WRESTLING
Sydney Convention & Exhibition
Centre Halls 1 & 2, Darling Harbour
GRECO-ROMAN
In surely the biggest shock in the history of Olympic Greco-Roman
wrestling, the "Toughest Man In the World" was finally toppled
on SEP 27 after 13 years of invincibility.
Russia's
Alexander Kareline - 3 Olympic gold medals, 12 European championships
and 9 World championships - had not lost a bout at international level
since 1987 and has only had one point scored against him in a decade.
A fourth successive Olympic gold in the 130 kg category for Goliaths
looked a certainty. Then the unthinkable happened. American Rulon
Gardner outfought and outthought the mighty champion in the final and
the mighty Kareline was beaten at last, his awesome strength totally
spent. Gardner wrestled a perfect match and buried the greatest
wrestler in the world.
54kg |
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Kwon Ho Sim (KOR) |
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Lazaro Rivas (CUB) |
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Yong Gyun Kang (PRK) |
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58kg |
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In-Sub Kim (KOR) |
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Armen Nazarian (BUL) |
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Zetian Sheng (CHN) |
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63kg |
|
Varteres Samourgachev (RUS) |
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Juan Luis Maren (CUB) |
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Akaki Chachua (GEO) |
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69kg |
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Filiberto Azcuy (CUB) |
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Katsuhiko Nagata (JPN) |
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Alexei Glouchkov (RUS) |
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76kg |
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Mourat Kardanov (RUS) |
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Matt James Lindland (USA) |
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Makro Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) |
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85kg |
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Hamza Yerlikaya (TUR) |
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Sandor Istvan Bardosi (HUN) |
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Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO) |
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97kg |
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Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) |
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Davyd Saldadze (UKR) |
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Garrett Lowney (USA) |
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130kg |
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Rulon Gardner (USA) |
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Alexandre Kareline (RUS) |
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Dmitry Debelka (BLR) |
FREESTYLE
Alexander Leipold won Germany's first Wrestling gold medal in 40 years
in the 76kg category. The US
Freestyle Wrestling team is the first since 1948 to win no golds.
DISQUALIFIED: Leipold was disqualified on Oct 23, 2000 due to use
of steroids and the gold medal for 76kg Freestyle Wrestling went to
Brandon Slay of the USA.
54kg |
|
Namig Abdullayev (AZE) |
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Samuel Henson (USA) |
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Amiran Karntanov (GRE) |
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58kg |
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Alireza Dabir (IRI) |
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Yevgen Buslovych (UKR) |
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Terry Brands (USA) |
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63kg |
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Mourad Oumakhanov (RUS) |
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Serafim Barzakov (BUL) |
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Jae Sung Jang (KOR) |
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69kg |
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Daniel Igali (CAN) |
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Arsen Gitinov (RUS) |
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Lincoln McIlravy (USA) |
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76kg |
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Brandon Slay (USA) |
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Eui Jae Moon (KOR) |
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Adem Bereket (TUR) |
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85kg |
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Adam Saitiev (RUS) |
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Yoel Romero (CUB) |
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Mogamed Ibragimov (MKD) |
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97kg |
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Saghid Mourtasaliyev (RUS) |
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Islam Bairamukov (KAZ) |
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Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) |
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130kg |
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David Moussoulbes (RUS) |
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Artur Taymazov (UZB) |
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Alexis Rodrigues (CUB) |
Country |
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Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Russia (RUS) |
6 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
United States (USA) |
2 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
Cuba (CUB) |
1 |
3 |
1 |
5 |
South Korea (KOR) |
1 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
Bulgaria (BUL) |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Turkey (TUR) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
AZE, CAN, IRI, SWE |
1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Ukraine (UKR) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
HUN, JPN, KAZ, UZB |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
Georgia (GEO) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
BLR, CHN, FIN, GRE, MKD, PRK |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
Total |
16 |
16 |
16 |
48 |
