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Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men

Date	21 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall H)
Participants	32 from 32 countries
Format	Two 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.

The defending champion, Antal Kovács, had won the 1993 World Championships, but the 1995 title went to Poland’s Paweł Nastula. Both were in Atlanta, as was the 1988 Olympic gold medalist Aurélio Miguel of Brazil. All were drawn in Pool A and Nastula and Kovács were drawn against each other in their first match, which went to Nastula by ippon in less than a minute. Nastula and Miguel met in the pool final, where they fought a very close match, Nastula winning by penalties. In the final Nastula met Kim Min-Su of Korea, who was no match for the Pole, losing by ippon in 1:33, as Nastula used kuzure-kesa-gatame for the victory. Nastula repeated as World Champion in 1997 but then turned to Mixed Martial Arts, with only minimal success.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Paweł Nastula	POL	Gold
2	Kim Min-Su	KOR	Silver
=3	Aurélio Miguel	BRA	Bronze
=3	Stéphane Traineau	FRA	Bronze
=5	Antal Kovács	HUN
=5	Ben Sonnemans	NED
=7	Alejandro Bender	ARG
=7	Yoshio Nakamura	JPN
=9	Antonio Félicité	MRI
=9	Pedro Soares	POR
=9	Dmitry Sergeyev	RUS
=9	Daniel Gowing	NZL
=13	Sergey Shakimov	KAZ
=13	Luigi Guido	ITA
=13	Vernharð Þorleifsson	ISL
=13	Leanid Sviryd	BLR
=17	Ray Stevens	GBR
=17	Mevlud Lobzhanidze	GEO
=17	Keith Morgan	CAN
=17	Ángel Sánchez	CUB
=21	Nacanieli Takayawa	FIJ
=21	Willan Bouza	URU
=21	Arturo Gutiérrez	MEX
=21	Khayrullo Nazriev	TJK
=21	Radu Ivan	ROU
=21	Detlef Knorrek	GER
=21	Bassel El-Gharbawy	EGY
=21	Dmitry Solovyov	UZB
=21	Rene Capo	USA
=21	Semír Pepic	SVK
=31	Mohamed Bu Sakher	KUW
=31	Ronny Gómez	CRC

Pool A

Date	21 July 1996

Round One

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Khayrullo Nazriev	TJK	Ippon	Ronny Gómez	CRC

Round Two

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Aurélio Miguel	BRA	Ippon	Alejandro Bender	ARG
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Sergey Shakimov	KAZ	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Nacanieli Takayawa	FIJ
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Antonio Félicité	MRI	Waza-ari	Willan Bouza	URU
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Keith Morgan	CAN	Chui	Arturo Gutiérrez	MEX
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall H	Paweł Nastula	POL	Ippon	Antal Kovács	HUN
Match #6	21 Jul	Hall H	Luigi Guido	ITA	Chui	Khayrullo Nazriev	TJK
Match #7	21 Jul	Hall H	Ángel Sánchez	CUB	Ippon	Radu Ivan	ROU
Match #8	21 Jul	Hall H	Pedro Soares	POR	Ippon	Detlef Knorrek	GER

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Aurélio Miguel	BRA	Hansuko-make	Sergey Shakimov	KAZ
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Antonio Félicité	MRI	Ippon	Keith Morgan	CAN
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Paweł Nastula	POL	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Luigi Guido	ITA
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Pedro Soares	POR	Ippon	Ángel Sánchez	CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Aurélio Miguel	BRA	Ippon	Antonio Félicité	MRI
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Paweł Nastula	POL	Ippon	Pedro Soares	POR

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Paweł Nastula	POL	Chui	Aurélio Miguel	BRA

Repêchage

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Alejandro Bender	ARG	Ippon	Sergey Shakimov	KAZ
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Alejandro Bender	ARG	Ippon	Antonio Félicité	MRI
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Antal Kovács	HUN	Ippon	Luigi Guido	ITA
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Antal Kovács	HUN	Shido	Pedro Soares	POR
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall H	Antal Kovács	HUN	Ippon	Alejandro Bender	ARG
Match 3/5	21 Jul	Hall H	Stéphane Traineau	FRA	Waza-ari	Antal Kovács	HUN

Pool B

Date	21 July 1996

Round One

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Semír Pepic	SVK	Ippon	Mohamed Bu Sakher	KUW

Round Two

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Ben Sonnemans	NED				bye
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Ray Stevens	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Bassel El-Gharbawy	EGY
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Kim Min-Su	KOR	Hansuko-make	Vernharð Þorleifsson	ISL
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Dmitry Sergeyev	RUS	Ippon	Dmitry Solovyov	UZB
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall H	Yoshio Nakamura	JPN				bye
Match #6	21 Jul	Hall H	Mevlud Lobzhanidze	GEO	Ippon	Rene Capo	USA
Match #7	21 Jul	Hall H	Stéphane Traineau	FRA	Keikoku	Leanid Sviryd	BLR
Match #8	21 Jul	Hall H	Daniel Gowing	NZL	Ippon	Semír Pepic	SVK

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Ben Sonnemans	NED	Chui	Ray Stevens	GBR
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Kim Min-Su	KOR	Waza-ari	Dmitry Sergeyev	RUS
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Yoshio Nakamura	JPN	Ippon	Mevlud Lobzhanidze	GEO
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Stéphane Traineau	FRA	Ippon	Daniel Gowing	NZL

Semi-Finals

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Kim Min-Su	KOR	Waza-ari	Ben Sonnemans	NED
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Stéphane Traineau	FRA	Ippon	Yoshio Nakamura	JPN

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Kim Min-Su	KOR	Ippon	Stéphane Traineau	FRA

Repêchage

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Jul	Hall H	Dmitry Sergeyev	RUS	Ippon	Vernharð Þorleifsson	ISL
Match #2	21 Jul	Hall H	Ben Sonnemans	NED	Hansuko-make	Dmitry Sergeyev	RUS
Match #3	21 Jul	Hall H	Daniel Gowing	NZL	Keikoku	Leanid Sviryd	BLR
Match #4	21 Jul	Hall H	Yoshio Nakamura	JPN	Sogo-gachi	Daniel Gowing	NZL
Match #5	21 Jul	Hall H	Ben Sonnemans	NED	Yusei-gachi	Yoshio Nakamura	JPN
Match 3/5	21 Jul	Hall H	Aurélio Miguel	BRA	Ippon	Ben Sonnemans	NED

Final Round

Date	21 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	21 Jul	Hall H	Paweł Nastula	POL	Ippon	Kim Min-Su	KOR