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Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men

Date	12 August 2008 — 12:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	35 from 35 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.

This class was considered fairly wide-open. The gold medal was won by Ole Bischof of Germany, 2005 European Champion, who defeated Korea’s Kim Jae-Beom by yuko. Kim had been 2005 Asian Games Champion, while Bischof would also win the World Cup in 2008. Bischof was coached by Frank Wieneke, gold medalist in this class in 1984. The two bronze medals were won by the last two Olympic silver medalists. Tiago Camilo of Brazil, silver medalist in 2000, and Ukrainian Roman Hontiuk, silver medalist in 2004.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ole Bischof	GER	Gold
2	Kim Jae-Beom	KOR	Silver
=3	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Bronze
=3	Roman Hontiuk	UKR	Bronze
=5	Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü	MGL
=5	Guillaume Elmont	NED
=7	Euan Burton	GBR
=7	Robert Krawczyk	POL
=9	Srđan Mrvaljević	MNE
=9	Mario Antonio Valles	COL
=9	João Neto	POR
=9	Travis Stevens	USA
=13	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG
=13	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA
=13	Mehman Əzizov	AZE
=13	Siarhei Shundzikau	BLR
=17	Safouane Attaf	MAR
=17	Óscar Cárdenas	CUB
=17	Guo Lei	CHN
=17	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI
=21	Mark Anthony	AUS
=21	Alibek Bashkayev	RUS
=21	Abderramán Brenes	PUR
=21	Franklin Cisneros	ESA
=21	Matthew Jago	RSA
=21	Emmanuel Lucenti	ARG
=21	José Mba Nchama	GEQ
=21	Takashi Ono	JPN
=21	Anthony Rodriguez	FRA
=21	Aljaž Sedej	SLO
=21	Edmond Topalli	ALB
=21	Fiderd Vis	ARU
=33	Youssef Badra	TUN
=33	Sheralī Bozorov	TJK
=33	Saba Gavashelishvili	GEO

Pool A

Date	12 August 2008

Round One

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG	Yuko	Sheralī Bozorov	TJK

Round Two

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Waza-ari	Takashi Ono	JPN
Match #2	12 Aug	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI	Ippon	Aljaž Sedej	SLO
Match #3	12 Aug	Travis Stevens	USA	Ippon	Franklin Cisneros	ESA
Match #4	12 Aug	Ole Bischof	GER	Yuko	Mehman Əzizov	AZE
Match #5	12 Aug	Safouane Attaf	MAR	Ippon	Alibek Bashkayev	RUS
Match #6	12 Aug	Euan Burton	GBR	Yuko	Emmanuel Lucenti	ARG
Match #7	12 Aug	Roman Hontiuk	UKR	Ippon	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG
Match #8	12 Aug	Mario Antonio Valles	COL	Ippon	Mark Anthony	AUS

Quarter-Finals

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon	Hamed Malekmohammadi	IRI
Match #2	12 Aug	Ole Bischof	GER	Yuko	Travis Stevens	USA
Match #3	12 Aug	Euan Burton	GBR	Yuko	Safouane Attaf	MAR
Match #4	12 Aug	Roman Hontiuk	UKR	Waza-ari	Mario Antonio Valles	COL

Semi-Finals

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Ole Bischof	GER	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Tiago Camilo	BRA
Match #2	12 Aug	Roman Hontiuk	UKR	Waza-ari	Euan Burton	GBR

Final Round

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Ole Bischof	GER	Yuko	Roman Hontiuk	UKR

Repêchage

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Travis Stevens	USA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Mehman Əzizov	AZE
Match #2	12 Aug	Mario Antonio Valles	COL	Waza-ari	Sacha Denanyoh	TOG
Match #3	12 Aug	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Yuko	Travis Stevens	USA
Match #4	12 Aug	Euan Burton	GBR	Waza-ari	Mario Antonio Valles	COL
Match #5	12 Aug	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Waza-ari	Euan Burton	GBR
Match 3/5	12 Aug	Tiago Camilo	BRA	Ippon	Guillaume Elmont	NED

Pool B

Date	12 August 2008

Round One

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	João Neto	POR	Ippon	Saba Gavashelishvili	GEO
Match #2	12 Aug	Srđan Mrvaljević	MNE	Yuko	Youssef Badra	TUN

Round Two

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Óscar Cárdenas	CUB	Waza-ari	Anthony Rodriguez	FRA
Match #2	12 Aug	João Neto	POR	Ippon	Edmond Topalli	ALB
Match #3	12 Aug	Robert Krawczyk	POL	Waza-ari	Matthew Jago	RSA
Match #4	12 Aug	Kim Jae-Beom	KOR	Yuko	Siarhei Shundzikau	BLR
Match #5	12 Aug	Srđan Mrvaljević	MNE	Ippon	José Mba Nchama	GEQ
Match #6	12 Aug	Guo Lei	CHN	Ippon	Fiderd Vis	ARU
Match #7	12 Aug	Guillaume Elmont	NED	Koka	Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü	MGL
Match #8	12 Aug	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA	Yuko	Abderramán Brenes	PUR

Quarter-Finals

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	João Neto	POR	Ippon	Óscar Cárdenas	CUB
Match #2	12 Aug	Kim Jae-Beom	KOR	Ippon	Robert Krawczyk	POL
Match #3	12 Aug	Srđan Mrvaljević	MNE	Waza-ari	Guo Lei	CHN
Match #4	12 Aug	Guillaume Elmont	NED	Ippon	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA

Semi-Finals

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Kim Jae-Beom	KOR	Koka	João Neto	POR
Match #2	12 Aug	Guillaume Elmont	NED	Yuko	Srđan Mrvaljević	MNE

Final Round

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Kim Jae-Beom	KOR	Koka	Guillaume Elmont	NED

Repêchage

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	12 Aug	Robert Krawczyk	POL	Yuko	Siarhei Shundzikau	BLR
Match #2	12 Aug	Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü	MGL	Ippon	Giuseppe Maddaloni	ITA
Match #3	12 Aug	Robert Krawczyk	POL	Ippon	João Neto	POR
Match #4	12 Aug	Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü	MGL	Ippon	Srđan Mrvaljević	MNE
Match #5	12 Aug	Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü	MGL	Ippon	Robert Krawczyk	POL
Match 3/5	12 Aug	Roman Hontiuk	UKR	Waza-ari	Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü	MGL

Final Round

Date	12 August 2008

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	12 Aug	Ole Bischof	GER	Yuko	Kim Jae-Beom	KOR