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Men's freestyle 58 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	29 September – 1 October 2000
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Alireza Dabir  Iran Yevhen Buslovych  Ukraine Terry Brands  United States
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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 58 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 29 to October 1. 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

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Alireza Dabir (IRI)	2	2	0	7	13	Knockout round
2	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	2	1	1	4	0
3	Talata Embalo (GBS)	2	0	2	0	0

	Score		CP
Alireza Dabir (IRI)	10–0	Talata Embalo (GBS)	4–0 ST
Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	0–3	Alireza Dabir (IRI)	0–3 PO
Talata Embalo (GBS)	WO	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)	0–4 EF

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	2	2	0	6	15	Knockout round
2	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	2	1	1	5	15
3	Cory O'Brien (AUS)	2	0	2	1	4

	Score		CP
Cory O'Brien (AUS)	0–9	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	14–4	Cory O'Brien (AUS)	4–1 SP
Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	6–1	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	David Pogosian (GEO)	2	2	0	6	7	Knockout round
2	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	1–2	David Pogosian (GEO)	1–3 PP
Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	1–5	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)	1–3 PP
David Pogosian (GEO)	5–1	Andrej Fašánek (SVK)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Terry Brands (USA)	2	2	0	7	14	Knockout round
2	Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	2	1	1	5	6
3	Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	6

	Score		CP
Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	6–5 Fall	Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	0–4 TO
Terry Brands (USA)	6–0 Fall	Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)	4–0 TO
Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)	1–8	Terry Brands (USA)	1–3 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	3	2	1	8	9	Knockout round
2	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	3	2	1	7	4
3	Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	3	1	2	4	5
4	Harun Doğan (TUR)	3	1	2	3	6

	Score		CP
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	2–6	Harun Doğan (TUR)	1–3 PP
Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	4–1	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	3–1 PP
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	3–0	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	3–0 PO
Harun Doğan (TUR)	0–3	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0–3 PO
Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)	0–5 Fall	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0–4 TO
Harun Doğan (TUR)	WO	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)	0–4 EF

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	3	3	0	9	16	Knockout round
2	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	3	2	1	9	26
3	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	3	1	2	5	14
4	Othmar Kuhner (GER)	3	0	3	3	8

1. ^ Head-to-head result: UKR 3–1 ARM.

	Score		CP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	5–8	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	1–3 PP
Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–5	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	2–14	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–4 SP
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	5–7	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Othmar Kuhner (GER)	1–4	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	1–3 PP
Arif Abdullayev (AZE)	1–11	Martin Berberyan (ARM)	1–4 SP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Alireza Dabir (IRI)	5
	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	2			Alireza Dabir (IRI)	6
	David Pogosian (GEO)	2			Terry Brands (USA)	4
	Terry Brands (USA)	4							Alireza Dabir (IRI)	3
									Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	0
					Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	0
					Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)	2
									Bronze medal match
									Terry Brands (USA)	3
									Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)	2

	Classification 5th–6th
	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)	6
	David Pogosian (GEO)	0

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Alireza Dabir (IRI)
	Yevhen Buslovych (UKR)
	Terry Brands (USA)
4	Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB)
5	David Pogosian (GEO)
6	Martin Berberyan (ARM)
7	Murad Ramazanov (RUS)
8	Aleksandr Guzov (BLR)
9	Arif Abdullayev (AZE)
10	Chvitsa Polychronidis (GRE)
11	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)
12	Octavian Cuciuc (MDA)
13	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
14	Othmar Kuhner (GER)
15	Harun Doğan (TUR)
16	Andrej Fašánek (SVK)
17	Cory O'Brien (AUS)
18	Abil Ibragimov (KAZ)
19	Talata Embalo (GBS)
DQ	Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar (MGL)

• Oyuunbilegiin Pürevbaatar of Mongolia originally placed fifth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Furosemide.

References

1. "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Featherweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
2. "IOC Strips Leipold of Wrestling Gold". ABC News. 23 October 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2012.

External links

• Official Report

v t e Olympic Champions in freestyle bantamweight
1904:  Isidor Niflot (USA) 1908:  George Mehnert (USA) 1924:  Kustaa Pihlajamäki (FIN) 1928:  Kaarlo Mäkinen (FIN) 1932:  Robert Pearce (USA) 1936:  Ödön Zombori (HUN) 1948:  Nasuh Akar (TUR) 1952:  Shohachi Ishii (JPN) 1956:  Mustafa Dağıstanlı (TUR) 1960:  Terrence McCann (USA) 1964:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN) 1968:  Yojiro Uetake (JPN) 1972:  Hideaki Yanagida (JPN) 1976:  Vladimir Yumin (URS) 1980:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS) 1984:  Hideaki Tomiyama (JPN) 1988:  Sergei Beloglazov (URS) 1992:  Alejandro Puerto (CUB) 1996:  Kendall Cross (USA) 2000:  Alireza Dabir (IRI) 2004:  Mavlet Batirov (RUS) 2008:  Henry Cejudo (USA) 2012:  Dzhamal Otarsultanov (RUS) 2016:  Vladimer Khinchegashvili (GEO) 2020:  Zaur Uguev (ROC) 2024:  Rei Higuchi (JPN)
1904: 56.70 kg 1908: 54 kg 1924–1936: 56 kg 1948–1996: 57 kg 2000: 58 kg 2004–2012: 55 kg 2016–present: 57 kg

• Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics