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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(s)	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 (2 September 1972)

Round One (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (5:55)	Jonas Cissé	SEN
Match #2	Chang Ping-Ho	TPE	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (1:22)	Raymond Coulibaly	MLI

Round Two (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Kesa-gatame (3:25)	Irwin Cohen	USA
Match #2	Martin Poglajen	NED	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (1:13)	Jean de Dieu Razafimahatratra	MAD
Match #3	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Choidoryn Övgönkhüü	MGL
Match #4	Philip Illingworth	CAN	Te-guruma (0:25)	Carlos Socías	DOM
Match #5	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Chang Ping-Ho	TPE
Match #6	Lhofei Shiozawa	BRA	De-ashi-barai (3:03)	Tommy Tegelgård	SWE
Match #7	Brian Jacks	GBR	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (0:46)	Simo Akrenius	FIN
Match #8	Gerd Egger	FRG	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Luis Arredondo	MEX

Quarter-Finals (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Martin Poglajen	NED
Match #2	Slavko Obadov	YUG	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Philip Illingworth	CAN
Match #3	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Lhofei Shiozawa	BRA
Match #4	Brian Jacks	GBR	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Gerd Egger	FRG

Semi-Finals (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Guram Gogolauri	URS	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Slavko Obadov	YUG
Match #2	Brian Jacks	GBR	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA

Final Round (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Brian Jacks	GBR	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Guram Gogolauri	URS

Repêchage (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Gerd Egger	FRG	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Simo Akrenius	FIN
Match #2	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Gerd Egger	FRG
Repêchage Final	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Guram Gogolauri	URS

Pool B (2 September 1972)

Round One (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Philippe Aubert	SUI	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (0:56)	Wadih Gosn	LBN

Round Two (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Philippe Aubert	SUI	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Isaac Azcuy	CUB
Match #2	Lutz Lischka	AUT	Tai-otoshi (2:00)	Boubker Slimani	MAR
Match #3	Petr Jákl	TCH	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Rudolf Hendel	GDR
Match #4	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Harai-tsuri-komi-ashi (2:40)	Cherdpong Punsoni	THA
Match #5	Alex Bijkerk	AUS	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Terry Watt	IRL
Match #6	Rick Littlewood	NZL	Kami-shiho-gatame (2:12)	Adam Adamczyk	POL
Match #7	László Ipacs	HUN	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Antonio Gallina	ARG
Match #8	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Tai-otoshi (0:48)	Orlando Ferreira	POR

Quarter-Finals (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Lutz Lischka	AUT	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Philippe Aubert	SUI
Match #2	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Harai-tsuri-komi-ashi (1:41)	Petr Jákl	TCH
Match #3	Rick Littlewood	NZL	Tate-shiho-gatame (0:49)	Alex Bijkerk	AUS
Match #4	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (4:46)	László Ipacs	HUN

Semi-Finals (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Seoi-nage (1:01)	Lutz Lischka	AUT
Match #2	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Rick Littlewood	NZL

Final Round (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Shinobu Sekine	JPN

Repêchage (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Petr Jákl	TCH	Tsuri-komi-goshi (0:20)	Cherdpong Punsoni	THA
Match #2	Lutz Lischka	AUT	Tai-otoshi (0:26)	Petr Jákl	TCH
Repêchage Final	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Tai-otoshi (2:32)	Lutz Lischka	AUT

Semi-Finals (2 September 1972)

Match #1	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR	O-soto-gari (3:59)	Jean-Paul Coche	FRA
Match #2	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Yusei-gachi (6:00)	Brian Jacks	GBR

Final Round (2 September 1972)

Match 1/2	Shinobu Sekine	JPN	Yusei-gachi (1:00)	Oh Seung-Rip	KOR