Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

From Academic Kids

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 players competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions.

Gold and silver medals in each weight class were determined by a single-elimination bracket. There was a repechage for those who are eliminated by one of the eventual semifinalists. Since there are four semifinalists, this means that four of the losers of the round of 32 (i.e., 25%) faced four of the losers from the round of 16 (50%). The winners of these matches faced the four judokas who have lost in the quarterfinals. The winners, then, of these four matches faced each other to narrow the repechage field down to two judokas. Until this stage, the repechage has been segregated into two distinct halves, with each successive competitor facing another one from the same half of the original bracket; but each of the two judokas who emerge from the repechage challenged the loser of the other bracket's semifinal. (Since these two always come from opposite halves of the original bracket, they could not have faced each other already.) The winners of these two matches were each awarded a bronze medal, making judo unusual among Olympic events in not determining a single third-place finisher.


Men's 60 kg | 66 kg | 73 kg | 81 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | over 100 kg

Women's 48 kg | 52 kg | 57 kg | 63 kg | 70 kg | 78 kg | over 78 kg

Judo medal table by country

Position Country: Gold: Silver: Bronze: Total:
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Japan
8 2 0 10
2 China 1 1 3 5
3 South Korea 1 1 1 3
4 Germany 1 0 3 4
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Georgia
1 1 0 2
6= Belarus 1 0 0 1
6= Greece 1 0 0 1
8 Russia 0 2 3 5
9 Cuba 0 1 5 6
10 Netherlands 0 1 3 4
11= Austria 0 1 0 1
11= France 0 1 0 1
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North Korea
0 1 0 1
11= Slovakia 0 1 0 1
11= Ukraine 0 1 0 1
16 Brazil 0 0 2 2
17= Belgium 0 0 1 1
17= Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
17= Estonia 0 0 1 1
17= Israel 0 0 1 1
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Italy
0 0 1 1
17= Mongolia 0 0 1 1
17= Slovenia 0 0 1 1
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United States
0 0 1 1

60 kg men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
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Tadahiro Nomura, JPN
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Nestor Khergiani, GEO
Choi Min-ho, KOR
Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar, MGL

Main bracket

Round of 32
Round of 16
  • Evgeny Stanev, Russia def. Anis Lounifi, Tunisia
  • Nestor Khergiani, Georgia def. Bazarbek Donbay, Kazakhstan
  • Revazi Zintiridis, Greece def. Craig Fallon, Great Britain
  • Masoud Haji Akhondzade, Iran def. Armen Nazaryan, Armenia
  • Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar, Mongolia def. Taraje Williams-Murray, United States
  • Choi Min-ho, South Korea def. Benjamin Darbelet, France
  • Tadahiro Nomura, Japan def. Oliver Gussenberg, Germany
  • Miguel Albarracin, Argentina def. Cristobal Alejandro Aburto, Mexico
Quarterfinals
  • Nestor Khergiani, Georgia def. Evgeny Stanev, Russia
  • Masoud Haji Akhondzade, Iran def. Revazi Zintiridis, Greece
  • Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar, Mongolia def. Choi Min-ho, South Korea
  • Tadahiro Nomura, Japan def. Miguel Albarracin, Argentina
Semifinals
  • Nestor Khergiani, Georgia def. Masoud Haji Akhondzade, Iran
  • Tadahiro Nomura, Japan def. Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar, Mongolia
Finals
  • Tadahiro Nomura, Japan def. Nestor Khergiani, Georgia

Repechage

Round of 32
  • Kenji Uematsu, Spain def. Bazarbek Donbay, Kazakhstan
  • Jean Claude Cameroun, Cameroon def. Armen Nazaryan, Armenia
  • Akram Shah, India def. Taraje Williams-Murray, United States
  • Oliver Gussenberg, Germany def. Modesto Lara, Dominican Republic
Round of 16
  • Kenji Uematsu, Spain def. Evgeny Stanev, Russia
  • Revazi Zintiridis, Greece def. Jean Claude Cameroun, Cameroon
  • Choi Min-ho, South Korea def. Akram Shah, India
  • Oliver Gussenberg, Germany def. Miguel Albarracin, Argentina
Quarterfinals
  • Kenji Uematsu, Spain def. Revazi Zintiridis, Greece
  • Choi Min-ho, South Korea def. Oliver Gussenberg, Germany
Semifinals
  • Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar, Mongolia def. Kenji Uematsu, Spain
  • Choi Min-ho, South Korea def. Masoud Haji Akhondzade, Iran

