| Event: | Men's 71kg |
| Games: | 1980 Summer |
| Venue: | Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium |
| Date: | July 30 |
| Competitors: | 30 |
| Nations: | 30 |
| Gold: | Ezio Gamba |
| Goldnoc: | ITA |
| Silver: | Neil Adams |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Ravdangiin Davaadalai |
| Bronzenoc: | MGL |
| Bronze2: | Karl-Heinz Lehmann |
| Bronzenoc2: | GDR |
| Prev: | 1976 |
| Next: | 1984 |
Men's 71 kg competition in Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union was held at Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium. The gold medal won by Ezio Gamba from Italy.[1]