# Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from 28 September to 1 October, and the Greco-Roman events were held from 24 to 27 September. In the freestyle 76 kg Alexander Leipold of Germany originally placed first, but was disqualified after he tested positive for Nandrolone.

## Medalists
### Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Namig Abdullayev Azerbaijan | Sammie Henson United States | Amiran Kardanov Greece |
| 58 kg details | Alireza Dabir Iran | Yevhen Buslovych Ukraine | Terry Brands United States |
| 63 kg details | Murad Umakhanov Russia | Serafim Barzakov Bulgaria | Jang Jae-sung South Korea |
| 69 kg details | Daniel Igali Canada | Arsen Gitinov Russia | Lincoln McIlravy United States |
| 76 kg details | Brandon Slay United States | Moon Eui-jae South Korea | Adem Bereket Turkey |
| 85 kg details | Adam Saitiev Russia | Yoel Romero Cuba | Magomed Ibragimov Macedonia |
| 97 kg details | Sagid Murtazaliev Russia | Islam Bayramukov Kazakhstan | Eldar Kurtanidze Georgia |
| 130 kg details | David Musulbes Russia | Artur Taymazov Uzbekistan | Alexis Rodríguez Cuba |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 54 kg details | Sim Kwon-ho South Korea | Lázaro Rivas Cuba | Kang Yong-gyun North Korea |
| 58 kg details | Armen Nazaryan Bulgaria | Kim In-sub South Korea | Sheng Zetian China |
| 63 kg details | Varteres Samurgashev Russia | Juan Marén Cuba | Akaki Chachua Georgia |
| 69 kg details | Filiberto Azcuy Cuba | Katsuhiko Nagata Japan | Aleksey Glushkov Russia |
| 76 kg details | Murat Kardanov Russia | Matt Lindland United States | Marko Yli-Hannuksela Finland |
| 85 kg details | Hamza Yerlikaya Turkey | Sándor Bárdosi Hungary | Mukhran Vakhtangadze Georgia |
| 97 kg details | Mikael Ljungberg Sweden | Davyd Saldadze Ukraine | Garrett Lowney United States |
| 130 kg details | Rulon Gardner United States | Aleksandr Karelin Russia | Dmitry Debelka Belarus |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |

## Participating nations

A total of 314 wrestlers from 55 nations competed at the Sydney Games:
* Algeria (2)
* Armenia (8)
* Australia (11)
* Azerbaijan (9)
* Belarus (14)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Canada (4)
* China (5)
* Colombia (1)
* Cuba (13)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Egypt (2)
* Estonia (3)
* Finland (4)
* France (3)
* Georgia (13)
* Germany (10)
* Greece (7)
* Guinea-Bissau (1)
* Hungary (8)
* India (1)
* Iran (11)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (2)
* Ivory Coast (1)
* Japan (8)
* Kazakhstan (11)
* Kyrgyzstan (6)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (2)
* Macedonia (2)
* Moldova (4)
* Mongolia (4)
* Netherlands (1)
* New Zealand (3)
* Nigeria (2)
* North Korea (4)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (9)
* Romania (5)
* Russia (16)
* Samoa (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Slovakia (4)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (10)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (4)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (12)
* Turkmenistan (1)
* Ukraine (16)
* United States (16)
* Uzbekistan (11)
* Venezuela (2)