Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 71 kg
These are the results of the men's 71 kg (also known as lightweight) competition in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 35 men competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was less than, or equal to, 71 kilograms. Competition took place in the Georgia World Congress Center.[1]
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| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 24 July | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 35 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Tournament results
editFirst round
editAs there were more than 32 qualifiers for the tournament, three first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 judoka.
Danny Kingston (GBR) defeated 
Sergey Kolesnikov (RUS)
Bertalan Hajtos (HUN) defeated 
Juan González (GUA)
Andrei Golban (MDA) defeated 
Davor Vlaskovac (BIH)
Main bracket
editThe gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
Repechage
editThe 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.
| First round | Second round | Third round | Bronze medal finals | |||||||||||
 Sebastian Alquati (ARG) | L |  Vladimeri Dgebuadze (GEO) | L | |||||||||||
 James Pedro (USA) | W | James Pedro (USA) | W | James Pedro (USA) | W | James Pedro (USA) | W | |||||||
 Abdelhakim Harkat (ALG) | L |  Martin Schmidt (GER) | W | Martin Schmidt (GER) | L |  Sebastian Pereira (BRA) | L | |||||||
 Thomas Schleicher (AUT) | W | Thomas Schleicher (AUT) | L | |||||||||||
 Christophe Gagliano (FRA) | W | Christophe Gagliano (FRA) | W | |||||||||||
 Salim Abanoz (TUR) | L |  Steve Corkin (NZL) | L | Christophe Gagliano (FRA) | W | Christophe Gagliano (FRA) | W | |||||||
 David Kouassi (CIV) | L |  Amir Ghomi (IRI) | L |  Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) | L |  Khaliun Boldbaatar (MGL) | L | |||||||
| Amir Ghomi (IRI) | W | Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) | W | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Judo at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
