cash	AUS	0	3	1	2

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:08)	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Grand superiority (13-2) (4:03)	Brett Cash	AUS
Match #3	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	Decision (5-3) (6:00)	Nepes Gukulov	TKM
Match #4	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Nepes Gukulov	TKM	Grand superiority (10-0) (3:54)	Brett Cash	AUS
Match #5	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Decision (4-1) (6:00)	Nepes Gukulov	TKM
Match #6	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	Grand superiority (25-0) (6:00)	Brett Cash	AUS

Round One Pool Six

Date	25 – 26 September 2000

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Rifat Yildiz	GER	3	0	9	14	Q
2	Valery Nikonorov	RUS	2	1	8	19
3	Constantin Borăscu	ROU	1	2	6	14
4	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN	0	3	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Rifat Yildiz	GER	Decision (4-1) (6:00)	Valery Nikonorov	RUS
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Rifat Yildiz	GER	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN
Match #3	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Valery Nikonorov	RUS	Decision (7-3) (6:00)	Constantin Borăscu	ROU
Match #4	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Constantin Borăscu	ROU	Fall (7-0) (3:39)	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN
Match #5	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Rifat Yildiz	GER	Decision (6-4) (6:00)	Constantin Borăscu	ROU
Match #6	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Valery Nikonorov	RUS	Dq (11-0) (3:08)	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kim In-Seop	KOR	Decision (3-1) (6:00)	Ali Ashkani	IRI
Match #2	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sheng Zetian	CHN	Grand superiority (11-1) (5:00)	Jim Gruenwald	USA
Match #3	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL
Match #4	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Rifat Yildiz	GER

Semi-Finals

Date	27 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kim In-Seop	KOR	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Sheng Zetian	CHN
Match #2	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:50)	Rifat Yildiz	GER

Final Round

Date	27 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	Fall (10-3) (2:34)	Kim In-Seop	KOR
Match 3/4	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sheng Zetian	CHN	Decision (2-0) (9:00)	Rifat Yildiz	GER
Match 5/6	27 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Ali Ashkani	IRI	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Jim Gruenwald	USA