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Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men

Date	27 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.

There were four favorites in this category. Robert Van de Walle (BEL) had been runner-up at the 1979 World Championships; Jean-Luc Rougé (FRA) was the 1980 European Champion and runner-up in the heavyweight class at the 1979 Worlds; Dietmar Lorenz (GDR) was the 1979 European Champion; joined by the reigning World Champion, Soviet Georgian Tengiz Khubuluri. Khubuluri and Lorenz met in the semi-finals with the Soviet winning. He made it to the final, where he faced Van de Walle. The final was close, with Van de Walle having a slight edge by koka to win the gold medal. Lorenz went thru the repêchage for bronze, shared with Dutch judoka Henk Numan.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Robert Van de Walle	BEL	Gold
2	Tengiz Khubuluri	URS	Silver
=3	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Bronze
=3	Henk Numan	NED	Bronze
=5	István Szepesi	HUN
=5	Rolando José Tornes	CUB
=7	Daniel Radu	ROU
=7	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA
=9	Rex Chizooma	ZAM
=9	Dariusz Nowakowski	POL
=11	Bjarni Friðriksson	ISL
=11	Mark Chittenden	GBR
=13	Robert Köstenberger	AUT
=13	John de Wet	ZIM
=13	Rajko Kušić	YUG
=13	Dendeviin Amgaa	MGL
=13	Essambo Ewane	CMR
=13	Luiz Moura	BRA
=19	Elias Kobti	SYR
=19	Alassane Thioub	SEN
=19	Panikos Eyripidou	CYP
=19	Tsancho Atanasov	BUL
=19	Jaroslav Nikodým	TCH

Pool A

Date	27 July 1980

Round One

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Ippon	Elias Kobti	SYR
Match #2	27 Jul	Robert Köstenberger	AUT				bye
Match #3	27 Jul	Tengiz Khubuluri	URS	Waza-ari	Dariusz Nowakowski	POL
Match #4	27 Jul	Daniel Radu	ROU				bye
Match #5	27 Jul	Rajko Kušić	YUG	Ippon	Alassane Thioub	SEN
Match #6	27 Jul	Rolando José Tornes	CUB				bye
Match #7	27 Jul	Bjarni Friðriksson	ISL	Ippon	Panikos Eyripidou	CYP
Match #8	27 Jul	Dendeviin Amgaa	MGL				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Yuko	Robert Köstenberger	AUT
Match #2	27 Jul	Tengiz Khubuluri	URS	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Daniel Radu	ROU
Match #3	27 Jul	Rolando José Tornes	CUB	Ippon	Rajko Kušić	YUG
Match #4	27 Jul	Bjarni Friðriksson	ISL	Ippon	Dendeviin Amgaa	MGL

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Tengiz Khubuluri	URS	Yusei-gachi	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR
Match #2	27 Jul	Rolando José Tornes	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Bjarni Friðriksson	ISL

Final Round

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Tengiz Khubuluri	URS	Koka	Rolando José Tornes	CUB

Repêchage

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Daniel Radu	ROU	Ippon	Dariusz Nowakowski	POL
Match #2	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Ippon	Daniel Radu	ROU
Match 3/5	27 Jul	Dietmar Lorenz	GDR	Ippon	Rolando José Tornes	CUB

Pool B

Date	27 July 1980

Round One

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Robert Van de Walle	BEL	Koka	István Szepesi	HUN
Match #2	27 Jul	Rex Chizooma	ZAM				bye
Match #3	27 Jul	Luiz Moura	BRA	Ippon	Tsancho Atanasov	BUL
Match #4	27 Jul	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA				bye
Match #5	27 Jul	Mark Chittenden	GBR	Ippon	Jaroslav Nikodým	TCH
Match #6	27 Jul	John de Wet	ZIM				bye
Match #7	27 Jul	Essambo Ewane	CMR				bye
Match #8	27 Jul	Henk Numan	NED				bye

Quarter-Finals

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Robert Van de Walle	BEL	Ippon	Rex Chizooma	ZAM
Match #2	27 Jul	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA	Koka	Luiz Moura	BRA
Match #3	27 Jul	Mark Chittenden	GBR	Koka	John de Wet	ZIM
Match #4	27 Jul	Henk Numan	NED	Koka	Essambo Ewane	CMR

Semi-Finals

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Robert Van de Walle	BEL	Yuko	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA
Match #2	27 Jul	Henk Numan	NED	Koka	Mark Chittenden	GBR

Final Round

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	Robert Van de Walle	BEL	Ippon	Henk Numan	NED

Repêchage

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	27 Jul	István Szepesi	HUN	Ippon	Rex Chizooma	ZAM
Match #2	27 Jul	István Szepesi	HUN	Yusei-gachi	Jean-Luc Rougé	FRA
Match 3/5	27 Jul	Henk Numan	NED	Yusei-gachi	István Szepesi	HUN

Final Round

Date	27 July 1980

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	27 Jul	Robert Van de Walle	BEL	Koka	Tengiz Khubuluri	URS