Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg

The Men's 81 kg event in Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris, France on 30 July 2024.^[1][2][3]

Judo Men's 81 kg at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue	Grand Palais Éphémère
Location	Paris, France
Date	30 July 2024
Competitors	33 from 33 nations
Website	Official website
Medalists
Takanori Nagase (2nd title)    Japan   Tato Grigalashvili    Georgia   Lee Joon-hwan    South Korea   Somon Makhmadbekov    Tajikistan
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • JudoInside
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Summary

This is the fourteenth appearance of the men's half middleweight category.

Takanori Nagase defended his Olympic title, Saeid Mollaei represents Azerbaijan as a current nation, but the IOC did not chose him, one of the bronze medalists, Shamil Borchashvili did not qualify and Matthias Casse won by beating Sibghatullah Arab 11-01, then Attila Ungvári 10-00, and lost to eventual champion Nagase Takanori, later Casse won a repechage over François Gauthier-Drapeau 01-00, and lost to Lee Joon-hwan 00-01.

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Takanori Nagase (JPN)	10
	Antonio Esposito (ITA)	00
					Takanori Nagase (JPN)	11
					Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	00
	Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	01
	Lee Joon-hwan (KOR)	00

Repechage

	Repechage				Bronze medal
	Matthias Casse (BEL)	01
	François Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN)	00
					Matthias Casse (BEL)	00
					Lee Joon-hwan (KOR)	01
	Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK)	10
	Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)	00
					Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK)	10
					Antonio Esposito (ITA)	00

Pool A

	First round				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					Matthias Casse (BEL)	11
					Sibghatullah Arab (EOR)	01
									Matthias Casse (BEL)	10
									Attila Ungvári (HUN)	00
					Abylaikhan Zhubanazar (KAZ)	00
					Attila Ungvári (HUN)	01
													Matthias Casse (BEL)	00
													Takanori Nagase (JPN)	01
					Takanori Nagase (JPN)	10
					Alain Mikael Aprahamian (URU)	00
									Takanori Nagase (JPN)	01
									Vedat Albayrak (TUR)	00
					Askerbii Gerbekov (BRN)	00
					Vedat Albayrak (TUR)	10

Pool B

	First round				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					Guilherme Schimidt (BRA)	11
					Edi Šerifovski (MKD)	00
									Guilherme Schimidt (BRA)	00
									Antonio Esposito (ITA)	01
					Antonio Esposito (ITA)	10
					Valentin Houinato (BEN)	00
													Antonio Esposito (ITA)	10
													François Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN)	00
					François Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN)	10
					João Fernando (POR)	00
									François Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN)	10
									Adrián Gandía (PUR)	00
					Nugzar Tatalashvili (UAE)	00
					Adrián Gandía (PUR)	11

Pool C

	First round				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	10
					Mihail Latișev (MDA)	00
									Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	01
									Wachid Borchashvili (AUT)	00
					Wachid Borchashvili (AUT)	11
					Mohammad Samim Faizad (AFG)[a]	00
													Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)	01
													Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK)	00
					Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK)	10
					Fares Badawi (PLE)	00
									Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK)	01
									Frank de Wit (NED)	00
					Hugo Cumbo (VAN)	00
					Frank de Wit (NED)	10

Pool D

First round

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Lee Joon-hwan (KOR)

01

Achraf Moutii (MAR)

00

Lee Joon-hwan (KOR)

10

Sagi Muki (ISR)

00

Timo Cavelius (GER)

00

Sagi Muki (ISR)

10

Lee Joon-hwan (KOR)

10

Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)

00

Zelim Tckaev (AZE)

00

Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA)

10

Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA)

01

Abdelrahman Abdelghany (EGY)

00

Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA)

00

Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)

10

Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB)

w/o

Sajjad Sehen (IRQ)

DQB

Notes

1. Mohammad Samim Faizad was retrospectively disqualified from the event on 3 August 2024.^[4]