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Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men

Date	16 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	27 from 27 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament.

The two dominant fighters in this class in the 1990s had been Cuba’s Juan Hernández and Russia’s Oleg Saitov, the defending gold medalist. Hernández was in Sydney but had moved up to the light-middleweight division, leaving this class open for Saitov, who was 1997 World Champion and 1998 European Champion. After a bye in round one, he had an easy bout and then faced Azerbaijan’s Ruslan Xeyirov in the quarter-finals. The bout was tied on effective punches, 10-10, but Saitov won the tiebreaker, 55-47. He won his next two bouts by comfortable decisions to repeat as gold medalist. He would return in 2004 and win a third Olympic medal, a bronze. Saitov won the 2004 European title and then retired, never turning professional. Hernández lost in the quarter-finals in Sydney in the light-middleweights.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Oleg Saitov	RUS	Gold
2	Serhiy Dotsenko	UKR	Silver
=3	Dorel Simion	ROU	Bronze
=3	Vitalie Grușac	MDA	Bronze
5	Ruslan Xeyirov	AZE
6	Daniyar Munaytbasov	KAZ
7	Steven Küchler	GER
8	Bülent Ulusoy	TUR
=9	Dante Craig	USA
=9	Francisco Calderón	COL
=9	Kamel Chater	TUN
=9	Leonard Bundu	ITA
=9	Parkpoom Jangphonak	THA
=9	Roberto Guerra	CUB
=9	Sherzod Khusanov	UZB
=9	Giovanni Lorenzo	DOM
=17	Babak Moghimi	IRI
=17	Bae Jin-Seok	KOR
=17	Daniel Geale	AUS
=17	Ellis Chibuye	ZAM
=17	Fadel Showban	EGY
=17	Mosolesa Tsie	LES
=17	Geard Ajetović	SCG
=17	Guillermo Saputo	ARG
=17	Ali Nuumbembe	NAM
=17	Rubén Fuchú	PUR
=17	Usman Ullah Khan	PAK
DNS	Tsegasellase Aregawi	ETH

Round One

Date	16 September 2000 — 13:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the second round.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 3	Kamel Chater	TUN
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 3	Ruslan Xeyirov	AZE
Match #3	16 Sep	Hall 3	Oleg Saitov	RUS
Match #4	16 Sep	Hall 3	Francisco Calderón	COL
Match #5	16 Sep	Hall 3	Roberto Guerra	CUB	Decision	Ellis Chibuye	ZAM
Match #6	16 Sep	Hall 3	Dorel Simion	ROU	Referee stops contest (outscored)	Rubén Fuchú	PUR
Match #7	16 Sep	Hall 3	Steven Küchler	GER	Referee stops contest (outscored)	Mosolesa Tsie	LES
Match #8	16 Sep	Hall 3	Giovanni Lorenzo	DOM	Decision	Usman Ullah Khan	PAK
Match #9	16 Sep	Hall 3	Parkpoom Jangphonak	THA	Decision	Geard Ajetović	SCG
Match #10	16 Sep	Hall 3	Serhiy Dotsenko	UKR	Decision	Guillermo Saputo	ARG
Match #11	16 Sep	Hall 3	Leonard Bundu	ITA	Decision	Daniel Geale	AUS
Match #12	16 Sep	Hall 3	Daniyar Munaytbasov	KAZ	Decision	Ali Nuumbembe	NAM
Match #13	16 Sep	Hall 3	Bülent Ulusoy	TUR	Decision	Bae Jin-Seok	KOR
Match #14	16 Sep	Hall 3	Dante Craig	USA	Referee stops contest (outscored)	Fadel Showban	EGY
Match #15	16 Sep	Hall 3	Sherzod Khusanov	UZB	Decision	Babak Moghimi	IRI
Match #16	16 Sep	Hall 3	Vitalie Grușac	MDA

Round Two

Date	21 September 2000 — 13:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	Hall 3	Ruslan Xeyirov	AZE	Decision	Kamel Chater	TUN
Match #2	21 Sep	Hall 3	Oleg Saitov	RUS	Decision	Francisco Calderón	COL
Match #3	21 Sep	Hall 3	Dorel Simion	ROU	Decision	Roberto Guerra	CUB
Match #4	21 Sep	Hall 3	Steven Küchler	GER	Referee stops contest (outscored)	Giovanni Lorenzo	DOM
Match #5	21 Sep	Hall 3	Serhiy Dotsenko	UKR	Decision	Parkpoom Jangphonak	THA
Match #6	21 Sep	Hall 3	Daniyar Munaytbasov	KAZ	Decision	Leonard Bundu	ITA
Match #7	21 Sep	Hall 3	Bülent Ulusoy	TUR	Decision	Dante Craig	USA
Match #8	21 Sep	Hall 3	Vitalie Grușac	MDA	Decision	Sherzod Khusanov	UZB

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 September 2000 — 13:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Sep	Hall 4	Oleg Saitov	RUS	Decision	Ruslan Xeyirov	AZE
Match #2	26 Sep	Hall 4	Dorel Simion	ROU	Decision	Steven Küchler	GER
Match #3	26 Sep	Hall 4	Serhiy Dotsenko	UKR	Decision	Daniyar Munaytbasov	KAZ
Match #4	26 Sep	Hall 4	Vitalie Grușac	MDA	Decision	Bülent Ulusoy	TUR

Semi-Finals

Date	28 September 2000 — 19:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final match.

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Sep	Hall 4	Oleg Saitov	RUS	Decision	Dorel Simion	ROU
Match #2	28 Sep	Hall 4	Serhiy Dotsenko	UKR	Decision	Vitalie Grușac	MDA

Final Round

Date	30 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Sep 19:30	Hall 4	Oleg Saitov	RUS	Decision	Serhiy Dotsenko	UKR