Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.

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.

There was controversy in the men's competition, when Iranian competitor Arash Miresmaeili was widely reported to have intentionally disqualified for political reasons, in order to avoid competing with an Israeli.

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

Medal table

1	Japan	8	2	0	10
2	China	1	1	3	5
3	South Korea	1	1	1	3
4	Georgia	1	1	0	2
5	Germany	1	0	3	4
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
	France	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
16	Brazil	0	0	2	2
17	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1

60 kg men

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

Main bracket

Round of 64

Gal Yekutiel, Israel def. Albert Techov, Lithuania

Round of 32

Evgeny Stanev, Russia def. Younes Ahamdi, Morocco
Anis Lounifi, Tunisia def. Pak Nam-Chol, North Korea
Nestor Khergiani, Georgia def. Kenji Uematsu, Spain
Bazarbek Donbay, Kazakhstan def. Omar Rebahi, Algeria
Craig Fallon, Great Britain def. Scott Fernandis, Australia
Revazi Zintiridis, Greece def. Sanjar Zokirov, Uzbekistan
Masoud Haji Akhondzade, Iran def. Jean Claude Cameroun, Cameroon
Armen Nazaryan, Armenia def. Alexandre Lee, Brazil
Khashbaatar Tsagaanbaatar, Mongolia def. Akram Shah, India
Taraje Williams-Murray, United States def. Gal Yekutiel, Israel
Benjamin Darbelet, France def. Reiver David Alvarenga, Venezuela
Choi Min-ho, South Korea def. Ludwig Paischer, Austria
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan def. Modesto Lara, Dominican Republic
Oliver Gussenberg, Germany def. Siarhei Novikau, Belarus
Cristobal Alejandro Aburto, Mexico def. David Fernandez, Costa Rica
Miguel Albarracin, Argentina def. Francis Labrosse, Seychelles

Round of 16

Evgeny Stanev, Russia def. Anos 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, Italy
Tadahiro Nomura, Japan def. Oliver Gussenberg, Germany
Miguel Albarracin, Argentina def. Cristobal Alejandra 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 16

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

Quarterfinals

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

Semifinals

Kenji Uematsu, Spain def. Revazi Zintiridis, Greece
Choi Min-ho, South Korea def. Oliver Gussenberg, Germany

Bronze medal finals

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