Olympedia – Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men
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| Date | 30 July 1992 |
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| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona |
| Participants | 42 from 42 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 last several international championships had been spread among several judoka, leaving this class very open. The last two World Champions had been Daniel Lascau (GER) in 1991 and Korea’s Kim Byeong-Ju in 1989. But in a failure of seeding, they met in the first round, with Kim winning. Kim lost in the pool semis to Sweden’s Lars Adolfsson, which knocked Lascau out of the medals. Adolfsson lost the pool final to America’s Jason Morris, who faced Japan’s Hidehiko Yoshida in the final. Yoshida’s best international finish to date had been third at the 1991 World Championships, but he was dominant in Barcelona, winning all his preliminary matches by ippon. The final was no different, with Yoshida using uchi-mata for ippon over Morris at 3:35 to win the gold medal. Morris had been gold medalist at the 1987 and 1991 Pan-American Games. Kim Byeong-Ju won one bronze medal, while the other went to France’s Bertrand Damaisin, who defeated Adolfsson in their bronze medal match.
Pool A (30 July 1992)
Round One (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Patrick Matangi |  ZIM | Yuko/Ko-uchi-gari (5:00) | Sekou Camara |  GUI |
| Match #2 | Kim Byeong-Ju |  KOR | Yuko/Sukui-nage (5:00) | Daniel Lascau |  GER |
| Match #3 | Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat |  MGL | Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:23) | Freyr Gauti Sigmundsson |  ISL |
| Match #4 | João de Souza |  ANG | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Moshe Pennavayre |  CIV |
| Match #5 | Graeme Spinks |  NZL | Ippon/Tani-otoshi (4:13) | Marko Haanpää |  FIN |
Round Two (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Ezequiel Paraguassu |  BRA | Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:15) | Patrick Matangi | ZIM |
| Match #2 | Kim Byeong-Ju | KOR | Ippon/Ko-uchi-gari (0:43) | Jean Alix Holmand |  HAI |
| Match #3 | Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat | MGL | Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:55) | Ahmed Al-Shiekh |  YEM |
| Match #4 | Lars Adolfsson |  SWE | Ippon/Uchi-mata-gaeshi (2:15) | Suleman Musa |  NGR |
| Match #5 | Anthonie Wurth |  NED | Ippon/Sumi-otoshi (0:23) | João de Souza | ANG |
| Match #6 | Christodoulos Katsinioridis |  CYP | Ippon/Tani-otoshi (1:07) | Eric Bustos |  BOL |
| Match #7 | Sharip Varayev |  EUN | Ippon/Tai-otoshi (3:45) | Graeme Spinks | NZL |
| Match #8 | Jason Morris |  USA | Ippon/Tomoe-nage (0:25) | M'Bairo Abakar |  CHA |
Quarter-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Kim Byeong-Ju | KOR | Ippon/Kata-gatame (4:27) | Ezequiel Paraguassu | BRA |
| Match #2 | Lars Adolfsson | SWE | Ippon/Harai-goshi (3:00) | Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat | MGL |
| Match #3 | Anthonie Wurth | NED | Ippon/Tai-otoshi (1:35) | Christodoulos Katsinioridis | CYP |
| Match #4 | Jason Morris | USA | Yuko/Okuri-ashi-barai (5:00) | Sharip Varayev | EUN |
Semi-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Lars Adolfsson | SWE | Yuko/Morote-gari (5:00) | Kim Byeong-Ju | KOR |
| Match #2 | Jason Morris | USA | Yuko/Harai-makikomi (5:00) | Anthonie Wurth | NED |
Final Round (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Jason Morris | USA | Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:53) | Lars Adolfsson | SWE |
