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Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men

Date12 August 2008 — 12:00
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants35 from 35 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.

This class was considered fairly wide-open. The gold medal was won by Ole Bischof of Germany, 2005 European Champion, who defeated Korea’s Kim Jae-Beom by yuko. Kim had been 2005 Asian Games Champion, while Bischof would also win the World Cup in 2008. Bischof was coached by Frank Wieneke, gold medalist in this class in 1984. The two bronze medals were won by the last two Olympic silver medalists. Tiago Camilo of Brazil, silver medalist in 2000, and Ukrainian Roman Hontiuk, silver medalist in 2004.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Ole BischofGERGold
2Kim Jae-BeomKORSilver
=3Tiago CamiloBRABronze
=3Roman HontiukUKRBronze
=5Damdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL
=5Guillaume ElmontNED
=7Euan BurtonGBR
=7Robert KrawczykPOL
=9Srđan MrvaljevićMNE
=9Mario Antonio VallesCOL
=9João NetoPOR
=9Travis StevensUSA
=13Sacha DenanyohTOG
=13Giuseppe MaddaloniITA
=13Mehman ƏzizovAZE
=13Siarhei ShundzikauBLR
=17Safouane AttafMAR
=17Óscar CárdenasCUB
=17Guo LeiCHN
=17Hamed MalekmohammadiIRI
=21Mark AnthonyAUS
=21Alibek BashkayevRUS
=21Abderramán BrenesPUR
=21Franklin CisnerosESA
=21Matthew JagoRSA
=21Emmanuel LucentiARG
=21José Mba NchamaGEQ
=21Takashi OnoJPN
=21Anthony RodriguezFRA
=21Aljaž SedejSLO
=21Edmond TopalliALB
=21Fiderd VisARU
=33Youssef BadraTUN
=33Sheralī BozorovTJK
=33Saba GavashelishviliGEO

Pool A (12 August 2008)

Round One (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Sacha DenanyohTOG Sheralī BozorovTJK

Round One (12 August 2008)

Match #1 João NetoPOR Saba GavashelishviliGEO
Match #2 Srđan MrvaljevićMNE Youssef BadraTUN

Round Two (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Tiago CamiloBRA Takashi OnoJPN
Match #2 Hamed MalekmohammadiIRI Aljaž SedejSLO
Match #3 Travis StevensUSA Franklin CisnerosESA
Match #4 Ole BischofGER Mehman ƏzizovAZE
Match #5 Safouane AttafMAR Alibek BashkayevRUS
Match #6 Euan BurtonGBR Emmanuel LucentiARG
Match #7 Roman HontiukUKR Sacha DenanyohTOG
Match #8 Mario Antonio VallesCOL Mark AnthonyAUS

Pool B (12 August 2008)

Round Two (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Óscar CárdenasCUB Anthony RodriguezFRA
Match #2 João NetoPOR Edmond TopalliALB
Match #3 Robert KrawczykPOL Matthew JagoRSA
Match #4 Kim Jae-BeomKOR Siarhei ShundzikauBLR
Match #5 Srđan MrvaljevićMNE José Mba NchamaGEQ
Match #6 Guo LeiCHN Fiderd VisARU
Match #7 Guillaume ElmontNED Damdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL
Match #8 Giuseppe MaddaloniITA Abderramán BrenesPUR

Final Round (12 August 2008)

Match 1/2 Ole BischofGER Kim Jae-BeomKOR

Quarter-Finals (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Tiago CamiloBRA Hamed MalekmohammadiIRI
Match #2 Ole BischofGER Travis StevensUSA
Match #3 Euan BurtonGBR Safouane AttafMAR
Match #4 Roman HontiukUKR Mario Antonio VallesCOL

Quarter-Finals (12 August 2008)

Match #1 João NetoPOR Óscar CárdenasCUB
Match #2 Kim Jae-BeomKOR Robert KrawczykPOL
Match #3 Srđan MrvaljevićMNE Guo LeiCHN
Match #4 Guillaume ElmontNED Giuseppe MaddaloniITA

Semi-Finals (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Ole BischofGER Tiago CamiloBRA
Match #2 Roman HontiukUKR Euan BurtonGBR

Semi-Finals (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Kim Jae-BeomKOR João NetoPOR
Match #2 Guillaume ElmontNED Srđan MrvaljevićMNE

Final Round (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Ole BischofGER Roman HontiukUKR

Final Round (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Kim Jae-BeomKOR Guillaume ElmontNED

Repêchage (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Travis StevensUSA Mehman ƏzizovAZE
Match #2 Mario Antonio VallesCOL Sacha DenanyohTOG
Match #3 Tiago CamiloBRA Travis StevensUSA
Match #4 Euan BurtonGBR Mario Antonio VallesCOL
Match #5 Tiago CamiloBRA Euan BurtonGBR
Match 3/4 Tiago CamiloBRA Guillaume ElmontNED

Repêchage (12 August 2008)

Match #1 Robert KrawczykPOL Siarhei ShundzikauBLR
Match #2 Damdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL Giuseppe MaddaloniITA
Match #3 Robert KrawczykPOL João NetoPOR
Match #4 Damdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL Srđan MrvaljevićMNE
Match #5 Damdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL Robert KrawczykPOL
Match 3/4 Roman HontiukUKR Damdinsürengiin NyamkhüüMGL