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Half-Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Men

Date	29 July 1976 — 14:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Vélodrome olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	26 from 26 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the winner of each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

Vladimir Nevzorov (URS) had begun his sporting career as a wrestler, like many judoka, but by 1976 was a heavy favorite to win gold in Montréal in judo. He had won the 1975 World and European Championships. Japan’s representative in the class was Koji Kuramoto, bronze medalist at the 1975 Worlds. There were no surprises as these two made it to the final, with Nevzorov winning all his early bouts by ippon. The final was not close, although Kuramoto survived for the duration. But Nevzorov was the top judoka in Montréal and thoroughly dominated his Japanese foe. This ended Nevzorov’s short, but meteoric, career. He never again competed internationally.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Vladimir Nevzorov	URS	Gold
2	Koji Kuramoto	JPN	Silver
=3	Patrick Vial	FRA	Bronze
=3	Marian Tałaj	POL	Bronze
=5	Lee Chang-Seon	KOR
=5	Vass Morrison	GBR
=7	John Van Hoek	AUS
=7	Juan Carlos Rodríguez	ESP
=9	António Roquete	POR
=9	Thomas Hagmann	SUI
=11	Dietmar Hötger	GDR
=11	Ezio Gamba	ITA
=13	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
=13	Óscar Strático	ARG
=13	Shagdaryn Chanrav	MGL
=13	Pat Burris	USA
=13	Lamine Wade	SEN
=13	Roberto Machusso	BRA
=19	Mok Cheuk Wing	HKG
=19	Fahad Al-Farhan	KUW
=19	Rafet Güngör	TUR
=19	Wayne Erdman	CAN
=19	Yona Melnik	ISR
=19	Károly Molnár	HUN
=19	Jhonny MacKay	ECU
=19	Carlos Miranda	PUR
DNS	Abderrahmane Bel Mahfoud	MAR
DNS	Cha Du-Yong	PRK
DNS	Emmanuel Ndoumbè Ngoua	CMR

Pool A

Date	29 July 1976

Round One

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Georgi Georgiev	BUL	Fusen-gachi	Abderrahmane Bel Mahfoud	MAR	walkover
Match #2	29 Jul	Vass Morrison	GBR	Ippon	Fahad Al-Farhan	KUW
Match #3	29 Jul	Koji Kuramoto	JPN	Yusei-gachi	António Roquete	POR
Match #4	29 Jul	Juan Carlos Rodríguez	ESP	Ippon	Rafet Güngör	TUR
Match #5	29 Jul	Shagdaryn Chanrav	MGL	Fusen-gachi	Cha Du-Yong	PRK	walkover
Match #6	29 Jul	Dietmar Hötger	GDR	Ippon	Károly Molnár	HUN
Match #7	29 Jul	Pat Burris	USA	Ippon	Carlos Miranda	PUR
Match #8	29 Jul	Patrick Vial	FRA				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Vass Morrison	GBR	Waza-ari	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
Match #2	29 Jul	Koji Kuramoto	JPN	Ippon	Juan Carlos Rodríguez	ESP
Match #3	29 Jul	Dietmar Hötger	GDR	Yuko	Shagdaryn Chanrav	MGL
Match #4	29 Jul	Patrick Vial	FRA	Koka	Pat Burris	USA

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Koji Kuramoto	JPN	Koka	Vass Morrison	GBR
Match #2	29 Jul	Patrick Vial	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Dietmar Hötger	GDR

Final Round

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Koji Kuramoto	JPN	Koka	Patrick Vial	FRA

Repêchage

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Juan Carlos Rodríguez	ESP	Koka	António Roquete	POR
Match #2	29 Jul	Vass Morrison	GBR	Yuko	Juan Carlos Rodríguez	ESP
Match 3/5	29 Jul	Patrick Vial	FRA	Koka	Vass Morrison	GBR

Pool B

Date	29 July 1976

Round One

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	John Van Hoek	AUS	Ippon	Mok Cheuk Wing	HKG
Match #2	29 Jul	Lamine Wade	SEN	Fusen-gachi	Emmanuel Ndoumbè Ngoua	CMR	walkover
Match #3	29 Jul	Vladimir Nevzorov	URS	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Marian Tałaj	POL
Match #4	29 Jul	Thomas Hagmann	SUI				bye
Match #5	29 Jul	Lee Chang-Seon	KOR	Yuko	Wayne Erdman	CAN
Match #6	29 Jul	Roberto Machusso	BRA	Yusei-gachi	Yona Melnik	ISR
Match #7	29 Jul	Óscar Strático	ARG	Koka	Jhonny MacKay	ECU
Match #8	29 Jul	Ezio Gamba	ITA				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	John Van Hoek	AUS	Waza-ari	Lamine Wade	SEN
Match #2	29 Jul	Vladimir Nevzorov	URS	Ippon	Thomas Hagmann	SUI
Match #3	29 Jul	Lee Chang-Seon	KOR	Yuko	Roberto Machusso	BRA
Match #4	29 Jul	Ezio Gamba	ITA	Yuko	Óscar Strático	ARG

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Vladimir Nevzorov	URS	Ippon	John Van Hoek	AUS
Match #2	29 Jul	Lee Chang-Seon	KOR	Koka	Ezio Gamba	ITA

Final Round

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Vladimir Nevzorov	URS	Ippon	Lee Chang-Seon	KOR

Repêchage

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Marian Tałaj	POL	Koka	Thomas Hagmann	SUI
Match #2	29 Jul	Marian Tałaj	POL	Yuko	John Van Hoek	AUS
Match 3/5	29 Jul	Marian Tałaj	POL	Ippon	Lee Chang-Seon	KOR

Final Round

Date	29 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	29 Jul	Vladimir Nevzorov	URS	Waza-ari	Koji Kuramoto	JPN