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Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men

Date	18 September 2000 — 15:00-18:30-20:30-22:00
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.

American Jimmy Pedro won the 1999 World Championships, while the defending Olympic gold medalist, Kenzo Nakamura (JPN), had won in 1997. Both were defeated in Pool A by the unheralded Korean Choi Yong-Sin, but Choi lost the pool final to Brazil’s Tiago Camilo. The final matched Camilo against Italy’s Giuseppe Maddaloni, a two-time European Champion (1998-99). The match was closely fought but in the final minute Maddaloni threw Camilo for ippon to win the gold medal. Maddaloni would win four more medals at the European Championships, but never won another major international title.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Gold
2	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Silver
=3	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Bronze
=3	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Bronze
=5	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR
=5	Jimmy Pedro	USA
=7	Ferrid Kheder	FRA
=7	Michel Almeida	POR
=9	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR
=9	Hassen Moussa	TUN
=9	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN
=9	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG
=13	Germán Velazco	PER
=13	Gil Ofer	ISR
=13	Sebastián Alquati	ARG
=13	Travolta Waterhouse	SAM
17	Sagdat Sadykov	KGZ
AC	Andrew Payne	BAR
AC	Andrey Shturbabin	UZB
AC	Askhat Shakharov	KAZ
AC	Carlos Méndez	PUR
AC	Christoph Stangl	AUT
AC	Claudiu Baștea	ROU
AC	Eduardo Manglés	VEN
AC	Ernst Laraque	HAI
AC	Giorgi Revazishvili	GEO
AC	Haitham Awad	EGY
AC	Héctor Lombard	CUB
AC	Jarosław Lewak	POL
AC	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG
AC	Martin Schmidt	GER
AC	Miklós Illyés	HUN
AC	Tom Hill	AUS
AC	Vitaly Makarov	RUS

Pool A (18 September 2000)

Round One (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (1:39)	Sagdat Sadykov	KGZ

Round Two (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN	Waza-ari/Seukui-nage (5:00)	Claudiu Baștea	ROU
Match #2	Jarosław Lewak	POL	Ippon/Seukui-nage (0:20)	Christoph Stangl	AUT
Match #3	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Yuko/Hold-Same-Side (5:00)	Jimmy Pedro	USA
Match #4	Sebastián Alquati	ARG	Ippon/Tai-otoshisae-komi-waza (1:59)	Andrew Payne	BAR
Match #5	Miklós Illyés	HUN	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Seukui-nage (2:39)	Carlos Méndez	PUR
Match #6	Michel Almeida	POR	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Yoko-gake (4:30)	Eduardo Manglés	VEN
Match #7	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (4:09)	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG
Match #8	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:24)	Gil Ofer	ISR

Quarter-Finals (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN	Ippon/Sankaku-jime (3:39)	Jarosław Lewak	POL
Match #2	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Waza-ari/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Sebastián Alquati	ARG
Match #3	Michel Almeida	POR	Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (4:25)	Miklós Illyés	HUN
Match #4	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon/Seoi-nage (4:59)	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG

Semi-Finals (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR	Ippon/Tai-otoshisae-komi-waza (1:25)	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN
Match #2	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Waza-ari/Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Michel Almeida	POR

Final Round (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (2:00)	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR

Repêchage (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon/Seoi-nage (3:50)	Sagdat Sadykov	KGZ
Match #2	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Kusure-kesa-gatame (3:04)	Sebastián Alquati	ARG
Match #3	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG	Waza-ari/Seoi-nage (5:00)	Gil Ofer	ISR
Match #4	Michel Almeida	POR	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (5:00)	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG
Match #5	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/O-uchi-gari (3:17)	Kenzo Nakamura	JPN
Match #6	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (0:51)	Michel Almeida	POR
Match 3/4	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Ippon/Kata-garami (0:31)	Jimmy Pedro	USA

Pool B (18 September 2000)

Round One (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Héctor Lombard	CUB	Ippon/Kata-garami (3:45)	Haitham Awad	EGY

Round Two (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Andrey Shturbabin	UZB	Ippon/Sumi-gaeshi (1:40)	Giorgi Revazishvili	GEO
Match #2	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon/Kata-garami (1:50)	Ernst Laraque	HAI
Match #3	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:55)	Travolta Waterhouse	SAM
Match #4	Hassen Moussa	TUN	Yuko/Ko-uchi-makikomi (5:00)	Martin Schmidt	GER
Match #5	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR	Ippon/Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (3:22)	Héctor Lombard	CUB
Match #6	Askhat Shakharov	KAZ	Ippon/Tomoe-nage-goshi (1:19)	Vitaly Makarov	RUS
Match #7	Germán Velazco	PER	Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (3:57)	Tom Hill	AUS
Match #8	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Ippon/Hansoku-make/Non-Combativity (2:30)	Ferrid Kheder	FRA

Quarter-Finals (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (2:06)	Andrey Shturbabin	UZB
Match #2	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:25)	Hassen Moussa	TUN
Match #3	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (3:39)	Askhat Shakharov	KAZ
Match #4	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Ippon/Hansoku-make/Non-Combativity (2:30)	Germán Velazco	PER

Semi-Finals (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Yuko/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT
Match #2	Anatol Larukou	BLR	Ippon/Hansoku-make/Defensive-Posture (2:52)	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR

Final Round (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Ippon/Seukui-nage (4:18)	Anatol Larukou	BLR

Repêchage (18 September 2000)

Match #1	Hassen Moussa	TUN	Ippon/Kata-garami (1:51)	Travolta Waterhouse	SAM
Match #2	Ferrid Kheder	FRA	Koka/Shido/Yusei-gachi/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (5:00)	Germán Velazco	PER
Match #3	Ferrid Kheder	FRA	Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (3:24)	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR
Match #4	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (2:51)	Hassen Moussa	TUN
Match #5	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon/O-goshi (5:00)	Ferrid Kheder	FRA
Match 3/4	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT	Ippon/Seukui-nage (0:53)	Choi Yong-Sin	KOR

Final Round (18 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Ippon/Uchi-mata-sukashi (3:25)	Tiago Camilo	BRA