Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg

Men's 66 kg competition in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 17 September at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.^[1]

Men's 66 kg at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue	Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date	17 September
Competitors	35 from 35 nations
Medalists
Hüseyin Özkan  Turkey Larbi Benboudaoud  France Girolamo Giovinazzo  Italy Giorgi Vazagashvili  Georgia
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This event was the second-lightest of the men's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 66 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.

Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday, 17 September 2000	15:00 20:30	Preliminaries & Repechage Final

Tournament results

Final

	Final
	1	Hüseyin Özkan (TUR)	1000
	2	Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)	0002

Mat 1

First round matches

	Score
Tarek Ayad (LBA)	0001–1010	Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN)
Victor Bivol (MDA)	1110–0000	Mansur Zhumayev (UZB)

Elimination rounds

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
	Patrick van Kalken (NED)		0001
	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva (MGL)		0001			Patrick van Kalken (NED)		1100
	Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN)		0201			Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN)		0020
	Anis Lounifi (TUN)		0100								Patrick van Kalken (NED)		1000
	Martín Ríos (ARG)		0000								Ivan Baglayev (KAZ)		0010
	Islam Matsiev (RUS)		0200			Islam Matsiev (RUS)		0011
	Jean Claude Cameroun (CMR)		0011			Ivan Baglayev (KAZ)		1000
	Ivan Baglayev (KAZ)		1000													Patrick van Kalken (NED)		0010
	Hüseyin Özkan (TUR)		0110													Hüseyin Özkan (TUR)		0020
	Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)		0001			Hüseyin Özkan (TUR)		0021
	József Csák (HUN)		0000			Georgi Georgiev (BUL)		0011
	Georgi Georgiev (BUL)		0010								Hüseyin Özkan (TUR)		1000
	Zhang Guangjun (CHN)		1000								Zhang Guangjun (CHN)		0000
	Victor Bivol (MDA)		0000			Zhang Guangjun (CHN)		1000
	Andrew Collett (AUS)		1001			Andrew Collett (AUS)		0000
	Javier Wanga (ARU)		0000

Mat 2

First round matches

	Score
Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)	1010–0000	Han Ji-hwan (KOR)

Elimination rounds

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
	Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)		1000
	Jorge Quintanal (GUA)		0000			Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)		0040
	Miguel Angel Moreno (ESA)		0000			David Somerville (GBR)		0001
	David Somerville (GBR)		1000								Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)		1010
	Kevin Ngapoula-Mbembo (CGO)		0000								Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP)		0000
	Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP)		1000			Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP)		0020
	Alex Ottiano (USA)		0001			Alex Ottiano (USA)		0000
	Amar Meridja (ALG)		0001													Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA)		1000
	Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)		0001													Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA)		0000
	Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO)		1000			Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO)		1101
	Pedro Caravana (POR)		0012			Pedro Caravana (POR)		0010
	Ludwig Ortíz (VEN)		0010								Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO)		0000
	Henrique Guimaraes (BRA)		1000								Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA)		1010
	Gabriel Bengtsson (SWE)		0011			Henrique Guimaraes (BRA)		0000
	Melvin Méndez (PUR)		0000			Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA)		1000
	Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA)		1000

Repechage

The losing semifinalists as well as those judoka eliminated in earlier rounds by the four semifinalists of the main bracket advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.

First round matches

Since 23 judoka qualified for the repechage, one match was held to reduce the field to 22.

	Score
Han Ji-hwan (KOR)	0002–0001	Jorge Quintanal (GUA)

Elimination rounds

	First round				Second round				Third round				Bronze medal finals
	Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva (MGL)	0010			Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN)	1010
	Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN)	0011			Ivan Baglayev (KAZ)	0000			Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN)	0000			Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)	0010
	Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)	1001			Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)	1001			Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)	1000			Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA)	0010
	Georgi Georgiev (BUL)	0000			Zhang Guangjun (CHN)	0001
	Han Ji-hwan (KOR)	1001			Han Ji-hwan (KOR)	0010
	David Somerville (GBR)	0000			Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP)	0001			Han Ji-hwan (KOR)	0010			Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO)	0210
	Melvin Méndez (PUR)	0000			Henrique Guimaraes (BRA)	0000			Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO)	1100			Patrick van Kalken (NED)	0110
	Henrique Guimaraes (BRA)	0011			Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO)	1010

References

1. "Judo at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Half-Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2018.

External links

• Official report