# Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 kg

The men's 60 kg competition in judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul was held on 25 September at the Jangchung Gymnasium. The gold medal was won by Kim Jae-yup of South Korea.

## Results
### Pool A

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | IPO | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mohamed Madhar (SUR) | Mohamed Madhar (SUR) | R | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | KOK | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | R | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | YUS | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sérgio Pessoa (BRA) | Sérgio Pessoa (BRA) | R | | | | | | |
| | | | Sérgio Pessoa (BRA) | Sérgio Pessoa (BRA) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Gilles Pages (MON) | Gilles Pages (MON) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | IPO | | | |
| Alberto Francini (SMR) | Alberto Francini (SMR) | WIP | | | | | | | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | R | | | |
| Mohamed Kohsrof (YAR) | Mohamed Kohsrof (YAR) | E | Alberto Francini (SMR) | Alberto Francini (SMR) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Guno Berenstein (NED) | Guno Berenstein (NED) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Guno Berenstein (NED) | Guno Berenstein (NED) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | KEI | | | | | | |
| | | | Ireneusz Kiejda (POL) | Ireneusz Kiejda (POL) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | KEI | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | KOK |
| József Csák (HUN) | József Csák (HUN) | WAZ | | | | | | | | | | Patrick Roux (FRA) | Patrick Roux (FRA) | R |
| Marino Cattedra (ITA) | Marino Cattedra (ITA) | E | József Csák (HUN) | József Csák (HUN) | KOK | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Haldun Efemgil (TUR) | Haldun Efemgil (TUR) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | József Csák (HUN) | József Csák (HUN) | KOK | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ali Idir (ALG) | Ali Idir (ALG) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | Phil Takahashi (CAN) | Phil Takahashi (CAN) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ali Idir (ALG) | Ali Idir (ALG) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | József Csák (HUN) | József Csák (HUN) | E | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Patrick Roux (FRA) | Patrick Roux (FRA) | IPO | | | |
| | | | Pavel Botev (BUL) | Pavel Botev (BUL) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Mikhalakis Skouroumounis (CYP) | Mikhalakis Skouroumounis (CYP) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Pavel Botev (BUL) | Pavel Botev (BUL) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Patrick Roux (FRA) | Patrick Roux (FRA) | KOK | | | | | | |
| | | | Emad El-Din Hassan (EGY) | Emad El-Din Hassan (EGY) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Patrick Roux (FRA) | Patrick Roux (FRA) | YUS | | | | | | | | | |

### Pool B

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| Jerry Dino (PHI) | Jerry Dino (PHI) | E | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zhang Guojun (CHN) | Zhang Guojun (CHN) | IPO | Zhang Guojun (CHN) | Zhang Guojun (CHN) | YUS | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Badrakhyn Nyamjav (MGL) | Badrakhyn Nyamjav (MGL) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Zhang Guojun (CHN) | Zhang Guojun (CHN) | YUS | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Renato Santos (POR) | Renato Santos (POR) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | Renato Santos (POR) | Renato Santos (POR) | KIK | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Carlos Sotillo (ESP) | Carlos Sotillo (ESP) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Zhang Guojun (CHN) | Zhang Guojun (CHN) | E | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | IPO | | | |
| | | | Salvador Hernández (MEX) | Salvador Hernández (MEX) | WO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Michel Nakouze (LIB) | Michel Nakouze (LIB) | DNS | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Salvador Hernández (MEX) | Salvador Hernández (MEX) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | IPO | | | | | | |
| | | | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Abbão Bartolomeu (ANG) | Abbão Bartolomeu (ANG) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | R |
| Luis Martínez (PUR) | Luis Martínez (PUR) | E | | | | | | | | | | Kevin Asano (USA) | Kevin Asano (USA) | YUS |
| Neil Eckersley (GBR) | Neil Eckersley (GBR) | IPO | Neil Eckersley (GBR) | Neil Eckersley (GBR) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Daniel Brunhart (LIE) | Daniel Brunhart (LIE) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Neil Eckersley (GBR) | Neil Eckersley (GBR) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | IPO | | | | | | |
| | | | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Ricardo Belmonte (BOL) | Ricardo Belmonte (BOL) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | R | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Kevin Asano (USA) | Kevin Asano (USA) | IPO | | | |
| | | | Gilberto García (DOM) | Gilberto García (DOM) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Lee Kan (HKG) | Lee Kan (HKG) | IPO | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Lee Kan (HKG) | Lee Kan (HKG) | R | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Kevin Asano (USA) | Kevin Asano (USA) | IPO | | | | | | |
| | | | Kevin Asano (USA) | Kevin Asano (USA) | KOK | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | Petr Šedivák (TCH) | Petr Šedivák (TCH) | R | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechages

| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| Mohamed Madhar (SUR) | Mohamed Madhar (SUR) | E | | | | | | | | | |
| Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | IPO | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | IPO | | | | | | |
| | | | Sérgio Pessoa (BRA) | Sérgio Pessoa (BRA) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | YUK | | | |
| | | | | | | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | Helmut Dietz (FRG) | E | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | Amiran Totikashvili (URS) | YUK |
| | | | | | | | | | Patrick Roux (FRA) | Patrick Roux (FRA) | E |
| Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| Petr Šedivák (TCH) | Petr Šedivák (TCH) | IPO | | | | | | |
| Lee Kan (HKG) | Lee Kan (HKG) | E | | | | | | |
| | | | Petr Šedivák (TCH) | Petr Šedivák (TCH) | E | | | |
| | | | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | YUS | | | |
| | | | | | | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | Sheu Tsay-chwan (TPE) | E |
| | | | | | | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | Shinji Hosokawa (JPN) | IPO |

### Final

| Final | Final |
| Kim Jae-yup (KOR) | SHI |
| Kevin Asano (USA) | |

## Final classification

| Rank | Judoka | Nation |
| | Kim Jae-yup | South Korea |
| | Kevin Asano | United States |
| | Shinji Hosokawa | Japan |
| | Amiran Totikashvili | Soviet Union |
| 5T | Patrick Roux | France |
| 5T | Sheu Tsay-chwan | Chinese Taipei |
| 7T | Petr Šedivák | Czechoslovakia |
| 7T | Helmut Dietz | West Germany |
| 9T | Sérgio Pessoa | Brazil |
| 9T | Lee Kan | Hong Kong |
| 11 | Mohamed Madhar | Suriname |
| 12T | József Csák | Hungary |
| 12T | Zhang Guojun | China |
| 14T | Guno Berenstein | Netherlands |
| 14T | Ali Idir | Algeria |
| 14T | Pavel Botev | Bulgaria |
| 14T | Renato Santos | Portugal |
| 14T | Salvador Hernández | Mexico |
| 14T | Neil Eckersley | Great Britain |
| 20T | Gilberto García | Dominican Republic |
| 20T | Luis Martínez | Puerto Rico |
| 20T | Gilles Pages | Monaco |
| 20T | Alberto Francini | San Marino |
| 20T | Ireneusz Kiejda | Poland |
| 20T | Haldun Efemgil | Turkey |
| 20T | Phil Takahashi | Canada |
| 20T | Mikhalakis Skouroumounis | Cyprus |
| 20T | Emad El-Din Hassan | Egypt |
| 20T | Badrakhyn Nyamjav | Mongolia |
| 20T | Carlos Sotillo | Spain |
| 20T | Abbão Bartolomeu | Angola |
| 20T | Daniel Brunhart | Liechtenstein |
| 20T | Ricardo Belmonte | Bolivia |
| 34T | Mohamed Kohsrof | North Yemen |
| 34T | Marino Cattedra | Italy |
| 34T | Jerry Dino | Philippines |