Olympedia – Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men
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| Date | 29 July 1980 — 10:00-19:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Dvorets sporta, Tsentralny stadion imeni V. I. Lenina, Moskva |
| Participants | 23 from 23 countries |
| Format | Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the winner of each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals. |
This was the class most affected by the boycott as Japan’s Shozo Fujii, four-time World Champion, was not present. In addition the 1980 European Champion, Neil Adams, dropped back to the lightweight class in Moskva. In their absence, the class came down, as did many in 1980 judo, to Soviet, Cuban, and East German fighters. The final matched Shota Khabareli (USSR and Georgia) against Cuba’s Juan Ferrer. Ferrer opened with koka at 23 seconds, but Khabarelli equaled the match at two minutes, and made the winning move at four minutes, scoring a yuko from ouchi-gari. The bronze medalists, Bernard Tchoullouyan of France and Harald Heinke of East Germany, had also won medals in this class at the 1979 Worlds.
Pool A (29 July 1980)
Round One (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Chris Bowles |  GBR | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Philippe Simo |  CMR |
| Match #2 | Berkane Adda |  ALG | Ippon (2:07) | Jarosław Brawata |  POL |
| Match #3 | Juan Ferrer |  CUB | Waza-ari (5:00) | Dave McManus |  IRL |
| Match #4 | Ignacio Sanz |  ESP | Ippon (0:20) | Bassam El-Jabbin |  SYR |
Quarter-Finals (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Bernard Tchoullouyan |  FRA | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Chris Bowles | GBR |
| Match #2 | António Roquete |  POR | Waza-ari (5:00) | Berkane Adda | ALG |
| Match #3 | Juan Ferrer | CUB | Yuko (5:00) | Slavko Sikirić |  YUG |
| Match #4 | Ignacio Sanz | ESP | Ippon (1:31) | Dovdongiin Dashjamts |  MGL |
Semi-Finals (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Bernard Tchoullouyan | FRA | Ippon (1:54) | António Roquete | POR |
| Match #2 | Juan Ferrer | CUB | Ippon (1:09) | Ignacio Sanz | ESP |
Final Round (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Juan Ferrer | CUB | Uchi-mata/Ippon (0:28) | Bernard Tchoullouyan | FRA |
Repêchage (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Slavko Sikirić | YUG | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Dave McManus | IRL |
| Match #2 | Ignacio Sanz | ESP | Ippon (3:17) | Slavko Sikirić | YUG |
| Match 3/4 | Bernard Tchoullouyan | FRA | Waza-ari-wasete Ippon (7:00) | Ignacio Sanz | ESP |
Pool B (29 July 1980)
Round One (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Harald Heinke |  GDR | Koka (5:00) | Karim Badiane |  SEN |
| Match #2 | Vladimír Bárta |  TCH | Ippon (0:09) | Henry Sichalwe |  ZAM |
| Match #3 | Carlos Alberto Cunha |  BRA | Waza-ari (5:00) | Michel Grant |  SWE |
| Match #4 | Mircea Frățică |  ROU | Waza-ari (5:00) | János Gyáni |  HUN |
Quarter-Finals (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Shota Khabareli |  URS | Koka (5:00) | Harald Heinke | GDR |
| Match #2 | Georgi Petrov |  BUL | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Vladimír Bárta | TCH |
| Match #3 | Carlos Alberto Cunha | BRA | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Thomas Hagmann |  SUI |
| Match #4 | Mircea Frățică | ROU | bye |
Semi-Finals (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Shota Khabareli | URS | Koka/Shido (5:00) | Georgi Petrov | BUL |
| Match #2 | Mircea Frățică | ROU | Ippon (4:12) | Carlos Alberto Cunha | BRA |
Final Round (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Shota Khabareli | URS | Yuko (5:00) | Mircea Frățică | ROU |
Repêchage (29 July 1980)
| Match #1 | Harald Heinke | GDR | Yuko (5:00) | Georgi Petrov | BUL |
| Match 3/4 | Mircea Frățică | ROU | Yuko/Chui (7:00) | Harald Heinke | GDR |
Final Round (29 July 1980)
| Match 1/2 | Shota Khabareli | URS | O-uchi-gari/Yuko (7:00) | Juan Ferrer | CUB |