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Middleweight (≤80 kilograms), Men

Date	28 July 1976 — 14:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Vélodrome olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	27 from 27 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the winner of each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

Shozo Fujii had won the last three World Championships but was not in Montréal. He had lost the All-Japan competition to Isamu Sonoda, who was chosen for the Olympic team based on that event. The surprise of the class was Valery Dvoynikov (URS). He was silver medalist in the 1975 Worlds, and was 1976 European Champion, but in the 70 kg. class. He had moved up to 80 kg. in only a few months time. Sonoda and Dvoinikov made it to the final where they fought a spirited match. But Sonoda was too quick and strong for the Soviet judoka, winning the gold medal although the match lasted the full 10 minutes.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Isamu Sonoda	JPN	Gold
2	Valery Dvoynikov	URS	Silver
=3	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR	Bronze
=3	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Bronze
=5	José Luis de Frutos	ESP
=5	Fred Marhenke	FRG
=7	Paul Buganey	AUS
=7	Süheyl Yeşilnur	TUR
=9	Ricardo Elmont	SUR
=9	Jong In-Chol	PRK
=11	Brian Jacks	GBR
=11	Jurek Jatowitt	AUT
=13	Tico	BRA
=13	Walter Huber	VEN
=13	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA
=13	Endre Kiss	HUN
=13	Teimoc Jonston-Ono	USA
=13	Adam Adamczyk	POL
=19	Assane N'Doye	SEN
=19	Ibrahim Muzaffer	KUW
=19	Daniel Guldemont	BEL
=19	Viðar Guðjohnsen	ISL
=19	Fritz Kaiser	LIE
=19	Pedro Santos	PUR
=19	Rainer Fischer	CAN
=19	Gandolgoryn Batsükh	MGL
=19	Detlef Ultsch	GDR
DNS	Bertil Ström	SWE
DNS	Kiril Petkov	BUL
DNS	El-Arabi El-Jamali	MAR
DNS	Christophe Tchagou	CMR
DNS	Abinem Dara	MLI

Pool A

Date	28 July 1976

Round One

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Tico	BRA	Ippon	Assane N'Doye	SEN
Match #2	28 Jul	Brian Jacks	GBR	Ippon	Ibrahim Muzaffer	KUW
Match #3	28 Jul	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Koka	Detlef Ultsch	GDR
Match #4	28 Jul	Adam Adamczyk	POL	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Daniel Guldemont	BEL
Match #5	28 Jul	José Luis de Frutos	ESP	Yuko	Viðar Guðjohnsen	ISL
Match #6	28 Jul	Walter Huber	VEN	Ippon	Fritz Kaiser	LIE
Match #7	28 Jul	Valery Dvoynikov	URS	Ippon	Ricardo Elmont	SUR
Match #8	28 Jul	Süheyl Yeşilnur	TUR	Ippon	Pedro Santos	PUR

Quarter-Finals

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Brian Jacks	GBR	Yuko	Tico	BRA
Match #2	28 Jul	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Ippon	Adam Adamczyk	POL
Match #3	28 Jul	José Luis de Frutos	ESP	Yuko	Walter Huber	VEN
Match #4	28 Jul	Valery Dvoynikov	URS	Ippon	Süheyl Yeşilnur	TUR

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Koka	Brian Jacks	GBR
Match #2	28 Jul	Valery Dvoynikov	URS	Ippon	José Luis de Frutos	ESP

Final Round

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Valery Dvoynikov	URS	Ippon	Slavko Obadov	YUG

Repêchage

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Süheyl Yeşilnur	TUR	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Ricardo Elmont	SUR
Match #2	28 Jul	José Luis de Frutos	ESP	Ippon	Süheyl Yeşilnur	TUR
Match 3/5	28 Jul	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Yuko	José Luis de Frutos	ESP

Pool B

Date	28 July 1976

Round One

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Endre Kiss	HUN	Kiken-gachi	Rainer Fischer	CAN
Match #2	28 Jul	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR	Fusen-gachi	Bertil Ström	SWE	walkover
Match #3	28 Jul	Jong In-Chol	PRK	Fusen-gachi	Kiril Petkov	BUL	walkover
Match #4	28 Jul	Isamu Sonoda	JPN	Ippon	Paul Buganey	AUS
Match #5	28 Jul	Fred Marhenke	FRG	Koka	Gandolgoryn Batsükh	MGL
Match #6	28 Jul	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Fusen-gachi	El-Arabi El-Jamali	MAR	walkover
Match #7	28 Jul	Jurek Jatowitt	AUT	Fusen-gachi	Christophe Tchagou	CMR	walkover
Match #8	28 Jul	Teimoc Jonston-Ono	USA	Fusen-gachi	Abinem Dara	MLI	walkover

Quarter-Finals

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR	Kiken-gachi	Endre Kiss	HUN
Match #2	28 Jul	Isamu Sonoda	JPN	Waza-ari	Jong In-Chol	PRK
Match #3	28 Jul	Fred Marhenke	FRG	Koka	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA
Match #4	28 Jul	Jurek Jatowitt	AUT	Waza-ari	Teimoc Jonston-Ono	USA

Semi-Finals

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Isamu Sonoda	JPN	Yuko	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR
Match #2	28 Jul	Fred Marhenke	FRG	Koka	Jurek Jatowitt	AUT

Final Round

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Isamu Sonoda	JPN	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Fred Marhenke	FRG

Repêchage

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Paul Buganey	AUS	Yuko	Jong In-Chol	PRK
Match #2	28 Jul	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR	Koka	Paul Buganey	AUS
Match 3/5	28 Jul	Park Yeong-Cheol	KOR	Ippon	Fred Marhenke	FRG

Final Round

Date	28 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Jul	Isamu Sonoda	JPN	Yuko	Valery Dvoynikov	URS