Olympedia – Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men

Kim Jae-Beom of Korea had won the silver medal in Beijing but was also the 2010 and 2011 World Champion, and came to London as the favorite. The defending gold medalist was German Ole Bischof and he was expected to challenge Kim. The two once again made it to the finals, with Kim turning the tables this time and winning the gold medal. In the final he scored two yuko points in the first period and never let up in defeating Bischof.

Kim defeated Russian Ivan Nifontov in the semis, but Nifontov came back to win a bronze medal. He was joined by Canadian Antoine Valois-Fortier, who defeated American Travis Stevens in the bronze match, after Stevens had lost in the semis to Bischof.