| | Event type
Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤85 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 Turkey’s Hamza Yerlikaya, the defending gold medalist, who had won the European Championships in 1997-99, but had not featured at the Worlds since Atlanta. In 1996 Yerlikaya had defeated German Thomas Zander in the final, but in Sydney they were drawn against each other in pool one. Yerlikaya again defeated Zander, this time by 5-1, and that was his last semi-tough match on his way to the final. The final against Hungarian Sándor István Bárdosi was close, going to overtime, and ending in a 3-3 tie, but Yerlikaya defended his gold medal on officials’ decision. In the bronze medal match, Georgian Mukhran Vakht’angadze defeated Norway’s Fritz Aanes, 4-0, but Aanes fourth-place finish would not hold, as he failed a doping test and was disqualified.
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamza Yerlikaya |  TUR | – | – | Gold | ||
| 2 | Sándor István Bárdosi |  HUN | – | – | Silver | ||
| 3 | Mukhran Vakht'angadze |  GEO | – | – | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Valery Tsylents |  BLR | – | – | |||
| 5 | Luis Enrique Méndez |  CUB | – | – | |||
| 6 | Gotcha Tsitsiashvili |  ISR | 8 | 16 | |||
| 7 | Martin Lidberg |  SWE | 7 | 3 | |||
| 8 | Mohamed Abd El-Fatah |  EGY | 5 | 15 | |||
| 9 | Toomas Proovel |  EST | 4 | 8 | |||
| 10 | Yury Vitt |  UZB | 4 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Eddy Bartolozzi |  VEN | 4 | 5 | |||
| 12 | Thomas Zander |  GER | 4 | 4 | |||
| 13 | Aleksandr Menshchikov |  RUS | 3 | 2 | |||
| 14 | V'iacheslav Oliynyk |  UKR | 3 | 6 | |||
| 15 | Raatbek Sanatbayev |  KGZ | 2 | 3 | |||
| 16 | Amor Bach Hanba |  TUN | 2 | 2 | |||
| 17 | Marko Asell |  FIN | 1 | 1 | |||
| 18 | Arek Olczak |  AUS | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | Quincey Clark |  USA | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fritz Aanes |  NOR | – | – | 1 |
Round One (25 – 26 September 2000)
Round One Pool One (—)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Wins | Losses | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamza Yerlikaya | TUR | 2 | 0 | 7 | 15 | |||
| 2 | Thomas Zander | GER | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 3 | Marko Asell | FIN | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Match #1 | Hamza Yerlikaya | TUR | decision (5-1) (9:00) | Thomas Zander | GER |
| Match #2 | Hamza Yerlikaya | TUR | grand superiority (10-0) (1:55) | Marko Asell | FIN |
| Match #3 | Thomas Zander | GER | decision (3-1) (6:00) | Marko Asell | FIN |
Round One Pool Two (—)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Wins | Losses | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Enrique Méndez | CUB | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | |||
| 2 | Mohamed Abd El-Fatah | EGY | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 3 | Quincey Clark | USA | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Match #1 | Luis Enrique Méndez | CUB | decision (4-3) (6:00) | Mohamed Abd El-Fatah | EGY |
| Match #2 | Luis Enrique Méndez | CUB | decision (5-0) (6:00) | Quincey Clark | USA |
| Match #3 | Mohamed Abd El-Fatah | EGY | grand superiority (12-0) (3:32) | Quincey Clark | USA |
Round One Pool Three (—)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Wins | Losses | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valery Tsylents | BLR | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 2 | Aleksandr Menshchikov | RUS | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 3 | V'iacheslav Oliynyk | UKR | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Match #1 | Valery Tsylents | BLR | decision (3-0) (6:00) | Aleksandr Menshchikov | RUS |
