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

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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.

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

### Repechage

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

### Pool A

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 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

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 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

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 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) | 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 | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | 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 | Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA) | 10 | | | | |
| Abdelrahman Abdelghany (EGY) | 00 | | | | | | |
| Abdelrahman Abdelghany (EGY) | 00 | | | Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA) | 00 | | |
| | | | | Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB) | 10 |
| | | Sharofiddin Boltaboev (UZB) | w/o | | |
| | | Sajjad Sehen (IRQ) | DQB | | |