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Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men

Date11 August 2008 — 12:00
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants32 from 32 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.

The #1 judoka in this class was Azerbaijan’s Elnur Məmmədli. He made it to the final and won by ippon in only 13 seconds, one of the fastest Olympic final victories ever. The victory was the first ever judo gold for Azerbaijan. The silver medalist was Wang Gi-Chun, the 2007 World Champion. The two bronze medals went to Tajikistan’s Rasul Bokiev and Leandro Guilheiro of Brazil. Boqiev defeated Dirk Van Tichelt of Belgium with a yuko and a koka, while Guilheiro needed only 23 seconds to win by ippon for the other bronze medal, defeating Ali Maloumat of Iran.

PosCompetitor(s)NOC
1Elnur MəmmədliAZEGold
2Wang Gi-ChunKORSilver
=3Rasul BoqievTJKBronze
=3Leandro GuilheiroBRABronze
=5Ali MaloumatIRI
=5Dirk Van TicheltBEL
=7Hennadiy BilodidUKR
=7Yusuke KanamaruJPN
=9Kim Chol-SuPRK
=9Shokir MuminovUZB
=9Gantömöriin DashdavaaMGL
=9Si RijigawaCHN
=13Rinat IbragimovKAZ
=13Kanstantsin SiamionauBLR
=13Éric KibanzaCOD
=13João PinaPOR
=17Marlon AugustRSA
=17Sezer HuysuzTUR
=17Davit KevkhishviliGEO
=17Krzysztof WiłkomirskiPOL
=21Saeed Rashed Al-QubaisiUAE
=21Mariano BertolottiARG
=21Ronald GironesCUB
=21Dennis IversonAUS
=21Jaromír JežekCZE
=21Richard LeónVEN
=21Amar MeridjaALG
=21Salamu MezhidovRUS
=21Ryan ReserUSA
=21Sergiu TomaMDA
=21Nick TrittonCAN
=21Vsevolods ZeļonijsLAT

Pool A (11 August 2008)

Round One (11 August 2008)

Match #1 João PinaPOR Nick TrittonCAN
Match #2 Ali MaloumatIRI Yusuke KanamaruJPN
Match #3 Krzysztof WiłkomirskiPOL Vsevolods ZeļonijsLAT
Match #4 Gantömöriin DashdavaaMGL Ryan ReserUSA
Match #5 Davit KevkhishviliGEO Sergiu TomaMDA
Match #6 Kim Chol-SuPRK Ronald GironesCUB
Match #7 Kanstantsin SiamionauBLR Amar MeridjaALG
Match #8 Elnur MəmmədliAZE Dirk Van TicheltBEL

Round One (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Rasul BoqievTJK Éric KibanzaCOD
Match #2 Hennadiy BilodidUKR Salamu MezhidovRUS
Match #3 Sezer HuysuzTUR Dennis IversonAUS
Match #4 Si RijigawaCHN Richard LeónVEN
Match #5 Shokir MuminovUZB Jaromír JežekCZE
Match #6 Wang Gi-ChunKOR Rinat IbragimovKAZ
Match #7 Marlon AugustRSA Saeed Rashed Al-QubaisiUAE
Match #8 Leandro GuilheiroBRA Mariano BertolottiARG

Quarter-Finals (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Ali MaloumatIRI João PinaPOR
Match #2 Gantömöriin DashdavaaMGL Krzysztof WiłkomirskiPOL
Match #3 Kim Chol-SuPRK Davit KevkhishviliGEO
Match #4 Elnur MəmmədliAZE Kanstantsin SiamionauBLR

Pool B (11 August 2008)

Quarter-Finals (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Rasul BoqievTJK Hennadiy BilodidUKR
Match #2 Si RijigawaCHN Sezer HuysuzTUR
Match #3 Wang Gi-ChunKOR Shokir MuminovUZB
Match #4 Leandro GuilheiroBRA Marlon AugustRSA

Final Round (11 August 2008)

Match 1/2 Elnur MəmmədliAZE Wang Gi-ChunKOR

Semi-Finals (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Ali MaloumatIRI Gantömöriin DashdavaaMGL
Match #2 Elnur MəmmədliAZE Kim Chol-SuPRK

Semi-Finals (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Rasul BoqievTJK Si RijigawaCHN
Match #2 Wang Gi-ChunKOR Leandro GuilheiroBRA

Final Round (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Elnur MəmmədliAZE Ali MaloumatIRI

Final Round (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Wang Gi-ChunKOR Rasul BoqievTJK

Repêchage (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Yusuke KanamaruJPN João PinaPOR
Match #2 Dirk Van TicheltBEL Kanstantsin SiamionauBLR
Match #3 Yusuke KanamaruJPN Gantömöriin DashdavaaMGL
Match #4 Dirk Van TicheltBEL Kim Chol-SuPRK
Match #5 Dirk Van TicheltBEL Yusuke KanamaruJPN
Match 3/4 Rasul BoqievTJK Dirk Van TicheltBEL

Repêchage (11 August 2008)

Match #1 Hennadiy BilodidUKR Éric KibanzaCOD
Match #2 Shokir MuminovUZB Rinat IbragimovKAZ
Match #3 Hennadiy BilodidUKR Si RijigawaCHN
Match #4 Leandro GuilheiroBRA Shokir MuminovUZB
Match #5 Leandro GuilheiroBRA Hennadiy BilodidUKR
Match 3/4 Leandro GuilheiroBRA Ali MaloumatIRI