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Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men

Date	30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	12 from 12 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

Korea had won the last two World Championships in the heavyweight class, with Kim Kyong-Hun winning in 1997, and Moon Dae-Sung winning in 1999. Kim was selected to compete at the Sydney Olympics. The Sydney crowd was pulling for Australia’s Daniel Trenton, who had won the bronze medal at the 1999 World Championships. Trenton and Kim had minimal competition in getting to the final, in which Kim prevailed, 6-2.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Kim Gyeong-Hun	KOR	Gold
2	Daniel Trenton	AUS	Silver
3	Pascal Gentil	FRA	Bronze
4	Khaled Al-Dosari	KSA
=5	Colin Daley	GBR
=5	Milton Castro	COL
=7	Carlos Delgado	NCA
=7	Marcus Thorén	SWE
=9	Alexandros Nikolaidis	GRE
=9	Nelson Sáenz	CUB
=11	Yahia Rashwan	EGY
=11	Zhu Feng	CHN
DNS	Donald Ravenscroft	RSA

Round One

Date	30 September 2000 — 9:15
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Colin Daley	GBR
Match #2	30 Sep 9:15	Daniel Trenton	AUS	Final score	Marcus Thorén	SWE
Match #3	30 Sep 9:45	Alexandros Nikolaidis	GRE	Walkover	Donald Ravenscroft	RSA
Match #4	30 Sep 10:15	Milton Castro	COL	Final score	Zhu Feng	CHN
Match #5	30 Sep 10:45	Carlos Delgado	NCA
Match #6	30 Sep 11:00	Kim Gyeong-Hun	KOR	Final score	Khaled Al-Dosari	KSA
Match #7	30 Sep	Pascal Gentil	FRA	Final score	Yahia Rashwan	EGY
Match #8	30 Sep	Nelson Sáenz	CUB

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 September 2000 — 11:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep 11:30	Daniel Trenton	AUS	Final score	Colin Daley	GBR
Match #2	30 Sep 12:00	Milton Castro	COL	Referee stopped contest	Alexandros Nikolaidis	GRE
Match #3	30 Sep 14:45	Kim Gyeong-Hun	KOR	Final score	Carlos Delgado	NCA
Match #4	30 Sep 15:15	Pascal Gentil	FRA	Knock-out	Nelson Sáenz	CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	30 September 2000 — 15:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep 15:45	Daniel Trenton	AUS	Final score	Milton Castro	COL
Match #2	30 Sep 16:15	Kim Gyeong-Hun	KOR	Final score	Pascal Gentil	FRA

Repêchage Round One

Date	30 September 2000 — 16:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep	Milton Castro	COL
Match #2	30 Sep 17:15	Khaled Al-Dosari	KSA	Final score	Carlos Delgado	NCA
Match #3	30 Sep 16:45	Colin Daley	GBR	Final score	Marcus Thorén	SWE
Match #4	30 Sep	Pascal Gentil	FRA

Repêchage Round Two

Date	30 September 2000 — 19:45
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Sep 20:15	Khaled Al-Dosari	KSA	Final score	Milton Castro	COL
Match #2	30 Sep 19:45	Pascal Gentil	FRA	Final score	Colin Daley	GBR

Final Round

Date	30 September 2000 — 20:45

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Sep 21:15	Kim Gyeong-Hun	KOR	Final score	Daniel Trenton	AUS
Match 3/4	30 Sep 20:45	Pascal Gentil	FRA	Retired	Khaled Al-Dosari	KSA