Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Last updated November 11, 2025

This article details the Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics qualifying phase.

For the first time FILA introduced a new qualification system. Five qualification tournaments were held in each style. Three of the five events counted towards each nation's total at each weight class. Athletes scored points for their nation at each event, based upon their placing at the weight class.^[1]

Timeline

Event		Date	Venue
1999 World Championships	Greco-Roman	September 23–26, 1999	Athens, Greece
1999 World Championships	Freestyle	October 7–10, 1999	Ankara, Turkey
Qualification Tournaments Ranking Series	Greco-Roman^[2]	January 22–23, 2000	Faenza, Italy
		February 5–6, 2000	Clermont-Ferrand, France
		February 19–20, 2000	Tashkent, Uzbekistan
		March 4–5, 2000^[3]	Colorado Springs, United States
		March 18–19, 2000	Alexandria, Egypt
	Freestyle^[4]	January 29–30, 2000	Minsk, Belarus
		February 12–13, 2000	Leipzig, Germany
		February 26–27, 2000^[5]	Tokyo, Japan
		March 11–12, 2000	Querétaro, Mexico
		March 25–26, 2000	Alexandria, Egypt
2000 European Championships	Freestyle	April 6–9, 2000	Budapest, Hungary
2000 European Championships	Greco-Roman	April 14–16, 2000	Moscow, Russia
2000 Asian Championships	Freestyle^[6]	April 26–28, 2000	Guilin, China
2000 Asian Championships	Greco-Roman^[7]	May 5–7, 2000	Seoul, South Korea
2000 Oceania Championships		May 13–14, 2000	Melbourne, Australia
2000 Pan American Championships		May 22–27, 2000	Cali, Colombia
2000 African Championships		May 26–29, 2000	Tunis, Tunisia

Qualification summary

NOC	Men's freestyle								Men's Greco-Roman								Total
NOC	54	58	63	69	76	85	97	130	54	58	63	69	76	85	97	130	Total
Algeria											X		X				2
Armenia		X	X	X						X	X		X		X	X	8
Australia		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X		X	X	X	12
Azerbaijan	X	X	X		X		X	X	X			X	X				9
Belarus	X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Bulgaria	X		X	X	X			X		X					X	X	8
Canada		X		X		X	X										4
China								X	X	X	X					X	5
Colombia				X													1
Cuba	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	13
Czech Republic									X						X	X	3
Egypt	X							X	X					X			4
Estonia												X		X		X	3
Finland									X			X	X	X			4
France										X		X	X				3
Georgia		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	13
Germany	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X		X		X			10
Greece	X	X		X			X	X					X		X		7
Guinea-Bissau		X															1
Hungary					X	X		X		X		X	X	X		X	8
India											X						1
Iran	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X					11
Israel											X			X		X	3
Italy											X					X	2
Ivory Coast						X											1
Japan	X		X	X		X				X	X	X	X				8
Kazakhstan	X	X		X	X	X	X		X	X	X		X		X		11
Kyrgyzstan	X		X	X				X	X					X			6
Latvia						X											1
Lithuania							X								X		2
Macedonia					X	X											2
Moldova	X	X	X	X													4
Mongolia	X	X			X			X									4
Netherlands							X										1
New Zealand	X								X		X						3
Nigeria				X			X										2
North Korea	X	X	X						X								4
Norway														X			1
Poland				X	X		X		X		X	X	X		X	X	9
Romania						X			X	X		X			X		5
Russia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Samoa													X				1
Senegal						X											1
Slovakia		X	X		X		X	X									5
South Africa					X												1
South Korea	X		X		X	X			X	X	X	X	X		X		10
Sweden												X	X	X	X	X	5
Switzerland						X	X				X				X		4
Tunisia										X				X	X	X	4
Turkey		X		X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X	12
Turkmenistan										X							1
Ukraine	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	16
Uzbekistan	X	X	X		X	X		X		X	X	X	X	X			11
Venezuela														X		X	2
Total: 55 NOCs	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	318

Men's freestyle events

54 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Kim Woo-yong (KOR) Adkhamjon Achilov (UZB) Oleksandr Zakharuk (UKR) Ivan Tsonov (BUL) Tümendembereliin Züünbayan (MGL) Leonid Chuchunov (RUS) Maulen Mamyrov (KAZ) Gholamreza Mohammadi (IRI)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Belarus (BLR) Japan (JPN) Azerbaijan (AZE) United States (USA) Germany (GER) Moldova (MDA)
2000 European Championships	1	Amiran Kardanov (GRE)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Jin Ju-dong (PRK)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Martin Liddle (NZL)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Wilfredo García (CUB)
2000 African Championships	1	Ali Mohamed Abutaleb (EGY)^{[note 1]}
Total	20

