Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 28 September to 1 October 2000 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
The wrestling program changed at these Games with the number of events in each style reduced from 10 over the past seven quadrennial cycles to 8. This format instituted an attempt to reduce the number of overall competitors at the Olympics and necessitated the changes in most of the weight class limits.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
6 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 |  United States |
2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 |  Cuba |
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  South Korea |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Turkey |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Azerbaijan |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Canada |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Iran |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Ukraine |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 |  Hungary |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Japan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Georgia |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  Belarus |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 China |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Greece |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Macedonia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 North Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Greco-Roman[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 kg | Sim Kwon-ho
|
Lazaro Rivas
|
Kang Yong Gyun
|
| 58 kg | Armen Nazarian
|
Kim In-sub
|
Sheng Zetian
|
| 63 kg | Varteres Samourgachev
|
Juan Luis Maren
|
Akaki Chachua
|
| 69 kg | Filiberto Azcuy
|
Katsuhiko Nagata
|
Alexei Glouchkov
|
| 76 kg | Mourat Kardanov
|
Matt James Lindland
|
Marko Yli-Hannuksela
|
| 85 kg | Hamza Yerlikaya
|
Sandor Istvan Bardosi
|
Mukhran Vakhtangadze
|
| 97 kg | Mikael Ljungberg
|
Davyd Saldadze
|
Garrett Lowney
|
| 130 kg | Rulon Gardner
|
Alexandre Kareline
|
Dmitry Debelka
|
Freestyle[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 54 kg | Namig Abdullayev
|
Samuel Henson
|
Amiran Karntanov
|
| 58 kg | Alireza Dabir
|
Yevgen Buslovych
|
Terry Brands
|
| 63 kg | Mourad Oumakhanov
|
Serafim Barzakov
|
Jang Jae-sung
|
| 69 kg | Daniel Igali
|
Arsen Gitinov
|
Lincoln McIlravy
|
| 76 kg | Brandon Slay
|
Moon Eui-jae
|
Adem Bereket
|
| 85 kg | Adam Saitiev
|
Yoel Romero
|
Mogamed Ibragimov
|
| 97 kg | Saghid Mourtasaliyev
|
Islam Bairamukov
|
Eldar Kurtanidze
|
| 130 kg | David Moussoulbes
|
Artur Taymazov
|
Alexis Rodriguez
|
Statistics[]
- There were 314 total athletes from 55 countries.
- Abil Ibragimov was the youngest participant with 19 years and 110 days.
- Rafael Samurgashev was the oldest participant with 37 years and 60 days.
- 9 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Turkey won 2 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Azerbaijan and Canada won their first-ever gold medal in the sport.
- Hungary won its first medal in the sport since Barcelona 1992.
- Sweden won its first gold medal in the sport since Helsinki 1952.
- Macedonia won its first-ever Olympic medal and its only medal of Sydney 2000.
- Uzbekistan won its first-ever medal in the sport since the dissolution from the Soviet Union.
- Germany did not win a single medal for the first time in the sport since the country's reunification in 1990.