Final rankings

1. Tadahiro Nomura, Japan
2. Nestor Khergiani, Georgia
3. Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar, Mongolia
3. Choi Min-ho, South Korea
5. Kenji Uematsu, Spain
5. Masoud Haji Akhondzade, Iran
7. Revazi Zintiridis, Greece
7. Oliver Gussenberg, Germany

66 kg men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
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Masato Uchishiba, JPN
Jozef Krnac, SVK Georgi Georgiev, BUL
Yordanis Arencibia, CUB

Main bracket

Round of 32

Bye:

Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final

Repechage

Round of 16
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal finals

73 kg men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Won Hee Lee, KOR Vitaliy Makarov, RUS Missing image
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James Pedro, USA
Leandro Guilheiro, BRA

August 16

Main bracket

Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
  • Daniel Fernandes, France def. Yoel Razvozov, Israel
  • Leandro Guilheiro, Brazil def. Krzysztof Wilkomirski, Poland
  • Vitaliy Makarov, Russia def. David Kevkhishvili, Gerogia
  • Suldbayar Damdin, Mongolia def. Bernard Sylvain Mvondo Etoga, Cameroon
  • Lee Won Hee, South Korea def. James pedro, United States
  • Gennadiy Bilodid, Ukraine def. Nouredinne Yagoubi, Algeria
  • Victor Bivol, Moldova def. Hamed Malekmohammadi Memar, Iran
  • Joao Neto, Portugal def. Claudiu Bastea, Romania
Quarterfinals
  • Daniel Fernandes, France def. Leandro Guilheiro, Brazil
  • Vitaliy Makarov, Russia def. Suldbayar Damdin, Mongolia
  • Lee Won Hee, South Korea def. Gennadiy Bilodid, Ukraine
  • Victor Bivol, Moldova def. Joao Neto, Portugal
Semifinals
  • Vitaliy Makarov, Russia def. Daniel Fernandes, France
  • Lee Won Hee, South Korea def. Victor Bivol, Moldova
Final
  • Lee Won Hee, South Korea def. Vitaliy Makarov, Russia

Repechage

Round of 32
  • Yoel Razvozov, Israel def. Xie Jianhua, China
  • David Kevkhishvili, Gerogia def. Lavrenti Alexanidis, Greece
  • James pedro, United States def. Anatoly Laryukov, Belarus
  • Hamed Malekmohammadi Memar, Iran def. Richard Leon Vizcaya, Venezuela
Round of 16
  • Leandro Guilheiro, Brazil def. Yoel Razvozov, Israel
  • David Kevkhishvili, Gerogia def. Suldbayar Damdin, Mongolia
  • James pedro, United States def. Gennadiy Bilodid, Ukraine
  • Joao Neto, Portugal def. Hamed Malekmohammadi Memar, Iran
Quarterfinals
  • Leandro Guilheiro, Brazil def. David Kevkhishvili, Gerogia
  • James pedro, United States def. Joao Neto, Portugal
Semifinals
  • Leandro Guilheiro, Brazil def. Victor Bivol, Moldova
  • James pedro, United States def. Daniel Fernandes, France

Final rankings

1. Lee Won Hee, South Korea
2. Vitaliy Makarov, Russia
3. Leandro Guilheiro, Brazil
3. James pedro, United States
5. Victor Bivol, Moldova
5. Daniel Fernandes, France
7. David Kevkhishvili, Gerogia
7. Joao Neto, Portugal

81 kg men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Ilias Iliadis, GRE Roman Gontyuk, UKR Dmitri Nossov, RUS
Flavio Canto, BRA

