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Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men

Date28 July 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationPalau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Participants34 from 34 countries
FormatTwo single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

Antal Kovács (HUN) had been third at the 1992 European Championships but was little known prior to the Olympic year. He won the gold medal in this class in an upset, although no judoka had stood out prior to Barcelona. In the final Kovács defeated Britain’s Raymond Stevens, also relatively unknown. But Kovács would have a long and very successful judo career. Competing thru 2004, he would eventually win six medals at the European Championships, was the 1993 World Champion, and silver medalist at the 2001 Worlds.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Antal KovácsHUNGold
2Ray StevensGBRSilver
=3Dmitry SergeyevEUNBronze
=3Theo MeijerNEDBronze
=5Indrek PertelsonEST
=5Paweł NastulaPOL
=7Robert Van de WalleBEL
=7Yasuhiro KaiJPN
=9Odvogiin BaljinnyamMGL
=9Belarmino SalgadoCUB
=9Leo WhiteUSA
=9Aurélio MiguelBRA
=13Yun Sang-SikKOR
=13Vladas BurbaLTU
=13Moisés TorresANG
=13Radu IvanROU
=17Jorge AguirreARG
=17Luigi GuidoITA
=17Stéphane TraineauFRA
=17Jiří SosnaTCH
=21Moussa SallSEN
=21Joseph NdjumbiGAB
=21Simon MagalashviliISR
=21Vadims VoinovsLAT
=21Parnel LegrosHAI
=21Ilias NikasGRE
=21Bjarni FriðrikssonISL
=21Aiman El-ShewyEGY
=21Dano PantićIOA
=21Mohamed DoukouréGUI
=21Mamute MbongaCOD
=32Pat RobergeCAN
=32Detlef KnorrekGER
=32Hengky PieINA

Pool A (28 July 1992)

Round One (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Jorge AguirreARG
Yuko/Uchi-mata (5:00)
Pat RobergeCAN
Match #2 Radu IvanROU
Waza-ari/Ushiro-goshi (5:00)
Detlef KnorrekGER

Round Two (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Jorge AguirreARG
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/O-soto-gaeshi (0:50)
Moussa SallSEN
Match #2 Odvogiin BaljinnyamMGL
Ippon/Hiki-komi-gaeshi (3:32)
Joseph NdjumbiGAB
Match #3 Paweł NastulaPOL
Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (2:57)
Yun Sang-SikKOR
Match #4 Robert Van de WalleBEL bye
Match #5 Radu IvanROU
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (3:48)
Parnel LegrosHAI
Match #6 Ray StevensGBR
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:12)
Indrek PertelsonEST
Match #7 Belarmino SalgadoCUB
Ippon/Morote-seoi-nage (0:37)
Ilias NikasGRE
Match #8 Luigi GuidoITA
Ippon/Kata-garami (0:04)
Simon MagalashviliISR

Quarter-Finals (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Odvogiin BaljinnyamMGL
Keikoku/Penalty (5:00)
Jorge AguirreARG
Match #2 Paweł NastulaPOL
Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (2:25)
Robert Van de WalleBEL
Match #3 Ray StevensGBR
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (0:48)
Radu IvanROU
Match #4 Belarmino SalgadoCUB
Waza-ari/Sukui-nage (5:00)
Luigi GuidoITA

Semi-Finals (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Paweł NastulaPOL
Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:38)
Odvogiin BaljinnyamMGL
Match #2 Ray StevensGBR
Ippon/O-uchi-gari (4:20)
Belarmino SalgadoCUB

Final Round (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Ray StevensGBR
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Paweł NastulaPOL

Repêchage (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Robert Van de WalleBEL
Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:10)
Yun Sang-SikKOR
Match #2 Robert Van de WalleBEL
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Odvogiin BaljinnyamMGL
Match #3 Indrek PertelsonEST
Sogo-gachi (2:39)
Radu IvanROU
Match #4 Indrek PertelsonEST
Ippon/Harai-makikomi (3:10)
Belarmino SalgadoCUB
Match #5 Indrek PertelsonEST
Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:18)
Robert Van de WalleBEL
Match 3/4 Theo MeijerNED
Keikoku/Penalty (5:00)
Indrek PertelsonEST

Pool B (28 July 1992)

Round One (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Stéphane TraineauFRA
Ippon/Ura-nage (1:20)
Hengky PieINA

Round Two (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Stéphane TraineauFRA
Ippon/Juji-gatame (4:25)
Bjarni FriðrikssonISL
Match #2 Leo WhiteUSA
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Kesa-gatame (2:25)
Aiman El-ShewyEGY
Match #3 Yasuhiro KaiJPN
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (2:50)
Dano PantićIOA
Match #4 Theo MeijerNED
Yuko/Sukui-nage (5:00)
Vladas BurbaLTU
Match #5 Aurélio MiguelBRA
Hansoku-make/Penalty (2:31)
Mamute MbongaCOD
Match #6 Jiří SosnaTCH
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Kami-shiho-gatame (0:43)
Mohamed DoukouréGUI
Match #7 Antal KovácsHUN
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Ko-soto-gari (2:32)
Moisés TorresANG
Match #8 Dmitry SergeyevEUN
Keikoku/Penalty (5:00)
Vadims VoinovsLAT

Quarter-Finals (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Leo WhiteUSA
Ippon/Soto-makikomi (0:32)
Stéphane TraineauFRA
Match #2 Theo MeijerNED
Yuko/Sukui-nage (5:00)
Yasuhiro KaiJPN
Match #3 Aurélio MiguelBRA
Keikoku/Penalty (5:00)
Jiří SosnaTCH
Match #4 Antal KovácsHUN
Yuko/O-soto-gari (5:00)
Dmitry SergeyevEUN

Semi-Finals (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Theo MeijerNED
Chui/Penalty (5:00)
Leo WhiteUSA
Match #2 Antal KovácsHUN
Waza-ari/Uchi-mata (5:00)
Aurélio MiguelBRA

Final Round (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Antal KovácsHUN
Yuko/Kuchiki-taoshi (5:00)
Theo MeijerNED

Repêchage (28 July 1992)

Match #1 Yasuhiro KaiJPN
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Vladas BurbaLTU
Match #2 Yasuhiro KaiJPN
Sogo-gachi (3:48)
Leo WhiteUSA
Match #3 Dmitry SergeyevEUN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:43)
Moisés TorresANG
Match #4 Dmitry SergeyevEUN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:53)
Aurélio MiguelBRA
Match #5 Dmitry SergeyevEUN
Ippon/Kata-gatame (5:00)
Yasuhiro KaiJPN
Match 3/4 Dmitry SergeyevEUN
Waza-ari/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Paweł NastulaPOL

Final Round (28 July 1992)

Match 1/2 Antal KovácsHUN
Yuko/Uchi-mata (5:00)
Ray StevensGBR