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Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men

Date30 September 1988
StatusOlympic
LocationJang-chung Che-yuk-gwan, Seoul
Participants21 from 21 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.

Japan’s Hitoshi Sugai from Tokai University was a heavy favorite, having won the 1985 and 1987 World Championship. But after five weight classes, no Japanese fighter had won a gold medal. As in Los Angeles, the half-heavyweight division was marked by numerous upsets. And in round two, it started when France’s Stéphane Traineau used ura-nage to defeat Sugai. When Traineau lost the next round to European Champion Jiří Sosna, Sugai was out of the repêchage as well. The 1980 Olympic Champion, Robert Van de Walle (BEL) appeared in control after two rounds, but lost his third match to little-known West German Marc Meiling. The final came down to Meiling against Brazil’s Aurélio Miguel, bronze medal winner at the 1987 Worlds. It was a very dull match with Miguel winning on a chui penalty given to Meiling. Miguel had fought five matches and had not scored a single point, winning two victories by decision, and three by passivity rulings.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Aurélio MiguelBRAGold
2Marc MeilingFRGSilver
=3Dennis StewartGBRBronze
=3Robert Van de WalleBELBronze
=5Jacek BeutlerPOL
=5Jiří SosnaTCH
=7Juri FaziITA
=7Bob BerlandUSA
9Bjarni FriðrikssonISL
=10Theo MeijerNED
=10Stéphane TraineauFRA
=12Moisés TorresANG
=12Ahmed BarbachMAR
=12Viktor PoddubnyURS
=12István VargaHUN
=12Joe MeliCAN
=12Hitoshi SugaiJPN
=18Liu AnpaiCHN
=18Ha Hyeong-JuKOR
=18Marko ValevBUL
=18Viliame TakayawaFIJ

Pool A (30 September 1988)

Round One (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Theo MeijerNED
Ippon (4:06)
Liu AnpaiCHN
Match #2 Jacek BeutlerPOL bye
Match #3 Robert Van de WalleBEL
Ippon (1:59)
Ha Hyeong-JuKOR

Quarter-Finals (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Theo MeijerNED
Ippon (0:52)
Moisés TorresANG
Match #2 Jacek BeutlerPOL
Waza-ari (5:00)
Ahmed BarbachMAR
Match #3 Robert Van de WalleBEL
Ippon (4:05)
Viktor PoddubnyURS
Match #4 Marc MeilingFRG
Chui (5:00)
Bob BerlandUSA

Semi-Finals (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Jacek BeutlerPOL
Ippon (0:17)
Theo MeijerNED
Match #2 Marc MeilingFRG
Ippon (1:46)
Robert Van de WalleBEL

Final Round (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Marc MeilingFRG
Chui (5:00)
Jacek BeutlerPOL

Repêchage (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Robert Van de WalleBEL
Ippon (2:40)
Bob BerlandUSA
Match 3/4 Robert Van de WalleBEL
Ippon (0:19)
Jacek BeutlerPOL

Pool B (30 September 1988)

Round One (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Juri FaziITA
Waza-ari (5:00)
Marko ValevBUL
Match #2 Aurélio MiguelBRA
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Dennis StewartGBR
Match #3 Stéphane TraineauFRA
Ippon (0:35)
Viliame TakayawaFIJ

Quarter-Finals (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Juri FaziITA
Koka (5:00)
Joe MeliCAN
Match #2 Aurélio MiguelBRA
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Bjarni FriðrikssonISL
Match #3 Stéphane TraineauFRA
Yuko (5:00)
Hitoshi SugaiJPN
Match #4 Jiří SosnaTCH
Ippon (3:06)
István VargaHUN

Semi-Finals (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Aurélio MiguelBRA
Chui (5:00)
Juri FaziITA
Match #2 Jiří SosnaTCH
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Stéphane TraineauFRA

Final Round (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Aurélio MiguelBRA
Chui (5:00)
Jiří SosnaTCH

Repêchage (30 September 1988)

Match #1 Dennis StewartGBR
Waza-ari (5:00)
Bjarni FriðrikssonISL
Match #2 Dennis StewartGBR
Yuko (5:00)
Juri FaziITA
Match 3/4 Dennis StewartGBR
Koka (5:00)
Jiří SosnaTCH

Final Round (30 September 1988)

Match 1/2 Aurélio MiguelBRA
Chui (5:00)
Marc MeilingFRG