Repêchage (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat | MGL | Ippon/Juji-gatame (0:40) | Suleman Musa | NGR |
| Match #2 | Kim Byeong-Ju | KOR | Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:47) | Davaasambuugiin Dorjbat | MGL |
| Match #3 | Sharip Varayev | EUN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:43) | M'Bairo Abakar | CHA |
| Match #4 | Sharip Varayev | EUN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (1:26) | Anthonie Wurth | NED |
| Match #5 | Kim Byeong-Ju | KOR | Keikoku/Penalty (5:00) | Sharip Varayev | EUN |
| Match 3/4 | Kim Byeong-Ju | KOR | Waza-ari/Harai-makikomi (5:00) | Johan Laats |  BEL |
Pool B (30 July 1992)
Round One (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Zsolt Zsoldos |  HUN | Sogo-gachi (2:40) | Musuyu Kutama |  COD |
| Match #2 | Olivier Schaffter |  SUI | Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:33) | Nacanieli Takayawa |  FIJ |
| Match #3 | Abdul Kader Dabo |  MLI | Koka/Sukui-nage (5:00) | Amadou Guèye |  SEN |
| Match #4 | Hidehiko Yoshida |  JPN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:15) | Hamid Fadul |  SUD |
| Match #5 | Jean-Jacques Rakotomalala |  MAD | Ippon/O-uchi-gari (0:48) | Yahia Gregni |  LBA |
Round Two (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Zsolt Zsoldos | HUN | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Salah Rekik |  TUN |
| Match #2 | Johan Laats | BEL | Yusei-gachi (5:00) | Ryan Birch |  GBR |
| Match #3 | Bertrand Damaisin |  FRA | Keikoku/Penalty (5:00) | Olivier Schaffter | SUI |
| Match #4 | Anton Summer |  AUT | Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/O-uchi-gari (4:45) | António Matias |  POR |
| Match #5 | Alexandru Ciupe |  ROU | Ippon/Tate-shiho-gatame (1:35) | Abdul Kader Dabo | MLI |
| Match #6 | Krzysztof Kamiński |  POL | Ippon/Tai-otoshi (0:23) | John Baylon |  PHI |
| Match #7 | Hidehiko Yoshida | JPN | Ippon/O-soto-gari (0:10) | Fadi Saikali |  LBN |
| Match #8 | Gastón García |  ARG | Ippon/Sukui-nage (2:29) | Jean-Jacques Rakotomalala | MAD |
Quarter-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Johan Laats | BEL | Waza-ari-wasete Ippon/Yoko-otoshi (2:36) | Zsolt Zsoldos | HUN |
| Match #2 | Bertrand Damaisin | FRA | Ippon/Sukui-nage (1:45) | Anton Summer | AUT |
| Match #3 | Alexandru Ciupe | ROU | Ippon/Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi (0:50) | Krzysztof Kamiński | POL |
| Match #4 | Hidehiko Yoshida | JPN | Ippon/Sankaku-jime (2:42) | Gastón García | ARG |
Semi-Finals (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Johan Laats | BEL | Ippon/Uchi-mata (2:13) | Bertrand Damaisin | FRA |
| Match #2 | Hidehiko Yoshida | JPN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (5:00) | Alexandru Ciupe | ROU |
Final Round (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Hidehiko Yoshida | JPN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (4:39) | Johan Laats | BEL |
Repêchage (30 July 1992)
| Match #1 | Zsolt Zsoldos | HUN | Ippon/Soto-makikomi (4:25) | Ryan Birch | GBR |
| Match #2 | Bertrand Damaisin | FRA | Ippon/Sukui-nage (3:10) | Zsolt Zsoldos | HUN |
| Match #3 | Fadi Saikali | LBN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (0:31) | Hamid Fadul | SUD |
| Match #4 | Fadi Saikali | LBN | bye | ||
| Match #5 | Alexandru Ciupe | ROU | Ippon/Sukui-nage (4:19) | Fadi Saikali | LBN |
| Match #6 | Bertrand Damaisin | FRA | Chui/Penalty (5:00) | Alexandru Ciupe | ROU |
| Match 3/4 | Bertrand Damaisin | FRA | Waza-ari/Okuri-ashi-barai (5:00) | Lars Adolfsson | SWE |
Final Round (30 July 1992)
| Match 1/2 | Hidehiko Yoshida | JPN | Ippon/Uchi-mata (3:35) | Jason Morris | USA |