Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's +100 kg explained

Event:Judo - Men's +100 kg
Games:2008 Summer
Venue:Beijing Workers' Gymnasium
Date:9 September
Competitors:11
Nations:11
Gold:Ilham Zakiyev
Goldnpc:AZE
Silver:Wang Song
Silvernpc:CHN
Bronze:Julien Taurines
Bronzenpc:FRA
Bronze2:Greg DeWall
Bronzenpc2:USA
Prev:2004

The men's +100 kg judo competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 9 September at the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium.

This event was the heaviest of the men's judo weight classes, allowing competitors with over 100 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.

A total of eleven judokas competed in the event. A twelfth competitor, Khalil Guerfa of Algeria, was disqualified for failing a pre-match medical exam.[1] He was to have had a bye in the first round followed by a bout against the winner of the Rafael Moreno-Park Jung-min match. Because of Guerfa's disqualification, the winner of the Moreno-Park match instead received a bye into the third round.

Final ranking

Rank Name
5
5
7
7

Tournament results

Repechage

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Three judokas disqualified from Beijing Paralympics for failing medical classification . . 2008-09-09 . 2008-09-29.