| | Event type
Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men
| Date | 16 September 2000 — 15:00-18:30-20:30-22:00 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Hall 1 & 2) | |
| Participants | 34 from 34 countries | |
| Format | Two 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. | |
After winning the 1996 gold medal in this class, Tadahiro Nomura also won the 1997 World Championships. He did not compete at the 1999 World Championships, won by Cuba’s Manolo Poulot. Both were drawn in Pool B at Sydney and met in the pool final, after they had easily won their preliminary matches. It was an epic match with Nomura winning only by yusei-gachi. After that match, the final was easy for Nomura. Facing Korea’s Jeong Seok-Gyeong. Nomura won with sumi-otoshi for ippon in only 14 seconds, the fastest final in Olympic history. Nomura would win his third consecutive gold medal in this event in 2004. He then stayed out of competition for two years but returned to try to win a four gold medal in 2008. However, he did not make the Japanese team for Beijing and retired in mid-2008.
Pool A (16 September 2000)
Round One (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov |  AZE | Ippon/Juji-gatame (3:02) | Brendon Crooks |  NZL |
Round Two (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh |  MGL | Waza-ari/False-Attack (5:00) | Reiver Alvarenga |  VEN |
| Match #2 | Jeong Bu-Gyeong |  KOR | Ippon/O-soto-gari (3:24) | Nest'or Khergiani |  GEO |
| Match #3 | Bazarbek Donbay |  KAZ | Ippon/Koshi-garami (3:08) | Oliver Gussenberg |  GER |
| Match #4 | Óscar Peñas |  ESP | Waza-ari/Kata-garami (5:00) | John Buchanan |  GBR |
| Match #5 | Natik Bahirau |  BLR | Waza-ari/Tomoe-nage-goshi (5:00) | Denílson Lourenço |  BRA |
| Match #6 | Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov | AZE | Ippon/De-ashi-barai (0:52) | David Moret |  SUI |
| Match #7 | Alisher Mukhtarov |  UZB | Ippon/Kata-garami (0:18) | Francis Labrosse |  SEY |
| Match #8 | Omar Rebahi |  ALG | Yuko/Chui (5:00) | Juan Carlos Jacinto |  DOM |
Quarter-Finals (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Jeong Bu-Gyeong | KOR | Ippon/Kesa-gatame (4:16) | Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh | MGL |
| Match #2 | Bazarbek Donbay | KAZ | Waza-ari/Seoi-nage (5:00) | Óscar Peñas | ESP |
| Match #3 | Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov | AZE | Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:53) | Natik Bahirau | BLR |
| Match #4 | Alisher Mukhtarov | UZB | Ippon/Kata-garami (1:30) | Omar Rebahi | ALG |
Semi-Finals (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Jeong Bu-Gyeong | KOR | Ippon/Sumi-gaeshi (1:54) | Bazarbek Donbay | KAZ |
| Match #2 | Alisher Mukhtarov | UZB | Ippon/Kesa-gatame (4:49) | Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov | AZE |
Final Round (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Jeong Bu-Gyeong | KOR | Yuko/Uki-waza (5:00) | Alisher Mukhtarov | UZB |
Repêchage (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Nest'or Khergiani | GEO | Ippon/Kibisu-gaeshi (4:29) | Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh | MGL |
| Match #2 | Omar Rebahi | ALG | Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (2:52) | Francis Labrosse | SEY |
| Match #3 | Bazarbek Donbay | KAZ | Waza-ari/Non-Combativity (5:00) | Nest'or Khergiani | GEO |
| Match #4 | Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov | AZE | Ippon/Seukui-nage (2:22) | Omar Rebahi | ALG |
| Match #5 | Bazarbek Donbay | KAZ | Waza-ari/Seoi-nage (5:00) | Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov | AZE |
| Match 3/4 | Manolo Poulot |  CUB | Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Seoi-nage (3:43) | Bazarbek Donbay | KAZ |
Pool B (16 September 2000)
Round One (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Brandan Greczkowski |  USA | Waza-ari (5:00) | Cédric Taymans |  BEL |
Round Two (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Brandan Greczkowski | USA | Ippon/Osae-komi-waza (2:55) | Ruslan Mirzaliyev |  UKR |
| Match #2 | Tadahiro Nomura |  JPN | Ippon/Ippon Seoi-nage (1:38) | Jia Yunbing |  CHN |
| Match #3 | Marek Matuszek |  SVK | Ippon/Kesa-gatame (3:39) | Vardan Voskanyan |  ARM |
| Match #4 | Makrem Ayed |  TUN | Ippon/Seukui-nage (3:12) | Adrian Robertson |  AUS |
| Match #5 | Aydyn Smagulov |  KGZ | Ippon/Ura-nage (1:41) | Jorge Lencina |  ARG |
| Match #6 | Manolo Poulot | CUB | Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:59) | Yevgeny Stanev |  RUS |
| Match #7 | Éric Despezelle |  FRA | Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:37) | Abdel Ouahed Idrissi Chorfi |  MAR |
| Match #8 | Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili |  MDA | Hantei/Yusei-gachi/O-uchi-gari (0:17) | Juan Barahona |  ECU |
Quarter-Finals (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Tadahiro Nomura | JPN | Ippon/Kata-garami (2:15) | Brandan Greczkowski | USA |
| Match #2 | Marek Matuszek | SVK | Ippon (1:02) | Makrem Ayed | TUN |
| Match #3 | Manolo Poulot | CUB | Ippon/O-uchi-gari (0:56) | Aydyn Smagulov | KGZ |
| Match #4 | Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili | MDA | Hantei/Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Éric Despezelle | FRA |
Semi-Finals (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Tadahiro Nomura | JPN | Ippon/O-soto-gari (0:31) | Marek Matuszek | SVK |
| Match #2 | Manolo Poulot | CUB | Ippon/Ippon Seoi-nage (0:24) | Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili | MDA |
Final Round (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Tadahiro Nomura | JPN | Yuko/Seoi-nage (5:00) | Manolo Poulot | CUB |
Repêchage (16 September 2000)
| Match #1 | Brandan Greczkowski | USA | Ippon/Uchi-mata-makikomi (0:46) | Jia Yunbing | CHN |
| Match #2 | Aydyn Smagulov | KGZ | Ippon/Seukui-nage (1:50) | Yevgeny Stanev | RUS |
| Match #3 | Brandan Greczkowski | USA | Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:05) | Marek Matuszek | SVK |
| Match #4 | Aydyn Smagulov | KGZ | Ippon/Seukui-nage (4:17) | Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili | MDA |
| Match #5 | Aydyn Smagulov | KGZ | Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi (2:18) | Brandan Greczkowski | USA |
| Match 3/4 | Aydyn Smagulov | KGZ | Ippon/Kata-garami (2:28) | Alisher Mukhtarov | UZB |
Final Round (16 September 2000)
| Match 1/2 | Tadahiro Nomura | JPN | Ippon/Sumi-otoshi (0:14) | Jeong Bu-Gyeong | KOR |