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Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men

Date20 July 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationGeorgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall H)
Participants33 from 33 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.

David Douillet (FRA) had been World Champion in 1995 in both heavyweight and open class. He was favored but the 1992 gold medalist, Davit Khakhaleishvili (GEO), and silver medalist, Naoya Ogawa (JPN), were expected to give him stiff opposition. Khakhaleishvili never got to compete. He went to the Georgia World Congress Center for the weigh-in only to find that it was being held at the Olympic Village. Although he tried to get back to the Village, he was late for the weigh-in and was disqualified. It was a silly ruling as heavyweights are allowed unlimited weight. Douillet and Ogawa met in the Pool A final, with Douillet winning a close match only by shido. The final against Spain’s Ernesto Pérez was much easier, with Douillet using uchi-mata to win by ippon in 2:03. Douillet would win his fourth World Championship in the heavyweight class in 1997.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1David DouilletFRAGold
2Ernesto PérezESPSilver
=3Frank MöllerGERBronze
=3Harry Van BarneveldBELBronze
=5Liu ShenggangCHN
=5Naoya OgawaJPN
=7Sergey KosorotovRUS
=7Charis PapaioannouGRE
=9Rafał KubackiPOL
=9Eric KriegerAUT
=9Imre CsőszHUN
=9Alexandru LunguROU
=13Arnulfo BetancourtNCA
=13Igor MullerLUX
=13Selim TataroğluTUR
=13Vadim SergeyevKGZ
=17Igor PeshkovKAZ
=17Frederico FlexaBRA
=17Ruslan SharapouBLR
=17Saidahtam RahimovTJK
=21Denny EbbersNED
=21Slim AgrebiTUN
=21Mitar MilinkovićSCG
=21Pitak KampitaTHA
=21José Augusto GeraldinoDOM
=21Khalifa DioufSEN
=21Damon KeeveUSA
=21Indrek PertelsonEST
=21Miklos SzaboAUS
=21Kamol MuradovUZB
=21Orlando BaccinoARG
=21Kamel LarbiALG
=33Frank MorenoCUB

Pool A (20 July 1996)

Round One (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Chui/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Frank MorenoCUB

Round Two (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Ruslan SharapouBLR
Ippon/Harai-makikomi (1:58)
Damon KeeveUSA
Match #2 Rafał KubackiPOL
Sogo-gachi/Uchi-mata (4:33)
Indrek PertelsonEST
Match #3 Naoya OgawaJPN
Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (0:17)
Arnulfo BetancourtNCA
Match #4 Charis PapaioannouGRE
Ippon/Ura-nage (0:33)
Miklos SzaboAUS
Match #5 Igor MullerLUX
Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (2:00)
Kamol MuradovUZB
Match #6 David DouilletFRA
Keikoku/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Match #7 Saidahtam RahimovTJK
Ippon/Kesa-gatame (4:38)
Orlando BaccinoARG
Match #8 Eric KriegerAUT
Ippon/Kusure-yoko-shiho-gatame (3:17)
Kamel LarbiALG

Quarter-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Rafał KubackiPOL
Chui/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Ruslan SharapouBLR
Match #2 Naoya OgawaJPN
Ippon/Undetermined (0:30)
Charis PapaioannouGRE
Match #3 David DouilletFRA
Sogo-gachi/Soto-makikomi (4:10)
Igor MullerLUX
Match #4 Eric KriegerAUT
Koka/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Saidahtam RahimovTJK

Semi-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Naoya OgawaJPN
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Rafał KubackiPOL
Match #2 David DouilletFRA
Kiken-gachi (1:15)
Eric KriegerAUT

Final Round (20 July 1996)

Match #1 David DouilletFRA
Shido/Defensive-Posture (5:00)
Naoya OgawaJPN

Repêchage (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Charis PapaioannouGRE bye
Match #2 Charis PapaioannouGRE
Ippon/Kusure-yoko-shiho-gatame (2:09)
Rafał KubackiPOL
Match #3 Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Chui/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Igor MullerLUX
Match #4 Harry Van BarneveldBEL bye
Match #5 Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (3:41)
Charis PapaioannouGRE
Match 3/4 Harry Van BarneveldBEL
Ippon/Juji-gatame (1:22)
Liu ShenggangCHN

Pool B (20 July 1996)

Round One (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Alexandru LunguROU bye

Round Two (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Ernesto PérezESP
Yuko/Harai-goshi (5:00)
Selim TataroğluTUR
Match #2 Frank MöllerGER
Ippon/Yoko-gake (0:33)
Denny EbbersNED
Match #3 Igor PeshkovKAZ
Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (1:51)
Slim AgrebiTUN
Match #4 Imre CsőszHUN
Hansoku-make/Non-Combativity (4:31)
Mitar MilinkovićSCG
Match #5 Frederico FlexaBRA
Ippon/Harai-makikomi (2:50)
Pitak KampitaTHA
Match #6 Sergey KosorotovRUS
Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (0:17)
José Augusto GeraldinoDOM
Match #7 Vadim SergeyevKGZ
Keikoku/Non-Combativity (5:00)
Khalifa DioufSEN
Match #8 Liu ShenggangCHN
Hansoku-make/False-Attack (4:21)
Alexandru LunguROU

Quarter-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Ernesto PérezESP
Yusei-gachi (5:00)
Frank MöllerGER
Match #2 Imre CsőszHUN
Waza-ari/O-uchi-gari (5:00)
Igor PeshkovKAZ
Match #3 Sergey KosorotovRUS
Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:41)
Frederico FlexaBRA
Match #4 Liu ShenggangCHN
Chui/False-Attack (5:00)
Vadim SergeyevKGZ

Semi-Finals (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Ernesto PérezESP
Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:56)
Imre CsőszHUN
Match #2 Liu ShenggangCHN
Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:10)
Sergey KosorotovRUS

Final Round (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Ernesto PérezESP
Waza-ari/Osae-komi-waza (5:00)
Liu ShenggangCHN

Repêchage (20 July 1996)

Match #1 Frank MöllerGER
Ippon/Ushiro-kesa-gatame (3:13)
Selim TataroğluTUR
Match #2 Frank MöllerGER
Ippon/Harai-makikomi (1:56)
Imre CsőszHUN
Match #3 Alexandru LunguROU
Ippon/Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (3:40)
Vadim SergeyevKGZ
Match #4 Sergey KosorotovRUS
Ippon/Juji-gatame (1:32)
Alexandru LunguROU
Match #5 Frank MöllerGER
Ippon/Sukui-nage (0:49)
Sergey KosorotovRUS
Match 3/4 Frank MöllerGER
Ippon/Harai-makikomi (2:29)
Naoya OgawaJPN

Final Round (20 July 1996)

Match 1/2 David DouilletFRA
Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:03)
Ernesto PérezESP