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Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men

Date14 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants33 from 33 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.

Tadahiro Nomura had won the gold medal in this class in 1996 and 2000. But in 2001 he married former model Yoko Sakai, and competed less in the ensuing years. In 2003, he won the All-Japan Championships for the first time in three years, advancing to the World Championships, where he won what was for him a disappointing bronze. He was expected to be challenged in Athina by Great Britain’s Craig Fallon, runner-up at the 2003 World Championships, who would win that title in 2005. But Fallon lost in the pool quarters and Nomura went on to dominate the event thru the early rounds. In the final he defeated Georgia’s Nest’or Khergiani by decision to become the first judoka to win three consecutive gold medals at the Olympics. Nomura did not compete again until 2006 when he announced his intention to win a fourth gold medal in Beijing. He won the 2006 All-Japan title, his sixth in that event, but eventually did not qualify for the 2008 Olympics and retired just before they started.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Tadahiro NomuraJPNGold
2Nest'or KhergianiGEOSilver
=3Khashbaataryn TsagaanbaatarMGLBronze
=3Choi Min-HoKORBronze
=5Kenji UematsuESP
=5Masoud Haji AkhondzadehIRI
=7Revaz ZintiridisGRE
=7Oliver GussenbergGER
ACCristóbal AburtoMEX
ACYounes AhamdiMAR
ACMiguel AlbarracínARG
ACReiver AlvarengaVEN
ACJean-Claude CamerounCMR
ACBenjamin DarbeletFRA
ACBazarbek DonbayKAZ
ACCraig FallonGBR
ACDavid FernándezCRC
ACScott FernandisAUS
ACFrancis LabrosseSEY
ACModesto LaraDOM
ACAlexandre LeeBRA
ACAnis LounifiTUN
ACArmen NazaryanARM
ACSiarhei NovikauBLR
ACLudwig PaischerAUT
ACPak Nam-CholPRK
ACOmar RebahiALG
ACAkram ShahIND
ACYevgeny StanevRUS
ACAlbert TechovLTU
ACTaraje Williams-MurrayUSA
ACGal YekutielISR
ACSanzhar ZakirovUZB

Pool A (14 August 2004)

Round One (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Yevgeny StanevRUS
Ippon/Uki-waza (0:29)
Younes AhamdiMAR
Match #2 Anis LounifiTUN
Ippon/Harai-goshi (1:28)
Pak Nam-CholPRK
Match #3 Nest'or KhergianiGEO
Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (3:41)
Kenji UematsuESP
Match #4 Bazarbek DonbayKAZ
Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:14)
Omar RebahiALG
Match #5 Craig FallonGBR
Ippon/Tai-otoshi (0:37)
Scott FernandisAUS
Match #6 Revaz ZintiridisGRE
Ippon/Tani-otoshi (4:33)
Sanzhar ZakirovUZB
Match #7 Masoud Haji AkhondzadehIRI
Yuko (3)/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (5:00)
Jean-Claude CamerounCMR
Match #8 Armen NazaryanARM
Waza-ari/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Alexandre LeeBRA

Quarter-Finals (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Yevgeny StanevRUS
Ippon/Sukui-nage (3:03)
Anis LounifiTUN
Match #2 Nest'or KhergianiGEO
Yuko/Sukui-nage (5:00/1:16) Golden Score
Bazarbek DonbayKAZ
Match #3 Revaz ZintiridisGRE
Ippon/Sumi-otoshi (4:56)
Craig FallonGBR
Match #4 Masoud Haji AkhondzadehIRI
Yuko/False-Attack (5:00)
Armen NazaryanARM

Semi-Finals (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Nest'or KhergianiGEO
Waza-ari/Sukui-nage (5:00)
Yevgeny StanevRUS
Match #2 Masoud Haji AkhondzadehIRI
Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (2:55)
Revaz ZintiridisGRE

Final Round (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Nest'or KhergianiGEO
Waza-ari/Kuchiki-taoshi (5:00)
Masoud Haji AkhondzadehIRI

Repêchage (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Kenji UematsuESP
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Kesa-gatame (5:00)
Bazarbek DonbayKAZ
Match #2 Jean-Claude CamerounCMR
Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (1:01)
Armen NazaryanARM
Match #3 Kenji UematsuESP
Koka/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Yevgeny StanevRUS
Match #4 Revaz ZintiridisGRE
Ippon/Sukui-nage (0:09)
Jean-Claude CamerounCMR
Match #5 Kenji UematsuESP
Ippon/Koshi-guruma (2:07)
Revaz ZintiridisGRE
Match 3/4 Khashbaataryn TsagaanbaatarMGL
Yuko/Kuchiki-taoshi (5:00/3:47) Golden Score
Kenji UematsuESP

Pool B (14 August 2004)

Round One (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Gal YekutielISR
Waza-ari/Okuri-ashi-barai (5:00)
Albert TechovLTU

Round Two (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Khashbaataryn TsagaanbaatarMGL
Ippon/Gyaku-juji-jime (0:44)
Akram ShahIND
Match #2 Taraje Williams-MurrayUSA
Ippon/Moro-te-gari (2:59)
Gal YekutielISR
Match #3 Benjamin DarbeletFRA
Yuko/P12/False-Attack (5:00)
Reiver AlvarengaVEN
Match #4 Choi Min-HoKOR
Ippon/Tai-otoshi (4:31)
Ludwig PaischerAUT
Match #5 Tadahiro NomuraJPN
Ippon/Seoi-nage (2:46)
Modesto LaraDOM
Match #6 Oliver GussenbergGER
Ippon/Ushiro-kesa-gatame (3:03)
Siarhei NovikauBLR
Match #7 Cristóbal AburtoMEX
Koka (2)/Seoi-nage (2:53)
David FernándezCRC
Match #8 Miguel AlbarracínARG
Ippon/Sukui-nage (4:14)
Francis LabrosseSEY

Quarter-Finals (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Khashbaataryn TsagaanbaatarMGL
Ippon/Kibisu-gaeshi (1:37)
Taraje Williams-MurrayUSA
Match #2 Choi Min-HoKOR
Waza-ari/Seoi-nage (5:00)
Benjamin DarbeletFRA
Match #3 Tadahiro NomuraJPN
Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:53)
Oliver GussenbergGER
Match #4 Miguel AlbarracínARG
Ippon/Tani-otoshi (2:08)
Cristóbal AburtoMEX

Semi-Finals (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Khashbaataryn TsagaanbaatarMGL
Ippon/Kami-shiho-gatame (1:14)
Choi Min-HoKOR
Match #2 Tadahiro NomuraJPN
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (0:14)
Miguel AlbarracínARG

Final Round (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Tadahiro NomuraJPN
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (0:23)
Khashbaataryn TsagaanbaatarMGL

Repêchage (14 August 2004)

Match #1 Akram ShahIND
Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:47)
Taraje Williams-MurrayUSA
Match #2 Oliver GussenbergGER
Yuko/Uchi-mata (5:00)
Modesto LaraDOM
Match #3 Choi Min-HoKOR
Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:49)
Akram ShahIND
Match #4 Oliver GussenbergGER
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (0:49)
Miguel AlbarracínARG
Match #5 Choi Min-HoKOR
Ippon/Seoi-nage (2:20)
Oliver GussenbergGER
Match 3/4 Choi Min-HoKOR
Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:53)
Masoud Haji AkhondzadehIRI

Final Round (14 August 2004)

Match 1/2 Tadahiro NomuraJPN
Waza-ari/Hold-Same-Side (5:00)
Nest'or KhergianiGEO