These are the results of the Men's 81 kg (also known as Half-Middleweight) competition in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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in Sydney

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. A total of 37 men competed in this event, limited to jūdōka

Judo

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 whose body weight

Body weight

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 was less than, or equal to, 81 kilograms. Competition took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre

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 on 19 September.

Medalists

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. defeated defeated defeated defeated defeated

Main bracket

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

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

Repechage

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. 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. defeated

Then: