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Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men

Date	19 September 2000 — 15:00
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	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
=18	Graeme Randall	GBR
=18	Krisztián Tölgyesi	HUN
=18	Siarhei Kukharenka	BLR
=18	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL
=22	Abdessalem Arous	TUN
=22	Adil Bel Gaid	MAR
=22	Brahima Guindo	MLI
=22	Chen Chun-Ching	TPE
=22	Farkhod Turayev	UZB
=22	Hermágoras Manglés	VEN
=22	Jason Morris	USA
=22	Marcel Aragão	BRA
=22	Patrick Reiter	AUT
=22	Ricardo Echarte	ESP
=22	Sergei Aschwanden	SUI
=22	Tim Slyfield	NZL
=34	Majemite Omagbaluwaje	NGR
=34	Mehman Əzizov	AZE
=34	Robert Krawczyk	POL
=34	Salifou Koucka Ouiminga	BUR

Pool A

Date	19 September 2000

Round One

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Gastón García	ARG	Ippon	Mehman Əzizov	AZE
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL	Ippon	Salifou Koucka Ouiminga	BUR
Match #3	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB	Ippon	Robert Krawczyk	POL

Round Two

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Ruslan Seilkhanov	KAZ
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Gastón García	ARG	Shido	Ricardo Echarte	ESP
Match #3	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon	Farkhod Turayev	UZB
Match #4	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL	Yuko	Adil Bel Gaid	MAR
Match #5	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Siarhei Kukharenka	BLR	Ippon	Chen Chun-Ching	TPE
Match #6	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Hermágoras Manglés	VEN
Match #7	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB	Yuko	Marcel Aragão	BRA
Match #8	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Djamel Bouras	FRA	Ippon	Maarten Arens	NED

Quarter-Finals

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Ippon	Gastón García	ARG
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon	Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat	MGL
Match #3	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK	Yusei-gachi	Siarhei Kukharenka	BLR
Match #4	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Djamel Bouras	FRA	Ippon	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB

Semi-Finals

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Yusei-gachi	Álvaro Paseyro	URU
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Djamel Bouras	FRA	Ippon	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK

Final Round

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Waza-ari	Djamel Bouras	FRA

Repêchage

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Ruslan Seilkhanov	KAZ	Ippon	Gastón García	ARG
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Maarten Arens	NED	Koka	Gabriel Arteaga	CUB
Match #3	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon	Ruslan Seilkhanov	KAZ
Match #4	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK	Ippon	Maarten Arens	NED
Match #5	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Álvaro Paseyro	URU	Ippon	Kwak Ok-Chol	PRK
Match 3/5	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon	Álvaro Paseyro	URU

Pool B

Date	19 September 2000

Round One

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Tim Slyfield	NZL	Ippon	Majemite Omagbaluwaje	NGR
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon	Thierry Vatrican	MON

Round Two

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Ippon	Sergei Aschwanden	SUI
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Krisztián Tölgyesi	HUN	Yuko	Tim Slyfield	NZL
Match #3	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Ippon	José Figueroa	PUR
Match #4	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Florian Wanner	GER	Yuko	Patrick Reiter	AUT
Match #5	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Nuno Delgado	POR	Yusei-gachi	Francesco Lepre	ITA
Match #6	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Daniel Kelly	AUS	Shido	Jason Morris	USA
Match #7	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI	Ippon	Brahima Guindo	MLI
Match #8	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Graeme Randall	GBR	Ippon	Abdessalem Arous	TUN

Quarter-Finals

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Keikoku	Krisztián Tölgyesi	HUN
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Ippon	Florian Wanner	GER
Match #3	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon	Daniel Kelly	AUS
Match #4	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Graeme Randall	GBR

Semi-Finals

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Keikoku	Aleksei Budõlin	EST
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Nuno Delgado	POR	Ippon	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI

Final Round

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Jo In-Cheol	KOR	Waza-ari	Nuno Delgado	POR

Repêchage

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Florian Wanner	GER	Ippon	José Figueroa	PUR
Match #2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Daniel Kelly	AUS	Ippon	Thierry Vatrican	MON
Match #3	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Daniel Kelly	AUS	Yuko	Francesco Lepre	ITA
Match #4	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Ippon	Florian Wanner	GER
Match #5	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI	Ippon	Daniel Kelly	AUS
Match #6	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Ippon	Kazem Sarikhani	IRI
Match 3/5	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Aleksei Budõlin	EST	Chui	Djamel Bouras	FRA

Final Round

Date	19 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Location	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	19 Sep	Hall 1 & 2	Makoto Takimoto	JPN	Yuko	Jo In-Cheol	KOR