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Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men

Date29 July 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationGrand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
Participants30 from 30 countries

The favorite was Hidayət Heydərov of Azerbaijan, who was the world’s #1 ranked judoka in this class. Heydərov won the 2024 World Championship after taking bronze in the event in 2018, 2019, and 2022. He was European Champion in 2017 and 2022-2024, and had won seven titles at IJF Grand Slams from 2019-2024. The defending gold medalist was Japan’s Shohei Ono, but he had retired.

Heydərov won gold but not without an epic battle in the final, defeating Joan-Benjamin Gaba (FRA) after 9:24 (more than five minutes of Golden Score!) by an ippon with ko-soto-gake. In the first bronze medal match, Moldovan Adil Osmanov defeated Italy’s Manuel Lombardo (ITA) by ippon with o-ouchi-gari, after 2:19. Osmanov was born in Russia to an Azerbaijani father and a Moldovan mother, but moved to Moldova in 2017. In the second bronze medal match, Soichi Hashimoto (JPN), competing in his first Olympics at the age of 32, defeated Kosovan Akil Gjakova 1-0 by waza-ari.

Hashimoto had five World Championship medals in this class – gold in 2017, silvers in 2018 and 2022, and bronzes in 2021 and 2023 – but he was not always chosen for international teams because of the presence of Shohei Ono. Gjakova’s sister, Nora, was an Olympic champion at Tokyo 2020, at 57 kg, and competed in 2024 but lost her first-round match.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Hidayət HeydərovAZEGold
2Joan-Benjamin GabaFRASilver
=3Adil OsmanovMDABronze
=3Soichi HashimotoJPNBronze
=5Manuel LombardoITA
=5Akil GjakovaKOS
=7Arthur MargelidonCAN
=7Batzaya ErdenebayarMGL
=9Samuel GaßnerAUT
=9Mark HristovBUL
=9Salvador CasesESP
=9Igor WandtkeGER
=9Tohar ButbulISR
=9Andrew Thomas MluguTAN
=9Masayuki TeradaTHA
=9Murodjon YuldoshevUZB
=17Daniel CargninBRA
=17Alexandre HousseinDJI
=17Faye NjieGAM
=17Lasha ShavdatuashviliGEO
=17Philippe Abel MetellusHAI
=17Daniyar ShamshayevKAZ
=17Adam StodolskiPOL
=17William Tai TinSAM
=17Roldeney de OliveiraSTP
=17Nils StumpSUI
=17Hasan BayanSYR
=17Behruzi KhojazodaTJK
=17Jack YonezukaUSA
DQMessaoud DrisALG

Round One

Date29 July 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 Jul
Match #229 Jul 10:02Mat 2Tohar ButbulISRIpponMessaoud DrisALG
Match #329 Jul 10:03Mat 2Arthur MargelidonCANWaza-ariBehruzi KhojazodaTJK
Match #429 Jul 10:19Mat 2Igor WandtkeGERIpponRoldeney de OliveiraSTP
Match #529 Jul 10:24Mat 2Manuel LombardoITAIpponAdam StodolskiPOL
Match #629 Jul 10:29Mat 2Masayuki TeradaTHAIpponPhilippe Abel MetellusHAI
Match #729 Jul 10:35Mat 2Akil GjakovaKOSIpponDaniel CargninBRA
Match #829 Jul 10:43Mat 2Samuel GaßnerAUTIpponHasan BayanSYR
Match #929 Jul
Match #1029 Jul 10:47Mat 2Mark HristovBULIpponAlexandre HousseinDJI
Match #1129 Jul 10:53Mat 2Joan-Benjamin GabaFRAIpponLasha ShavdatuashviliGEO
Match #1229 Jul 11:03Mat 2Andrew Thomas MluguTANIpponWilliam Tai TinSAM
Match #1329 Jul 11:11Mat 2Batzaya ErdenebayarMGLWaza-ariNils StumpSUI
Match #1429 Jul 11:20Mat 2Salvador CasesESPIpponFaye NjieGAM
Match #1529 Jul 11:26Mat 2Murodjon YuldoshevUZBIpponDaniyar ShamshayevKAZ
Match #1629 Jul 11:34Mat 2Adil OsmanovMDAIpponJack YonezukaUSA

Round Two

Date29 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 Jul 11:43Mat 2Hidayət HeydərovAZEIpponTohar ButbulISR
Match #229 Jul 11:54Mat 2Arthur MargelidonCANIpponIgor WandtkeGER
Match #329 Jul 12:09Mat 2Manuel LombardoITAWaza-ariMasayuki TeradaTHA
Match #429 Jul 12:16Mat 2Akil GjakovaKOSIpponSamuel GaßnerAUT
Match #529 Jul 12:23Mat 2Soichi HashimotoJPNWaza-ariMark HristovBUL
Match #629 Jul 12:31Mat 2Joan-Benjamin GabaFRAIpponAndrew Thomas MluguTAN
Match #729 Jul 12:36Mat 2Batzaya ErdenebayarMGLWaza-ariSalvador CasesESP
Match #829 Jul 12:53Mat 2Adil OsmanovMDAIpponMurodjon YuldoshevUZB

Quarter-Finals

Date29 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to semi-finals. Losers advance to repêchage for bronze medal tournament.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 Jul 13:15Mat 2Hidayət HeydərovAZEIpponArthur MargelidonCAN
Match #229 Jul 13:32Mat 2Akil GjakovaKOSIpponManuel LombardoITA
Match #329 Jul 13:42Mat 2Joan-Benjamin GabaFRAIpponSoichi HashimotoJPN
Match #429 Jul 13:55Mat 2Adil OsmanovMDAIpponBatzaya ErdenebayarMGL

Repêchage

Date29 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to bronze medal matches.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 Jul 16:46Mat 1Manuel LombardoITAIpponArthur MargelidonCAN
Match #229 Jul 16:51Mat 1Soichi HashimotoJPNIpponBatzaya ErdenebayarMGL

Semi-Finals

Date29 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to gold medal final. Losers advance to bronze medal matches.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 Jul 16:58Mat 1Joan-Benjamin GabaFRAIpponAdil OsmanovMDA
Match #229 Jul 17:07Mat 1Hidayət HeydərovAZEWaza-ariAkil GjakovaKOS

Final Round

Date29 July 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 3/529 Jul 18:07Mat 1Adil OsmanovMDAIpponManuel LombardoITA
Match 3/529 Jul 18:16Mat 1Soichi HashimotoJPNWaza-ariAkil GjakovaKOS
Match 1/229 Jul 18:28Mat 1Hidayət HeydərovAZEIpponJoan-Benjamin GabaFRA