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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	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 Tsmindashvili	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
DNS	Jean-Claude Raphaël	MRI

Pool A

Date	22 July 1996

Round One

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Ao Tegen	CHN	Ippon	Marek Pisula	POL

Round Two

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Oleg Maltsev	RUS	Ippon	Ao Tegen	CHN
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Ippon	Somoza Celestin	HAI
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall H	Brian Olson	USA	Yuko	Wu Kuo-Hui	TPE
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall H	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU	Ippon	Petr Lacina	CZE
Match #5	22 Jul	Hall H	Adrian Croitoru	ROU	Ippon	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN
Match #6	22 Jul	Hall H	Ruslan Mashurenko	UKR	Ippon	Sergio Murray	AHO
Match #7	22 Jul	Hall H	David Wilkinson	AUS	Ippon	Sergej Klischin	AUT
Match #8	22 Jul	Hall H	Darcel Yandzi	FRA	Waza-ari	Ryan Birch	GBR

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Ippon	Oleg Maltsev	RUS
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU	Waza-ari	Brian Olson	USA
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall H	Adrian Croitoru	ROU	Chui	Ruslan Mashurenko	UKR
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall H	Darcel Yandzi	FRA	Waza-ari	David Wilkinson	AUS

Semi-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Adrian Croitoru	ROU	Ippon	Darcel Yandzi	FRA

Final Round

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB	Yuko	Adrian Croitoru	ROU

Repêchage

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Oleg Maltsev	RUS	Ippon	Somoza Celestin	HAI
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Oleg Maltsev	RUS	Ippon	Algimantas Merkevičius	LTU
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall H	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Yuko	Ruslan Mashurenko	UKR
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall H	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Darcel Yandzi	FRA
Match #5	22 Jul	Hall H	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN	Ippon	Oleg Maltsev	RUS
Match 3/5	22 Jul	Hall H	Marko Spittka	GER	Yusei-gachi	Hidehiko Yoshida	JPN

Pool B

Date	22 July 1996

Round One

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Rodolfo Cano	GUA

Round Two

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Marko Spittka	GER	Ippon	Sergey Alimzhanov	KAZ
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Branco	BRA	Yuko	Giorgi Tsmindashvili	GEO
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall H	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Ippon	Abel Ndenguet	CGO
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall H	León Villar	ESP	Ippon	Krisna Bayu	INA
Match #5	22 Jul	Hall H	Pablo Elisii	ARG	Hansuko-make	Adil Kaaba	MAR
Match #6	22 Jul	Hall H	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB	Shido	Skander Hachicha	TUN
Match #7	22 Jul	Hall H	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Yusei-gachi	Mark Huizinga	NED
Match #8	22 Jul	Hall H	Serge Biwole Abolo	CMR	Fusen-gachi	Jean-Claude Raphaël	MRI	walkover

Quarter-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Marko Spittka	GER	Keikoku	Branco	BRA
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Ippon	León Villar	ESP
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall H	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB	Yusei-gachi	Pablo Elisii	ARG
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall H	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon	Serge Biwole Abolo	CMR

Semi-Finals

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Marko Spittka	GER	Ippon	Nicolas Gill	CAN
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB

Final Round

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon	Marko Spittka	GER

Repêchage

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Hall H	Branco	BRA	Yuko	Sergey Alimzhanov	KAZ
Match #2	22 Jul	Hall H	Nicolas Gill	CAN	Ippon	Branco	BRA
Match #3	22 Jul	Hall H	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon	Serge Biwole Abolo	CMR
Match #4	22 Jul	Hall H	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon	Yosvane Despaigne	CUB
Match #5	22 Jul	Hall H	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon	Nicolas Gill	CAN
Match 3/5	22 Jul	Hall H	Mark Huizinga	NED	Ippon	Adrian Croitoru	ROU

Final Round

Date	22 July 1996

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	22 Jul	Hall H	Jeon Gi-Yeong	KOR	Ippon	Armen Bagdasarov	UZB