58 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Harun Doğan (TUR) Alireza Dabir (IRI) Damir Zakhartdinov (UZB) Martin Berberyan (ARM) Octavian Cuciuc (MDA) Miron Dzadzaev (RUS) Eric Guerrero (USA) Andrej Fašánek (SVK)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Mongolia (MGL) Azerbaijan (AZE) Ukraine (UKR) Kazakhstan (KAZ) Germany (GER) Belarus (BLR) Greece (GRE)
2000 European Championships	1	Otar Tushishvili (GEO)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Ri Yong-sam (PRK)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Cory O'Brien (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Guivi Sissaouri (CAN)
2000 African Championships	1	Talata Embalo (GBS)
Total	20

63 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) Jang Jae-sung (KOR) Ramil Islamov (UZB) Cary Kolat (USA) Serafim Barzakov (BUL) Mohammad Talaei (IRI) Kim Kwang-il (PRK) Maksat Boburbekov (KGZ)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Moldova (MDA) Russia (RUS) Azerbaijan (AZE) Belarus (BLR) Germany (GER) Georgia (GEO) Slovakia (SVK)
2000 European Championships	1	Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Kazuyuki Miyata (JPN)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Musa Ilhan (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Carlos Ortiz (CUB)
2000 African Championships	1	~~Ahmed Houssam (EGY)~~^{[note 2]}
Total	20

69 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Daniel Igali (CAN) Lincoln McIlravy (USA) Yüksel Şanlı (TUR) Emzar Bedineishvili (GEO) Arayik Gevorgyan (ARM) Nikolaos Loizidis (GRE) Yosvany Sánchez (CUB) Almaz Askarov (KGZ)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Russia (RUS) Iran (IRI) Belarus (BLR) Ukraine (UKR) Kazakhstan (KAZ) Poland (POL) Moldova (MDA)
2000 European Championships	1	Nikolay Paslar (BUL)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Takahiro Wada (JPN)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Cameron Johnston (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Edison Hurtado (COL)
2000 African Championships	1	Ibo Oziti (NGR)
Total	20

76 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Adam Saitiev (RUS) Alexander Leipold (GER) Adem Bereket (TUR) Joe Williams (USA) Elshad Allahverdiyev (AZE) Moon Eui-jae (KOR) Plamen Paskalev (BUL) Alik Muzaiev (UKR)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Uzbekistan (UZB) Poland (POL) Kazakhstan (KAZ) Hungary (HUN) Macedonia (MKD) Slovakia (SVK) Iran (IRI)
2000 European Championships	1	Guram Mchedlidze (GEO)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Tümen-Ölziin Mönkhbayar (MGL)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Rein Ozoline (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Yosmany Romero (CUB)
2000 African Championships	1	Jannie du Toit (RSA)
Total	20

85 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Yoel Romero (CUB) Khadzhimurad Magomedov (RUS) Les Gutches (USA) Ali Özen (TUR) Tatsuo Kawai (JPN) Rasul Katinovasov (UZB) Magomed Kurugliyev (KAZ) Yang Hyung-mo (KOR)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Ukraine (UKR) Hungary (HUN) Macedonia (MKD) Ivory Coast (CIV) Latvia (LAT) Romania (ROM) Switzerland (SUI)
2000 European Championships	1	Beibulat Musaev (BLR)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Amir Reza Khadem (IRI)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Igor Praporshchikov (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Justin Abdou (CAN)
2000 African Championships	1	Alioune Diouf (SEN)
Total	20

97 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Sagid Murtazaliev (RUS) Alireza Heidari (IRI) Marek Garmulewicz (POL) Aftantil Xanthopoulos (GRE) Kaşif Şakiroğlu (TUR) Eldar Kurtanidze (GEO) Wilfredo Morales (CUB) Davud Magomedov (AZE)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Germany (GER) Ukraine (UKR) United States (USA) Belarus (BLR) Slovakia (SVK)^{[note 1]} Switzerland (SUI) Lithuania (LTU)
2000 European Championships	1	George Torchinava (NED)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Islam Bayramukov (KAZ)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Gabriel Szerda (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Dean Schmeichel (CAN)
2000 African Championships	1	Victor Kodei (NGR)
Total	20

