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Half-Lightweight (≤65 kilograms), Men

Date 1 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPalau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Participants46 from 46 countries
FormatTwo single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

The class was considered fairly open, with Germanys Udo Quellmalz a slight favorite. He was the 1991 World Champion and runner-up in 1989. In the B pool final, Quellmalz met Brazil’s Rogério Cardoso, who had little international record. But Cardoso was fighting with a purpose. His brother, Ricardo Cardoso, had competed at the 1988 Olympics. But after a disappointing love affair, Ricardo had committed suicide in 1991, and Rogério was dedicating his Olympic performance to his brother’s memory. The match against Quellmalz was tight, and Cardoso only won it on penalties, with Quellmalz having an extra chui. In the final Cardoso met Hungarian veteran József Csák, the 1986 European Champion, and a three-time medalist at the Europeans. The match went to the time limit with Cardoso winning the gold medal for his brother’s memory, using o-soto-gari for waza-ari.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Rogério SampaioBRAGold
2József CsákHUNSilver
=3Udo QuellmalzGERBronze
=3Israel HernándezCUBBronze
=5Philip LaatsBEL
=5Francisco LorenzoESP
=7Kim Sang-MunKOR
=7Kenji MaruyamaJPN
=9Dănuț PopROU
=9Pavel PetřikovTCH
=9Francisco MoralesARG
=9Jean Pierre CantinCAN
=13Štefan CukSLO
=13Ivan NetovBUL
=13Augusto AlmeidaPOR
=13Gao ErweiCHN
=17Abdel Hakim HarkatALG
=17Dikubenga MavatikuCOD
=17Assaf El-MurrLBN
=20Jimmy PedroUSA
=20Dambiinyamyn MaralgerelMGL
=20Jorge SteffanoURU
=20Sandeep ByalaIND
=24Ciarán WardIRL
=24Caleb JeanHAI
=24Au Woon YiuHKG
=24Benoît CampargueFRA
=24Sergey KosmyninEUN
=24Stig TraavikNOR
=24Ian FreemanGBR
=24Pierre SèneSEN
=24Vsevolods ZeļonijsLAT
=24Ilias IoannouCYP
=24Mansour Al-SoraihiYEM
=24Hussain Mohamed HassanKUW
=36Marko KorhonenFIN
=36Walther KaiserLIE
=36Eric BornSUI
=36Mamadou CoulibalyMLI
=36Joseph MomanyiKEN
=36Jörgen HäggqvistSWE
=36Sakor RodetCHA
=36Li GwangPRK
=36Vicente CéspedesPAR
=36Said Masoud El-AgimiLBA
=36Ekers RaposoDOM

Pool A (1 August 1992)

Round One (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Ciarán WardIRL
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Marko KorhonenFIN
Match #2 Israel HernándezCUB
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Tomoe-nage (2:57)
Dănuț PopROU
Match #3 Jimmy PedroUSA
Ippon/Tai-otoshi (1:10)
Walther KaiserLIE
Match #4 Benoît CampargueFRA
Waza-ari/Kuchiki-taoshi (5:00)
Eric BornSUI
Match #5 Pavel PetřikovTCH
Hansoku-make/Penalty (2:03)
Mamadou CoulibalyMLI
Match #6 József CsákHUN
Ippon/Ashi-garami (1:22)
Dikubenga MavatikuCOD
Match #7 Caleb JeanHAI
Ippon/Sukui-nage (0:15)
Joseph MomanyiKEN

Round Two (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Štefan CukSLO
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Ciarán WardIRL
Match #2 Israel HernándezCUB
Yuko/Ko-uchi-makikomi (5:00)
Abdel Hakim HarkatALG
Match #3 Jimmy PedroUSA
Ippon/Juji-gatame (1:05)
Au Woon YiuHKG
Match #4 Kenji MaruyamaJPN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:35)
Benoît CampargueFRA
Match #5 Pavel PetřikovTCH
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Sergey KosmyninEUN
Match #6 József CsákHUN
Yuko/Harai-goshi (5:00)
Ivan NetovBUL
Match #7 Dambiinyamyn MaralgerelMGL
Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (0:44)
Caleb JeanHAI
Match #8 Philip LaatsBEL
Yuko/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Stig TraavikNOR

Quarter-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Israel HernándezCUB
Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:57)
Štefan CukSLO
Match #2 Kenji MaruyamaJPN
Yuko/Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (5:00)
Jimmy PedroUSA
Match #3 József CsákHUN
Yuko/Kuchiki-taoshi (5:00)
Pavel PetřikovTCH
Match #4 Philip LaatsBEL
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Dambiinyamyn MaralgerelMGL

