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Middleweight (≤86 kilograms), Men

Date	22 July 1996
Status	Olympic
Location	Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia (Hall H)
Participants	33 from 33 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.

This was one of the few men’s classes in Atlanta that went according to the seeds. Korea’s Jeon Gi-Yeong was World Champion in 1993 and 1995, and was a heavy favorite. In his career he would win six World Cup titles and a gold medal at the 1995 Asian Games. He did not compete at the 1996 Asian Games, which had been won earlier in the year by Uzbeki Armen Bagdasarov. Jeon’s most difficult match was his first against Mark Huizinga (NED), which he won only by yusei-gachi, but he won all his other bouts by ippon. In the final he met Bagdasarov, using seoi-nage to win by ippon late in the match. Huizinga would win bronze and come back in 2000 to win the gold medal in this class. Jeon came back in 1997 to win the World Championships, and then retired in 1999. He was offered huge amounts of money to compete in Mixed Martial Arts but spurned the offers.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Gold
2	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Silver
=3	Mark Huizinga	NED	Bronze
=3	Marko Spittka	GER	Bronze
=5	Adrian Croitoru	ROU
=5	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN
=7	Nicolas Gill	CAN
=7	Oleg Maltsev	RUS
=9	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU
=9	Darcel Yandzi	FRA
=9	Branco	BRA
=9	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB
=13	Somoza Celestin	HAI
=13	Ruslan Mashurenko	UKR
=13	Sergey Alimzhanov	KAZ
=13	Serge Biwole Abolo	CMR
=17	Brian Olson	USA
=17	David Wilkinson	AUS
=17	León Villar	ESP
=17	Pablo Elisii	ARG
=21	Ao Tegen	CHN
=21	Wu Kuo-Hui	TPE
=21	Petr Lacina	CZE
=21	Sergio Murray	AHO
=21	Sergej Klischin	AUT
=21	Ryan Birch	GBR
=21	Giorgi Ts'mindashvili	GEO
=21	Abel Ndenguet	CGO
=21	Adil Kaaba	MAR
=21	Skander Hachicha	TUN
=21	Krisna Bayu	INA
=32	Marek Pisula	POL
=32	Rodolfo Cano	GUA

Pool A (22 July 1996)

Round One (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Ao Tegen	CHN	Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:25)	Marek Pisula	POL

Round Two (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Oleg Maltsev	RUS	Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (3:00)	Ao Tegen	CHN
Match #2	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Ippon/Harai-goshi (0:46)	Somoza Celestin	HAI
Match #3	Brian Olson	USA	Yuko/Ko-soto-gake (5:00)	Wu Kuo-Hui	TPE
Match #4	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU	Ippon/Ura-nage (2:35)	Petr Lacina	CZE
Match #5	Adrian Croitoru	ROU	Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (2:02)	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN
Match #6	Ruslan Mashurenko	UKR	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:26)	Sergio Murray	AHO
Match #7	David Wilkinson	AUS	Ippon/Tsuri-komi-goshi (1:24)	Sergej Klischin	AUT
Match #8	Darcel Yandzi	FRA	Waza-ari/Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (5:00)	Ryan Birch	GBR

Quarter-Finals (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Ippon/Ura-nage (2:34)	Oleg Maltsev	RUS
Match #2	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU	Waza-ari/Seukui-nage (5:00)	Brian Olson	USA
Match #3	Adrian Croitoru	ROU	Chui/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Ruslan Mashurenko	UKR
Match #4	Darcel Yandzi	FRA	Waza-ari/Ko-soto-gari (5:00)	David Wilkinson	AUS

Semi-Finals (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Tani-otoshi (2:50)	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU
Match #2	Adrian Croitoru	ROU	Ippon/O-soto-gaeshi (0:24)	Darcel Yandzi	FRA

Final Round (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Yuko/Ko-soto-gake (5:00)	Adrian Croitoru	ROU

Repêchage (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Oleg Maltsev	RUS	Ippon/Seoi-nage (0:17)	Somoza Celestin	HAI
Match #2	Oleg Maltsev	RUS	Ippon/Yoko-shiho-gatame (4:24)	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU
Match #3	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Yuko/Kuchiki-taoshi (5:00)	Ruslan Mashurenko	UKR
Match #4	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Darcel Yandzi	FRA
Match #5	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon/Utsuri-goshi (1:08)	Oleg Maltsev	RUS
Match 3/4	Marko Spittka	GER	Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN

Pool B (22 July 1996)

Round One (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Yoko-otoshi (1:42)	Rodolfo Cano	GUA

Round Two (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Marko Spittka	GER	Ippon/Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi (0:20)	Sergey Alimzhanov	KAZ
Match #2	Branco	BRA	Yuko/Tai-otoshisae-komi-waza (5:00)	Giorgi Ts'mindashvili	GEO
Match #3	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Ippon/O-soto-gari (1:15)	Abel Ndenguet	CGO
Match #4	León Villar	ESP	Ippon/Kusure-yoko-shiho-gatame (1:46)	Krisna Bayu	INA
Match #5	Pablo Elisii	ARG	Hansoku-make/Non-Combativity (3:45)	Adil Kaaba	MAR
Match #6	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB	Shido/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Skander Hachicha	TUN
Match #7	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Mark Huizinga	NED
Match #8	Serge Biwole Abolo	CMR	bye

Quarter-Finals (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Marko Spittka	GER	Keikoku/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Branco	BRA
Match #2	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Ippon/Juji-gatame (4:20)	León Villar	ESP
Match #3	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB	Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Pablo Elisii	ARG
Match #4	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:30)	Serge Biwole Abolo	CMR

Semi-Finals (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Marko Spittka	GER	Ippon/Yoko-guruma (1:05)	Nicolas Gill	CAN
Match #2	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:39)	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB

Final Round (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:55)	Marko Spittka	GER

Repêchage (22 July 1996)

Match #1	Branco	BRA	Yuko/Uchi-mata (5:00)	Sergey Alimzhanov	KAZ
Match #2	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Ippon/Juji-gatame (3:01)	Branco	BRA
Match #3	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon/Harai-goshi (1:22)	Serge Biwole Abolo	CMR
Match #4	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon/Uchi-mata-sukashi (1:51)	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB
Match #5	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon/Ippon Seoi-nage (0:05)	Nicolas Gill	CAN
Match 3/4	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (2:46)	Adrian Croitoru	ROU

Final Round (22 July 1996)

Match 1/2	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon/Seoi-nage (4:11)	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB