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Half-Lightweight (≤66 kilograms), Men

Date	17 September 2000 — 15:00-18:30-20:30-22:00
Status	Olympic
Location	Sydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales (Hall 1 & 2)
Participants	35 from 35 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.

France’s Larbi Ben Boudaoud was World Champion in 1999 after winning a silver medal at the 1997 Worlds. He was also European Champion in 1998 and 1999. In the 1999 World final, he defeated Turkey’s Hüseyin Özkan. In Sydney they again met in the final. Ben Boudaoud led early in the match when Özkan threw him for ippon to win the gold medal. Neither judoka was a native of the country they represented in 2000. Ben Boudaoud was born in Algeria, but had moved to France as a youth. Özkan was born in Chechnya in the Soviet Caucausus, but moved to Turkey when he was 20. His judo gold medal was the first Turkish gold medal won in a sport other than weightlifting or wrestling.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Gold
2	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Silver
=3	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Bronze
=3	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Bronze
=5	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI
=5	Patrick van Kalken	NED
=7	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR
=7	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN
=9	Henrique Guimarães	BRA
=9	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ
=9	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP
=9	Zhang Guangjun	CHN
=13	David Somerville	GBR
=13	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
=13	Melvin Méndez	PUR
=13	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva	MGL
17	Jorge Quintanal	GUA
AC	Alex Ottiano	USA
AC	Amar Meridja	ALG
AC	Andrew Collett	AUS
AC	Anis Lounifi	TUN
AC	Gabriel Bengtsson	SWE
AC	Islam Matsiyev	RUS
AC	Javier Wanga	ARU
AC	Jean-Claude Cameroun	CMR
AC	József Csák	HUN
AC	Kevin Ngapoula-Mbembo	CGO
AC	Ludwing Ortiz	VEN
AC	Mansur Zhumayev	UZB
AC	Martín Ríos	ARG
AC	Miguel Ángel Moreno	ESA
AC	Pedro Caravana	POR
AC	Tarek Ayad	LBA
AC	Victor Bivol	MDA
AC	Yordanis Arencibia	CUB

Pool A (17 September 2000)

Round One (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (1:40)	Tarek Ayad	LBA
Match #2	Victor Bivol	MDA	Ippon/Kata-garami (4:22)	Mansur Zhumayev	UZB

Round Two (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Patrick van Kalken	NED	Koka/Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva	MGL
Match #2	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Go-Outside-Contest-Area (4:04)	Anis Lounifi	TUN
Match #3	Islam Matsiyev	RUS	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (1:00)	Martín Ríos	ARG
Match #4	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ	Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (1:11)	Jean-Claude Cameroun	CMR
Match #5	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Waza-ari (5:00)	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI
Match #6	Georgi Georgiev	BUL	Yuko/Go-Outside-Contest-Area (5:00)	József Csák	HUN
Match #7	Zhang Guangjun	CHN	Ippon/Seukui-nage (0:11)	Victor Bivol	MDA
Match #8	Andrew Collett	AUS	Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:16)	Javier Wanga	ARU

Quarter-Finals (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Patrick van Kalken	NED	Ippon/Seukui-nage (5:00)	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN
Match #2	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ	Ippon/Hansoku-make/Head-Dive (3:29)	Islam Matsiyev	RUS
Match #3	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Yuko (2) (5:00)	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
Match #4	Zhang Guangjun	CHN	Ippon/Sumi-gaeshi (1:06)	Andrew Collett	AUS

Semi-Finals (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Patrick van Kalken	NED	Ippon/Seukui-nage (0:46)	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ
Match #2	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:05)	Zhang Guangjun	CHN

Final Round (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Waza-ari (5:00)	Patrick van Kalken	NED

Repêchage (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Yuko (5:00)	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva	MGL
Match #2	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI	Ippon/Seoi-nage (1:56)	Georgi Georgiev	BUL
Match #3	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:44)	Ivan Baglayev	KAZ
Match #4	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI	Ippon/Kata-garami (2:44)	Zhang Guangjun	CHN
Match #5	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN	Ippon/Seukui-nage (0:15)	Arash Miresmaeili	IRI
Match 3/4	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Yuko/Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Yukimasa Nakamura	JPN

Pool B (17 September 2000)

Round One (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (4:59)	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR

Round Two (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon/Seukui-nage (0:16)	Jorge Quintanal	GUA
Match #2	David Somerville	GBR	Ippon/Juji-gatame (2:12)	Miguel Ángel Moreno	ESA
Match #3	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:56)	Kevin Ngapoula-Mbembo	CGO
Match #4	Alex Ottiano	USA	Koka/Shido (5:00)	Amar Meridja	ALG
Match #5	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon/Okuri-eri-jime (2:29)	Yordanis Arencibia	CUB
Match #6	Pedro Caravana	POR	Yuko/Seoi-nage (5:00)	Ludwing Ortiz	VEN
Match #7	Henrique Guimarães	BRA	Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:55)	Gabriel Bengtsson	SWE
Match #8	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Ippon/Ippon Seoi-nage (1:07)	Melvin Méndez	PUR

Quarter-Finals (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Yuko (4) (5:00)	David Somerville	GBR
Match #2	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP	Yuko (2) (5:00)	Alex Ottiano	USA
Match #3	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon/Uki-otoshi (4:17)	Pedro Caravana	POR
Match #4	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Ippon/Sode-tsuri-komi-goshi (4:16)	Henrique Guimarães	BRA

Semi-Finals (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon/Seukui-nage (2:45)	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP
Match #2	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA	Ippon/Ippon Seoi-nage (2:36)	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO

Final Round (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA	Ippon/Kibisu-gaeshi (1:08)	Girolamo Giovinazzo	ITA

Repêchage (17 September 2000)

Match #1	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR	Koka (2)/Kata-garami (5:00)	Jorge Quintanal	GUA
Match #2	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR	Ippon/Seoi-nage (4:56)	David Somerville	GBR
Match #3	Henrique Guimarães	BRA	Yuko/O-soto-gaeshi (5:00)	Melvin Méndez	PUR
Match #4	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon/Tani-otoshi (1:36)	Henrique Guimarães	BRA
Match #5	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR	Yuko/Seoi-nage (5:00)	Kiyoshi Uematsu	ESP
Match #6	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Ippon/Uki-waza (3:06)	Han Ji-Hwan	KOR
Match 3/4	Giorgi Vazagashvili	GEO	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Sogo-gachi (4:10)	Patrick van Kalken	NED

Final Round (17 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Hüseyin Özkan	TUR	Ippon/Uchi-mata-makikomi (2:46)	Larbi Benboudaoud	FRA