Semi-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Israel HernándezCUB
Koka/Sumi-otoshi (5:00)
Kenji MaruyamaJPN
Match #2 József CsákHUN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Sumi-gaeshi (3:15)
Philip LaatsBEL

Final Round (1 August 1992)

Match #1 József CsákHUN
Ippon/Tsuri-komi-goshi (0:13)
Israel HernándezCUB

Repêchage (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Dănuț PopROU
Waza-ari/Harai-goshi (5:00)
Abdel Hakim HarkatALG
Match #2 Dănuț PopROU
Waza-ari/Ura-nage (5:00)
Štefan CukSLO
Match #3 Kenji MaruyamaJPN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:29)
Dănuț PopROU
Match #4 Ivan NetovBUL
Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:45)
Dikubenga MavatikuCOD
Match #5 Pavel PetřikovTCH
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Ivan NetovBUL
Match #6 Philip LaatsBEL
Ippon/Ashi-garami (0:57)
Pavel PetřikovTCH
Match #7 Philip LaatsBEL
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Sukui-nage (2:18)
Kenji MaruyamaJPN
Match 3/4 Udo QuellmalzGER
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Philip LaatsBEL

Pool B (1 August 1992)

Round One (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Francisco MoralesARG
Ippon/Kami-shiho-gatame (4:03)
Jörgen HäggqvistSWE
Match #2 Jorge SteffanoURU
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Sukui-nage (2:52)
Sakor RodetCHA
Match #3 Kim Sang-MunKOR
Yuko/Sukui-nage (5:00)
Li GwangPRK
Match #4 Augusto AlmeidaPOR
Ippon/Tai-otoshi (2:42)
Vicente CéspedesPAR
Match #5 Udo QuellmalzGER
Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (0:29)
Francisco LorenzoESP
Match #6 Gao ErweiCHN
Ippon/Okuri-eri-jime (4:34)
Said Masoud El-AgimiLBA
Match #7 Jean Pierre CantinCAN
Ippon/Okuri-eri-jime (3:28)
Ekers RaposoDOM

Round Two (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Francisco MoralesARG
Yuko/Uki-waza (5:00)
Ian FreemanGBR
Match #2 Jorge SteffanoURU
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Pierre SèneSEN
Match #3 Kim Sang-MunKOR
Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:58)
Vsevolods ZeļonijsLAT
Match #4 Rogério SampaioBRA
Ippon/O-soto-gari (3:26)
Augusto AlmeidaPOR
Match #5 Udo QuellmalzGER
Ippon/Sankaku-jime (2:55)
Assaf El-MurrLBN
Match #6 Gao ErweiCHN
Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (1:50)
Hussain Mohamed HassanKUW
Match #7 Jean Pierre CantinCAN
Ippon/Kesa-gatame (1:53)
Ilias IoannouCYP
Match #8 Sandeep ByalaIND
Ippon/Sukui-nage (0:35)
Mansour Al-SoraihiYEM

Quarter-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Francisco MoralesARG
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:10)
Jorge SteffanoURU
Match #2 Rogério SampaioBRA
Ippon/O-soto-gari (2:03)
Kim Sang-MunKOR
Match #3 Udo QuellmalzGER
Yuko/De-ashi-barai (5:00)
Gao ErweiCHN
Match #4 Jean Pierre CantinCAN
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Sandeep ByalaIND

Semi-Finals (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Rogério SampaioBRA
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (2:24)
Francisco MoralesARG
Match #2 Udo QuellmalzGER
Yuko/Ko-uchi-gari (5:00)
Jean Pierre CantinCAN

Final Round (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Rogério SampaioBRA
Chui/Penalty (5:00)
Udo QuellmalzGER

Repêchage (1 August 1992)

Match #1 Kim Sang-MunKOR
Ippon/Sukui-nage (3:02)
Augusto AlmeidaPOR
Match #2 Kim Sang-MunKOR
Ippon/Seukui-nage (1:55)
Francisco MoralesARG
Match #3 Francisco LorenzoESP
Yuko/Tomoe-nage (5:00)
Assaf El-MurrLBN
Match #4 Francisco LorenzoESP
Yuko/Uchi-mata (5:00)
Gao ErweiCHN
Match #5 Francisco LorenzoESP
Ippon/O-soto-gari (4:15)
Jean Pierre CantinCAN
Match #6 Francisco LorenzoESP
Ippon/Tani-otoshi (4:09)
Kim Sang-MunKOR
Match 3/4 Israel HernándezCUB
Ippon/Sukui-nage (0:45)
Francisco LorenzoESP

Final Round (1 August 1992)

Match 1/2 Rogério SampaioBRA
Waza-ari/O-soto-gari (5:00)
József CsákHUN