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Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men

Date	11 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Arena Carioca 2, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	34 from 34 countries

Czech Lukáš Krpálek dedicated his gold medal to his friend Alexandr Jurecka. Non-Olympian Jurecka, who competed in European and World Championships, and was expected to be a candidate for the Rio Olympics, died in a diving accident in Lake Garda in Italy in 2015. During his competition in Rio, Krpálek always had a photo of Jurecka at hand. The third-seeded Czech faced favorite Elmar Qasımov from Azerbaijan in the final, after defeating the second-seeded Cyrille Maret from France in the semi-final by an Ippon (full point) with just seconds to go. In an otherwise scoreless fight, Krpálek applied an Ouchi-gari (big inner reap) for an Ippon after 4:36 min to win his country’s first ever judo medal after the separation from Slovakia. Qasımov had to settle for silver.

Maret and the 2015 World Champion Ryunosuke Haga of Japan both defeated well-known opponents by Ippon in their bronze medal contests. Maret beat German World Championship runner-up Karl-Richard Frey and Haga beat the Ukrainian Artem Bloshenko . None of the three competing 2012 medalists advanced to the quarter-final.

Pos	Judoka	NOC
1	Lukáš Krpálek	CZE	Gold
2	Elmar Qasımov	AZE	Silver
=3	Cyrille Maret	FRA	Bronze
=3	Ryunosuke Haga	JPN	Bronze
=5	Karl-Richard Frey	GER
=5	Artem Bloshenko	UKR
=7	Ramadan Darwish	EGY
=7	Beka Gviniashvili	GEO
=9	Lyes Bouyacoub	ALG
=9	José Armenteros	CUB
=9	Jo Gu-Ham	KOR
=9	Yan Naing Soe	MYA
=9	Henk Grol	NED
=9	Toma Nikiforov	BEL
=9	Maksim Rakov	KAZ
=9	Rafael Buzacarini	BRA
=17	Tagir Khaybulayev	RUS
=17	Ivan Remarenco	UAE
=17	Dominic Dugasse	SEY
=17	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar	MGL
=17	Martin Pacek	SWE
=17	Shah Hussain Shah	PAK
=17	Miklós Cirjenics	HUN
=17	Christopher George	TTO
=17	Ayouba Traoré	MLI
=17	Kyle Reyes	CAN
=17	Javad Mahjoub	IRI
=17	Ben Fletcher	GBR
=17	Jorge Fonseca	POR
=17	Grigori Minaškin	EST
=17	Jevgēņijs Borodavko	LAT
=17	Pablo Aprahamian	URU
=33	Soyib Kurbonov	UZB
=33	Mohammad Tawfiq Bakhshi	AFG

Round One (11 August 2016 — 10:00)

Winners advance to round two.

Match 1	Elmar Qasımov	AZE			bye
Match 2	Tagir Khaybulayev	RUS			bye
Match 3	Ivan Remarenco	UAE			bye
Match 4	Lyes Bouyacoub	ALG			bye
Match 5	Ramadan Darwish	EGY			bye
Match 6	Dominic Dugasse	SEY			bye
Match 7	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar	MGL			bye
Match 8	José Armenteros	CUB			bye
Match 9	Martin Pacek	SWE			bye
Match 10	Jo Gu-Ham	KOR			bye
Match 11	Artem Bloshenko	UKR	Soyib Kurbonov	UZB	1001/0000 KSK 2:58
Match 12	Shah Hussain Shah	PAK			bye
Match 13	Karl-Richard Frey	GER			bye
Match 14	Miklós Cirjenics	HUN			bye
Match 15	Yan Naing Soe	MYA			bye
Match 16	Christopher George	TTO			bye
Match 17	Cyrille Maret	FRA			bye
Match 18	Ayouba Traoré	MLI			bye
Match 19	Henk Grol	NED			bye
Match 20	Kyle Reyes	CAN			bye
Match 21	Toma Nikiforov	BEL			bye
Match 22	Javad Mahjoub	IRI			bye
Match 23	Beka Gviniashvili	GEO			bye
Match 24	Ben Fletcher	GBR			bye
Match 25	Lukáš Krpálek	CZE			bye
Match 26	Jorge Fonseca	POR	Mohammad Tawfiq Bakhshi	AFG	1000/0000 STG 0:09
Match 27	Grigori Minaškin	EST			bye
Match 28	Maksim Rakov	KAZ			bye
Match 29	Ryunosuke Haga	JPN			bye
Match 30	Jevgēņijs Borodavko	LAT			bye
Match 31	Rafael Buzacarini	BRA			bye
Match 32	Pablo Aprahamian	URU			bye

Round Two (11 August 2016)

Winners advance to round three.

