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Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men

Date	29 July 1980 — 10:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Dvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva
Participants	23 from 23 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.

This was the class most affected by the boycott as Japan’s Shozo Fujii, four-time World Champion, was not present. In addition the 1980 European Champion, Neil Adams, dropped back to the lightweight class in Moskva. In their absence, the class came down, as did many in 1980 judo, to Soviet, Cuban, and East German fighters. The final matched Shota Khabareli (USSR and Georgia) against Cuba’s Juan Ferrer. Ferrer opened with koka at 23 seconds, but Khabarelli equaled the match at two minutes, and made the winning move at four minutes, scoring a yuko from ouchi-gari. The bronze medalists, Bernard Tchoullouyan of France and Harald Heinke of East Germany, had also won medals in this class at the 1979 Worlds.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Shota Khabareli	URS	Gold
2	Juan Ferrer	CUB	Silver
=3	Bernard Tchoullouyan	FRA	Bronze
=3	Harald Heinke	GDR	Bronze
=5	Mircea Frățică	ROU
=5	Ignacio Sanz	ESP
=7	Georgi Petrov	BUL
=7	Slavko Sikirić	YUG
9	Dave McManus	IRL
=10	António Roquete	POR
=10	Carlos Alberto Cunha	BRA
=12	Chris Bowles	GBR
=12	Berkane Adda	ALG
=12	Dovdongiin Dashjamts	MGL
=12	Thomas Hagmann	SUI
=12	Vladimír Bárta	TCH
=17	Philippe Simo	CMR
=17	Karim Badiane	SEN
=17	Jarosław Brawata	POL
=17	Henry Sichalwe	ZAM
=17	János Gyáni	HUN
=17	Michel Grant	SWE
=17	Bassam El-Jabbin	SYR
DNS	Jang Il-Nam	PRK

Pool A

Date	29 July 1980

Round One

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Chris Bowles	GBR	Yusei-gachi	Philippe Simo	CMR
Match #2	29 Jul	Bernard Tchoullouyan	FRA				bye
Match #3	29 Jul	Berkane Adda	ALG	Ippon	Jarosław Brawata	POL
Match #4	29 Jul	António Roquete	POR				bye
Match #5	29 Jul	Juan Ferrer	CUB	Waza-ari	Dave McManus	IRL
Match #6	29 Jul	Slavko Sikirić	YUG				bye
Match #7	29 Jul	Ignacio Sanz	ESP	Ippon	Bassam El-Jabbin	SYR
Match #8	29 Jul	Dovdongiin Dashjamts	MGL				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Bernard Tchoullouyan	FRA	Yusei-gachi	Chris Bowles	GBR
Match #2	29 Jul	António Roquete	POR	Waza-ari	Berkane Adda	ALG
Match #3	29 Jul	Juan Ferrer	CUB	Yuko	Slavko Sikirić	YUG
Match #4	29 Jul	Ignacio Sanz	ESP	Ippon	Dovdongiin Dashjamts	MGL

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Bernard Tchoullouyan	FRA	Ippon	António Roquete	POR
Match #2	29 Jul	Juan Ferrer	CUB	Ippon	Ignacio Sanz	ESP

Final Round

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Juan Ferrer	CUB	Ippon	Bernard Tchoullouyan	FRA

Repêchage

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Slavko Sikirić	YUG	Yusei-gachi	Dave McManus	IRL
Match #2	29 Jul	Ignacio Sanz	ESP	Ippon	Slavko Sikirić	YUG
Match 3/5	29 Jul	Bernard Tchoullouyan	FRA	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Ignacio Sanz	ESP

Pool B

Date	29 July 1980

Round One

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Harald Heinke	GDR	Koka	Karim Badiane	SEN
Match #2	29 Jul	Shota Khabareli	URS				bye
Match #3	29 Jul	Vladimír Bárta	TCH	Ippon	Henry Sichalwe	ZAM
Match #4	29 Jul	Georgi Petrov	BUL				bye
Match #5	29 Jul	Carlos Alberto Cunha	BRA	Waza-ari	Michel Grant	SWE
Match #6	29 Jul	Thomas Hagmann	SUI				bye
Match #7	29 Jul	Mircea Frățică	ROU	Waza-ari	János Gyáni	HUN
Match #8	29 Jul	Jang Il-Nam	PRK				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Shota Khabareli	URS	Koka	Harald Heinke	GDR
Match #2	29 Jul	Georgi Petrov	BUL	Yusei-gachi	Vladimír Bárta	TCH
Match #3	29 Jul	Carlos Alberto Cunha	BRA	Yusei-gachi	Thomas Hagmann	SUI
Match #4	29 Jul	Mircea Frățică	ROU	Fusen-gachi	Jang Il-Nam	PRK	walkover

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Shota Khabareli	URS	Koka	Georgi Petrov	BUL
Match #2	29 Jul	Mircea Frățică	ROU	Ippon	Carlos Alberto Cunha	BRA

Final Round

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Shota Khabareli	URS	Yuko	Mircea Frățică	ROU

Repêchage

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Harald Heinke	GDR	Yuko	Georgi Petrov	BUL
Match 3/5	29 Jul	Mircea Frățică	ROU	Yuko	Harald Heinke	GDR

Final Round

Date	29 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	29 Jul	Shota Khabareli	URS	Yuko	Juan Ferrer	CUB