August 17

Main bracket

Round of 32
Round of 16
  • Robert Krawczyk, Poland def. Richard Hawn, United States
  • Mehman Azizov, Azerbaijan def. Siarhei Shundzikau, Belarus
  • Roman Gontyuk, Ukraine def. Reza Chah Khandagh, Iran
  • Florian Wanner, Germany def. Amar Benikhlef, Algeria
  • Kwon Young Woo, South Korea def. Gabriel Israel Arteaga Risquet, Cuba
  • Ilias Iliadis, Greece def. Ariel Sganga, Argentina
  • Dmitri Nossov, Russia def. Roberto Meloni, Italy
  • Flavio Canto, Brazil def. Aleksei Budolin, Estonia
Quarterfinals
  • Robert Krawczyk, Poland def. Mehman Azizov, Azerbaijan
  • Roman Gontyuk, Ukraine def. Florian Wanner, Germany
  • Ilias Iliadis, Greece def. Kwon Young Woo, South Korea
  • Dmitri Nossov, Russia def. Flavio Canto, Brazil
Semifinals
  • Roman Gontyuk, Ukraine def. Robert Krawczyk, Poland
  • Ilias Iliadis, Greece def. Dmitri Nossov, Russia
Final
  • Ilias Iliadis, Greece def. Roman Gontyuk, Ukraine

Repechage

Round of 32
  • Richard Hawn, United States def. Mohamed Ben Saleh, Libya
  • Adil Belgaid, Morocco def. Reza Chah Khandagh, Iran
  • Morgan Endicott-Davies, Australia def. Ariel Sganga, Argentina
  • Roberto Meloni, Italy def. Masahiko Tomouchi, Japan
Round of 16
  • Mehman Azizov, Azerbaijan def. Richard Hawn, United States
  • Florian Wanner, Germany def. Adil Belgaid, Morocco
  • Kwon Young Woo, South Korea def. Morgan Endicott-Davies, Australia
  • Flavio Canto, Brazil def. Roberto Meloni, Italy
Quarterfinals
  • Mehman Azizov, Azerbaijan def. Florian Wanner, Germany
  • Flavio Canto, Brazil def. Kwon Young Woo, South Korea
Semifinals
  • Dmitri Nossov, Russia def. Mehman Azizov, Azerbaijan
  • Flavio Canto, Brazil def. Robert Krawczyk, Poland

Final rankings

1. Ilias Iliadis, Greece
2. Roman Gontyuk, Ukraine
3. Dmitri Nossov, Russia
3. Flavio Canto, Brazil
5. Mehman Azizov, Azerbaijan
5. Robert Krawczyk, Poland
7. Florian Wanner, Germany
7. Kwon Young Woo, South Korea

90 kg men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
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Zurab Zviadauri, GEO
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Hiroshi Izumi, JPN
Khasanbi Taov, RUS
Mark Huizinga, NED

August 18

Main bracket

Round of 32
Round of 16
  • Carlos Eduardo Honorato, Brazil def. Ochirbat Tsend-Ayush, Mongolia
  • Winston Gordon, Great Britain def. Vicbart Geraldino, Dominican Republic
  • Frederic Demontfaucon, France def. Brian Olson, United States
  • Zurab Zviadauri, Gerogia def. Khasanbi Taov, Russia
  • Eduardo Costa Gramajo, Argentina def. Valentyn Grekov, Ukraine
  • Hiroshi Izumi, Japan def. Dionysios Iliadis, Greece
  • Hwang Hee Tae, South Korea def. Mark Huizinga, Netherlands
  • Keith Morgan, Canada def. Hesham Mesbah, Egypt
Quarterfinals
  • Winston Gordon, Great Britain def. Carlos Eduardo Honorato, Brazil
  • Zurab Zviadauri, Gerogia def. Frederic Demontfaucon, France
  • Hiroshi Izumi, Japan def. Eduardo Costa Gramajo, Argentina
  • Hwang Hee Tae, South Korea def. Keith Morgan, Canada
Semifinals
  • Zurab Zviadauri, Gerogia def. Winston Gordon, Great Britain
  • Hiroshi Izumi, Japan def. Hwang Hee Tae, South Korea
Final
  • Zurab Zviadauri, Gerogia def. Hiroshi Izumi, Japan

Repechage

Round of 32
  • Daniel Kelly, Australia def. Vicbart Geraldino, Dominican Republic
  • Khasanbi Taov, Russia def. Francesco Lepre, Italy
  • Siarhei Kukharenka, Belarus def. Dionysios Iliadis, Greece
  • Przemyslaw Matyjaszek, Poland def. Mark Huizinga, Netherlands
Round of 16
  • Daniel Kelly, Australia def. Carlos Eduardo Honorato, Brazil
  • Khasanbi Taov, Russia def. Frederic Demontfaucon, France
  • Eduardo Costa Gramajo, Argentina def. Siarhei Kukharenka, Belarus
  • Mark Huizinga, Netherlands def. Keith Morgan, Canada
Quarterfinals
  • Khasanbi Taov, Russia def. Daniel Kelly, Australia
  • Mark Huizinga, Netherlands def. Eduardo Costa Gramajo, Argentina
Semifinals
  • Khasanbi Taov, Russia def. Hwang Hee Tae, South Korea
  • Mark Huizinga, Netherlands def. Winston Gordon, Great Britain

Final rankings

1. Zurab Zviadauri, Gerogia
2. Hiroshi Izumi, Japan
3. Khasanbi Taov, Russia
3. Mark Huizinga, Netherlands
5. Hwang Hee Tae, South Korea
5. Winston Gordon, Great Britain
7. Daniel Kelly, Australia
7. Eduardo Costa Gramajo, Argentina

100 kg men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Ihar Makarau, BLR Sung Ho Jang, KOR Michael Jurack, GER
Ariel Zeevi, ISR

August 19

Main bracket

Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
  • Kosei Inoue, Japan def. Martin Kelly, Australia
  • Elco van Der Geest, Netherlands def. Bassel Elgharabawy, Egypt
  • Iveri Jikurauli, Gerogia def. Sami Belgroun, Algeria
  • Ihar Makarau, Belarus def. Timo Hannu Tapani Peltola, Finland
  • Jang Sung Ho, South Korea def. Rhadi Ferguson, United States
  • Ariel Zeevi, Israel def. Michele Monti, Italy
  • Ghislain Lemaire, France def. Dmitry Maksimov, Russia
  • Michael Jurack, Germany def. Oreidis Despaigne Terry, Cuba
Quarterfinals
  • Elco van Der Geest, Netherlands def. Kosei Inoue, Japan
  • Ihar Makarau, Belarus def. Iveri Jikurauli, Gerogia
  • Jang Sung Ho, South Korea def. Ariel Zeevi, Israel
  • Michael Jurack, Germany def. Ghislain Lemaire, France
Semifinals
  • Ihar Makarau, Belarus def. Elco van Der Geest, Netherlands
  • Jang Sung Ho, South Korea def. Michael Jurack, Germany
Final
  • Ihar Makarau, Belarus def. Jang Sung Ho, South Korea

Repechage

Round of 32
  • Movlud Miraliyev, Azerbaijan def. Bassel Elgharabawy, Egypt
  • Askhat Zhitkeyev, Kazakhstan def. Timo Hannu Tapani Peltola, Finland
  • Franck Martial Moussima Ewane, Cameroon def. Rhadi Ferguson, United States
  • Oreidis Despaigne Terry, Cuba def. Vasileios Iliadis, Greece
Round of 16
  • Movlud Miraliyev, Azerbaijan def. Kosei Inoue, Japan
  • Askhat Zhitkeyev, Kazakhstan def. Iveri Jikurauli, Gerogia
  • Ariel Zeevi, Israel def. Franck Martial Moussima Ewane, Cameroon
  • Ghislain Lemaire, France def. Oreidis Despaigne Terry, Cuba
Quarterfinals
  • Movlud Miraliyev, Azerbaijan def. Askhat Zhitkeyev, Kazakhstan
  • Ariel Zeevi, Israel def. Ghislain Lemaire, France
Semifinals
  • Michael Jurack, Germany def. Movlud Miraliyev, Azerbaijan
  • Ariel Zeevi, Israel def. Elco van Der Geest, Netherlands

