| Date | 11 August 2008 — 12:00 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing | |
| Participants | 32 from 32 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 #1 judoka in this class was Azerbaijan’s Elnur Məmmədli. He made it to the final and won by ippon in only 13 seconds, one of the fastest Olympic final victories ever. The victory was the first ever judo gold for Azerbaijan. The silver medalist was Wang Gi-Chun, the 2007 World Champion. The two bronze medals went to Tajikistan’s Rasul Bokiev and Leandro Guilheiro of Brazil. Boqiev defeated Dirk Van Tichelt of Belgium with a yuko and a koka, while Guilheiro needed only 23 seconds to win by ippon for the other bronze medal, defeating Ali Maloumat of Iran.
| Date | 11 August 2008 |
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| Date | 11 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | João Pina | POR | Yuko | Nick Tritton | CAN | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Ali Maloumat | IRI | Ippon | Yusuke Kanamaru | JPN | |
| Match #3 | 11 Aug | Krzysztof Wiłkomirski | POL | Yuko | Vsevolods Zeļonijs | LAT | |
| Match #4 | 11 Aug | Gantömöriin Dashdavaa | MGL | Waza-ari | Ryan Reser | USA | |
| Match #5 | 11 Aug | Davit Kevkhishvili | GEO | Yuko | Sergiu Toma | MDA | |
| Match #6 | 11 Aug | Kim Chol-Su | PRK | Ippon | Ronald Girones | CUB | |
| Match #7 | 11 Aug | Kanstantsin Siamionau | BLR | Waza-ari | Amar Meridja | ALG | |
| Match #8 | 11 Aug | Elnur Məmmədli | AZE | Ippon | Dirk Van Tichelt | BEL |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Ali Maloumat | IRI | Waza-ari | João Pina | POR | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Gantömöriin Dashdavaa | MGL | Yuko | Krzysztof Wiłkomirski | POL | |
| Match #3 | 11 Aug | Kim Chol-Su | PRK | Waza-ari | Davit Kevkhishvili | GEO | |
| Match #4 | 11 Aug | Elnur Məmmədli | AZE | Ippon | Kanstantsin Siamionau | BLR |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Ali Maloumat | IRI | Ippon | Gantömöriin Dashdavaa | MGL | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Elnur Məmmədli | AZE | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Kim Chol-Su | PRK |
| Date | 11 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Elnur Məmmədli | AZE | Ippon | Ali Maloumat | IRI |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Yusuke Kanamaru | JPN | Yuko | João Pina | POR | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Dirk Van Tichelt | BEL | Ippon | Kanstantsin Siamionau | BLR | |
| Match #3 | 11 Aug | Yusuke Kanamaru | JPN | Waza-ari | Gantömöriin Dashdavaa | MGL | |
| Match #4 | 11 Aug | Dirk Van Tichelt | BEL | Ippon | Kim Chol-Su | PRK | |
| Match #5 | 11 Aug | Dirk Van Tichelt | BEL | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Yusuke Kanamaru | JPN | |
| Match 3/5 | 11 Aug | Rasul Boqiev | TJK | Yuko | Dirk Van Tichelt | BEL |
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| Date | 11 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Rasul Boqiev | TJK | Waza-ari-wasete ippon | Éric Kibanza | COD | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Hennadiy Bilodid | UKR | Ippon | Salamu Mezhidov | RUS | |
| Match #3 | 11 Aug | Sezer Huysuz | TUR | Ippon | Dennis Iverson | AUS | |
| Match #4 | 11 Aug | Si Rijigawa | CHN | Koka | Richard León | VEN | |
| Match #5 | 11 Aug | Shokir Muminov | UZB | Ippon | Jaromír Ježek | CZE | |
| Match #6 | 11 Aug | Wang Gi-Chun | KOR | Ippon | Rinat Ibragimov | KAZ | |
| Match #7 | 11 Aug | Marlon August | RSA | Ippon | Saeed Rashed Al-Qubaisi | UAE | |
| Match #8 | 11 Aug | Leandro Guilheiro | BRA | Waza-ari | Mariano Bertolotti | ARG |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Rasul Boqiev | TJK | Ippon | Hennadiy Bilodid | UKR | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Si Rijigawa | CHN | Yuko | Sezer Huysuz | TUR | |
| Match #3 | 11 Aug | Wang Gi-Chun | KOR | Ippon | Shokir Muminov | UZB | |
| Match #4 | 11 Aug | Leandro Guilheiro | BRA | Ippon | Marlon August | RSA |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Rasul Boqiev | TJK | Ippon | Si Rijigawa | CHN | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Wang Gi-Chun | KOR | Waza-ari | Leandro Guilheiro | BRA |
| Date | 11 August 2008 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Wang Gi-Chun | KOR | Yuko | Rasul Boqiev | TJK |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match #1 | 11 Aug | Hennadiy Bilodid | UKR | Yuko | Éric Kibanza | COD | |
| Match #2 | 11 Aug | Shokir Muminov | UZB | Ippon | Rinat Ibragimov | KAZ | |
| Match #3 | 11 Aug | Hennadiy Bilodid | UKR | Koka | Si Rijigawa | CHN | |
| Match #4 | 11 Aug | Leandro Guilheiro | BRA | Ippon | Shokir Muminov | UZB | |
| Match #5 | 11 Aug | Leandro Guilheiro | BRA | Ippon | Hennadiy Bilodid | UKR | |
| Match 3/5 | 11 Aug | Leandro Guilheiro | BRA | Ippon | Ali Maloumat | IRI |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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| Match 1/2 | 11 Aug | Elnur Məmmədli | AZE | Ippon | Wang Gi-Chun | KOR |