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Half-Heavyweight (≤93 kilograms), Men

Date	27 July 1976 — 14:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Vélodrome olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	32 from 32 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the winner of each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

Kazuhiro Ninomiya was Japan’s surprising selection for this category. He had been World Champion in 1973 in the open class, and silver medalist in 1975, but lost weight to drop down to this class. The 1975 World Champion in half-heavyweight had been France’s Jean-Luc Rougé. He was present in Montréal but did not make the semi-finals or the repêchage round. He lost in the semis of Pool A to David Starbrook, silver medalist in 1972. Ninomiya made it to the final, where he faced Ramaz Kharshiladze, a Soviet Georgian who had been bronze medalist at the 1975 Worlds. Ninomiya dominated the final, never being in danger, although Harshiladze avoided ippon and waza-ari. Starbrook won one repêchage for a bronze medal, joined by the Swiss, Jürg Röthlisberger.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Kazuhiro Ninomiya	JPN	Gold
2	Ramaz Kharshiladze	URS	Silver
=3	David Starbrook	GBR	Bronze
=3	Jürg Röthlisberger	SUI	Bronze
=5	Jo Jae-Gi	KOR
=5	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR
=7	An Ung-Nam	PRK
=7	Abdoulaye Djiba	SEN
9	Fahed Salem	KUW
=10	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA
=10	Johan Schåltz	SWE
=12	Fuscão	BRA
=12	Jorge Portelli	ARG
=12	Arthur Schnabel	FRG
=12	Tommy Martin	USA
=12	Antoni Reiter	POL
=12	Jorge Comrie	PAN
=18	José Ibáñez	CUB
=18	José Cornavaca	NCA
=18	Dambajavyn Tsend-Ayuush	MGL
=18	László Ipacs	HUN
=18	Willem Maduro	AHO
=18	Robert Van de Walle	BEL
=18	Paul Büchel	LIE
=18	Koh Eng Kian	SGP
=18	Tsancho Atanasov	BUL
=18	Eliudis Benítez	PUR
=18	Gísli Þorsteinsson	ISL
=18	Johann Pollak	AUT
=30	Goran Žuvela	YUG
=30	Mario Vecchi	ITA
=30	Joe Meli	CAN
DNS	Mohamed Zouagh	MAR
DNS	Henri-Richard Lobe	CMR
DNS	Jeff Sankies	GUY

Pool A

Date	27 July 1976

Round One

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Fuscão	BRA	Yuko	Mario Vecchi	ITA
Match #2	27 Jul	José Ibáñez	CUB				bye
Match #3	27 Jul	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA				bye
Match #4	27 Jul	José Cornavaca	NCA				bye
Match #5	27 Jul	Mohamed Zouagh	MAR				bye
Match #6	27 Jul	David Starbrook	GBR				bye
Match #7	27 Jul	Jorge Portelli	ARG				bye
Match #8	27 Jul	Dambajavyn Tsend-Ayuush	MGL				bye
Match #9	27 Jul	Arthur Schnabel	FRG	Ippon	Joe Meli	CAN
Match #10	27 Jul	László Ipacs	HUN				bye
Match #11	27 Jul	Abdoulaye Djiba	SEN				bye
Match #12	27 Jul	Henri-Richard Lobe	CMR				bye
Match #13	27 Jul	Ramaz Kharshiladze	URS				bye
Match #14	27 Jul	Jeff Sankies	GUY				bye
Match #15	27 Jul	Willem Maduro	AHO				bye
Match #16	27 Jul	Jo Jae-Gi	KOR				bye

Round Two

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Fuscão	BRA	Sogo-gachi	José Ibáñez	CUB
Match #2	27 Jul	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA	Ippon	José Cornavaca	NCA
Match #3	27 Jul	David Starbrook	GBR	Fusen-gachi	Mohamed Zouagh	MAR	walkover
Match #4	27 Jul	Jorge Portelli	ARG	Ippon	Dambajavyn Tsend-Ayuush	MGL
Match #5	27 Jul	Arthur Schnabel	FRG	Yusei-gachi	László Ipacs	HUN
Match #6	27 Jul	Abdoulaye Djiba	SEN	Fusen-gachi	Henri-Richard Lobe	CMR	walkover
Match #7	27 Jul	Ramaz Kharshiladze	URS	Fusen-gachi	Jeff Sankies	GUY	walkover
Match #8	27 Jul	Jo Jae-Gi	KOR	Ippon	Willem Maduro	AHO

