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Open Class, Men

Date 2 August 1980 — 10:00-19:00
StatusOlympic
LocationDvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants18 from 18 countries
FormatTwo 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.

As in the heavyweight class, the boycott eliminated the Japanese favorites, Sumio Endo and Yasuhiro Yamashita. They had been World Champions in 1979 in the open and heavyweight classes, respectively, and the only decision in 1980 would have been in which class they elected to compete. Angelo Parisi (FRA) had won the heavyweight division so he was considered the favorite in Japan’s absence. Other contenders were light-heavyweight champion Robert Van de Walle (BEL) and bronze medalist Dietmar Lorenz (GDR). Parisi made it to the final by defeating Soviet Sergey Novikov, using seoi-otoshi for ippon, the same technique that he had used in the heavyweight final. Lorenz won the other pool final, defeating Britain’s Arthur Mapp by waza-ari gazete. The final, which was also the last match of the 1980 judo tournament, was very boring. Both finalists were penalized for passivity and Lorenz won in a desultory style for the gold medal.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Dietmar LorenzGDRGold
2Angelo ParisiFRASilver
=3Arthur MappGBRBronze
=3András OzsvárHUNBronze
=5Sergey NovikovURS
=5Dambajavyn Tsend-AyuushMGL
7Pavel DrăgoiROU
=8Dimitar ZapryanovBUL
=8Franz BergerAUT
=10Wálter CarmonaBRA
=10John de WetZIM
=10Abdoulaye KoteSEN
=10Said AchtarSYR
=10Robert Van de WalleBEL
=15Jaakko SaariFIN
=15Peter AdelaarNED
=15Kim Myong-GyuPRK
=15Wojciech ReszkoPOL

Pool A (2 August 1980)

Round One (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Wálter CarmonaBRA
Yuko/Chui (5:00)
Jaakko SaariFIN
Match #2 Arthur MappGBR
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (2:08)
Peter AdelaarNED
Match #3 Pavel DrăgoiROU bye

Quarter-Finals (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Dimitar ZapryanovBUL
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Wálter CarmonaBRA
Match #2 Arthur MappGBR
Harai-goshi/Ippon (1:43)
John de WetZIM
Match #3 Dietmar LorenzGDR
Ippon (0:57)
Pavel DrăgoiROU
Match #4 Dambajavyn Tsend-AyuushMGL
Koka (5:00)
Abdoulaye KoteSEN

Semi-Finals (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Arthur MappGBR
Tai-otoshi/Waza-ari (5:00)
Dimitar ZapryanovBUL
Match #2 Dietmar LorenzGDR
Ippon (2:32)
Dambajavyn Tsend-AyuushMGL

Final Round (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Dietmar LorenzGDR
Ippon (0:39)
Arthur MappGBR

Repêchage (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Dambajavyn Tsend-AyuushMGL
Ippon (2:16)
Pavel DrăgoiROU
Match 3/4 Arthur MappGBR
De-ashi-barai/Ippon (2:50)
Dambajavyn Tsend-AyuushMGL

Pool B (2 August 1980)

Round One (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Sergey NovikovURS
Ippon (4:45)
Kim Myong-GyuPRK
Match #2 András OzsvárHUN
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Wojciech ReszkoPOL

Quarter-Finals (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Sergey NovikovURS bye
Match #2 Franz BergerAUT
Ippon (1:05)
Said AchtarSYR
Match #3 András OzsvárHUN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (5:00)
Robert Van de WalleBEL
Match #4 Angelo ParisiFRA bye

Semi-Finals (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Sergey NovikovURS
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (3:51)
Franz BergerAUT
Match #2 Angelo ParisiFRA
Koka (5:00)
András OzsvárHUN

Final Round (2 August 1980)

Match #1 Angelo ParisiFRA
Seoi-otoshi/Ippon (3:13)
Sergey NovikovURS

Repêchage (2 August 1980)

Final Round (2 August 1980)

Match 1/2 Dietmar LorenzGDR
Yusei-gachi (7:00)
Angelo ParisiFRA