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

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]

Men's Greco-Roman 85 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	25–27 September 2000
Competitors	20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Hamza Yerlikaya  Turkey Sándor Bárdosi  Hungary Mukhran Vakhtangadze  Georgia
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Schedule

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

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

Results

Legend

• WO — Won by walkover

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	2	2	0	7	15	Knockout round
2	Thomas Zander (GER)	2	1	1	4	4
3	Marko Asell (FIN)	2	0	2	1	1

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Marko Asell (FIN)	1–3	Thomas Zander (GER)	1–3 PP
Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	10–0	Marko Asell (FIN)	4–0 ST
Thomas Zander (GER)	1–5	Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	1–3 PP

Pool 2

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB)	2	2	0	6	9	Knockout round
2	Mohamed Abdelfatah (EGY)	2	1	1	5	15
3	Quincey Clark (USA)	2	0	2	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Quincey Clark (USA)	0–5	Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB)	0–3 PO
Mohamed Abdelfatah (EGY)	12–0	Quincey Clark (USA)	4–0 ST
Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB)	4–3	Mohamed Abdelfatah (EGY)	3–1 PP

Pool 3

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Valery Tsilent (BLR)	2	1	1	4	4	Knockout round
2	Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS)	2	1	1	3[a]	2
3	Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)	2	1	1	3[a]	6

Source: Official Report
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: RUS 3–0 UKR.

	Score		CP
Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS)	0–3	Valery Tsilent (BLR)	0–3 PO
Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)	0–2	Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS)	0–3 PO
Valery Tsilent (BLR)	1–6	Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)	1–3 PP

Pool 4

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)	2	2	0	6	8	Knockout round
2	Toomas Proovel (EST)	2	1	1	4	8
3	Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ)	2	0	2	2	3

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Toomas Proovel (EST)	4–6	Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)	1–3 PP
Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ)	2–4	Toomas Proovel (EST)	1–3 PP
Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)	2–1	Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ)	3–1 PP

Pool 5

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Sándor Bárdosi (HUN)	3	3	0	10	19	Knockout round
2	Martin Lidberg (SWE)	3	2	1	7	3
3	Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN)	3	1	2	4	5
4	Arek Olczak (AUS)	3	0	3	0	0

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Sándor Bárdosi (HUN)	2–0	Martin Lidberg (SWE)	3–0 PO
Arek Olczak (AUS)	0–3	Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN)	0–3 PO
Sándor Bárdosi (HUN)	12–0	Arek Olczak (AUS)	4–0 ST
Martin Lidberg (SWE)	3–2	Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN)	3–1 PP
Sándor Bárdosi (HUN)	5–0	Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN)	3–0 PO
Martin Lidberg (SWE)	WO	Arek Olczak (AUS)	4–0 PA

Pool 6

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	Qualification
1	Fritz Aanes (NOR)	3	3	0	10	25	Knockout round
2	Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR)	3	2	1	8	16
3	Yury Vitt (UZB)	3	1	2	4	5
4	Amor Bach Hamba (TUN)	3	0	3	2	2

Source: Official Report

	Score		CP
Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR)	2–7	Fritz Aanes (NOR)	1–3 PP
Yury Vitt (UZB)	4–1	Amor Bach Hamba (TUN)	3–1 PP
Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR)	3–0	Yury Vitt (UZB)	3–0 PO
Fritz Aanes (NOR)	12–0	Amor Bach Hamba (TUN)	4–0 ST
Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR)	11–1	Amor Bach Hamba (TUN)	4–1 SP
Fritz Aanes (NOR)	6–1	Yury Vitt (UZB)	3–1 PP

Knockout round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal match
	Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	3
	Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB)	0			Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	3
	Valery Tsilent (BLR)	5			Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)	0
	Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)	6							Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)	3
									Sándor Bárdosi (HUN)	3
					Sándor Bárdosi (HUN)	4
					Fritz Aanes (NOR)	1
									Bronze medal match
									Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)	4
									Fritz Aanes (NOR)	0

	Classification 5th–6th
	Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB)	0
	Valery Tsilent (BLR)	4

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR)
	Sándor Bárdosi (HUN)
	Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)
4	Valery Tsilent (BLR)
5	Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB)
6	Gocha Tsitsiashvili (ISR)
7	Martin Lidberg (SWE)
8	Mohamed Abdelfatah (EGY)
9	Toomas Proovel (EST)
10	Yury Vitt (UZB)
11	Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN)
12	Thomas Zander (GER)
13	Aleksandr Menshchikov (RUS)
14	Vyacheslav Oliynyk (UKR)
15	Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ)
16	Amor Bach Hamba (TUN)
17	Marko Asell (FIN)
18	Arek Olczak (AUS)
19	Quincey Clark (USA)
DQ	Fritz Aanes (NOR)

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