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Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men

Date	20 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Gymnastirio Ano Liosion, Ano Liossia
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.

At the 2003 World Championships, Japan’s Yasuyuki Muneta won the heavyweight division while his teammate, Keiji Suzuki, won the open class. With no open class at the Olympics, they competed against each other in the Japanese trials for the right to represent Japan in Athina in the heavyweight division. Suzuki was small for a heavyweight, often competing in half-heavyweight, but he defeated Muneta to make the team. The Olympics were easier for him. He advanced to the final where he faced Russian Tamerlan Tmenov, a five-time European champion. But at 1:17 of the final, Suzuki used de-ashi-barai to win by ippon. He would return in 2005 to win the World Championships. Tmenov continued to compete, winning seven European titles thru 2008, and four medals at the World Championships, but without a gold.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Keiji Suzuki	JPN	Gold
2	Tamerlan Tmenov	RUS	Silver
=3	Dennis van der Geest	NED	Bronze
=3	Indrek Pertelson	EST	Bronze
=5	Sayed Miran Fashandi	IRI
=5	Paolo Bianchessi	ITA
=7	Andreas Tölzer	GER
=7	Selim Tataroğlu	TUR
=9	Kim Seong-Beom	KOR
=9	Yury Rybak	BLR
=9	Semír Pepic	AUS
=9	Daniel Hernandes	BRA
=13	Vitaliy Polianskyi	UKR
=13	Charis Papaioannou	GRE
=13	Joel Brutus	HAI
=13	Gabi Munteanu	ROU
=17	Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev	KAZ
=17	Pan Song	CHN
=17	Martin Boonzaayer	USA
=17	Abdullo Tangriyev	UZB
=21	Mohamed Bouaichaoui	ALG
=21	Orlando Baccino	ARG
=21	Sergio Andrés Camacho	COL
=21	Islam El-Shehaby	EGY
=21	Matthieu Bataille	FRA
=21	Lasha Gujejiani	GEO
=21	Luis Morán	HON
=21	Hadir Lazame	IRQ
=21	Majid Sultan	KUW
=21	Emeka Onyemachi	NGR
=21	Grzegorz Eitel	POL
=21	Leonel Wilfredo Ruiz	VEN
33	Aythami Ruano	ESP

Pool A

Date	20 August 2004

Round One

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Kim Seong-Beom	KOR	Yuko	Aythami Ruano	ESP

Round Two

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Vitaliy Polianskyi	UKR	Ippon	Islam El-Shehaby	EGY
Match #2	20 Aug	Paolo Bianchessi	ITA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Kim Seong-Beom	KOR
Match #3	20 Aug	Dennis van der Geest	NED	Ippon	Luis Morán	HON
Match #4	20 Aug	Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev	KAZ	Ippon	Hadir Lazame	IRQ
Match #5	20 Aug	Keiji Suzuki	JPN	Waza-ari	Andreas Tölzer	GER
Match #6	20 Aug	Charis Papaioannou	GRE	Ippon	Leonel Wilfredo Ruiz	VEN
Match #7	20 Aug	Yury Rybak	BLR	Ippon	Orlando Baccino	ARG
Match #8	20 Aug	Pan Song	CHN	Ippon	Grzegorz Eitel	POL

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Paolo Bianchessi	ITA	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Vitaliy Polianskyi	UKR
Match #2	20 Aug	Dennis van der Geest	NED	Ippon	Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev	KAZ
Match #3	20 Aug	Keiji Suzuki	JPN	Ippon	Charis Papaioannou	GRE
Match #4	20 Aug	Yury Rybak	BLR	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Pan Song	CHN

Semi-Finals

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Paolo Bianchessi	ITA	Koka	Dennis van der Geest	NED
Match #2	20 Aug	Keiji Suzuki	JPN	Ippon	Yury Rybak	BLR

Final Round

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Keiji Suzuki	JPN	Ippon	Paolo Bianchessi	ITA

Repêchage

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Kim Seong-Beom	KOR	Ippon	Vitaliy Polianskyi	UKR
Match #2	20 Aug	Andreas Tölzer	GER	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Charis Papaioannou	GRE
Match #3	20 Aug	Dennis van der Geest	NED	Ippon	Kim Seong-Beom	KOR
Match #4	20 Aug	Andreas Tölzer	GER	Ippon	Yury Rybak	BLR
Match #5	20 Aug	Dennis van der Geest	NED	Ippon	Andreas Tölzer	GER
Match 3/5	20 Aug	Dennis van der Geest	NED	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Sayed Miran Fashandi	IRI

Pool B

Date	20 August 2004

Round Two

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Sayed Miran Fashandi	IRI	Ippon	Joel Brutus	HAI
Match #2	20 Aug	Selim Tataroğlu	TUR	Ippon	Lasha Gujejiani	GEO
Match #3	20 Aug	Martin Boonzaayer	USA	Ippon	Majid Sultan	KUW
Match #4	20 Aug	Semír Pepic	AUS	Ippon	Sergio Andrés Camacho	COL
Match #5	20 Aug	Daniel Hernandes	BRA	Waza-ari	Emeka Onyemachi	NGR
Match #6	20 Aug	Tamerlan Tmenov	RUS	Ippon	Gabi Munteanu	ROU
Match #7	20 Aug	Abdullo Tangriyev	UZB	Ippon	Matthieu Bataille	FRA
Match #8	20 Aug	Indrek Pertelson	EST	Ippon	Mohamed Bouaichaoui	ALG

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Sayed Miran Fashandi	IRI	Ippon	Selim Tataroğlu	TUR
Match #2	20 Aug	Semír Pepic	AUS	Ippon	Martin Boonzaayer	USA
Match #3	20 Aug	Tamerlan Tmenov	RUS	Ippon	Daniel Hernandes	BRA
Match #4	20 Aug	Indrek Pertelson	EST	Yuko	Abdullo Tangriyev	UZB

Semi-Finals

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Sayed Miran Fashandi	IRI	Waza-ari	Semír Pepic	AUS
Match #2	20 Aug	Tamerlan Tmenov	RUS	Ippon	Indrek Pertelson	EST

Final Round

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Tamerlan Tmenov	RUS	Ippon	Sayed Miran Fashandi	IRI

Repêchage

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Selim Tataroğlu	TUR	Ippon	Joel Brutus	HAI
Match #2	20 Aug	Daniel Hernandes	BRA	Ippon	Gabi Munteanu	ROU
Match #3	20 Aug	Selim Tataroğlu	TUR	Waza-ari	Semír Pepic	AUS
Match #4	20 Aug	Indrek Pertelson	EST	Ippon	Daniel Hernandes	BRA
Match #5	20 Aug	Indrek Pertelson	EST	Waza-ari-wasete ippon	Selim Tataroğlu	TUR
Match 3/5	20 Aug	Indrek Pertelson	EST	Ippon	Paolo Bianchessi	ITA

Final Round

Date	20 August 2004

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Aug	Keiji Suzuki	JPN	Ippon	Tamerlan Tmenov	RUS