Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg

The men's 81 kg competition in judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held on 27 July 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Men's 81 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	27 July 2021
Competitors	35 from 35 nations
Medalists
Takanori Nagase  Japan Saeid Mollaei  Mongolia Shamil Borchashvili  Austria Matthias Casse  Belgium
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Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Gold medal
	1  Matthias Casse (BEL)	00
	Takanori Nagase (JPN)	01
					Takanori Nagase (JPN)	01
					6  Saeid Mollaei (MGL)	00
	Shamil Borchashvili (AUT)	00
	6  Saeid Mollaei (MGL)	10

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal
					Shamil Borchashvili (AUT)	10
					Dominic Ressel (GER)	00
	8  Alan Khubetsov (ROC)	00
	Dominic Ressel (GER)	10

	Repechage				Bronze medal
					1  Matthias Casse (BEL)	10
					3  Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	00
	7  Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)	00
	3  Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	01

Pool A

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					1  Matthias Casse (BEL)	11
					Adrián Gandía (PUR)	01
									1  Matthias Casse (BEL)	11
									Robin Pacek (SWE)	01
					Alain Mikael Aprahamian (URU)	00
					Robin Pacek (SWE)	10
	Robin Pacek (SWE)	10
	Housni Thaoubani (COM)	00
													1  Matthias Casse (BEL)	10
													8  Alan Khubetsov (ROC)	00
					8  Alan Khubetsov (ROC)	10
					Vladimir Zoloev (KGZ)	00
									8  Alan Khubetsov (ROC)	01
									Antoine Valois-Fortier (CAN)	00
					Antoine Valois-Fortier (CAN)	10
					Alexios Ntanatsidis (GRE)	00

Pool B

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					4  Vedat Albayrak (TUR)	00
					Takanori Nagase (JPN)	10
									Takanori Nagase (JPN)	10
									Christian Parlati (ITA)	00
	Mohamed Abdelaal (EGY)	10
	Attila Ungvári (HUN)	00
					Mohamed Abdelaal (EGY)	00
					Christian Parlati (ITA)	11
													Takanori Nagase (JPN)	01
													Dominic Ressel (GER)	00
					5  Frank de Wit (NED)	10
					Peniamina Percival (SAM)	00
									5  Frank de Wit (NED)	00
									Dominic Ressel (GER)	01
					Wesam Abu Rmilah (PLE)	00
					Dominic Ressel (GER)	10

Pool C

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					2  Sagi Muki (ISR)	10
					Eduardo Yudy Santos (BRA)	00
									2  Sagi Muki (ISR)	00
									Shamil Borchashvili (AUT)	01
					Anri Egutidze (POR)	00
					Shamil Borchashvili (AUT)	01
													Shamil Borchashvili (AUT)	01
													7  Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)	00
					7  Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)	10
					Hugo Cumbo (VAN)	00
									7  Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)	01
									Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)	00
					Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL)	10
					Emmanuel Lucenti (ARG)	00

Pool D

	Round of 64				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					3  Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	11
					Akmal Murodov (TJK)	00
	Joshter Andrew (GUM)	0
	Akmal Murodov (TJK)	10
									3  Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	10
									Lee Sung-ho (KOR)	00
					Nacif Elias (LBN)	00
					Lee Sung-ho (KOR)	10
													3  Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	01
													6  Saeid Mollaei (MGL)	10
					6  Saeid Mollaei (MGL)	10
					Didar Khamza (KAZ)	00
									6  Saeid Mollaei (MGL)	01
									Murad Fatiyev (AZE)	00
					Frederick Harris (SLE)
					Murad Fatiyev (AZE)	W/O[a]

Notes

1. Frederick Harris did not pass the official weigh-in and did not take part in the competition.^[6]