Date | 15 August 2008 — 12:00 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing | |
Participants | 34 from 34 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. |
France’s Teddy Riner was the favorite, having won the 2007 World and European Championships, but he was upset in the pool semis by Uzbeki Abdullo Tangriyev. Tangriyev advanced to the final where he faced Japan’s Satoshi Ishii, the 2007 World University Games champion. The final match was close, but Ishii prevailed by yuko to win the gold medal. After the Olympics he upset the Japanese judo community by leaving the sport to sign a huge contract to compete in Mixed Martial Arts. Riner would come back in the repêchage to win a bronze, with the other bronze going to Cuba’s Oscar Braison, the 2008 World Cup Champion.
Match #1 | Yury Rybak | BLR | Matjaž Ceraj | SLO |
Match #1 | Kim Seong-Beom | KOR | Joel Brutus | HAI |
Match #1 | Tamerlan Tmenov | RUS | Dennis van der Geest | NED | |
Match #2 | Pan Song | CHN | Talant Dzhanagulov | KGZ | |
Match #3 | Islam El-Shehaby | EGY | Barna Bor | HUN | |
Match #4 | Satoshi Ishii | JPN | Paolo Bianchessi | ITA | |
Match #5 | Þormóður Jónsson | ISL | Pablo Figueroa | PUR | |
Match #6 | Mohammad Roudaki | IRI | Yury Rybak | BLR | |
Match #7 | Dan McCormick | USA | Diéguy Bathily | SEN | |
Match #8 | Lasha Gujejiani | GEO | Ricardo Blas, Jr. | GUM |
Match #1 | Teddy Riner | FRA | Anis Chedli | TUN | |
Match #2 | Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev | KAZ | Semír Pepic | AUS | |
Match #3 | Abdullo Tangriyev | UZB | Andreas Tölzer | GER | |
Match #4 | Janusz Wojnarowicz | POL | Makhgalyn Bayarjavkhlan | MGL | |
Match #5 | Martin Padar | EST | Kim Seong-Beom | KOR | |
Match #6 | João Gabriel | BRA | Yevhen Sotnykov | UKR | |
Match #7 | Carlos Zegarra | PER | Sandro López | ARG | |
Match #8 | Óscar Brayson | CUB | Rudy Hachache | LBN |
Match 1/2 | Satoshi Ishii | JPN | Abdullo Tangriyev | UZB |
Match #1 | Tamerlan Tmenov | RUS | Pan Song | CHN | |
Match #2 | Satoshi Ishii | JPN | Islam El-Shehaby | EGY | |
Match #3 | Mohammad Roudaki | IRI | Þormóður Jónsson | ISL | |
Match #4 | Lasha Gujejiani | GEO | Dan McCormick | USA |
Match #1 | Teddy Riner | FRA | Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev | KAZ | |
Match #2 | Abdullo Tangriyev | UZB | Janusz Wojnarowicz | POL | |
Match #3 | João Gabriel | BRA | Martin Padar | EST | |
Match #4 | Óscar Brayson | CUB | Carlos Zegarra | PER |
Match #1 | Satoshi Ishii | JPN | Tamerlan Tmenov | RUS | |
Match #2 | Lasha Gujejiani | GEO | Mohammad Roudaki | IRI |
Match #1 | Abdullo Tangriyev | UZB | Teddy Riner | FRA | |
Match #2 | Óscar Brayson | CUB | João Gabriel | BRA |
Match #1 | Satoshi Ishii | JPN | Lasha Gujejiani | GEO |
Match #1 | Abdullo Tangriyev | UZB | Óscar Brayson | CUB |
Match #1 | Paolo Bianchessi | ITA | Islam El-Shehaby | EGY | |
Match #2 | Dan McCormick | USA | Ricardo Blas, Jr. | GUM | |
Match #3 | Tamerlan Tmenov | RUS | Paolo Bianchessi | ITA | |
Match #4 | Mohammad Roudaki | IRI | Dan McCormick | USA | |
Match #5 | Mohammad Roudaki | IRI | Tamerlan Tmenov | RUS | |
Match 3/4 | Óscar Brayson | CUB | Mohammad Roudaki | IRI |
Match #1 | Andreas Tölzer | GER | Janusz Wojnarowicz | POL | |
Match #2 | Rudy Hachache | LBN | Carlos Zegarra | PER | |
Match #3 | Teddy Riner | FRA | Andreas Tölzer | GER | |
Match #4 | João Gabriel | BRA | Rudy Hachache | LBN | |
Match #5 | Teddy Riner | FRA | João Gabriel | BRA | |
Match 3/4 | Teddy Riner | FRA | Lasha Gujejiani | GEO |