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Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men

Date	30 July 1992
Status	Olympic
Location	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Participants	42 from 42 countries
Format	Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.

The last several international championships had been spread among several judoka, leaving this class very open. The last two World Champions had been Daniel Lascau (GER) in 1991 and Korea’s Kim Byeong-Ju in 1989. But in a failure of seeding, they met in the first round, with Kim winning. Kim lost in the pool semis to Sweden’s Lars Adolfsson, which knocked Lascau out of the medals. Adolfsson lost the pool final to America’s Jason Morris, who faced Japan’s Hidehiko Yoshida in the final. Yoshida’s best international finish to date had been third at the 1991 World Championships, but he was dominant in Barcelona, winning all his preliminary matches by ippon. The final was no different, with Yoshida using uchi-mata for ippon over Morris at 3:35 to win the gold medal. Morris had been gold medalist at the 1987 and 1991 Pan-American Games. Kim Byeong-Ju won one bronze medal, while the other went to France’s Bertrand Damaisin, who defeated Adolfsson in their bronze medal match.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Gold
2	Jason Morris	USA	Silver
=3	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Bronze
=3	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Bronze
=5	Johan Laats	BEL
=5	Lars Adolfsson	SWE
=7	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU
=7	Sharip Varayev	EUN
=9	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL
=9	Anthonie Wurth	NED
=9	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN
=9	Fadi Saikali	LBN
=13	Suleman Musa	NGR
=13	M'Bairo Abakar	CHA
=13	Ryan Birch	GBR
=13	Gastón García	ARG
=17	Hamid Fadul	SUD
=18	Ezequiel Paraguassu	BRA
=18	Christodoulos Katsinioridis	CYP
=18	Anton Summer	AUT
=18	Krzysztof Kamiński	POL
=22	Patrick Matangi	ZIM
=22	Jean Alix Holmand	HAI
=22	Ahmed Al-Shiekh	YEM
=22	Graeme Spinks	NZL
=22	João de Souza	ANG
=22	Eric Bustos	BOL
=22	Salah Rekik	TUN
=22	Jean-Jacques Rakotomalala	MAD
=22	Olivier Schaffter	SUI
=22	António Matias	POR
=22	Abdul Kader Dabo	MLI
=22	John Baylon	PHI
=34	Sekou Camara	GUI
=34	Daniel Lascau	GER
=34	Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson	ISL
=34	Moshe Pennavayre	CIV
=34	Marko Haanpää	FIN
=34	Musuyu Kutama	COD
=34	Nacanieli Takayawa	FIJ
=34	Amadou Guèye	SEN
=34	Yahia Gregni	LBA

Pool A (30 July 1992)

Round One (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Patrick Matangi	ZIM	Yuko/Ko-uchi-gari (5:00)	Sekou Camara	GUI
Match #2	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Yuko/Sukui-nage (5:00)	Daniel Lascau	GER
Match #3	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL	Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:23)	Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson	ISL
Match #4	João de Souza	ANG	Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Moshe Pennavayre	CIV
Match #5	Graeme Spinks	NZL	Ippon/Tani-otoshi (4:13)	Marko Haanpää	FIN

Round Two (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Ezequiel Paraguassu	BRA	Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:15)	Patrick Matangi	ZIM
Match #2	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (0:43)	Jean Alix Holmand	HAI
Match #3	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL	Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:55)	Ahmed Al-Shiekh	YEM
Match #4	Lars Adolfsson	SWE	Ippon/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (2:15)	Suleman Musa	NGR
Match #5	Anthonie Wurth	NED	Ippon/Sumi-otoshi (0:23)	João de Souza	ANG
Match #6	Christodoulos Katsinioridis	CYP	Ippon/Tani-otoshi (1:07)	Eric Bustos	BOL
Match #7	Sharip Varayev	EUN	Ippon/Tai-otoshi (3:45)	Graeme Spinks	NZL
Match #8	Jason Morris	USA	Ippon/Tomoe-nage (0:25)	M'Bairo Abakar	CHA

