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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	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

Date	30 July 1992

Round One

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Patrick Matangi	ZIM	Yuko	Sekou Camara	GUI
Match #2	30 Jul	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Yuko	Daniel Lascau	GER
Match #3	30 Jul	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL	Ippon	Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson	ISL
Match #4	30 Jul	João de Souza	ANG	Yusei-gachi	Moshe Pennavayre	CIV
Match #5	30 Jul	Graeme Spinks	NZL	Ippon	Marko Haanpää	FIN

Round Two

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Ezequiel Paraguassu	BRA	Ippon	Patrick Matangi	ZIM
Match #2	30 Jul	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Ippon	Jean Alix Holmand	HAI
Match #3	30 Jul	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL	Ippon	Ahmed Al-Shiekh	YEM
Match #4	30 Jul	Lars Adolfsson	SWE	Ippon	Suleman Musa	NGR
Match #5	30 Jul	Anthonie Wurth	NED	Ippon	João de Souza	ANG
Match #6	30 Jul	Christodoulos Katsinioridis	CYP	Ippon	Eric Bustos	BOL
Match #7	30 Jul	Sharip Varayev	EUN	Ippon	Graeme Spinks	NZL
Match #8	30 Jul	Jason Morris	USA	Ippon	M'Bairo Abakar	CHA

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Ippon	Ezequiel Paraguassu	BRA
Match #2	30 Jul	Lars Adolfsson	SWE	Ippon	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL
Match #3	30 Jul	Anthonie Wurth	NED	Ippon	Christodoulos Katsinioridis	CYP
Match #4	30 Jul	Jason Morris	USA	Yuko	Sharip Varayev	EUN

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Lars Adolfsson	SWE	Yuko	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR
Match #2	30 Jul	Jason Morris	USA	Yuko	Anthonie Wurth	NED

Final Round

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Jason Morris	USA	Ippon	Lars Adolfsson	SWE

Repêchage

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL	Ippon	Suleman Musa	NGR
Match #2	30 Jul	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Ippon	Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat	MGL
Match #3	30 Jul	Sharip Varayev	EUN	Ippon	M'Bairo Abakar	CHA
Match #4	30 Jul	Sharip Varayev	EUN	Ippon	Anthonie Wurth	NED
Match #5	30 Jul	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Keikoku	Sharip Varayev	EUN
Match 3/5	30 Jul	Kim Byeong-Ju	KOR	Waza-ari	Johan Laats	BEL

Pool B

Date	30 July 1992

Round One

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN	Sogo-gachi	Musuyu Kutama	COD
Match #2	30 Jul	Olivier Schaffter	SUI	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Nacanieli Takayawa	FIJ
Match #3	30 Jul	Abdul Kader Dabo	MLI	Koka	Amadou Guèye	SEN
Match #4	30 Jul	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon	Hamid Fadul	SUD
Match #5	30 Jul	Jean-Jacques Rakotomalala	MAD	Ippon	Yahia Gregni	LBA

Round Two

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN	Yusei-gachi	Salah Rekik	TUN
Match #2	30 Jul	Johan Laats	BEL	Yusei-gachi	Ryan Birch	GBR
Match #3	30 Jul	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Keikoku	Olivier Schaffter	SUI
Match #4	30 Jul	Anton Summer	AUT	Waza-ari awasete ippon	António Matias	POR
Match #5	30 Jul	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU	Ippon	Abdul Kader Dabo	MLI
Match #6	30 Jul	Krzysztof Kamiński	POL	Ippon	John Baylon	PHI
Match #7	30 Jul	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon	Fadi Saikali	LBN
Match #8	30 Jul	Gastón García	ARG	Ippon	Jean-Jacques Rakotomalala	MAD

Quarter-Finals

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Johan Laats	BEL	Waza-ari awasete ippon	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN
Match #2	30 Jul	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Ippon	Anton Summer	AUT
Match #3	30 Jul	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU	Ippon	Krzysztof Kamiński	POL
Match #4	30 Jul	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon	Gastón García	ARG

Semi-Finals

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Johan Laats	BEL	Ippon	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA
Match #2	30 Jul	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU

Final Round

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon	Johan Laats	BEL

Repêchage

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	30 Jul	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN	Ippon	Ryan Birch	GBR
Match #2	30 Jul	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Ippon	Zsolt Zsoldos	HUN
Match #3	30 Jul	Fadi Saikali	LBN	Ippon	Hamid Fadul	SUD
Match #4	30 Jul	Fadi Saikali	LBN	Fusen-gachi	Gastón García	ARG	walkover
Match #5	30 Jul	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU	Ippon	Fadi Saikali	LBN
Match #6	30 Jul	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Chui	Alexandru Ciupe	ROU
Match 3/5	30 Jul	Bertrand Damaisin	FRA	Waza-ari	Lars Adolfsson	SWE

Final Round

Date	30 July 1992

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	30 Jul	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon	Jason Morris	USA