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Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men

Date	19 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	37 from 37 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 division was wide-open with nobody considered a favorite. The defending champion, Djamel Bouras (FRA), lost in the A Pool final to Japan’s Makoto Takimoto, who was little known prior to Sydney. His previous best international finish had been gold at the 1995 Asian Games. The other pool was won by Korea’s Jo In-Cheol, the 1997 World Champion, 1996 Olympic bronze medalist, and 1999 World bronze medalist. Jo was favored in the final, but the match went to hantei with Takimoto prevailing by yusei-gachi. Like many other recent Japanese judokas, Takimoto turned to mixed martial arts, with only minimal success. Jo would return to win the 2001 World Championship. His career also included golds at the 1998 Asian Games, and the 1997 and 2001 East Asian Games.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Gold
2	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Silver
=3	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Bronze
=3	Nuno Delgado	POR	Bronze
=5	Álvaro Paseyro	URU
=5	Djamel Bouras	FRA
=7	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI
=7	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK
=9	Daniel Kelly	AUS
=9	Florian Wanner	GER
=9	Maarten Arens	NED
=9	Ruslan Seilkhanov	KAZ
=13	Francesco Lepre	ITA
=13	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB
=13	Gastón García	ARG
=13	José Figueroa	PUR
17	Thierry Vatrican	MON
AC	Abdessalem Arous	TUN
AC	Adil Bel Gaid	MAR
AC	Brahima Guindo	MLI
AC	Chen Chun-Ching	TPE
AC	Farkhod Turayev	UZB
AC	Graeme Randall	GBR
AC	Hermágoras Manglés	VEN
AC	Jason Morris	USA
AC	Krisztián Tölgyesi	HUN
AC	Majemite Omagbaluwaje	NGR
AC	Marcel Aragão	BRA
AC	Mehman Əzizov	AZE
AC	Patrick Reiter	AUT
AC	Ricardo Echarte	ESP
AC	Robert Krawczyk	POL
AC	Salifou Koucka Ouiminga	BUR
AC	Sergei Aschwanden	SUI
AC	Siarhei Kukharenka	BLR
AC	Tim Slyfield	NZL
AC	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL

Pool A (19 September 2000)

Round One (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Gastón García	ARG	Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:17)	Mehman Əzizov	AZE
Match #2	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL	Ippon/O-soto-gari (3:42)	Salifou Koucka Ouiminga	BUR
Match #3	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB	Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:30)	Robert Krawczyk	POL

Round Two (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:13)	Ruslan Seilkhanov	KAZ
Match #2	Gastón García	ARG	Koka (2)/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Ricardo Echarte	ESP
Match #3	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:38)	Farkhod Turayev	UZB
Match #4	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL	Yuko/Seukui-nage (5:00)	Adil Bel Gaid	MAR
Match #5	Siarhei Kukharenka	BLR	Ippon/Harai-goshi (0:28)	Chen Chun-Ching	TPE
Match #6	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Kusure-kami-shiho-gatame (3:37)	Hermágoras Manglés	VEN
Match #7	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB	Yuko/Uchi-mata (5:00)	Marcel Aragão	BRA
Match #8	Djamel Bouras	FRA	Ippon/Seukui-nage (3:57)	Maarten Arens	NED

Quarter-Finals (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Ippon/Kata-garami (0:28)	Gastón García	ARG
Match #2	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (1:31)	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL
Match #3	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK	Yuko/Chui (5:00)	Siarhei Kukharenka	BLR
Match #4	Djamel Bouras	FRA	Ippon/Ura-nage (4:18)	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB

Semi-Finals (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Koka/Shido/Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Álvaro Paseyro	URU
Match #2	Djamel Bouras	FRA	Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:35)	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK

Final Round (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Waza-ari/Tsuri-komi-goshi (5:00)	Djamel Bouras	FRA

Repêchage (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Ruslan Seilkhanov	KAZ	Ippon/Ura-nage (1:21)	Gastón García	ARG
Match #2	Maarten Arens	NED	Koka/De-ashi-barai (5:00)	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB
Match #3	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon/Ura-nage (2:24)	Ruslan Seilkhanov	KAZ
Match #4	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK	Ippon/Ko-soto-gake (4:24)	Maarten Arens	NED
Match #5	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:42)	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK
Match 3/4	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon/Juji-gatame (2:56)	Álvaro Paseyro	URU

Pool B (19 September 2000)

Round One (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Tim Slyfield	NZL	Ippon/Tai-otoshisae-komi-waza (3:09)	Majemite Omagbaluwaje	NGR
Match #2	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (0:28)	Thierry Vatrican	MON

Round Two (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Ippon/Kusure-kesa-gatame (2:43)	Sergei Aschwanden	SUI
Match #2	Krisztián Tölgyesi	HUN	Yuko/O-soto-gaeshi (5:00)	Tim Slyfield	NZL
Match #3	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Ippon/Seoi-nage (3:01)	José Figueroa	PUR
Match #4	Florian Wanner	GER	Yuko/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (5:00)	Patrick Reiter	AUT
Match #5	Nuno Delgado	POR	Koka/Shido/Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Francesco Lepre	ITA
Match #6	Daniel Kelly	AUS	Koka/Hold-Same-Side (5:00)	Jason Morris	USA
Match #7	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI	Ippon/Uchi-mata-makikomi (3:24)	Brahima Guindo	MLI
Match #8	Graeme Randall	GBR	Ippon/Kuchiki-taoshi (0:28)	Abdessalem Arous	TUN

Quarter-Finals (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Waza-ari/Go-Outside-Contest-Area (5:00)	Krisztián Tölgyesi	HUN
Match #2	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Ippon/Ko-soto-gari (1:46)	Florian Wanner	GER
Match #3	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon/Juji-gatame (3:19)	Daniel Kelly	AUS
Match #4	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI	Waza-ari awasete Ippon/Non-Combativity (3:42)	Graeme Randall	GBR

Semi-Finals (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Waza-ari/Non-Combativity (5:00)	Aleksei Budõlin	EST
Match #2	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon/Juji-gatame (4:29)	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI

Final Round (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Waza-ari/Ko-uchi-gari (5:00)	Nuno Delgado	POR

Repêchage (19 September 2000)

Match #1	Florian Wanner	GER	Ippon/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (2:12)	José Figueroa	PUR
Match #2	Daniel Kelly	AUS	Ippon/O-soto-gaeshi (3:44)	Thierry Vatrican	MON
Match #3	Daniel Kelly	AUS	Yuko/Yusei-gachi (5:00)	Francesco Lepre	ITA
Match #4	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Ippon/Seukui-nage (1:15)	Florian Wanner	GER
Match #5	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI	Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:19)	Daniel Kelly	AUS
Match #6	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Ippon/Ura-nage (0:19)	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI
Match 3/4	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Yuko/Fingers-Interlocked (5:00)	Djamel Bouras	FRA

Final Round (19 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Yuko (2)/Seoi-nage (5:00)	Jo In-Cheol	KOR