130 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Stephen Neal (USA) Andrey Shumilin (RUS) Abbas Jadidi (IRI) Rajab Ashabaliyev (AZE) Aydın Polatçı (TUR) Sven Thiele (GER) Aleksandr Kovalevsky (KGZ) Mirabi Valiyev (UKR)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Belarus (BLR) China (CHN) Georgia (GEO) Mongolia (MGL) Bulgaria (BUL) Hungary (HUN) Greece (GRE)
2000 European Championships	1	Peter Pecha (SVK)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Artur Taymazov (UZB)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Mushtaq Abdullah (AUS)^{[note 1]}
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Alexis Rodríguez (CUB)
2000 African Championships	1	Hisham Abdelwahab (EGY)^{[note 1]}
Total	20

Men's Greco-Roman events

54 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Lázaro Rivas (CUB) Ha Tae-yeon (KOR) Alfred Ter-Mkrtchyan (GER) Rakymzhan Assembekov (KAZ) Boris Ambartsumov (RUS) Kang Yong-gyun (PRK) Petr Švehla (CZE) Aleksandr Tsertsvadze (GEO)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	China (CHN) Azerbaijan (AZE) Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) Ukraine (UKR) Turkey (TUR) Finland (FIN) Poland (POL)
2000 European Championships	1	Marian Sandu (ROM)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Hassan Rangraz (IRI)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Jotham Pellew (NZL)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Brandon Paulson (USA)
2000 African Championships	1	Mohamed Abou El-Ela (EGY)
Total	20

58 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Kim In-sub (KOR) Yuriy Melnichenko (KAZ) Armen Nazaryan (BUL) Igor Petrenko (BLR) Constantin Borăscu (ROM) Sheng Zetian (CHN) István Majoros (HUN) Dilshod Aripov (UZB)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	France (FRA) Iran (IRI) Georgia (GEO) Armenia (ARM) Ukraine (UKR) Japan (JPN) Germany (GER)
2000 European Championships	1	Valery Nikonorov (RUS)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Nepes Gukulow (TKM)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Brett Cash (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Dennis Hall (USA)
2000 African Championships	1	Mohamed Barguaoui (TUN)
Total	20

63 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Mkhitar Manukyan (KAZ) Şeref Eroğlu (TUR) Michael Beilin (ISR) Bakhodir Kurbanov (UZB) Eduard Aplevich (BLR) Riccardo Magni (ITA) Hrihoriy Kamyshenko (UKR) Park Young-shin (KOR)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Russia (RUS) Poland (POL) Switzerland (SUI) United States (USA) China (CHN) Japan (JPN) Georgia (GEO)
2000 European Championships	1	Vaghinak Galstyan (ARM)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Gurbinder Singh (IND)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Rasoul Amani (NZL)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Juan Marén (CUB)
2000 African Championships	1	Yassine Djakrir (ALG)
Total	20

69 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Son Sang-pil (KOR) Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) Vladimir Kopytov (BLR) Csaba Hirbik (HUN) Ghani Yalouz (FRA) Liubal Colás (CUB) Parviz Zeidvand (IRI) Rustam Adzhi (UKR)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Germany (GER) Romania (ROM) Sweden (SWE) Finland (FIN) Poland (POL) Azerbaijan (AZE) Japan (JPN)
2000 European Championships	1	Valeri Nikitin (EST)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Ruslan Biktyakov (UZB)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Ali Abdo (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Heath Sims (USA)
2000 African Championships	1	~~Anwar Kandafil (MAR)~~^{[note 2]}
Total	20

76 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Nazmi Avluca (TUR) Yvon Riemer (FRA) Dimitrios Avramis (GRE) Tarieli Melelashvili (GEO) Tamás Berzicza (HUN) Murat Kardanov (RUS) Ara Abrahamian (SWE) Levon Geghamyan (ARM)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Azerbaijan (AZE) Japan (JPN) Belarus (BLR) Poland (POL) South Korea (KOR) Finland (FIN) Uzbekistan (UZB)
2000 European Championships	1	David Manukyan (UKR)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Bakhtiyar Baiseitov (KAZ)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Faafetai Iutana (SAM)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Matt Lindland (USA)
2000 African Championships	1	Kader Slila (ALG)^{[note 3]}
Total	20

85 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Luis Enrique Méndez (CUB) Thomas Zander (GER) Raatbek Sanatbayev (KGZ) Marko Asell (FIN) Martin Lidberg (SWE) Toomas Proovel (EST) Valery Tsilent (BLR) Quincey Clark (USA)^{[note 4]}
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Russia (RUS) Turkey (TUR) Egypt (EGY) Norway (NOR) Ukraine (UKR) Hungary (HUN) Israel (ISR)
2000 European Championships	1	Mukhran Vakhtangadze (GEO)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Yury Vitt (UZB)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Arek Olczak (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Eddy Bartolozzi (VEN)
2000 African Championships	1	Amor Bach Hamba (TUN)
Total	20

