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Featherweight, Greco-Roman (≤58 kilograms), 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(s)	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 Pietrenka	BLR	3	4
14	K'oba 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 (25 – 26 September 2000)

Round One Pool One (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	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 #1	Kim In-Seop	KOR	decision (4-2) (6:00)	Dilshod Aripov	UZB
Match #2	Kim In-Seop	KOR	decision (6-0) (6:00)	Yury Melnichenko	KAZ
Match #3	Dilshod Aripov	UZB	bye

Round One Pool Two (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	Ali Ashkani	IRI	2	0	6	12	Q
2	K'oba Guliashvili	GEO	1	1	3	3
3	István Majoros	HUN	0	2	1	1

Match #1	Ali Ashkani	IRI	decision (7-0) (6:00)	K'oba Guliashvili	GEO
Match #2	Ali Ashkani	IRI	decision (5-1) (6:00)	István Majoros	HUN
Match #3	K'oba Guliashvili	GEO	decision (3-0) (6:00)	István Majoros	HUN

Round One Pool Three (—)

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

Match #1	Jim Gruenwald	USA	decision (4-0) (6:00)	Ihar Pietrenka	BLR
Match #2	Jim Gruenwald	USA	decision (4-3) (6:00)	Karen Mnatsakanyan	ARM
Match #3	Ihar Pietrenka	BLR	decision (4-2) (6:00)	Karen Mnatsakanyan	ARM

Round One Pool Four (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	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 #1	Sheng Zetian	CHN	decision (1-0) (9:00)	Djamel Ainaoui	FRA
Match #2	Sheng Zetian	CHN	grand superiority (10-0) (2:20)	Oleksandr Stepanian	UKR
Match #3	Djamel Ainaoui	FRA	decision (7-6) (6:00)	Oleksandr Stepanian	UKR

Round One Pool Five (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	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 #1	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	grand superiority (11-0) (2:08)	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN
Match #2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	decision (4-1) (6:00)	Nepes Gukulov	TKM
Match #3	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	grand superiority (13-2) (4:03)	Brett Cash	AUS
Match #4	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	decision (5-3) (6:00)	Nepes Gukulov	TKM
Match #5	Makoto Sasamoto	JPN	grand superiority (25-0) (6:00)	Brett Cash	AUS
Match #6	Nepes Gukulov	TKM	grand superiority (10-0) (3:54)	Brett Cash	AUS

Round One Pool Six (—)

Pos	Competitor(s)	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 #1	Rifat Yildiz	GER	decision (4-1) (6:00)	Valery Nikonorov	RUS
Match #2	Rifat Yildiz	GER	decision (6-4) (6:00)	Constantin Borăscu	ROU
Match #3	Rifat Yildiz	GER	decision (4-0) (6:00)	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN
Match #4	Valery Nikonorov	RUS	decision (7-3) (6:00)	Constantin Borăscu	ROU
Match #5	Valery Nikonorov	RUS	DQ (11-0) (3:08)	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN
Match #6	Constantin Borăscu	ROU	fall (7-0) (3:39)	Mohamed Barguaoui	TUN

Quarter-finals (27 September 2000)

Match #1	Kim In-Seop	KOR	decision (3-1) (6:00)	Ali Ashkani	IRI
Match #2	Sheng Zetian	CHN	grand superiority (11-1) (5:00)	Jim Gruenwald	USA
Match #3	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	bye
Match #4	Rifat Yildiz	GER	bye

Semi-finals (27 September 2000)

Match #1	Kim In-Seop	KOR	decision (4-0) (6:00)	Sheng Zetian	CHN
Match #2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	grand superiority (10-0) (1:50)	Rifat Yildiz	GER

Final Round (27 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Armen Nazaryan	BUL	fall (10-3) (2:34)	Kim In-Seop	KOR
Match 3/4	Sheng Zetian	CHN	decision (2-0) (9:00)	Rifat Yildiz	GER
Match 5/6	Ali Ashkani	IRI	decision (3-2) (6:00)	Jim Gruenwald	USA