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Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men

Date 7 August 1984 — 16:00-20:00
StatusOlympic
LocationEagle's Nest Arena, California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
Participants38 from 38 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.

Neil Adams (GBR) was a heavy favorite. He was the 1983-84 European Champion, 1981 World Champion, and had lost the 1983 Worlds on a narrow decision to Japan’s Nobutoshi Hikage. But Hikage had been beaten at the Japanese trials by Hiromitsu Takano, and was not in Los Angeles. Several other Europeans were considered challengers, but West German Frank Wieneke was not among them. But he kept winning, although with some difficulty, taking his pool to meet Adams in the final. It was expected that Adams would end his career by finally winning Olympic gold, and for the first three minutes of the final there was no real match. But Wieneke then attacked with uchimata, only to be repelled by Adams’ left hand. Wieneke then spun and grabbed Adams’s left hand, using seoi-nage to throw him for an immediate ippon. The players and crowd were too stunned to even realize what had happened for a moment. Wieneke would return in 1988 to win a silver medal, but never won another major international title.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Frank WienekeFRGGold
2Neil AdamsGBRSilver
=3Michel NowakFRABronze
=3Mircea FrățicăROUBronze
=5Filip LeščakYUG
=5Hiromitsu TakanoJPN
=7Kevin DohertyCAN
=7Rob HenneveldNED
=9Brett BarronUSA
=9Walid AbdulhalimEGY
11Gaston OulaCIV
=12Süheyl YeşilnurTUR
=12Jorge BonnetPUR
=14António RoquetePOR
=14Ousseynou GuèyeSEN
=14Liu JunlinCHN
=14Seppo MyllyläFIN
=14Per KjellinSWE
=14Jules-Albert NdembaCMR
=20Abdoulaye DialloGUI
=20Ignacio SanzESP
=20Rogério dos SantosBRA
=20Ioannis KougialisCYP
=20Sun Yih-ShongTPE
=20Sayed Al-TubaikhKUW
=20Moshe PonteISR
=20Asafu TemboZAM
=20Paul DiopMLI
=20Tommy HaasmannAUT
=20Christophe WogoCGO
=20Mohamed MaachMAR
=20Carlos HuttichMEX
=20Saimone KuruvoliFIJ
=34Javier CóndorCRC
=34Fridtjof ThoenNOR
=34Graeme SpinksNZL
=34Li Chung TaiHKG
=34Hwang Jin-SuKOR

Pool A (7 August 1984)

Round One (7 August 1984)

Match #1 António RoquetePOR
Ippon/Shime-waza (0:36)
Javier CóndorCRC
Match #2 Süheyl YeşilnurTUR
Yuko-chui/Penalty (5:00)
Fridtjof ThoenNOR
Match #3 Filip LeščakYUG bye
Match #4 Rob HenneveldNED bye
Match #5 Michel NowakFRA
Yuko/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Graeme SpinksNZL

Round Two (7 August 1984)

Match #1 António RoquetePOR
Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:10)
Abdoulaye DialloGUI
Match #2 Süheyl YeşilnurTUR
Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:47)
Ignacio SanzESP
Match #3 Filip LeščakYUG
Waza-ari/O-soto-gari (5:00)
Rogério dos SantosBRA
Match #4 Ousseynou GuèyeSEN
Ippon/Harai-goshi (4:28)
Ioannis KougialisCYP
Match #5 Neil AdamsGBR
Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:41)
Rob HenneveldNED
Match #6 Brett BarronUSA
Ippon/Shime-waza (0:33)
Sayed Al-TubaikhKUW
Match #7 Michel NowakFRA
Ippon/Seukui-nage (0:35)
Moshe PonteISR
Match #8 Seppo MyllyläFIN
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (3:52)
Asafu TemboZAM