97 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Gogi Koguashvili (RUS) Andrzej Wroński (POL) Mikael Ljungberg (SWE) Hakkı Başar (TUR) Gennady Chkhaidze (GEO) Urs Bürgler (SUI) Jason Klohs (USA) Marek Švec (CZE)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Lithuania (LTU) Bulgaria (BUL) Belarus (BLR) Romania (ROM) Greece (GRE) Armenia (ARM) Kazakhstan (KAZ)
2000 European Championships	1	Davyd Saldadze (UKR)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Park Woo (KOR)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Ben Vincent (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Reynaldo Peña (CUB)
2000 African Championships	1	Hassene Fkiri (TUN)^{[note 5]}
Total	20

130 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified wrestlers
1999 World Championships	8	Aleksandr Karelin (RUS) Héctor Milián (CUB) Sergei Mureiko (BUL) Giuseppe Giunta (ITA) Georgiy Saldadze (UKR) Dremiel Byers (USA) Mihály Deák-Bárdos (HUN) Haykaz Galstyan (ARM)
Qualification Tournaments Ranking	7	Turkey (TUR) Georgia (GEO) Israel (ISR) Poland (POL) Belarus (BLR) Sweden (SWE) Estonia (EST)
2000 European Championships	1	David Vála (CZE)
2000 Asian Championships	1	Zhao Hailin (CHN)
2000 Oceania Championships	1	Laszlo Kovacs (AUS)
2000 Pan American Championships	1	Rafael Barreno (VEN)
2000 African Championships	1	Omrane Ayari (TUN)
Total	20

Notes

1 2 3 4 Unused quota
1 2 Disqualified for doping violation, the quota remained unused.
↑ Ahmed Fahmy from Egypt originally earned the quota, but tested positive for a banned substance.
↑ Behrouz Jamshidi from Iran originally finished third and won the quota, but tested positive for a banned substance, the quota went to the ninth placed wrestler from USA.
↑ Karam Gaber from Egypt originally won the quota.

References

↑ "Olympic Qualifying for Wrestling". themat.com. 9 September 1999. Archived from the original on 1999-11-28. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
↑ "USA qualifies for the Olympics at 63 kg in Greco Roman through qualifiers". themat.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
↑ "Greco-Roman Olympic Qualifying Tournament Colorado Springs". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2000-05-10. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
↑ "Final Freestyle Olympic Qualifier standings USA adds 54 kg and 97 kg spots". themat.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
↑ "Second Day Results from Tokyo FS Qualifying Meet". Japan Wrestling. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
↑ "Results of Sydney Olympic FS Asian Qualifier". Japan Wrestling. Archived from the original on 10 April 2001. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
↑ "Complete Results of Asian GR Olympic Qualifiers". Japan Wrestling. Archived from the original on 3 July 2001. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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[no-8] 1 2 3 4 Unused quota

[DQ-9] 1 2 Disqualified for doping violation, the quota remained unused.

[10] Ahmed Fahmy from Egypt originally earned the quota, but tested positive for a banned substance.

[11] Behrouz Jamshidi from Iran originally finished third and won the quota, but tested positive for a banned substance, the quota went to the ninth placed wrestler from USA.

[12] Karam Gaber from Egypt originally won the quota.

[1] "Olympic Qualifying for Wrestling". themat.com. 9 September 1999. Archived from the original on 1999-11-28. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[2] "USA qualifies for the Olympics at 63 kg in Greco Roman through qualifiers". themat.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[3] "Greco-Roman Olympic Qualifying Tournament Colorado Springs". USA Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2000-05-10. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[4] "Final Freestyle Olympic Qualifier standings USA adds 54 kg and 97 kg spots". themat.com. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[5] "Second Day Results from Tokyo FS Qualifying Meet". Japan Wrestling. Archived from the original on 9 April 2001. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[6] "Results of Sydney Olympic FS Asian Qualifier". Japan Wrestling. Archived from the original on 10 April 2001. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

[7] "Complete Results of Asian GR Olympic Qualifiers". Japan Wrestling. Archived from the original on 3 July 2001. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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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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Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Contents

Timeline

Qualification summary

Men's freestyle events

54 kg

58 kg

63 kg

69 kg

76 kg

85 kg

97 kg

130 kg

Men's Greco-Roman events

54 kg

58 kg

63 kg

69 kg

76 kg

85 kg

97 kg

130 kg

Notes

References