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Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men

Date17 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants32 from 32 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.

Ilias Iliadis was unknown in the international judo world prior to 2004. But only a few months before the Olympics he won the European Championships, representing Greece. Iliadis was a native Georgian, born as Jarji Zviadauri, the cousin of Georgian Olympic champion Zurab Zviadauri. In Athina, Iliadis advanced to the final with only one close match, a pool semi-final win over Korea’s Kwon Yeong-U which Iliadis won by golden score on a penalty against Kwon. The favorite in the other pool was the 2003 World Champion, Germany’s Florian Wanner. But he was upset in the pool semis by Ukrainian Roman Hontiuk. The final matched Hontiuk and Iliadis, with Iliadis winning in 2:06 by ippon, using seoi-otoshi. Hontiuk would become World Cup champion in 2005 and 2007, while Iliadis won silver medals at the World Championships in those years.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Ilias IliadisGREGold
2Roman HontiukUKRSilver
=3Dmitry NosovRUSBronze
=3Flávio CantoBRABronze
=5Mehman ƏzizovAZE
=5Robert KrawczykPOL
=7Florian WannerGER
=7Gwon Yeong-UKOR
=9Rick HawnUSA
=9Adil Bel GaidMAR
=9Morgan Endicott-DaviesAUS
=9Roberto MeloniITA
=13Mohamed Ben SalehLBA
=13Reza ChahkhandaghIRI
=13Ariel SgangaARG
=13Masahiko TomouchiJPN
=17Amar BenikhlefALG
=17Gabriel ArteagaCUB
=17Aleksei BudõlinEST
=17Siarhei ShundzikauBLR
=21Mario Antonio VallesCOL
=21José Miguel BoissardDOM
=21El-Sayed AboumedanEGY
=21Ricardo EcharteESP
=21Cédric ClaverieFRA
=21Grigol MamrikishviliGEO
=21Erkin IbragimovKGZ
=21Damdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL
=21Guillaume ElmontNED
=21Nuno DelgadoPOR
=21Sergei AschwandenSUI
=21Ramziddin SaidovUZB

Pool A

Date17 August 2004

Round One

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugRobert KrawczykPOLIpponMohamed Ben SalehLBA
Match #217 AugRick HawnUSAYukoErkin IbragimovKGZ
Match #317 AugMehman ƏzizovAZEIpponGuillaume ElmontNED
Match #417 AugSiarhei ShundzikauBLRIpponRamziddin SaidovUZB
Match #517 AugReza ChahkhandaghIRIIpponRicardo EcharteESP
Match #617 AugRoman HontiukUKRIpponAdil Bel GaidMAR
Match #717 AugFlorian WannerGERIpponJosé Miguel BoissardDOM
Match #817 AugAmar BenikhlefALGIpponEl-Sayed AboumedanEGY

Quarter-Finals

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugRobert KrawczykPOLIpponRick HawnUSA
Match #217 AugMehman ƏzizovAZEYukoSiarhei ShundzikauBLR
Match #317 AugRoman HontiukUKRIpponReza ChahkhandaghIRI
Match #417 AugFlorian WannerGERIpponAmar BenikhlefALG

Semi-Finals

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugRobert KrawczykPOLIpponMehman ƏzizovAZE
Match #217 AugRoman HontiukUKRIpponFlorian WannerGER

Final Round

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugRoman HontiukUKRIpponRobert KrawczykPOL

Repêchage

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugRick HawnUSAIpponMohamed Ben SalehLBA
Match #217 AugAdil Bel GaidMARYukoReza ChahkhandaghIRI
Match #317 AugMehman ƏzizovAZEIpponRick HawnUSA
Match #417 AugFlorian WannerGERWaza-ari-wasete ipponAdil Bel GaidMAR
Match #517 AugMehman ƏzizovAZEIpponFlorian WannerGER
Match 3/517 AugDmitry NosovRUSWaza-ariMehman ƏzizovAZE

Pool B

Date17 August 2004

Round One

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugGabriel ArteagaCUBWaza-ariDamdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL
Match #217 AugGwon Yeong-UKORWaza-ariCédric ClaverieFRA
Match #317 AugIlias IliadisGREIpponMorgan Endicott-DaviesAUS
Match #417 AugAriel SgangaARGIpponSergei AschwandenSUI
Match #517 AugDmitry NosovRUSWaza-ari-wasete ipponMasahiko TomouchiJPN
Match #617 AugRoberto MeloniITAYukoNuno DelgadoPOR
Match #717 AugFlávio CantoBRAIpponMario Antonio VallesCOL
Match #817 AugAleksei BudõlinESTWaza-ariGrigol MamrikishviliGEO

Quarter-Finals

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugGwon Yeong-UKORYukoGabriel ArteagaCUB
Match #217 AugIlias IliadisGREKiken-gachiAriel SgangaARG
Match #317 AugDmitry NosovRUSYukoRoberto MeloniITA
Match #417 AugFlávio CantoBRAYukoAleksei BudõlinEST

Semi-Finals

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugIlias IliadisGREKokaGwon Yeong-UKOR
Match #217 AugDmitry NosovRUSWaza-ariFlávio CantoBRA

Final Round

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugIlias IliadisGREIpponDmitry NosovRUS

Repêchage

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 AugMorgan Endicott-DaviesAUSIpponAriel SgangaARG
Match #217 AugRoberto MeloniITAWaza-ariMasahiko TomouchiJPN
Match #317 AugGwon Yeong-UKORIpponMorgan Endicott-DaviesAUS
Match #417 AugFlávio CantoBRAWaza-ari-wasete ipponRoberto MeloniITA
Match #517 AugFlávio CantoBRAIpponGwon Yeong-UKOR
Match 3/517 AugFlávio CantoBRAWaza-ariRobert KrawczykPOL

Final Round

Date17 August 2004
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/217 AugIlias IliadisGREIpponRoman HontiukUKR