| Match #2 | Aleksandr Menshchikov | RUS | decision (2-0) (9:00) | V'iacheslav Oliynyk | UKR |
| Match #3 | V'iacheslav Oliynyk | UKR | decision (6-1) (6:00) | Valery Tsylents | BLR |
Round One Pool Four (—)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Wins | Losses | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mukhran Vakht'angadze | GEO | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |||
| 2 | Toomas Proovel | EST | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Raatbek Sanatbayev | KGZ | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Match #1 | Mukhran Vakht'angadze | GEO | decision (6-4) (7:54) | Toomas Proovel | EST |
| Match #2 | Mukhran Vakht'angadze | GEO | decision (2-1) (9:00) | Raatbek Sanatbayev | KGZ |
| Match #3 | Toomas Proovel | EST | decision (4-2) (6:21) | Raatbek Sanatbayev | KGZ |
Round One Pool Five (—)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Wins | Losses | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sándor István Bárdosi | HUN | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | |||
| 2 | Martin Lidberg | SWE | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 3 | Eddy Bartolozzi | VEN | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 4 | Arek Olczak | AUS | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Match #1 | Sándor István Bárdosi | HUN | decision (2-0) (9:00) | Martin Lidberg | SWE |
| Match #2 | Sándor István Bárdosi | HUN | decision (5-0) (6:00) | Eddy Bartolozzi | VEN |
| Match #3 | Sándor István Bárdosi | HUN | grand superiority (12-0) (2:32) | Arek Olczak | AUS |
| Match #4 | Martin Lidberg | SWE | decision (3-2) (6:18) | Eddy Bartolozzi | VEN |
| Match #5 | Martin Lidberg | SWE | default (injury) (0-0) (0:00) | Arek Olczak | AUS |
| Match #6 | Eddy Bartolozzi | VEN | decision (3-0) (6:00) | Arek Olczak | AUS |
Round One Pool Six (—)
| Pos | Competitor(s) | NOC | Wins | Losses | CP | TP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gotcha Tsitsiashvili | ISR | 2 | 1 | 8 | 16 | |||
| 2 | Yury Vitt | UZB | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 3 | Amor Bach Hanba | TUN | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Fritz Aanes | NOR | [3] | [0] | [10] | [25] |
| Match #1 2 | Fritz Aanes | NOR 3 | decision (7-2) (6:00) | Gotcha Tsitsiashvili | ISR |
| Match #2 4 | Fritz Aanes | NOR 5 | decision (6-1) (6:00) | Yury Vitt | UZB |
| Match #3 6 | Fritz Aanes | NOR 7 | grand superiority (12-0) (2:14) | Amor Bach Hanba | TUN |
| Match #4 | Gotcha Tsitsiashvili | ISR | decision (3-0) (6:00) | Yury Vitt | UZB |
| Match #5 | Gotcha Tsitsiashvili | ISR | grand superiority (11-1) (4:39) | Amor Bach Hanba | TUN |
| Match #6 | Yury Vitt | UZB | decision (4-1) (6:00) | Amor Bach Hanba | TUN |
Quarter-finals (27 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Hamza Yerlikaya | TUR | decision (3-0) (6:00) | Luis Enrique Méndez | CUB |
| Match #2 | Mukhran Vakht'angadze | GEO | decision (6-5) (6:00) | Valery Tsylents | BLR |
| Match #3 | Sándor István Bárdosi | HUN | bye | ||
| Match #4 8 | Fritz Aanes | NOR 9 | bye |
Semi-finals (27 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Hamza Yerlikaya | TUR | decision (3-0) (6:00) | Mukhran Vakht'angadze | GEO |
| Match #2 10 | Sándor István Bárdosi | HUN | decision (4-1) (6:00) | Fritz Aanes | NOR 11 |
Final Round (27 September 2000)
| Match 1/2 | Hamza Yerlikaya | TUR | decision (3-3) (9:00) | Sándor István Bárdosi | HUN |
| Match 3/4 12 | Mukhran Vakht'angadze | GEO | decision (4-0) (6:00) | Fritz Aanes | NOR 13 |
| Match 5/6 | Valery Tsylents | BLR | decision (4-0) (6:00) | Luis Enrique Méndez | CUB |