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Half-Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Men

Date 3 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationRinger-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants28 from 28 countries
FormatTwo single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the semi-finals. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools. Winners of each repêchage pool advanced to the semi-finals.

Japan had the two most recent World Champions in this class, but instead chose Toyokazu Nomura, who had won two silver medals at the Worlds in the half-lightweight division. There was concern about him moving up in weight, but it was unfounded. He dominated the class, winning his pool with three throws, seemingly as if the matches were demonstrations. In the final he faced Poland’s Antoni Zajkowski, who was bronze medalist in this class at the 1971 World Championships. But the result was no different. Nomura threw him with a shoulder throw in 27 seconds. His five matches had lasted a total of 10:49

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Toyokazu NomuraJPNGold
2Antoni ZajkowskiPOLSilver
=3Dietmar HötgerGDRBronze
=3Anatoly NovikovURSBronze
=5Engelbert DörbrandtFRG
=5Antal HetényiHUN
=7Wang Jong-SheTPE
=7Reto ZinsliSUI
9Justin AndriamanantenaMAD
=10Gerold JungwirthAUT
=10Patrick VialFRA
=12António RoquetePOR
=12Geronimo DyogiPHI
=12Raúl FoullónMEX
=12Douglas ChurchillAUS
=12Gustavo BritoPUR
=12Jang In-GwonKOR
=18Pat BurrisUSA
=18Damirangiin BaatarjavMGL
=18Babacar SidibéSEN
=18Armin BüchelLIE
=18Mok Cheuk WingHKG
=18Robert SullivanGBR
=18Robert Van De WeyerBEL
=18William McGregorCAN
=18Luciano Di PalmaITA
=18Liam CarrollIRL
=18Erwin GarcíaNCA

Pool A (3 September 1972)

Round One (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Engelbert DörbrandtFRG
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Pat BurrisUSA
Match #2 António RoquetePOR
Hadaka-jima (2:52)
Damirangiin BaatarjavMGL
Match #3 Dietmar HötgerGDR
Juji-gatame (5:42)
Reto ZinsliSUI
Match #4 Justin AndriamanantenaMAD bye
Match #5 Gerold JungwirthAUT
Okuri-eri-jime (1:22)
Armin BüchelLIE
Match #6 Geronimo DyogiPHI
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Mok Cheuk WingHKG
Match #7 Raúl FoullónMEX
Seoi-nage (0:49)
Babacar SidibéSEN

Quarter-Finals (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Engelbert DörbrandtFRG
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (2:35)
António RoquetePOR
Match #2 Dietmar HötgerGDR
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (1:40)
Justin AndriamanantenaMAD
Match #3 Gerold JungwirthAUT
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Geronimo DyogiPHI
Match #4 Anatoly NovikovURS
Juji-gatame ((1:46))
Raúl FoullónMEX

Semi-Finals (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Dietmar HötgerGDR
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Engelbert DörbrandtFRG
Match #2 Anatoly NovikovURS
Ashi-garami (1:46)
Gerold JungwirthAUT

Final Round (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Dietmar HötgerGDR
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Anatoly NovikovURS

Repêchage (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Reto ZinsliSUI
Yoko-shiho-gatame (3:00)
Justin AndriamanantenaMAD
Match #2 Engelbert DörbrandtFRG
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Reto ZinsliSUI
Repêchage Final Anatoly NovikovURS
Juji-gatame (4:34)
Engelbert DörbrandtFRG

Pool B (3 September 1972)

Round One (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Antal HetényiHUN
Okuri-eri-jime (2:04)
Robert SullivanGBR
Match #2 Douglas ChurchillAUS
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Robert Van De WeyerBEL
Match #3 Wang Jong-SheTPE
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
William McGregorCAN
Match #4 Jang In-GwonKOR
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Luciano Di PalmaITA
Match #5 Patrick VialFRA
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (1:29)
Liam CarrollIRL
Match #6 Antoni ZajkowskiPOL
Kami-shiho-gatame (1:04)
Erwin GarcíaNCA

Quarter-Finals (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Antal HetényiHUN
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Douglas ChurchillAUS
Match #2 Toyokazu NomuraJPN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (0:57)
Wang Jong-SheTPE
Match #3 Patrick VialFRA
Juji-gatame (5:19)
Jang In-GwonKOR
Match #4 Antoni ZajkowskiPOL
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (1:12)
Gustavo BritoPUR

Semi-Finals (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Toyokazu NomuraJPN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (3:12)
Antal HetényiHUN
Match #2 Antoni ZajkowskiPOL
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Patrick VialFRA

Final Round (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Toyokazu NomuraJPN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (3:40)
Antoni ZajkowskiPOL

Repêchage (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Antal HetényiHUN
Juji-jime (4:49)
Wang Jong-SheTPE
Repêchage Final Antoni ZajkowskiPOL
Yusei-gachi (6:00)
Antal HetényiHUN

Semi-Finals (3 September 1972)

Match #1 Antoni ZajkowskiPOL
Yusei-gachi (8:00)
Dietmar HötgerGDR
Match #2 Toyokazu NomuraJPN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (3:39)
Anatoly NovikovURS

Final Round (3 September 1972)

Match 1/2 Toyokazu NomuraJPN
Seoi-nage (0:27)
Antoni ZajkowskiPOL