Finals Play-by-Play
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Heather Van Peursem (USA Wrestling)
12/09/2001
Play-by-play for the Gold Medal finals for 85 kg and 130 kg 2nd group 85 kg Gold-Medal match Mukhran Vakhrangadze (Georgia) dec. Matt Lindland, 2-1, ot, 9:00 First Period At 0:56 Lindland passive At 1:07 Vakhrangadze 2 pt. throw, 0-2 At 2:21 Vakhrangadze passive Second Period At 3:48 Lindland passive At 5:09 Vakhrangadze passive Overtime (Vakhrangadze clinch first) At 6:24 Lindland 1 pt. Vakhrangadze broke his grip, 1-2 At 7:21 Lindland passive 130 kg Gold-Medal match Rulon Gardner dec. Mihaly Deak-Bardos (Hungary), 2-0, ot, 9:00 First Period At 1:04 Deak-Bardos passive At 2:09 Gardner caution for hand to the face Second Period (Deak-Bardos clinch first) At 3:16 Gardner 1 pt. for Deak-Bardos going out of bounds, 1-0 At 4:38 Deak-Bardos passive Overtime (Gardner clinch first) At 6:17 Gardner 1 pt. when Deak-Bardos went out of bounds, 2-0