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Men's freestyle 54 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	28–30 September 2000
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Namig Abdullayev  Azerbaijan Sammie Henson  United States Amiran Kardanov  Greece
← 1996

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Qualification
	Freestyle	Greco-Roman
	54 kg	54 kg
	58 kg	58 kg
	63 kg	63 kg
	69 kg	69 kg
	76 kg	76 kg
	85 kg	85 kg
	97 kg	97 kg
	130 kg	130 kg
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The men's freestyle 54 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 28 to 30. The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the quarterfinals, semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Results

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Sammie Henson (USA)	2	2	0	7	19	Knockout round
2	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	2	1	1	4	9
3	Moon Myung-seok (KOR)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Moon Myung-seok (KOR)	2–8	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	1–3 PP
Sammie Henson (USA)	10–0	Moon Myung-seok (KOR)	4–0 ST
Chikara Tanabe (JPN)	1–9	Sammie Henson (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	2	2	0	7	13	Knockout round
2	Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)	2	1	1	4	4
3	Ivan Tsonov (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)	0–3	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	0–3 PO
Ivan Tsonov (BUL)	0–4 Fall	Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)	0–4 TO
Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	10–0	Ivan Tsonov (BUL)	4–0 ST

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	2	2	0	6	18	Knockout round
2	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	2	1	1	4	14
3	Vasilij Zeiher (GER)	2	0	2	2	3

	Score		CP
Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	9–2	Vasilij Zeiher (GER)	3–1 PP
Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	10–5	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)	3–1 PP
Vasilij Zeiher (GER)	1–8	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	2	1	1	5	9	Knockout round
2	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Wilfredo García (CUB)	2	1	1	3	5

	Score		CP
Wilfredo García (CUB)	4–1	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	3–1 PP
Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	7–1 Fall	Wilfredo García (CUB)	4–0 TO
Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)	5–2	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	2	2	0	7	16	Knockout round
2	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	2	1	1	4	10
3	Martin Liddle (NZL)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	6–0	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	3–0 PO
Martin Liddle (NZL)	0–10	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	0–4 ST
Jin Ju-dong (PRK)	10–0	Martin Liddle (NZL)	4–0 ST

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3	3	0	10	21	Knockout round
2	Vitalie Railean (MDA)	3	2	1	8	15
3	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	3	1	2	4	4
4	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	3	0	3	1	6

	Score		CP
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	2–3	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	1–3 PP
Vitalie Railean (MDA)	1–4	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	1–3 PP
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	4–12 Fall	Vitalie Railean (MDA)	0–4 TO
Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	0–7	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	0–3 PO
Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)	0–10	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	0–4 ST
Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)	1–2	Vitalie Railean (MDA)	1–3 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Sammie Henson (USA)	8
	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	4			Sammie Henson (USA)	3
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	2			Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	0
	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	4							Sammie Henson (USA)	3
									Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	4
					Namig Abdullayev (AZE)	5
					Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	3
									Bronze medal match
									Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)	4
									Amiran Kardanov (GRE)	5

	Classification 5th–6th
	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)	8
	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)	1

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
	Sammie Henson (USA)
	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)
4	Herman Kantoyeu (BLR)
5	Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR)
6	Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ)
7	Vitalie Railean (MDA)
8	Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB)
9	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)
10	Chikara Tanabe (JPN)
11	Nurdin Donbaev (KGZ)
12	Leonid Chuchunov (RUS)
13	Behnam Tayyebi (IRI)
14	Wilfredo García (CUB)
15	Vasilij Zeiher (GER)
16	Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL)
17	Moon Myung-seok (KOR)
18	Martin Liddle (NZL)
19	Ivan Tsonov (BUL)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.

External links

• Official Report

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle flyweight
1904:  George Mehnert (USA) 1948:  Lennart Viitala (FIN) 1952:  Hasan Gemici (TUR) 1956:  Mirian Tsalkalamanidze (URS) 1960:  Ahmet Bilek (TUR) 1964:  Yoshikatsu Yoshida (JPN) 1968:  Shigeo Nakata (JPN) 1972:  Kiyomi Kato (JPN) 1976:  Yuji Takada (JPN) 1980:  Anatoly Beloglazov (URS) 1984:  Šaban Trstena (YUG) 1988:  Mitsuru Sato (JPN) 1992:  Ri Hak-son (PRK) 1996:  Valentin Yordanov (BUL) 2000:  Namig Abdullayev (AZE)
1904: 52.16 kg 1948–1996: 52 kg 2000: 54 kg

• Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics