Olympedia – Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men

Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men

Date	27 July 2021
Status	Olympic
Location	Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Participants	16 from 16 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

Date

27 July 2021

Status

Olympic

Location

Makuhari Messe, 2-1, Nakase, Mihama-ku, Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Participants

16 from 16 countries

Format

Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

Similar to the welterweight event, the heavyweight competition was won by the clear favorite, the reigning world champion, and top seed, Russian Vladislav Larin, who helped the Russian Olympic Committee to win its second gold in Tokyo. He ran through the tournament without any problems and clearly dominated the final against North Macedonian Dejan Georgievski, winning 20-9. Larin had earlier soundly beaten Pita Nikolas Taufatofua, known as the “Shirtless Tongan” after he showed off his oiled abs at the Opening Ceremony. The 37-year-old suffered another heavy defeat against Slovenia’s Ivan Trajkovič in the repêchage.

Both bronze medal bouts were very closely only won by 5-4. The second seed, South Korean In Gyo-Don, beat Trajkovič, and Cuba’s third seed Rafael Alba, beat China’s Sun Hongyi.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Vladislav Larin	ROC	Gold
2	Dejan Georgievski	MKD	Silver
=3	Rafael Alba	CUB	Bronze
=3	In Gyo-Don	KOR	Bronze
=5	Sun Hongyi	CHN
=5	Ivan Trajkovič	SLO
=7	Seydou Gbané	CIV
=7	Pita Taufatofua	TGA
=9	Ivan Šapina	CRO
=9	Ruslan Zhaparov	KAZ
=11	Farzad Mansouri	AFG
=11	Anthony Obame	GAB
=11	Mahama Cho	GBR
=11	Alexander Bachmann	GER
=11	Carlos Sansores	MEX
=11	Razak Alfaga	NIG

Date	27 July 2021 — 10:15
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 10:15	Ivan Šapina	CRO	Final score	Carlos Sansores	MEX
Match #2	27 Jul 10:45	Sun Hongyi	CHN	Golden point	Mahama Cho	GBR
Match #3	27 Jul 11:15	Ivan Trajkovič	SLO	Final score	Anthony Obame	GAB
Match #4	27 Jul 11:45	Vladislav Larin	ROC	Point gap	Pita Taufatofua	TGA
Match #5	27 Jul 12:15	In Gyo-Don	KOR	Final score	Farzad Mansouri	AFG
Match #6	27 Jul 12:45	Ruslan Zhaparov	KAZ	Final score	Alexander Bachmann	GER
Match #7	27 Jul 13:15	Seydou Gbané	CIV	Final score	Razak Alfaga	NIG
Match #8	27 Jul 13:45	Dejan Georgievski	MKD	Final score	Rafael Alba	CUB

Date	27 July 2021 — 14:15
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 14:15	Sun Hongyi	CHN	Final score	Ivan Šapina	CRO
Match #2	27 Jul 14:45	Vladislav Larin	ROC	Final score	Ivan Trajkovič	SLO
Match #3	27 Jul 15:15	In Gyo-Don	KOR	Final score	Ruslan Zhaparov	KAZ
Match #4	27 Jul 15:45	Dejan Georgievski	MKD	Final score	Seydou Gbané	CIV

Date	27 July 2021 — 16:15
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 16:15	Vladislav Larin	ROC	Final score	Sun Hongyi	CHN
Match #2	27 Jul 16:45	Dejan Georgievski	MKD	Final score	In Gyo-Don	KOR

Date	27 July 2021 — 19:15
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul 19:15	Ivan Trajkovič	SLO	Point gap	Pita Taufatofua	TGA
Match #2	27 Jul 19:45	Rafael Alba	CUB	Final score	Seydou Gbané	CIV

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Jul 21:45	Vladislav Larin	ROC	Final score	Dejan Georgievski	MKD
Match 3/5	27 Jul 20:45	In Gyo-Don	KOR	Final score	Ivan Trajkovič	SLO
Match 3/5	27 Jul 21:15	Rafael Alba	CUB	Final score	Sun Hongyi	CHN

Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men

Round One

Quarter-Finals

Semi-Finals

Repêchage Round One

Final Round