Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's +95 kg explained

Event:Men's 95kg
Games:1996 Summer
Venue:Georgia World Congress Center
Date:20 July
Competitors:32
Nations:32
Gold:David Douillet
Goldnoc:FRA
Silver:Ernesto Pérez
Silvernoc:ESP
Bronze:Frank Möller
Bronzenoc:GER
Bronze2:Harry Van Barneveld
Bronzenoc2:BEL
Prev:1992
Next:2000

These are the results of the Men's +95 kg (also known as Heavyweight) competition in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 32 men competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was more than 95 kilograms. Competition took place in the Georgia World Congress Center.[1]

The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket).

Tournament results

First round

As there were more than 32 qualifiers for the tournament, two first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 judoka.

Main bracket

The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.

Repechage

The losing semifinalists as well as those judoka eliminated in earlier rounds by the four semifinalists of the main bracket advanced to the repechage. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judo at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417201110/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/JUD/mens-heavyweight.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 3 June 2018 . Sports Reference.