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Heavyweight (>93 kilograms), Men

Date	26 July 1976 — 14:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Vélodrome olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants	19 from 19 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.

The two favorites were Sumio Endo of Japan and Sergey Novikov of the Soviet Union. Endo had won the 1975 World Championships, defeating Novikov in the final, while Novikov had won the 1976 European title. But the lack of a seeding system saw them drawn against each other in the opening round, with Novikov winning by decision. He made it to the final where he fought West Germany’s Günther Neureuther. At just over a minute, Novikov threw Neureuther with osoto-gari for ippon to win the gold medal. Endo came thru the repêchage to win bronze, joined by American Allen Coage, only the second American to win a judo medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Sergey Novikov	URS	Gold
2	Günther Neureuther	FRG	Silver
=3	Sumio Endo	JPN	Bronze
=3	Allen Coage	USA	Bronze
=5	Güsemiin Jalaa	MGL
=5	Keith Remfry	GBR
=7	Abdoulaye Kote	SEN
=7	Radomir Kovačević	YUG
9	Pak Jong-Gil	PRK
=10	Klaus Wallas	AUT
=10	Mihály Petrovszky	HUN
=12	Jaime Felipa	AHO
=12	José Chandri	PUR
=12	Emil Petrunov	BUL
=12	Rémi Berthet	FRA
=12	Vladimír Novák	TCH
=17	Hans-Jakob Schädler	LIE
=17	Waldemar Zausz	POL
=17	Markku Airio	FIN
DNS	Mario Daminelli	ITA

Pool A

Date	26 July 1976

Round One

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Sergey Novikov	URS	Yusei-gachi	Sumio Endo	JPN
Match #2	26 Jul	Pak Jong-Gil	PRK				bye
Match #3	26 Jul	Radomir Kovačević	YUG				bye
Match #4	26 Jul	José Chandri	PUR				bye
Match #5	26 Jul	Keith Remfry	GBR	Waza-ari	Waldemar Zausz	POL
Match #6	26 Jul	Emil Petrunov	BUL				bye
Match #7	26 Jul	Rémi Berthet	FRA				bye
Match #8	26 Jul	Mihály Petrovszky	HUN				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Sergey Novikov	URS	Koka	Pak Jong-Gil	PRK
Match #2	26 Jul	Radomir Kovačević	YUG	Koka	José Chandri	PUR
Match #3	26 Jul	Keith Remfry	GBR	Yuko	Emil Petrunov	BUL
Match #4	26 Jul	Mihály Petrovszky	HUN	Koka	Rémi Berthet	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Sergey Novikov	URS	Yuko	Radomir Kovačević	YUG
Match #2	26 Jul	Keith Remfry	GBR	Yuko	Mihály Petrovszky	HUN

Final Round

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Sergey Novikov	URS	Yuko	Keith Remfry	GBR

Repêchage

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Sumio Endo	JPN	Koka	Pak Jong-Gil	PRK
Match #2	26 Jul	Sumio Endo	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Radomir Kovačević	YUG
Match 3/5	26 Jul	Sumio Endo	JPN	Yuko	Keith Remfry	GBR

Pool B

Date	26 July 1976

Round One

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Abdoulaye Kote	SEN	Yuko	Hans-Jakob Schädler	LIE
Match #2	26 Jul	Günther Neureuther	FRG				bye
Match #3	26 Jul	Mario Daminelli	ITA				bye
Match #4	26 Jul	Güsemiin Jalaa	MGL				bye
Match #5	26 Jul	Vladimír Novák	TCH	Yuko	Markku Airio	FIN
Match #6	26 Jul	Klaus Wallas	AUT				bye
Match #7	26 Jul	Allen Coage	USA				bye
Match #8	26 Jul	Jaime Felipa	AHO				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Günther Neureuther	FRG	Ippon	Abdoulaye Kote	SEN
Match #2	26 Jul	Güsemiin Jalaa	MGL	Fusen-gachi	Mario Daminelli	ITA	walkover
Match #3	26 Jul	Klaus Wallas	AUT	Yuko	Vladimír Novák	TCH
Match #4	26 Jul	Allen Coage	USA	Ippon	Jaime Felipa	AHO

Semi-Finals

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Günther Neureuther	FRG	Ippon	Güsemiin Jalaa	MGL
Match #2	26 Jul	Allen Coage	USA	Yuko	Klaus Wallas	AUT

Final Round

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Günther Neureuther	FRG	Yusei-gachi	Allen Coage	USA

Repêchage

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	26 Jul	Güsemiin Jalaa	MGL	Ippon	Abdoulaye Kote	SEN
Match 3/5	26 Jul	Allen Coage	USA	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Güsemiin Jalaa	MGL

Final Round

Date	26 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Jul	Sergey Novikov	URS	Ippon	Günther Neureuther	FRG