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Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men

Date30 July 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationGrand Palais Éphémère, Paris, France
Participants33 from 33 countries

Georgia’s Tato Grigalashvili was the favorite. World ranked #2 in June 2024, he had won the World Championship in 2022, 2023, and 2024, and the European Championships in 2020, 2022, and 2024.

Takanori Nagase (JPN) was the defending gold medalist and also took bronze in this class at Rio 2016. He was trying to become the first judoka to repeat as gold medalist in this class. He was already one of only six to earn two medals at 81 kg. Nagase was bronze medalist at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships and had won seven titles at IJF Grand Slams since 2013.

Belgium’s Matthias Casse was also highly considered. A bronze medalist at Tokyo 2020 in this class, he came to Tokyo as the defending World Champion, winning that title in 2021, was the silver medalist at the World Championships in 2019, 2022, and 2023, and had six titles at IJF Grand Slam events between 2020 and 2024.

Unfortunately, Nagase and Casse met in the quarter-finals, with Nagase winning by waza-ari, using o-soto-gari. Nagase and Grigalashvili met in the final, where Nagase defended his gold medal by ippon, with tani-otoshi after 2:48.

In the first bronze medal match, Casse was defeated by Korea’s Lee Jun-Hwan, who won with ko-uchi-gari after 4:48. In the second bronze medal match, Russian-born Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK) defeated Italy’s Antonio Esposito by ippon, with ura-gatame after 1:24.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Takanori NagaseJPNGold
2Tato GrigalashviliGEOSilver
=3Lee Jun-HwanKORBronze
=3Somon MakhmadbekovTJKBronze
=5Matthias CasseBEL
=5Antonio EspositoITA
=7François Gauthier-DrapeauCAN
=7Sharofiddin BoltaboevUZB
=9Wachid BorchashviliAUT
=9Guilherme SchimidtBRA
=9Alpha DjaloFRA
=9Attila UngváriHUN
=9Sagi MukiISR
=9Frank de WitNED
=9Adrián GandíaPUR
=9Vedat AlbayrakTUR
=17Zelim TçkayevAZE
=17Valentin HouinatoBEN
=17Askerby GerbekovBRN
=17Arab SibghatullahEOR
=17Timo CaveliusGER
=17Abylaikhan ZhubanazarKAZ
=17Achraf MoutiiMAR
=17Mihail LatisevMDA
=17Edi ŠerifovskyMKD
=17Fares BadawiPLE
=17João FernandoPOR
=17Nugzar TatalashviliUAE
=17Mikael AprahamianURU
=17Hugo CumboVAN
31Abdelrahman AbdelghanyEGY
DQMohammad Samim FaizadAFG
DQSajjad GhanimIRQ

Round One

Date30 July 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 Jul 10:02Mat 1Alpha DjaloFRAWaza-ariAbdelrahman AbdelghanyEGY

Round Two

Date30 July 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 Jul 10:10Mat 1Matthias CasseBELIpponArab SibghatullahEOR
Match #230 Jul 10:16Mat 1Attila UngváriHUNWaza-ariAbylaikhan ZhubanazarKAZ
Match #330 Jul 10:28Mat 1Takanori NagaseJPNIpponMikael AprahamianURU
Match #430 Jul 10:33Mat 1Vedat AlbayrakTURIpponAskerby GerbekovBRN
Match #530 Jul 10:42Mat 1Guilherme SchimidtBRAIpponEdi ŠerifovskyMKD
Match #630 Jul 10:48Mat 1Antonio EspositoITAIpponValentin HouinatoBEN
Match #730 Jul 10:55Mat 1François Gauthier-DrapeauCANIpponJoão FernandoPOR
Match #830 Jul 11:07Mat 1Adrián GandíaPURIpponNugzar TatalashviliUAE
Match #930 Jul 11:15Mat 1Tato GrigalashviliGEOIpponMihail LatisevMDA
Match #1030 Jul 11:32Mat 1Wachid BorchashviliAUTIpponMohammad Samim FaizadAFG
Match #1130 Jul 11:38Mat 1Somon MakhmadbekovTJKIpponFares BadawiPLE
Match #1230 Jul 11:42Mat 1Frank de WitNEDIpponHugo CumboVAN
Match #1330 Jul 11:46Mat 1Lee Jun-HwanKORWaza-ariAchraf MoutiiMAR
Match #1430 Jul 11:54Mat 1Sagi MukiISRIpponTimo CaveliusGER
Match #1530 Jul 12:02Mat 1Alpha DjaloFRAIpponZelim TçkayevAZE
Match #1630 Jul 12:08Mat 1Sharofiddin BoltaboevUZBFusei-gachiSajjad GhanimIRQ

Round Three

Date30 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to round three.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 Jul 13:13Mat 1Sharofiddin BoltaboevUZBIpponAlpha DjaloFRA
Match #230 Jul 12:10Mat 1Matthias CasseBELIpponAttila UngváriHUN
Match #330 Jul 12:21Mat 1Takanori NagaseJPNWaza-ariVedat AlbayrakTUR
Match #430 Jul 12:30Mat 1Antonio EspositoITAWaza-ariGuilherme SchimidtBRA
Match #530 Jul 12:40Mat 1François Gauthier-DrapeauCANIpponAdrián GandíaPUR
Match #630 Jul 12:46Mat 1Tato GrigalashviliGEOWaza-ariWachid BorchashviliAUT
Match #730 Jul 12:55Mat 1Somon MakhmadbekovTJKWaza-ariFrank de WitNED
Match #830 Jul 13:04Mat 1Lee Jun-HwanKORIpponSagi MukiISR

Quarter-Finals

Date30 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to semi-finals. Losers advance to repêchage for bronze medal tournament.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 Jul 13:29Mat 1Takanori NagaseJPNWaza-ariMatthias CasseBEL
Match #230 Jul 13:41Mat 1Antonio EspositoITAIpponFrançois Gauthier-DrapeauCAN
Match #330 Jul 13:52Mat 1Tato GrigalashviliGEOWaza-ariSomon MakhmadbekovTJK
Match #430 Jul 14:03Mat 1Lee Jun-HwanKORIpponSharofiddin BoltaboevUZB

Repêchage

Date30 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to bronze medal matches.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 Jul 16:01Mat 1Matthias CasseBELWaza-ariFrançois Gauthier-DrapeauCAN
Match #230 Jul 16:14Mat 1Somon MakhmadbekovTJKIpponSharofiddin BoltaboevUZB

Semi-Finals

Date30 July 2024
FormatWinners advance to gold medal final. Losers advance to bronze medal matches.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 Jul 16:19Mat 1Tato GrigalashviliGEOWaza-ariLee Jun-HwanKOR
Match #230 Jul 16:37Mat 1Takanori NagaseJPNIpponAntonio EspositoITA

Final Round

Date30 July 2024
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 3/530 Jul 17:25Mat 1Lee Jun-HwanKORWaza-ariMatthias CasseBEL
Match 3/530 Jul 17:36Mat 1Somon MakhmadbekovTJKIpponAntonio EspositoITA
Match 1/230 Jul 17:43Mat 1Takanori NagaseJPNIpponTato GrigalashviliGEO