Final rankings

1. Ihar Makarau, Belarus
2. Jang Sung Ho, South Korea
3. Michael Jurack, Germany
3. Ariel Zeevi, Israel
5. Movlud Miraliyev, Azerbaijan
5. Elco van Der Geest, Netherlands
7. Askhat Zhitkeyev, Kazakhstan
7. Ghislain Lemaire, France

over 100 kg men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
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Keiji Suzuki, JPN
Tamerlan Tmenov, RUS Dennis van der Geest, NED
Indrek Pertelson, EST

August 20

Main bracket

Round of 64
Round of 32
Round of 16
  • Paolo Bianchessi, Italy def. Vitaliy Polyanskyy, Ukraine
  • Dennis van Der Geest, Netherlands def. Yeldos Ikhsangaliyev, Kazakhstan
  • Keiji Suzuki, Japan def. Charalampos Papaioannou, Greece
  • Yury Rybak, Belarus def. Song Pan, China
  • Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran Fashandi, Iran def. Selim Tataroglu, Turkey
  • Semir Pepic, Australia def. Martin Boonzaayer, United States
  • Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia def. Daniel Hernandes, Brazil
  • Indrek Pertelson, Estonia def. Abdullo Tangriev, Uzbekistan
Quarterfinals
  • Paolo Bianchessi, Italy def. Dennis van Der Geest, Netherlands
  • Keiji Suzuki, Japan def. Yury Rybak, Belarus
  • Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran Fashandi, Iran def. Semir Pepic, Australia
  • Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia def. Indrek Pertelson, Estonia
Semifinals
  • Keiji Suzuki, Japan def. Paolo Bianchessi, Italy
  • Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia def. Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran Fashandi, Iran
Final
  • Keiji Suzuki, Japan def. Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia

Repechage

Round of 32
  • Sung Beom Kim, South Korea def. Vitaliy Polyanskyy, Ukraine
  • Andreas Toelzer, Germany def. Charalampos Papaioannou, Greece
  • Selim Tataroglu, Turkey def. Joel Brutus, Haiti
  • Daniel Hernandes, Brazil def. Gabi Munteanu, Romania
Round of 16
  • Dennis van Der Geest, Netherlands def. Sung Beom Kim, South Korea
  • Andreas Toelzer, Germany def. Yury Rybak, Belarus
  • Selim Tataroglu, Turkey def. Semir Pepic, Australia
  • Indrek Pertelson, Estonia def. Daniel Hernandes, Brazil
Quarterfinals
  • Dennis van Der Geest, Netherlands def. Andreas Toelzer, Germany
  • Indrek Pertelson, Estonia def. Selim Tataroglu, Turkey
Semifinals
  • Dennis van Der Geest, Netherlands def. Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran, Iran
  • Indrek Pertelson, Estonia def. Paolo Bianchessi, Italy

Final rankings

1. Keiji Suzuki, Japan
2. Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia
3. Dennis van Der Geest, Netherlands
3. Indrek Pertelson, Estonia
5. Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran, Iran
5. Paolo Bianchessi, Italy
7. Andreas Toelzer, Germany
7. Selim Tataroglu, Turkey

48 kg women

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
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Ryoko Tani, JPN
Frederique Jossinet, FRA Julia Matijass, GER
Gao Feng, CHN

August 14

Main bracket

Round of 32

Byes

Round of 16
  • Anna Zemla-Krajewska, Poland def. Lyubov Bruletova, Russia
  • Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Romania def. Tatyana Shishkina, Kazakhstan
  • Soraya Haddad, Algeria def. Yamila Zambrano, Cuba
  • Ryoko Tani, Japan def. Maria Karagiannopoulou, Gre