Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg explained

Event:	Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg
Games:	2000 Summer
Venue:	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date:	25–27 September 2000
Competitors:	20
Nations:	20
Gold:	Hamza Yerlikaya
Goldnoc:	TUR
Silver:	Sándor Bárdosi
Silvernoc:	HUN
Bronze:	Mukhran Vakhtangadze
Bronzenoc:	GEO
Prev:	1996
Next:	2004

See main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics. The men's Greco-Roman 85 kilograms at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre from September 25 to 27. 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.^[1]

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time

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25 September 2000	09:30	Round 1
	17:00	Round 2
26 September 2000	09:30	Round 3
27 September 2000	09:30	Quarterfinals
	09:30	Semifinals
	17:00	Finals

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools

Pool 1

	Score
	1–3		1–3
	10–0		4–0
	1–5		1–3

Pool 2

	Score
	0–5		0–3
	12–0		4–0
	4–3		3–1

Pool 3

	Score
	0–3		0–3
	0–2		0–3
	1–6		1–3

Pool 4

	Score
	4–6		1–3
	2–4		1–3
	2–1		3–1

Pool 5

	Score
	2–0		3–0
	0–3		0–3
	12–0		4–0
	3–2		3–1
	5–0		3–0
	WO		4–0

Pool 6

	Score
	2–7		1–3
	4–1		3–1
	3–0		3–0
	12–0		4–0
	11–1		4–1
	6–1		3–1

Knockout round

Final standing

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5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
DQ

• Fritz Aanes of Norway originally placed fourth, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone.^[2]

External links

• Official Report

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wrestling at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Greco-Roman . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418030543/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-greco-roman.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 6 May 2019.
2. Web site: Armenian lifter, Norwegian wrestler test positive for drugs. 30 September 2000. Sports Illustrated. 22 May 2012.