# Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 81 kg

Men's 81 kg competition in judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held on 19 September at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
This event was the median of the men's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 81 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 |
| Tuesday, 19 September 2000 | 15:00 20:30 | Preliminaries & Repechage Final |

## Tournament results
### Final

| Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | 0021 |
| 2 | Cho In-chul (KOR) | 0001 |

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

| | Score | |
| Dario García (ARG) | 1000–0000 | Mehman Azizov (AZE) |
| Salifou Koucka Ouiminga (BUR) | 0001–1100 | Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat (MGL) |
| Gabriel Arteaga (CUB) | 1000–0000 | Robert Krawczyk (POL) |

#### 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 |
| Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | 0210 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ruslan Seilkhanov (KAZ) | Ruslan Seilkhanov (KAZ) | 0010 | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | 1000 | | | | | | |
| Ricardo Echarte (ESP) | Ricardo Echarte (ESP) | 0001 | Dario García (ARG) | Dario García (ARG) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Dario García (ARG) | Dario García (ARG) | 0002 | | | | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | 0001 | | | |
| Farkhod Turayev (UZB) | Farkhod Turayev (UZB) | 0000 | | | | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | 0001 | | | |
| Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | 1010 | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | 1001 | | | | | | |
| Adil Belgaïd (MAR) | Adil Belgaïd (MAR) | 0000 | Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat (MGL) | Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat (MGL) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat (MGL) | Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat (MGL) | 0010 | | | | | | | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | Makoto Takimoto (JPN) | 0100 |
| Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR) | Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR) | 1000 | | | | | | | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | 0001 |
| Chen Chun-ching (TPE) | Chen Chun-ching (TPE) | 0000 | Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR) | Siarhei Kukharenka (BLR) | 0010 | | | | | | |
| Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | 0211 | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | 0010 | | | | | | |
| Hermágoras Manglés (VEN) | Hermágoras Manglés (VEN) | 0010 | | | | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | 0001 | | | |
| Marcel Aragão (BRA) | Marcel Aragão (BRA) | 0000 | | | | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | 1000 | | | |
| Gabriel Arteaga (CUB) | Gabriel Arteaga (CUB) | 0010 | Gabriel Arteaga (CUB) | Gabriel Arteaga (CUB) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| Maarten Arens (NED) | Maarten Arens (NED) | 0001 | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | 1001 | | | | | | |
| Djamel Bouras (FRA) | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | 1001 | | | | | | | | | |

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

| | Score | |
| Timothy Slyfield (NZL) | 1000–0020 | Majemite Omagbaluwaje (NGR) |
| Thierry Vatrican (MON) | 0000–1000 | Nuno Delgado (POR) |

#### 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 |
| Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | 1001 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sergei Aschwanden (SUI) | Sergei Aschwanden (SUI) | 0001 | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | 0112 | | | | | | |
| Timothy Slyfield (NZL) | Timothy Slyfield (NZL) | 0010 | Krisztián Tölgyesi (HUN) | Krisztián Tölgyesi (HUN) | 0100 | | | | | | |
| Krisztián Tölgyesi (HUN) | Krisztián Tölgyesi (HUN) | 0011 | | | | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | 0020 | | | |
| Cho In-chul (KOR) | Cho In-chul (KOR) | 1110 | | | | Cho In-chul (KOR) | Cho In-chul (KOR) | 0100 | | | |
| José Figueroa (PUR) | José Figueroa (PUR) | 0001 | Cho In-chul (KOR) | Cho In-chul (KOR) | 1001 | | | | | | |
| Patrick Reiter (AUT) | Patrick Reiter (AUT) | 0001 | Florian Wanner (GER) | Florian Wanner (GER) | 0000 | | | | | | |
| Florian Wanner (GER) | Florian Wanner (GER) | 0010 | | | | | | | Cho In-chul (KOR) | Cho In-chul (KOR) | 0110 |
| Francesco Lepre (ITA) | Francesco Lepre (ITA) | 0001 | | | | | | | Nuno Delgado (POR) | Nuno Delgado (POR) | 0100 |
| Nuno Delgado (POR) | Nuno Delgado (POR) | 0001 | Nuno Delgado (POR) | Nuno Delgado (POR) | 1010 | | | | | | |
| Jason Morris (USA) | Jason Morris (USA) | 0000 | Daniel Kelly (AUS) | Daniel Kelly (AUS) | 0001 | | | | | | |
| Daniel Kelly (AUS) | Daniel Kelly (AUS) | 0001 | | | | Nuno Delgado (POR) | Nuno Delgado (POR) | 1012 | | | |
| Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | 1001 | | | | Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | 0001 | | | |
| Brahima Guindo (MLI) | Brahima Guindo (MLI) | 0011 | Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | 0200 | | | | | | |
| Graeme Randall (GBR) | Graeme Randall (GBR) | 1000 | Graeme Randall (GBR) | Graeme Randall (GBR) | 0013 | | | | | | |
| Abdessalem Arous (TUN) | Abdessalem Arous (TUN) | 0000 | | | | | | | | | |

### 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 | |
| Thierry Vatrican (MON) | 0010–1102 | Francesco Lepre (ITA) |

#### Elimination rounds

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Bronze medal finals | Bronze medal finals |
| Ruslan Seilkhanov (KAZ) | 1001 | Ruslan Seilkhanov (KAZ) | 0001 | | | | |
| Dario García (ARG) | 0111 | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | 1001 | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | 1000 | Alvaro Paseyro (URU) | 0000 |
| Maarten Arens (NED) | 0001 | Maarten Arens (NED) | 0010 | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | 0001 | Nuno Delgado (POR) | 1011 |
| Gabriel Arteaga (CUB) | 0000 | Kwak Ok-chol (PRK) | 1100 | | | | |
| José Figueroa (PUR) | 0000 | Florian Wanner (GER) | 0001 | | | | |
| Florian Wanner (GER) | 1001 | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | 1001 | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | 1000 | Aleksei Budõlin (EST) | 0013 |
| Francesco Lepre (ITA) | 0010 | Daniel Kelly (AUS) | 0101 | Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | 0000 | Djamel Bouras (FRA) | 0010 |
| Daniel Kelly (AUS) | 0010 | Kazem Sarikhani (IRI) | 1100 | | | | |