# Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's 73 kg

The men's 73 kg judo competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held on 8 September at the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium.
This event was the third-lightest of the men's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 73 kilograms of body mass. Like all other judo events, bouts lasted five minutes. If the bout was still tied at the end, it was extended for another five-minute, sudden-death period; if neither judoka scored during that period, the match is decided by the judges. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest culminating in a gold medal match. There was also a repechage to determine the winners of the two bronze medals. Each judoka who had lost to a semifinalist competed in the repechage. The two judokas who lost in the semifinals faced the winner of the opposite half of the bracket's repechage in bronze medal bouts.

## Final ranking

| Rank | Name |
| | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez (MEX) |
| | Xu Zhilin (CHN) |
| | Fabian Ramirez (ARG) |
| | Sergii Sydorenko (UKR) |
| 5 | Matthias Krieger (GER) |
| 5 | Jorge Hierrezuelo (CUB) |
| 7 | Ramin Aliyev (AZE) |
| 7 | Mousa Pourabbas (IRI) |

## Tournament results

| First Round | First Round | First Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Xu Zhilin (CHN) | Xu Zhilin (CHN) | 1001 | | | | | | |
| Ramin Aliyev (AZE) | Ramin Aliyev (AZE) | 1001 | Ramin Aliyev (AZE) | Ramin Aliyev (AZE) | 0000$^1$ | | | | | | |
| Takayuki Kimura (JPN) | Takayuki Kimura (JPN) | 0000 | | | | Xu Zhilin (CHN) | Xu Zhilin (CHN) | 0020 | | | |
| | | | | | | Sergii Sydorenko (UKR) | Sergii Sydorenko (UKR) | 0000$^2$ | | | |
| | | | Sergii Sydorenko (UKR) | Sergii Sydorenko (UKR) | 0013 | | | | | | |
| Kaspars Biezais (LAT) | Kaspars Biezais (LAT) | 0000$^1$ | Matthias Krieger (GER) | Matthias Krieger (GER) | 0000$^1$ | | | | | | |
| Matthias Krieger (GER) | Matthias Krieger (GER) | 1001 | | | | | | | Xu Zhilin (CHN) | Xu Zhilin (CHN) | 0000 |
| | | | | | | | | | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez (MEX) | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez (MEX) | 1000 |
| | | | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez (MEX) | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez (MEX) | 0020 | | | | | | |
| Shakhban Kurbanov (RUS) | Shakhban Kurbanov (RUS) | 0001$^1$ | Jorge Hierrezuelo (CUB) | Jorge Hierrezuelo (CUB) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Jorge Hierrezuelo (CUB) | Jorge Hierrezuelo (CUB) | 1012$^1$ | | | | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez (MEX) | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez (MEX) | 1100 | | | |
| | | | | | | Fabian Ramirez (ARG) | Fabian Ramirez (ARG) | 0000 | | | |
| | | | Fabian Ramirez (ARG) | Fabian Ramirez (ARG) | 0010 | | | | | | |
| Rauno Peltoniemi (FIN) | Rauno Peltoniemi (FIN) | 0000 | Mousa Pourabbas (IRI) | Mousa Pourabbas (IRI) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Mousa Pourabbas (IRI) | Mousa Pourabbas (IRI) | 1011 | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Round 1 | Round 1 | Bronze medal finals | Bronze medal finals |
| Ramin Aliyev (AZE) | 0011$^2$ | Matthias Krieger (GER) | 0000 |
| Matthias Krieger (GER) | 0110$^1$ | Fabian Ramirez (ARG) | 1000 |
| Jorge Hierrezuelo (CUB) | 1011 | Jorge Hierrezuelo (CUB) | |
| Mousa Pourabbas (IRI) | 0000$^1$ | Sergii Sydorenko (UKR) | Hantei (decision) |