Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg

Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Men		Women
	60 kg		48 kg
	66 kg		52 kg
	73 kg		57 kg
	81 kg		63 kg
	90 kg		70 kg
	100 kg		78 kg
	+100 kg		+78 kg

These are the results of the men's 73 kg (also known as lightweight) competition in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. A total of 34 men competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was less than, or equal to, 73 kilograms. Competition took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre on 18 September.

Medalists

Gold	Giuseppe Maddaloni Italy
Silver	Tiago Camilo Brazil
Bronze	Anatoly Laryukhov Belarus
Bronze	Vsevolods Zeļonijs Latvia

Tournament results

First round

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

22x20px Choi Yong-Sin (KOR) defeated Sagdat Sadykov (KGZ)
Hector Lombard (CUB) defeated Haitham El Hossainy (EGY)

Main bracket

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

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal final

Bastea (ROU)

L

Nakamura (JPN)

W

Nakamura (JPN)

W

Stangl (AUT)

L

Lewak (POL)

L

Lewak (POL)

W

Nakamura (JPN)

L

Pedro (USA)

L

22x20px Choi (KOR)

W

22x20px Choi (KOR)

W

22x20px Choi (KOR)

W

Payne (BAR)

L

Alquati (ARG)

L

Alquati (ARG)

W

22x20px Choi (KOR)

L

Acevedo (PUR)

L

Camilo (BRA)

W

Illyés (HUN)

W

Illyés (HUN)

L

Almeida (POR)

W

Almeida (POR)

W

22x20px Mangles (VEN)

L

Almeida (POR)

L

Denanyoh (TOG)

L

Camilo (BRA)

W

Yagoubi (ALG)

W

Yagoubi (ALG)

L

Camilo (BRA)

W

Camilo (BRA)

W

Offer (ISR)

L

Camilo (BRA)

L

22x20px Revazishvili (GEO)

L

Maddaloni (ITA)

W

Shturbabin (UZB)

W

Shturbabin (UZB)

L

Zeļonijs (LAT)

W

Zeļonijs (LAT)

W

Laraque (HAI)

L

Zeļonijs (LAT)

L

Maddaloni (ITA)

W

Maddaloni (ITA)

W

Waterhouse (SAM)

L

Maddaloni (ITA)

W

Schmidt (GER)

L

Moussa (TUN)

L

Moussa (TUN)

W

Maddaloni (ITA)

W

Bilodid (UKR)

W

Laryukhov (BLR)

L

Lombard (CUB)

L

Bilodid (UKR)

W

Makarov (RUS)

L

Shakharov (KAZ)

L

Shakharov (KAZ)

W

Bilodid (UKR)

L

22x20px Lamce (ALB)

W

Laryukhov (BLR)

W

Hill (AUS)

L

22x20px Lamce (ALB)

L

Kheder (FRA)

L

Laryukhov (BLR)

W

Laryukhov (BLR)

W

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.

As there were 23 qualifiers for the repechage, one match was held to reduce the field to 22 judoka.