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Middleweight (≤80 kilograms), Men

Date	2 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Ringer-Judo-Halle, Messegelände (Halle 14), München
Participants	35 from 35 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the semi-finals. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools. Winners of each repêchage pool advanced to the semi-finals.

The Japanese entrant, Shinobu Sekine, had won the All-Japan Championships a few months earlier and was considered the favorite. Also considered was Jean-Paul Coche, who had won the European title in May. Sekine won his first three matches, but then lost to Oh Seung-Lip of Korea. Fortunately, Oh won the pool, allowing Sekine to advance via the repêchage. In the semi-final he faced Brian Jacks of Great Britain, and defeated him via decision. In the other semi, Oh faced Coche, and threw him with osoto-gari in four minutes. The final was thus a re-match between Oh and Sekine. There was little action in the match, which was closely fought. Lasting the entire 10 minutes, Sekine won the gold medal by split decision.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Gold
2	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Silver
=3	Brian Jacks	GBR	Bronze
=3	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Bronze
=5	Lutz Lischka	AUT
=5	Guram Gogolauri	URS
=7	Gerd Egger	FRG
=7	Petr Jákl	TCH
=9	Cherdpong Punsoni	THA
=9	Simo Akrenius	FIN
=11	Slavko Obadov	YUG
=11	Rick Littlewood	NZL
=13	Martin Poglajen	NED
=13	Philip Illingworth	CAN
=13	Lhofei Shiozawa	BRA
=13	Alex Bijkerk	AUS
=13	Philippe Aubert	SUI
=13	László Ipacs	HUN
=19	Irwin Cohen	USA
=19	Jean de Dieu Razafimahatratra	MAD
=19	Choidoryn Övgönkhüü	MGL
=19	Carlos Socías	DOM
=19	Chang Ping-Ho	TPE
=19	Tommy Tegelgård	SWE
=19	Antonio Gallina	ARG
=19	Luis Arredondo	MEX
=19	Isaac Azcuy	CUB
=19	Boubker Slimani	MAR
=19	Rudolf Hendel	GDR
=19	Orlando Ferreira	POR
=19	Terry Watt	IRL
=19	Adam Adamczyk	POL
=33	Raymond Coulibaly	MLI
=33	Jonas Cissé	SEN
=33	Wadih Gosn	LBN

Pool A

Date	2 September 1972

Round One

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Jonas Cissé	SEN
Match #2	02 Sep	Chang Ping-Ho	TPE	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Raymond Coulibaly	MLI

Round Two

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Ippon	Irwin Cohen	USA
Match #2	02 Sep	Martin Poglajen	NED	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Jean de Dieu Razafimahatratra	MAD
Match #3	02 Sep	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Yusei-gachi	Choidoryn Övgönkhüü	MGL
Match #4	02 Sep	Philip Illingworth	CAN	Ippon	Carlos Socías	DOM
Match #5	02 Sep	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Chang Ping-Ho	TPE
Match #6	02 Sep	Lhofei Shiozawa	BRA	Ippon	Tommy Tegelgård	SWE
Match #7	02 Sep	Brian Jacks	GBR	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Simo Akrenius	FIN
Match #8	02 Sep	Gerd Egger	FRG	Yusei-gachi	Luis Arredondo	MEX

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Yusei-gachi	Martin Poglajen	NED
Match #2	02 Sep	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Yusei-gachi	Philip Illingworth	CAN
Match #3	02 Sep	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Lhofei Shiozawa	BRA
Match #4	02 Sep	Brian Jacks	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Gerd Egger	FRG

Semi-Finals

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Yusei-gachi	Slavko Obadov	YUG
Match #2	02 Sep	Brian Jacks	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA

Final Round

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Brian Jacks	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Guram Gogolauri	URS

Repêchage

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Gerd Egger	FRG	Yusei-gachi	Simo Akrenius	FIN
Match #2	02 Sep	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Gerd Egger	FRG
Final	02 Sep	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Guram Gogolauri	URS

Pool B

Date	2 September 1972

Round One

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Philippe Aubert	SUI	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Wadih Gosn	LBN

Round Two

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Philippe Aubert	SUI	Yusei-gachi	Isaac Azcuy	CUB
Match #2	02 Sep	Lutz Lischka	AUT	Ippon	Boubker Slimani	MAR
Match #3	02 Sep	Petr Jákl	TCH	Yusei-gachi	Rudolf Hendel	GDR
Match #4	02 Sep	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Ippon	Cherdpong Punsoni	THA
Match #5	02 Sep	Alex Bijkerk	AUS	Yusei-gachi	Terry Watt	IRL
Match #6	02 Sep	Rick Littlewood	NZL	Ippon	Adam Adamczyk	POL
Match #7	02 Sep	László Ipacs	HUN	Yusei-gachi	Antonio Gallina	ARG
Match #8	02 Sep	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Ippon	Orlando Ferreira	POR

Quarter-Finals

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Lutz Lischka	AUT	Yusei-gachi	Philippe Aubert	SUI
Match #2	02 Sep	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Ippon	Petr Jákl	TCH
Match #3	02 Sep	Rick Littlewood	NZL	Ippon	Alex Bijkerk	AUS
Match #4	02 Sep	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Waza-ari awasete ippon	László Ipacs	HUN

Semi-Finals

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Ippon	Lutz Lischka	AUT
Match #2	02 Sep	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Rick Littlewood	NZL

Final Round

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Yusei-gachi	Shinobu Sekine	JPN

Repêchage

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Petr Jákl	TCH	Ippon	Cherdpong Punsoni	THA
Match #2	02 Sep	Lutz Lischka	AUT	Ippon	Petr Jákl	TCH
Final	02 Sep	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Ippon	Lutz Lischka	AUT

Semi-Finals

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	02 Sep	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Ippon	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA
Match #2	02 Sep	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Brian Jacks	GBR

Final Round

Date	2 September 1972

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Sep	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR