# Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg

Men's 66 kg competition in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 17 September at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
This event was the second-lightest of the men's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 66 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.

## Schedule

All times are Australian Eastern Daylight Time (UTC+11:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Sunday, 17 September 2000 | 15:00 20:30 | Preliminaries & Repechage Final |

## Tournament results
### Final

| Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | 1000 |
| 2 | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | 0002 |

### Mat 1
#### First round matches

| | Score | |
| Tarek Ayad (LBA) | 0001–1010 | Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) |
| Victor Bivol (MDA) | 1110–0000 | Mansur Zhumayev (UZB) |

#### Elimination rounds

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Patrick van Kalken (NED) | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | 0001 | | | | | | | | | |
| Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva (MGL) | Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva (MGL) | 0001 | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | 1100 | | | | | | |
| Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) | Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) | 0201 | Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) | Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) | 0020 | | | | | | |
| Anis Lounifi (TUN) | Anis Lounifi (TUN) | 0100 | | | | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | 1000 | | | |
| Martín Ríos (ARG) | Martín Ríos (ARG) | 0000 | | | | Ivan Baglayev (KAZ) | Ivan Baglayev (KAZ) | 0010 | | | |
| Islam Matsiev (RUS) | Islam Matsiev (RUS) | 0200 | Islam Matsiev (RUS) | Islam Matsiev (RUS) | 0011 | | | | | | |
| Jean Claude Cameroun (CMR) | Jean Claude Cameroun (CMR) | 0011 | Ivan Baglayev (KAZ) | Ivan Baglayev (KAZ) | 1000 | | | | | | |
| Ivan Baglayev (KAZ) | Ivan Baglayev (KAZ) | 1000 | | | | | | | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | 0010 |
| Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | 0110 | | | | | | | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | 0020 |
| Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | 0001 | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | 0021 | | | | | | |
| József Csák (HUN) | József Csák (HUN) | 0000 | Georgi Georgiev (BUL) | Georgi Georgiev (BUL) | 0011 | | | | | | |
| Georgi Georgiev (BUL) | Georgi Georgiev (BUL) | 0010 | | | | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | Hüseyin Özkan (TUR) | 1000 | | | |
| Zhang Guangjun (CHN) | Zhang Guangjun (CHN) | 1000 | | | | Zhang Guangjun (CHN) | Zhang Guangjun (CHN) | 0000 | | | |
| Victor Bivol (MDA) | Victor Bivol (MDA) | 0000 | Zhang Guangjun (CHN) | Zhang Guangjun (CHN) | 1000 | | | | | | |
| Andrew Collett (AUS) | Andrew Collett (AUS) | 1001 | Andrew Collett (AUS) | Andrew Collett (AUS) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Javier Wanga (ARU) | Javier Wanga (ARU) | 0000 | | | | | | | | | |

### Mat 2
#### First round matches

| | Score | |
| Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | 1010–0000 | Han Ji-hwan (KOR) |

#### Elimination rounds

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | 1000 | | | | | | | | | |
| Jorge Quintanal (GUA) | Jorge Quintanal (GUA) | 0000 | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | 0040 | | | | | | |
| Miguel Angel Moreno (ESA) | Miguel Angel Moreno (ESA) | 0000 | David Somerville (GBR) | David Somerville (GBR) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| David Somerville (GBR) | David Somerville (GBR) | 1000 | | | | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | 1010 | | | |
| Kevin Ngapoula-Mbembo (CGO) | Kevin Ngapoula-Mbembo (CGO) | 0000 | | | | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | 0000 | | | |
| Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | 1000 | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | 0020 | | | | | | |
| Alex Ottiano (USA) | Alex Ottiano (USA) | 0001 | Alex Ottiano (USA) | Alex Ottiano (USA) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Amar Meridja (ALG) | Amar Meridja (ALG) | 0001 | | | | | | | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | Larbi Benboudaoud (FRA) | 1000 |
| Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) | Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) | 0001 | | | | | | | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | 0000 |
| Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | 1000 | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | 1101 | | | | | | |
| Pedro Caravana (POR) | Pedro Caravana (POR) | 0012 | Pedro Caravana (POR) | Pedro Caravana (POR) | 0010 | | | | | | |
| Ludwig Ortíz (VEN) | Ludwig Ortíz (VEN) | 0010 | | | | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | 0000 | | | |
| Henrique Guimaraes (BRA) | Henrique Guimaraes (BRA) | 1000 | | | | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | 1010 | | | |
| Gabriel Bengtsson (SWE) | Gabriel Bengtsson (SWE) | 0011 | Henrique Guimaraes (BRA) | Henrique Guimaraes (BRA) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Melvin Méndez (PUR) | Melvin Méndez (PUR) | 0000 | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | 1000 | | | | | | |
| Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | 1000 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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. These matches determined the two bronze medalists for the event.

#### First round matches

Since 23 judoka qualified for the repechage, one match was held to reduce the field to 22.
| | Score | |
| Han Ji-hwan (KOR) | 0002–0001 | Jorge Quintanal (GUA) |

#### Elimination rounds

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Bronze medal finals | Bronze medal finals |
| Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva (MGL) | 0010 | Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) | 1010 | | | | |
| Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) | 0011 | Ivan Baglayev (KAZ) | 0000 | Yukimasa Nakamura (JPN) | 0000 | Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | 0010 |
| Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | 1001 | Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | 1001 | Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) | 1000 | Girolamo Giovinazzo (ITA) | 0010 |
| Georgi Georgiev (BUL) | 0000 | Zhang Guangjun (CHN) | 0001 | | | | |
| Han Ji-hwan (KOR) | 1001 | Han Ji-hwan (KOR) | 0010 | | | | |
| David Somerville (GBR) | 0000 | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | 0001 | Han Ji-hwan (KOR) | 0010 | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | 0210 |
| Melvin Méndez (PUR) | 0000 | Henrique Guimaraes (BRA) | 0000 | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | 1100 | Patrick van Kalken (NED) | 0110 |
| Henrique Guimaraes (BRA) | 0011 | Giorgi Vazagashvili (GEO) | 1010 | | | | |