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Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men

Date27 July 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPalau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Participants28 from 28 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.

Japan’s Naoya Ogawa had won the World Championships in 1989 in both heavyweight and open class. He had been upset at the 1991 Worlds by Russian Sergei Kosorotov in the heavyweights. In the 1991 Worlds open class, Ogawa won, defeating Georgia’s Davit Khakhaleishvili in the final. But with the former Soviet Union competing in 1992 as the Unified Team, only one athlete could represent them in this class, and Kosorotov was passed over for Khakhaleishvili. He and Ogawa were the two favorites, with the edge given to the Japanese. Ogawa did not disappoint early, winning his four pool matches, all in less than three minutes, two by ippon. Khakhaleishvili had been less impressive, winning his first match by ippon, but then needing the time limit to win his next three matches. But the final was dominated by the Georgian, as Khakhaleishvili threw Ogawa twice with tani-otoshi to win the gold medal in 1:04 by waza-ari-wasete ippon. France’s David Douillet won one bronze medal, but would soon become the dominant judoka in this division, winning the 1996 and 2000 Olympic titles, and three World Championships in 1993 and 1995, winning both the heavyweight and open classes in 1995. Ogawa continued judo through the 1996 Olympics, where he placed fifth, also winning bronze medals at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships. But he was then recruited to become a professional wrestler, and later turned to mixed martial arts, competing under the name “Captain Hustle.”

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Davit KhakhaleishviliEUNGold
2Naoya OgawaJPNSilver
=3David DouilletFRABronze
=3Imre CsőszHUNBronze
=5Frank MorenoCUB
=5Harry Van BarneveldBEL
=7Damon KeeveUSA
=7Ernesto PérezESP
=9Rafał KubackiPOL
=9Dame StoykovBUL
=9Elvis GordonGBR
=9Donald ObwogeKEN
=13Khalifa DioufSEN
=13Stefano VenturelliITA
=13Henry StöhrGER
=13Atif Muhammad HussainGUM
=17Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-ErdeneMGL
=17Dennis RavenNED
=17Kim Geon-SuKOR
=17Igor MullerLUX
=21Sigurður BergmannISL
=21Orlando BaccinoARG
=21Juha SalonenFIN
=21Ho Yen ChyeSGP
=21José Mario TranquilliniBRA
=21Mitar MilinkovićIOA
=21Valentin BazonROU
=21Cawas BillimoriaIND

Pool A (27 July 1992)

Round One (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Davit KhakhaleishviliEUN
Ippon/Kusure-yoko-shiho-gatame (4:37)
Khalifa DioufSEN
Match #2 Frank MorenoCUB
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:53)
Sigurður BergmannISL
Match #3 Rafał KubackiPOL
Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:02)
Orlando BaccinoARG
Match #4 Dennis RavenNED
Ippon/O-soto-gari (4:44)
Juha SalonenFIN
Match #5 Stefano VenturelliITA
Ippon/Hiki-komi-gaeshi (2:26)
Ho Yen ChyeSGP
Match #6 Imre CsőszHUN
Keikoku/Penalty (5:00)
Damon KeeveUSA
Match #7 Dame StoykovBUL
Ippon/Kusure-kesa-gatame (4:08)
José Mario TranquilliniBRA

Quarter-Finals (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Davit KhakhaleishviliEUN
Waza-ari/Harai-makikomi (5:00)
Frank MorenoCUB
Match #2 Rafał KubackiPOL
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (1:20)
Dennis RavenNED
Match #3 Imre CsőszHUN
Ippon/Ura-nage (0:25)
Stefano VenturelliITA
Match #4 Dame StoykovBUL
Yuko/Sumi-gaeshi (5:00)
Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-ErdeneMGL

Semi-Finals (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Davit KhakhaleishviliEUN
Koka/Hiki-komi-gaeshi (5:00)
Rafał KubackiPOL
Match #2 Imre CsőszHUN
Sogo-gachi (3:45)
Dame StoykovBUL

Final Round (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Davit KhakhaleishviliEUN
Waza-ari/Tai-otoshi (5:00)
Imre CsőszHUN

Repêchage (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Frank MorenoCUB
Ippon/O-soto-gari (1:40)
Khalifa DioufSEN
Match #2 Damon KeeveUSA
Ippon/O-soto-gari (2:30)
Stefano VenturelliITA
Match #3 Frank MorenoCUB
Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:44)
Rafał KubackiPOL
Match #4 Damon KeeveUSA
Yuko/Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (5:00)
Dame StoykovBUL
Match #5 Frank MorenoCUB
Ippon/Te-guruma (1:47)
Damon KeeveUSA
Match 3/4 David DouilletFRA
Yuko/Harai-makikomi (5:00)
Frank MorenoCUB

Pool B (27 July 1992)

Round One (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Henry StöhrGER
Ippon/De-ashi-barai (1:10)
Mitar MilinkovićIOA
Match #2 David DouilletFRA
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (1:10)
Elvis GordonGBR
Match #3 Kim Geon-SuKOR
Ippon/Juji-gatame (2:43)
Valentin BazonROU
Match #4 Igor MullerLUX
Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:56)
Cawas BillimoriaIND
Match #5 Harry Van BarneveldBEL bye
Match #6 Naoya OgawaJPN
Hansoku-make/Penalty (2:51)
Atif Muhammad HussainGUM

Quarter-Finals (27 July 1992)

Match #1 David DouilletFRA
Hansoku-make/Penalty (4:19)
Henry StöhrGER
Match #2 Ernesto PérezESP
Waza-ari/Uchi-mata (5:00)
Kim Geon-SuKOR
Match #3 Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Ippon/Ushiro-kesa-gatame (3:53)
Igor MullerLUX
Match #4 Naoya OgawaJPN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:28)
Donald ObwogeKEN

Semi-Finals (27 July 1992)

Match #1 David DouilletFRA
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:48)
Ernesto PérezESP
Match #2 Naoya OgawaJPN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:44)
Harry Van BarneveldBEL

Final Round (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Naoya OgawaJPN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Kesa-gatame (1:50)
David DouilletFRA

Repêchage (27 July 1992)

Match #1 Elvis GordonGBR
Ippon/Ura-nage (0:30)
Henry StöhrGER
Match #2 Donald ObwogeKEN bye
Match #3 Ernesto PérezESP
Waza-ari/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Elvis GordonGBR
Match #4 Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Ippon/De-ashi-barai (0:26)
Donald ObwogeKEN
Match #5 Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Ippon/Tani-otoshi (1:03)
Ernesto PérezESP
Match 3/4 Imre CsőszHUN
Waza-ari/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Harry Van BarneveldBEL

Final Round (27 July 1992)

Match 1/2 Davit KhakhaleishviliEUN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Tani-otoshi (1:04)
Naoya OgawaJPN