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Men's freestyle 97 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
Sagid Murtazaliev  Russia Islam Bayramukov  Kazakhstan Eldar Kurtanidze  Georgia
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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 97 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

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	2	2	0	7	14	Knockout round
2	Arawat Sabejew (GER)	2	1	1	4	6
3	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	1–11	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1–4 SP
Arawat Sabejew (GER)	5–1	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)	3–1 PP
Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	3–1	Arawat Sabejew (GER)	3–1 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	2	2	0	6	13	Knockout round
2	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	2	1	1	4	5
3	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	2	0	2	2	4

	Score		CP
Alireza Heidari (IRI)	7–1	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	3–1 PP
Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	1–6	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	1–3 PP
Rolf Scherrer (SUI)	4–3	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	2	2	0	6	7	Knockout round
2	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	2	1	1	3	5
3	Melvin Douglas (USA)	2	0	2	2	2

	Score		CP
Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	4–0	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	3–0 PO
Melvin Douglas (USA)	1–3	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	1–3 PP
Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)	5–1	Melvin Douglas (USA)	3–1 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	2	2	0	6	7	Knockout round
2	George Torchinava (NED)	2	1	1	4	14
3	Victor Kodei (NGR)	2	0	2	2	4

	Score		CP
Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	4–1	Victor Kodei (NGR)	3–1 PP
George Torchinava (NED)	0–3	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	0–3 PO
Victor Kodei (NGR)	3–14	George Torchinava (NED)	1–4 SP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	2	1	1	3	3	Knockout round
2	Davud Magomedov (AZE)	2	1	1	3	3
3	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	2	1	1	3	2

1. ^ Head-to-head result: KAZ 3–0 AZE.

	Score		CP
Davud Magomedov (AZE)	0–3	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	0–3 PO
Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	0–3	Davud Magomedov (AZE)	0–3 PO
Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	0–2	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)	0–3 PO

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	3	3	0	9	9	Knockout round
2	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	3	2	1	7	14
3	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	3	1	2	3	4
4	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3	0	3	1	2

	Score		CP
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	7–0	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	3–0 PO
Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	0–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	5–0	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3–0 PO
Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	0–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	0–3 PO
Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)	2–3	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	1–3 PP
Gabriel Szerda (AUS)	4–2	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)	0			Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	1
	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	5			Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	3
	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	0							Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)	6
									Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	0
					Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)	3
					Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	0
									Bronze medal match
									Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)	4
									Marek Garmulewicz (POL)	1

	Classification 5th–6th
	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)	WO

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS)
	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)
	Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO)
4	Marek Garmulewicz (POL)
5	Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE)
6	Alireza Heidari (IRI)
7	Aleksandr Shemarov (BLR)
8	George Torchinava (NED)
9	Arawat Sabejew (GER)
10	Rolf Scherrer (SUI)
11	Vadim Tasoyev (UKR)
12	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)
13	Davud Magomedov (AZE)
14	Wilfredo Morales (CUB)
15	Victor Kodei (NGR)
16	Ahmet Doğu (TUR)
17	Ričardas Pauliukonis (LTU)
18	Melvin Douglas (USA)
19	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)

References

1. "Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

External links

• Official Report

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1904:  Bernhoff Hansen (USA) 1908:  Con O'Kelly (GBR) 1920:  Robert Roth (SUI) 1924:  Harry Steel (USA) 1928:  Johan Richthoff (SWE) 1932:  Johan Richthoff (SWE) 1936:  Kristjan Palusalu (EST) 1948:  Gyula Bóbis (HUN) 1952:  Arsen Mekokishvili (URS) 1956:  Hamit Kaplan (TUR) 1960:  Wilfried Dietrich (EUA) 1964:  Aleksandr Ivanitsky (URS) 1968:  Aleksandr Medved (URS) 1972:  Ivan Yarygin (URS) 1976:  Ivan Yarygin (URS) 1980:  Ilya Mate (URS) 1984:  Lou Banach (USA) 1988:  Vasile Pușcașu (ROM) 1992:  Leri Khabelov (EUN) 1996:  Kurt Angle (USA) 2000:  Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS) 2004:  Khadzhimurat Gatsalov (RUS) 2008:  Shirvani Muradov (RUS) 2012:  Jake Varner (USA) 2016:  Kyle Snyder (USA) 2020:  Abdulrashid Sadulaev (ROC) 2024:  Akhmed Tazhudinov (BRN)
1904: +71.67 kg 1908: +73 kg 1920: +82.5 kg 1924–1960: +87 kg 1964–1968: +97 kg 1972–1996: 100 kg 2000: 97 kg 2004–2012: 96 kg 2016–present: 97 kg

• Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics