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Heavyweight, Greco-Roman (≤97 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.

This class did have an overwhelming favorite but it would not do him much good. Russian Gogi Koguashvili had won the last three World Championships but in pool three he opened against unknown American Garrett Lowney, who cared little for his reputation. The match went to overtime when Lowney threw Koguashvili to win a major upset. Lowney went to the semis, where he was handily defeated, 8-1, by Sweden’s Mikael Ljungberg, the 1996 Olympic bronze medalist and twice a World Champion. Ljungberg then met Ukrainian Davyd Soldadze in the final with Ljungberg winning a narrow victory, 2-1. Ljungberg would later suffer from mental illness and committed suicide in 2004 while undergoing treatment for depression.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	CP	TP
1	2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	–	–	Gold
2	19	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	–	–	Silver
3	7	Garrett Lowney	USA	–	–	Bronze
4	13	Kostas Thanos	GRE	–	–
5	10	Gennady Chkhaidze	GEO	–	–
6	5	Sergey Matviyenko	KAZ	–	–
7	16	Urs Bürgler	SUI	7	12
8	17	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	6	9
9	18	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	6	13
10	14	Park U	KOR	4	11
11	1	Petru Sudureac	ROU	4	8
12	9	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS	4	6
13	11	Andrzej Wroński	POL	3	7
14	6	Rafayel Samurgashev	ARM	3	1
15	4	Reynaldo Peña	CUB	3	1
16	12	Hakkı Başar	TUR	2	3
17	20	Hassan Fkiri	TUN	1	3
18	8	Marek Švec	CZE	1	2
19	3	Ali Mollov	BUL	1	1
20	15	Ben Vincent	AUS	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	2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	2	0	7	13	Q
2	1	Petru Sudureac	ROU	1	1	4	8
3	3	Ali Mollov	BUL	0	2	1	1

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Decision (3-2) (7:50)	Petru Sudureac	ROU
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Grand superiority (10-0) (1:40)	Ali Mollov	BUL
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Petru Sudureac	ROU	Decision (6-1) (6:00)	Ali Mollov	BUL

Round One Pool Two

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	5	Sergey Matviyenko	KAZ	1	1	3	6	Q
2	6	Rafayel Samurgashev	ARM	1	1	3	1
3	4	Reynaldo Peña	CUB	1	1	3	1

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Sergey Matviyenko	KAZ	Decision (6-0) (6:00)	Rafayel Samurgashev	ARM
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Rafayel Samurgashev	ARM	Decision (1-0) (9:00)	Reynaldo Peña	CUB
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Reynaldo Peña	CUB	Decision (1-0) (9:00)	Sergey Matviyenko	KAZ

Round One Pool Three

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	7	Garrett Lowney	USA	2	0	6	10	Q
2	9	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS	1	1	4	6
3	8	Marek Švec	CZE	0	2	1	2

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Garrett Lowney	USA	Decision (8-3) (5:50)	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Garrett Lowney	USA	Decision (2-0) (9:00)	Marek Švec	CZE
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Gogi Koguashvili	RUS	Decision (3-2) (6:00)	Marek Švec	CZE

Round One Pool Four

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	10	Gennady Chkhaidze	GEO	2	0	6	6	Q
2	11	Andrzej Wroński	POL	1	1	3	7
3	12	Hakkı Başar	TUR	0	2	2	3

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Gennady Chkhaidze	GEO	Decision (2-0) (9:00)	Andrzej Wroński	POL
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Gennady Chkhaidze	GEO	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Hakkı Başar	TUR
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Andrzej Wroński	POL	Decision (7-1) (6:00)	Hakkı Başar	TUR

Round One Pool Five

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	13	Kostas Thanos	GRE	3	0	10	18	Q
2	16	Urs Bürgler	SUI	2	1	7	12
3	14	Park U	KOR	1	2	4	11
4	15	Ben Vincent	AUS	0	3	0	0

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kostas Thanos	GRE	Decision (4-0) (6:00)	Urs Bürgler	SUI
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kostas Thanos	GRE	Decision (3-0) (6:00)	Park U	KOR
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kostas Thanos	GRE	Grand superiority (11-0) (4:55)	Ben Vincent	AUS
Match #4	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Urs Bürgler	SUI	Decision (1-0) (9:00)	Park U	KOR
Match #5	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Urs Bürgler	SUI	Grand superiority (11-0) (2:17)	Ben Vincent	AUS
Match #6	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Park U	KOR	Grand superiority (11-0) (4:11)	Ben Vincent	AUS

Round One Pool Six

Date	24 September 2000

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Wins	Losses	CP	TP
1	19	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	3	0	9	16	Q
2	17	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	2	1	6	9
3	18	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	1	2	6	13
4	20	Hassan Fkiri	TUN	0	3	1	3

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	Decision (2-0) (9:00)	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU
Match #2	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	Decision (5-2) (6:00)	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR
Match #3	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	Decision (9-0) (6:00)	Hassan Fkiri	TUN
Match #4	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	Decision (3-1) (7:56)	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR
Match #5	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mindaugas Ežerskis	LTU	Decision (6-3) (6:00)	Hassan Fkiri	TUN
Match #6	24 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Siarhei Lishtvan	BLR	Grand superiority (10-0) (5:08)	Hassan Fkiri	TUN

Quarter-Finals

Date	25 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Decision (5-0) (6:00)	Sergey Matviyenko	KAZ
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Garrett Lowney	USA	Decision (2-0) (9:00)	Gennady Chkhaidze	GEO
Match #3	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Kostas Thanos	GRE
Match #4	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Davyd Soldadze	UKR

Semi-Finals

Date	25 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Decision (8-1) (6:00)	Garrett Lowney	USA
Match #2	25 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Davyd Soldadze	UKR	Decision (4-2) (6:00)	Kostas Thanos	GRE

Final Round

Date	26 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Mikael Ljungberg	SWE	Decision (2-1) (9:00)	Davyd Soldadze	UKR
Match 3/4	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Garrett Lowney	USA	Decision (3-1) (6:53)	Kostas Thanos	GRE
Match 5/6	26 Sep	Halls 1 & 2	Gennady Chkhaidze	GEO	Decision (1-1) (9:00)	Sergey Matviyenko	KAZ