Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg

Men's 73kg at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	30 July
Competitors	34 from 34 nations
Medalists
Mansur Isaev  Russia Riki Nakaya  Japan Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal  Mongolia Ugo Legrand  France

Judo at the 2012 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

The Men's 73 kg competition in judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London.^[1]

The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket).^[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Wang Ki-Chun (KOR)	0002
	Mansur Isaev (RUS)	0011
					Mansur Isaev (RUS)	0011
					Riki Nakaya (JPN)	0001
	Riki Nakaya (JPN)	0000
	Dex Elmont (NED)	0001

Repechages

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Nicholas Delpopolo (USA)		0002
	Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal (MGL)		0011			Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal (MGL)		0011
						Dex Elmont (NED)		0002

	Repechage					Bronze medal
	Rasul Boqiev (TJK)		0002
	Ugo Legrand (FRA)		0010			Ugo Legrand (FRA)		0101
						Wang Ki-Chun (KOR)		0001

Pool A

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
	K-C Wang (KOR)		0001
	N Tatalashvili (GEO)		0000			K-C Wang (KOR)		1001
						R Ibragimov (KAZ)		0000
											K-C Wang (KOR)		0010
											J Ježek (CZE)		0001
						J Ježek (CZE)		0100
						A Smith (SAM)		0000
																K-C Wang (KOR)		0000
																N Delpopolo (USA)		0000
						D Van Tichelt (BEL)		0100
						M Abu Remeleh (PLE)		0000
											D Van Tichelt (BEL)		0000
											N Delpopolo (USA)		0010
						CY Cheung (HKG)		0000
						N Delpopolo* (USA)		0020

Pool B

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
						M Isaev (RUS)		0011
						K Uematsu (ESP)		0002
											M Isaev (RUS)		1001
											R Orujov (AZE)		000
						R Orujov (AZE)		0100
						G van Zyl (RSA)		0101
																M Isaev (RUS)		0100
																N-O Sainjargal (MGL)		0001
						N-O Sainjargal (MGL)		0011
						C Völk (GER)		0001
											N-O Sainjargal (MGL)		0011
											V Soroka (UKR)		0002
						J Pina (POR)		0011
						V Soroka (UKR)		0102

Pool C

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
						R Nakaya (JPN)		0100
						K Maxwell (BAR)		0001
											R Nakaya (JPN)		0100
											J Palelashvili (ISR)		0000
						J Palelashvili (ISR)		0101
						S Huysuz (TUR)		0000
																R Nakaya (JPN)		0011
	N Jurakobilov (UZB)		0100													R Boqiev (TJK)		0002
	S Dowabobo (NRU)		0001			N Jurakobilov (UZB)		0011
						N Tritton (CAN)		0002
											N Jurakobilov (UZB)		0001
											R Boqiev (TJK)		1001
						D Williams (GBR)		0000
						R Boqiev (TJK)		1001

Pool D

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Quarterfinals
						D Elmont (NED)		0111
						E Nartey (GHA)		0003
											D Elmont (NED)		0011
											B Mendonca (BRA)		0002
						FY Uwase (RWA)		0000
						B Mendonca (BRA)		0100
																D Elmont (NED)		0100
																U Legrand (FRA)		0000
						U Legrand (FRA)		0010
						T Adamiec (POL)		0000
											U Legrand (FRA)		0100
											H Hafiz (EGY)		0104
						O Murillo Segura (CRC)		0003
						H Hafiz (EGY)		0020

Controversy

The USA's Nicholas Delpopolo was ejected from the Games and disqualified from his seventh position finish after he tested positive for marijuana. Though he claimed he had accidentally taken the banned substance before the Games begun, he apologised to the USA team for the "embarrassment."^[3]

References

• Bracket