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA	Yuko	Fuscão	BRA
Match #2	27 Jul	David Starbrook	GBR	Ippon	Jorge Portelli	ARG
Match #3	27 Jul	Abdoulaye Djiba	SEN	Waza-ari	Arthur Schnabel	FRG
Match #4	27 Jul	Ramaz Kharshiladze	URS	Yuko	Jo Jae-Gi	KOR

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	David Starbrook	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA
Match #2	27 Jul	Ramaz Kharshiladze	URS	Ippon	Abdoulaye Djiba	SEN

Final Round

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Ramaz Kharshiladze	URS	Waza-ari	David Starbrook	GBR

Repêchage

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Jo Jae-Gi	KOR	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Abdoulaye Djiba	SEN
Match 3/5	27 Jul	David Starbrook	GBR	Ippon	Jo Jae-Gi	KOR

Pool B

Date	27 July 1976

Round One

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Robert Van de Walle	BEL	Yuko	Goran Žuvela	YUG
Match #2	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR				bye
Match #3	27 Jul	Paul Büchel	LIE				bye
Match #4	27 Jul	Antoni Reiter	POL				bye
Match #5	27 Jul	Kazuhiro Ninomiya	JPN				bye
Match #6	27 Jul	Fahed Salem	KUW				bye
Match #7	27 Jul	An Ung-Nam	PRK				bye
Match #8	27 Jul	Tsancho Atanasov	BUL				bye
Match #9	27 Jul	Eliudis Benítez	PUR				bye
Match #10	27 Jul	Jürg Röthlisberger	SUI				bye
Match #11	27 Jul	Gísli Þorsteinsson	ISL				bye
Match #12	27 Jul	Tommy Martin	USA				bye
Match #13	27 Jul	Johann Pollak	AUT				bye
Match #14	27 Jul	Johan Schåltz	SWE				bye
Match #15	27 Jul	Koh Eng Kian	SGP				bye
Match #16	27 Jul	Jorge Comrie	PAN				bye

Round Two

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Ippon	Robert Van de Walle	BEL
Match #2	27 Jul	Antoni Reiter	POL	Ippon	Paul Büchel	LIE
Match #3	27 Jul	Kazuhiro Ninomiya	JPN	Ippon	Fahed Salem	KUW
Match #4	27 Jul	An Ung-Nam	PRK	Koka	Tsancho Atanasov	BUL
Match #5	27 Jul	Jürg Röthlisberger	SUI	Ippon	Eliudis Benítez	PUR
Match #6	27 Jul	Tommy Martin	USA	Ippon	Gísli Þorsteinsson	ISL
Match #7	27 Jul	Johan Schåltz	SWE	Ippon	Johann Pollak	AUT
Match #8	27 Jul	Jorge Comrie	PAN	Yuko	Koh Eng Kian	SGP

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Waza-ari	Antoni Reiter	POL
Match #2	27 Jul	Kazuhiro Ninomiya	JPN	Ippon	An Ung-Nam	PRK
Match #3	27 Jul	Jürg Röthlisberger	SUI	Yuko	Tommy Martin	USA
Match #4	27 Jul	Johan Schåltz	SWE	Waza-ari	Jorge Comrie	PAN

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Kazuhiro Ninomiya	JPN	Waza-ari	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR
Match #2	27 Jul	Jürg Röthlisberger	SUI	Koka	Johan Schåltz	SWE

Final Round

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Kazuhiro Ninomiya	JPN	Ippon	Jürg Röthlisberger	SUI

Repêchage

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	An Ung-Nam	PRK	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Fahed Salem	KUW
Match #2	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Waza-ari awasete ippon	An Ung-Nam	PRK
Match 3/5	27 Jul	Jürg Röthlisberger	SUI	Yusei-gachi	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR

Final Round

Date	27 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Jul	Kazuhiro Ninomiya	JPN		Ramaz Kharshiladze	URS