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Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men

Date	16 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
Participants	33 from 33 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.

Korea’s Lee Won-Hui had won the 2003 World Championships and won 48 consecutive matches thru 2003. Heavily favored in the pool quarter-final, he faced American Jimmy Pedro, the 1999 World Champion. Pedro had stopped Lee’s winning streak in late 2003 at the Korean Open. But in Athina, Lee used seoi-nage for ippon to win at 3:37. The final matched Lee against the 2001 World Champion, Vitaly Makarov of Russia, and won by ippon with only nine seconds left in the match. Pedro went thru the repêchage to win a bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Lee Won-Hui	KOR	Gold
2	Vitaly Makarov	RUS	Silver
=3	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA	Bronze
=3	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Bronze
=5	Victor Bivol	MDA
=5	Daniel Fernandes	FRA
=7	Davit Kevkhishvili	GEO
=7	João Neto	POR
=9	Yoel Razvozov	ISR
=9	Damdiny Süldbayar	MGL
=9	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR
=9	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI
=13	Xie Jianhua	CHN
=13	Lavrentis Alexanidis	GRE
=13	Anatol Larukou	BLR
=13	Richard León	VEN
=17	Krzysztof Wiłkomirski	POL
=17	Bernard M'vondo Etoga	CMR
=17	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG
=17	Claudiu Baștea	ROU
=21	Andrew Collett	AUS
=21	Rodrigo Lucenti	ARG
=21	Rubert Martínez	CUB
=21	Christos Christodoulidis	CYP
=21	Ernst Laraque	HAI
=21	Masahiro Takamatsu	JPN
=21	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT
=21	Bourama Mariko	MLI
=21	Sašo Jereb	SLO
=21	Akapei Latu	TGA
=21	Egamnazar Akbarov	UZB
=32	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP
=32	Sagdat Sadykov	KAZ
DNS	Haitham Awad	EGY

Pool A

Date	16 August 2004

Round One

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA	Yuko	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP

Round Two

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Daniel Fernandes	FRA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Xie Jianhua	CHN
Match #2	16 Aug	Yoel Razvozov	ISR	Ippon	Rubert Martínez	CUB
Match #3	16 Aug	Krzysztof Wiłkomirski	POL	Ippon	Andrew Collett	AUS
Match #4	16 Aug	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA	Ippon	Ernst Laraque	HAI
Match #5	16 Aug	Davit Kevkhishvili	GEO	Waza-ari	Masahiro Takamatsu	JPN
Match #6	16 Aug	Vitaly Makarov	RUS	Ippon	Lavrentis Alexanidis	GRE
Match #7	16 Aug	Bernard M'vondo Etoga	CMR	Yuko	Egamnazar Akbarov	UZB
Match #8	16 Aug	Damdiny Süldbayar	MGL	Ippon	Vsevolods Zeļonijs	LAT

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Daniel Fernandes	FRA	Ippon	Yoel Razvozov	ISR
Match #2	16 Aug	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA	Waza-ari	Krzysztof Wiłkomirski	POL
Match #3	16 Aug	Vitaly Makarov	RUS	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Davit Kevkhishvili	GEO
Match #4	16 Aug	Damdiny Süldbayar	MGL	Yuko	Bernard M'vondo Etoga	CMR

Semi-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Daniel Fernandes	FRA	Waza-ari	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA
Match #2	16 Aug	Vitaly Makarov	RUS	Waza-ari	Damdiny Süldbayar	MGL

Final Round

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Vitaly Makarov	RUS	Ippon	Daniel Fernandes	FRA

Repêchage

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Yoel Razvozov	ISR	Ippon	Xie Jianhua	CHN
Match #2	16 Aug	Davit Kevkhishvili	GEO	Ippon	Lavrentis Alexanidis	GRE
Match #3	16 Aug	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA	Ippon	Yoel Razvozov	ISR
Match #4	16 Aug	Davit Kevkhishvili	GEO	Yuko	Damdiny Süldbayar	MGL
Match #5	16 Aug	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA	Koka	Davit Kevkhishvili	GEO
Match 3/5	16 Aug	Leandro Guilheiro	BRA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Victor Bivol	MDA

Pool B

Date	16 August 2004

Round One

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon	Sagdat Sadykov	KAZ

Round Two

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon	Rodrigo Lucenti	ARG
Match #2	16 Aug	Lee Won-Hui	KOR	Yuko	Anatol Larukou	BLR
Match #3	16 Aug	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG	Ippon	Akapei Latu	TGA
Match #4	16 Aug	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR	Fusen-gachi	Haitham Awad	EGY	walkover
Match #5	16 Aug	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI	Ippon	Sašo Jereb	SLO
Match #6	16 Aug	Victor Bivol	MDA	Ippon	Richard León	VEN
Match #7	16 Aug	João Neto	POR	Yuko	Christos Christodoulidis	CYP
Match #8	16 Aug	Claudiu Baștea	ROU	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Bourama Mariko	MLI

Quarter-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Lee Won-Hui	KOR	Ippon	Jimmy Pedro	USA
Match #2	16 Aug	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR	Ippon	Noureddine Yagoubi	ALG
Match #3	16 Aug	Victor Bivol	MDA	Ippon	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI
Match #4	16 Aug	João Neto	POR	Ippon	Claudiu Baștea	ROU

Semi-Finals

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Lee Won-Hui	KOR	Ippon	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR
Match #2	16 Aug	Victor Bivol	MDA	Ippon	João Neto	POR

Final Round

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Lee Won-Hui	KOR	Ippon	Victor Bivol	MDA

Repêchage

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	16 Aug	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Koka	Anatol Larukou	BLR
Match #2	16 Aug	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI	Ippon	Richard León	VEN
Match #3	16 Aug	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Waza-ari	Hennadiy Bilodid	UKR
Match #4	16 Aug	João Neto	POR	Ippon	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI
Match #5	16 Aug	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon	João Neto	POR
Match 3/5	16 Aug	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Ippon	Daniel Fernandes	FRA

Final Round

Date	16 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	16 Aug	Lee Won-Hui	KOR	Ippon	Vitaly Makarov	RUS