Match 1	Elmar Qasımov	AZE	Tagir Khaybulayev	RUS	0111/0002 KGU 5:00
Match 2	Lyes Bouyacoub	ALG	Ivan Remarenco	UAE	0100/0000 UMA 5:00
Match 3	Ramadan Darwish	EGY	Dominic Dugasse	SEY	1000/0003 KKS 1:28
Match 4	José Armenteros	CUB	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar	MGL	0010/0000 YGU 5:00
Match 5	Jo Gu-Ham	KOR	Martin Pacek	SWE	0001/0002 P29 5:00
Match 6	Artem Bloshenko	UKR	Shah Hussain Shah	PAK	1000/0001 SUG 1:38
Match 7	Karl-Richard Frey	GER	Miklós Cirjenics	HUN	1000/0000 OGO 0:23 GS
Match 8	Yan Naing Soe	MYA	Christopher George	TTO	0022/0000 UNN 5:00
Match 9	Cyrille Maret	FRA	Ayouba Traoré	MLI	1000/0000 UMA 0:34
Match 10	Henk Grol	NED	Kyle Reyes	CAN	1010/0001 KSK 2:44
Match 11	Toma Nikiforov	BEL	Javad Mahjoub	IRI	1001/0002 SON 5:00
Match 12	Beka Gviniashvili	GEO	Ben Fletcher	GBR	1001/0001 KEG 2:49
Match 13	Lukáš Krpálek	CZE	Jorge Fonseca	POR	0100/0013 SUG 5:00
Match 14	Maksim Rakov	KAZ	Grigori Minaškin	EST	0002/0003 P29 5:00
Match 15	Ryunosuke Haga	JPN	Jevgēņijs Borodavko	LAT	1000/0000 UMA 2:29
Match 16	Rafael Buzacarini	BRA	Pablo Aprahamian	URU	1000/0002 JGT 2:21

Round Three (11 August 2016)

Winners advance to quarter-finals.

Match 1	Elmar Qasımov	AZE	Lyes Bouyacoub	ALG	0101/0102 P12 5:00
Match 2	Ramadan Darwish	EGY	José Armenteros	CUB	0013/0001 KUG 5:00
Match 3	Artem Bloshenko	UKR	Jo Gu-Ham	KOR	1000/0000 SUG 1:35
Match 4	Karl-Richard Frey	GER	Yan Naing Soe	MYA	1000/0000 HRG 0:55
Match 5	Cyrille Maret	FRA	Henk Grol	NED	0011/0001 KGU 5:00
Match 6	Beka Gviniashvili	GEO	Toma Nikiforov	BEL	1010/0001 OGO 2:43
Match 7	Lukáš Krpálek	CZE	Maksim Rakov	KAZ	0000/0002 P16 5:00
Match 8	Ryunosuke Haga	JPN	Rafael Buzacarini	BRA	0000/0001 P12 5:00

Quarter-Finals (11 August 2016)

Winners advance to semi-finals. Losers advance to repêchage for bronze medal tournament.

Match 1	Elmar Qasımov	AZE	Ramadan Darwish	EGY	1000/0000 TNO 0:54
Match 2	Artem Bloshenko	UKR	Karl-Richard Frey	GER	0112/0000 KSK 5:00
Match 3	Cyrille Maret	FRA	Beka Gviniashvili	GEO	0101/0001 UMS 5:00
Match 4	Lukáš Krpálek	CZE	Ryunosuke Haga	JPN	0001/0002 P05 5:00

Repêchage (11 August 2016)

Winners advance to bronze medal matches.

Match 1	Karl-Richard Frey	GER	Ramadan Darwish	EGY	1001/0001 SOT 3:11
Match 2	Ryunosuke Haga	JPN	Beka Gviniashvili	GEO	0000/0001 P12 5:00

Semi-Finals (11 August 2016)

Winners advance to gold medal final. Losers advance to bronze medal matches.

Match 1	Elmar Qasımov	AZE	Artem Bloshenko	UKR	1000/0001 KSK 2:38
Match 2	Lukáš Krpálek	CZE	Cyrille Maret	FRA	1000/0001 YSG 4:49

Final Round (11 August 2016)

Match 3/5	Cyrille Maret	FRA	Karl-Richard Frey	GER	1000/0000 OSG 2:07
Match 3/5	Ryunosuke Haga	JPN	Artem Bloshenko	UKR	1001/0002 SAJ 3:12
Match 1/2	Lukáš Krpálek	CZE	Elmar Qasımov	AZE	1000/0000 OUG 4:36