Quarter-Finals (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Süheyl YeşilnurTUR
Koka/De-ashi-barai (5:00)
António RoquetePOR
Match #2 Filip LeščakYUG
Yusei-gachi [3/3] (5:00)
Ousseynou GuèyeSEN
Match #3 Neil AdamsGBR
Ippon/Kansetsu-juji-gatame (3:33)
Brett BarronUSA
Match #4 Michel NowakFRA
Sogo-gachi (3:44)
Seppo MyllyläFIN

Semi-Finals (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Filip LeščakYUG
Ippon/Te-guruma (2:50)
Süheyl YeşilnurTUR
Match #2 Neil AdamsGBR
Koka/Tomoe-nage (5:00)
Michel NowakFRA

Final Round (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Neil AdamsGBR
Koka/Tomoe-nage (5:00)
Filip LeščakYUG

Repêchage (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Rob HenneveldNED
Koka/Ko-uchi-gari (5:00)
Brett BarronUSA
Match #2 Michel NowakFRA
Yusei-gachi [3/3] (5:00)
Rob HenneveldNED
Match 3/4 Michel NowakFRA
Yuko/O-uchi-gari (7:00)
Filip LeščakYUG

Pool B (7 August 1984)

Round One (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Mircea FrățicăROU
Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:42)
Li Chung TaiHKG
Match #2 Tommy HaasmannAUT bye
Match #3 Jorge BonnetPUR bye
Match #4 Frank WienekeFRG
Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:20)
Gaston OulaCIV
Match #5 Carlos HuttichMEX
Yusei-gachi [3/3] (5:00)
Hwang Jin-SuKOR

Round Two (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Mircea FrățicăROU
Ippon/Ura-nage (1:14)
Paul DiopMLI
Match #2 Per KjellinSWE
Koka/Moro-te-gari (5:00)
Tommy HaasmannAUT
Match #3 Jorge BonnetPUR
Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Uchi-mata/Kusure-kesa-gatame (2:47)
Christophe WogoCGO
Match #4 Jules-Albert NdembaCMR
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (0:49)
Mohamed MaachMAR
Match #5 Frank WienekeFRG
Yuko/Ko-soto-gari (5:00)
Hiromitsu TakanoJPN
Match #6 Walid AbdulhalimEGY
Ippon/Tai-otoshi (1:49)
Saimone KuruvoliFIJ
Match #7 Liu JunlinCHN
Koka/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Carlos HuttichMEX
Match #8 Kevin DohertyCAN
Yuko/Tai-otoshi (5:00)
Sun Yih-ShongTPE

Quarter-Finals (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Mircea FrățicăROU
Yuko/Harai-goshi (5:00)
Per KjellinSWE
Match #2 Jorge BonnetPUR
Ippon/Harai-goshi (2:25)
Jules-Albert NdembaCMR
Match #3 Frank WienekeFRG
Waza-ari-keikoku/Penalty (5:00)
Walid AbdulhalimEGY
Match #4 Kevin DohertyCAN
Ippon/Harai-goshi (0:17)
Liu JunlinCHN

Semi-Finals (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Mircea FrățicăROU
Ippon/Shime-waza (3:26)
Jorge BonnetPUR
Match #2 Frank WienekeFRG
Waza-ari-keikoku/Penalty (5:00)
Kevin DohertyCAN

Final Round (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Frank WienekeFRG
Yusei-gachi [2/3] (5:00)
Mircea FrățicăROU

Repêchage (7 August 1984)

Match #1 Hiromitsu TakanoJPN
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (2:00)
Gaston OulaCIV
Match #2 Hiromitsu TakanoJPN
Yuko/Tomoe-nage (5:00)
Walid AbdulhalimEGY
Match #3 Hiromitsu TakanoJPN
Yusei-gachi [2/3] (5:00)
Kevin DohertyCAN
Match 3/4 Mircea FrățicăROU
Koka/Tate-shiho-gatame (7:00)
Hiromitsu TakanoJPN

Final Round (7 August 1984)

Match 1/2 Frank WienekeFRG
Ippon/Seoi-nage (4:04)
Neil AdamsGBR