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Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men

Date	16 September 2000 — 15:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Hall 1 & 2)
Participants	34 from 34 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.

After winning the 1996 gold medal in this class, Tadahiro Nomura also won the 1997 World Championships. He did not compete at the 1999 World Championships, won by Cuba’s Manolo Poulot. Both were drawn in Pool B at Sydney and met in the pool final, after they had easily won their preliminary matches. It was an epic match with Nomura winning only by yusei-gachi. After that match, the final was easy for Nomura. Facing Korea’s Jeong Seok-Gyeong. Nomura won with sumi-otoshi for ippon in only 14 seconds, the fastest final in Olympic history. Nomura would win his third consecutive gold medal in this event in 2004. He then stayed out of competition for two years but returned to try to win a four gold medal in 2008. However, he did not make the Japanese team for Beijing and retired in mid-2008.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Tadahiro Nomura	JPN	Gold
2	Jeong Bu-Gyeong	KOR	Silver
=3	Aydyn Smagulov	KGZ	Bronze
=3	Manolo Poulot	CUB	Bronze
=5	Alisher Mukhtarov	UZB
=5	Bazarbek Donbay	KAZ
=7	Brandan Greczkowski	USA
=7	Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov	AZE
=9	Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili	MDA
=9	Marek Matuszek	SVK
=9	Nestor Khergiani	GEO
=9	Omar Rebahi	ALG
=13	Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh	MGL
=13	Francis Labrosse	SEY
=13	Jia Yunbing	CHN
=13	Yevgeny Stanev	RUS
=17	Éric Despezelle	FRA
=17	Makrem Ayed	TUN
=17	Natik Bahirau	BLR
=17	Óscar Peñas	ESP
=21	Abdel Ouahed Idrissi Chorfi	MAR
=21	Adrian Robertson	AUS
=21	Cédric Taymans	BEL
=21	David Moret	SUI
=21	Denílson Lourenço	BRA
=21	John Buchanan	GBR
=21	Jorge Lencina	ARG
=21	Juan Barahona	ECU
=21	Juan Carlos Jacinto	DOM
=21	Oliver Gussenberg	GER
=21	Reiver Alvarenga	VEN
=21	Vardan Voskanyan	ARM
=33	Brendon Crooks	NZL
=33	Ruslan Mirzaliyev	UKR

Pool A

Date	16 September 2000

Round One

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov	AZE	Ippon	Brendon Crooks	NZL

Round Two

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh	MGL	Waza-ari	Reiver Alvarenga	VEN
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jeong Bu-Gyeong	KOR	Ippon	Nestor Khergiani	GEO
Match #3	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Bazarbek Donbay	KAZ	Ippon	Oliver Gussenberg	GER
Match #4	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Óscar Peñas	ESP	Waza-ari	John Buchanan	GBR
Match #5	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Natik Bahirau	BLR	Waza-ari	Denílson Lourenço	BRA
Match #6	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov	AZE	Ippon	David Moret	SUI
Match #7	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Alisher Mukhtarov	UZB	Ippon	Francis Labrosse	SEY
Match #8	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Omar Rebahi	ALG	Yusei-gachi	Juan Carlos Jacinto	DOM

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jeong Bu-Gyeong	KOR	Ippon	Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh	MGL
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Bazarbek Donbay	KAZ	Waza-ari	Óscar Peñas	ESP
Match #3	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov	AZE	Ippon	Natik Bahirau	BLR
Match #4	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Alisher Mukhtarov	UZB	Ippon	Omar Rebahi	ALG

Semi-Finals

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jeong Bu-Gyeong	KOR	Ippon	Bazarbek Donbay	KAZ
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Alisher Mukhtarov	UZB	Ippon	Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov	AZE

Final Round

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jeong Bu-Gyeong	KOR	Yuko	Alisher Mukhtarov	UZB

Repêchage

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Nestor Khergiani	GEO	Ippon	Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh	MGL
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Omar Rebahi	ALG	Ippon	Francis Labrosse	SEY
Match #3	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Bazarbek Donbay	KAZ	Waza-ari	Nestor Khergiani	GEO
Match #4	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov	AZE	Ippon	Omar Rebahi	ALG
Match #5	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Bazarbek Donbay	KAZ	Waza-ari	Elçin Mehdi İsmayılov	AZE
Match 3/5	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Manolo Poulot	CUB	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Bazarbek Donbay	KAZ

Pool B

Date	16 September 2000

Round One

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Cédric Taymans	BEL	Keikoku	Ruslan Mirzaliyev	UKR

Round Two

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Brandan Greczkowski	USA	Ippon	Cédric Taymans	BEL
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tadahiro Nomura	JPN	Ippon	Jia Yunbing	CHN
Match #3	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Marek Matuszek	SVK	Ippon	Vardan Voskanyan	ARM
Match #4	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Makrem Ayed	TUN	Ippon	Adrian Robertson	AUS
Match #5	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aydyn Smagulov	KGZ	Ippon	Jorge Lencina	ARG
Match #6	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Manolo Poulot	CUB	Ippon	Yevgeny Stanev	RUS
Match #7	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Éric Despezelle	FRA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Abdel Ouahed Idrissi Chorfi	MAR
Match #8	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili	MDA	Ippon	Juan Barahona	ECU

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tadahiro Nomura	JPN	Ippon	Brandan Greczkowski	USA
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Marek Matuszek	SVK	Ippon	Makrem Ayed	TUN
Match #3	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Manolo Poulot	CUB	Ippon	Aydyn Smagulov	KGZ
Match #4	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili	MDA	Yusei-gachi	Éric Despezelle	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tadahiro Nomura	JPN	Ippon	Marek Matuszek	SVK
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Manolo Poulot	CUB	Ippon	Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili	MDA

Final Round

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tadahiro Nomura	JPN	Yuko	Manolo Poulot	CUB

Repêchage

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Brandan Greczkowski	USA	Ippon	Jia Yunbing	CHN
Match #2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aydyn Smagulov	KGZ	Ippon	Yevgeny Stanev	RUS
Match #3	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Brandan Greczkowski	USA	Ippon	Marek Matuszek	SVK
Match #4	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aydyn Smagulov	KGZ	Ippon	Gheorghe Kurgheleasvili	MDA
Match #5	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aydyn Smagulov	KGZ	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Brandan Greczkowski	USA
Match 3/5	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aydyn Smagulov	KGZ	Ippon	Alisher Mukhtarov	UZB

Final Round

Date	16 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	16 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tadahiro Nomura	JPN	Ippon	Jeong Bu-Gyeong	KOR