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Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men

Date	18 September 2000 — 15:00
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.

American Jimmy Pedro won the 1999 World Championships, while the defending Olympic gold medalist, Kenzo Nakamura (JPN), had won in 1997. Both were defeated in Pool A by the unheralded Korean Choi Yong-Sin, but Choi lost the pool final to Brazil’s Tiago Camilo. The final matched Camilo against Italy’s Giuseppe Maddaloni, a two-time European Champion (1998-99). The match was closely fought but in the final minute Maddaloni threw Camilo for ippon to win the gold medal. Maddaloni would win four more medals at the European Championships, but never won another major international title.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Gold
2	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Silver
=3	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Bronze
=3	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Bronze
=5	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR
=5	Jimmy Pedro	USA
=7	Ferrid Kheder	FRA
=7	Michel Almeida	POR
=9	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR
=9	Hassen Moussa	TUN
=9	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN
=9	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG
=13	Germán Velazco	PER
=13	Gil Ofer	ISR
=13	Sebastián Alquati	ARG
=13	Travolta Waterhouse	SAM
17	Sagdat Sadykov	KGZ
=18	Andrey Shturbabin	UZB
=18	Askhat Shakharov	KAZ
=18	Jarosław Lewak	POL
=18	Miklós Illyés	HUN
=22	Andrew Payne	BAR
=22	Carlos Méndez	PUR
=22	Christoph Stangl	AUT
=22	Claudiu Baștea	ROU
=22	Eduardo Manglés	VEN
=22	Ernst Laraque	HAI
=22	Giorgi Revazishvili	GEO
=22	Héctor Lombard	CUB
=22	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG
=22	Martin Schmidt	GER
=22	Tom Hill	AUS
=22	Vitaly Makarov	RUS
34	Haitham Awad	EGY

Pool A

Date	18 September 2000

Round One

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Ippon	Sagdat Sadykov	KGZ

Round Two

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN	Waza-ari	Claudiu Baștea	ROU
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jarosław Lewak	POL	Ippon	Christoph Stangl	AUT
Match #3	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Chui	Jimmy Pedro	USA
Match #4	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Sebastián Alquati	ARG	Ippon	Andrew Payne	BAR
Match #5	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Miklós Illyés	HUN	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Carlos Méndez	PUR
Match #6	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Michel Almeida	POR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Eduardo Manglés	VEN
Match #7	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG
Match #8	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon	Gil Ofer	ISR

Quarter-Finals

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN	Ippon	Jarosław Lewak	POL
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Sebastián Alquati	ARG
Match #3	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Michel Almeida	POR	Ippon	Miklós Illyés	HUN
Match #4	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG

Semi-Finals

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Ippon	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Waza-ari	Michel Almeida	POR

Final Round

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR

Repêchage

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon	Sagdat Sadykov	KGZ
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Sebastián Alquati	ARG
Match #3	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG	Waza-ari	Gil Ofer	ISR
Match #4	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Michel Almeida	POR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG
Match #5	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN
Match #6	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon	Michel Almeida	POR
Match 3/5	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Ippon	Jimmy Pedro	USA

Pool B

Date	18 September 2000

Round One

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Héctor Lombard	CUB	Ippon	Haitham Awad	EGY

Round Two

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Andrey Shturbabin	UZB	Ippon	Giorgi Revazishvili	GEO
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon	Ernst Laraque	HAI
Match #3	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Travolta Waterhouse	SAM
Match #4	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hassen Moussa	TUN	Yuko	Martin Schmidt	GER
Match #5	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR	Ippon	Héctor Lombard	CUB
Match #6	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Askhat Shakharov	KAZ	Ippon	Vitaly Makarov	RUS
Match #7	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Germán Velazco	PER	Ippon	Tom Hill	AUS
Match #8	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Hansoku-make	Ferrid Kheder	FRA

Quarter-Finals

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon	Andrey Shturbabin	UZB
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Ippon	Hassen Moussa	TUN
Match #3	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Askhat Shakharov	KAZ
Match #4	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Hansoku-make	Germán Velazco	PER

Semi-Finals

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Yuko	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Hansoku-make	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR

Final Round

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Ippon	Anatol Larukou	BLR

Repêchage

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Hassen Moussa	TUN	Ippon	Travolta Waterhouse	SAM
Match #2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ferrid Kheder	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Germán Velazco	PER
Match #3	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ferrid Kheder	FRA	Ippon	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR
Match #4	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon	Hassen Moussa	TUN
Match #5	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon	Ferrid Kheder	FRA
Match 3/5	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR

Final Round

Date	18 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	18 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Ippon	Tiago Camilo	BRA