Quarter-Finals (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Ippon/Kata-gatame (4:27)	Ezequiel Paraguassu	BRA
Match #2	Lars Adolfsson	SWE	Ippon/Harai-goshi (3:00)	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL
Match #3	Anthonie Wurth	NED	Ippon/Tai-otoshi (1:35)	Christodoulos Katsinioridis	CYP
Match #4	Jason Morris	USA	Yuko/Okuri-ashi-barai (5:00)	Sharip Varayev	EUN

Semi-Finals (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Lars Adolfsson	SWE	Yuko/Morote-gari (5:00)	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR
Match #2	Jason Morris	USA	Yuko/Harai-makikomi (5:00)	Anthonie Wurth	NED

Final Round (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Jason Morris	USA	Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:53)	Lars Adolfsson	SWE

Repêchage (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL	Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:40)	Suleman Musa	NGR
Match #2	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:47)	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL
Match #3	Sharip Varayev	EUN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:43)	M'Bairo Abakar	CHA
Match #4	Sharip Varayev	EUN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:26)	Anthonie Wurth	NED
Match #5	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Keikoku/Penalty (5:00)	Sharip Varayev	EUN
Match 3/4	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Waza-ari/Harai-makikomi (5:00)	Johan Laats	BEL

Pool B (30 July 1992)

Round One (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN	Sogo-gachi (2:40)	Musuyu Kutama	COD
Match #2	Olivier Schaffter	SUI	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:33)	Nacanieli Takayawa	FIJ
Match #3	Abdul Kader Dabo	MLI	Koka/Sukui-nage (5:00)	Amadou Guèye	SEN
Match #4	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:15)	Hamid Fadul	SUD
Match #5	Jean-Jacques Rakotomalala	MAD	Ippon/O-uchi-gari (0:48)	Yahia Gregni	LBA

Round Two (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN	Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Salah Rekik	TUN
Match #2	Johan Laats	BEL	Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Ryan Birch	GBR
Match #3	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Keikoku/Penalty (5:00)	Olivier Schaffter	SUI
Match #4	Anton Summer	AUT	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/O-uchi-gari (4:45)	António Matias	POR
Match #5	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU	Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:35)	Abdul Kader Dabo	MLI
Match #6	Krzysztof Kamiński	POL	Ippon/Tai-otoshi (0:23)	John Baylon	PHI
Match #7	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon/O-soto-gari (0:10)	Fadi Saikali	LBN
Match #8	Gastón García	ARG	Ippon/Sukui-nage (2:29)	Jean-Jacques Rakotomalala	MAD

Quarter-Finals (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Johan Laats	BEL	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Yoko-otoshi (2:36)	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN
Match #2	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:45)	Anton Summer	AUT
Match #3	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU	Ippon/Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (0:50)	Krzysztof Kamiński	POL
Match #4	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon/Sankaku-jime (2:42)	Gastón García	ARG

Semi-Finals (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Johan Laats	BEL	Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:13)	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA
Match #2	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (5:00)	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU

Final Round (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:39)	Johan Laats	BEL

Repêchage (30 July 1992)

Match #1	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN	Ippon/Soto-makikomi (4:25)	Ryan Birch	GBR
Match #2	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Ippon/Sukui-nage (3:10)	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN
Match #3	Fadi Saikali	LBN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:31)	Hamid Fadul	SUD
Match #4	Fadi Saikali	LBN	bye
Match #5	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU	Ippon/Sukui-nage (4:19)	Fadi Saikali	LBN
Match #6	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Chui/Penalty (5:00)	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU
Match 3/4	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Waza-ari/Okuri-ashi-barai (5:00)	Lars Adolfsson	SWE

Final Round (30 July 1992)

Match 1/2	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:35)	Jason Morris	USA