# 2011 World Judo Championships – Men's 73 kg

The men's 73 kg competition of the 2011 World Judo Championships was held on August 24.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Riki Nakaya (JPN) | Dex Elmont (NED) | Navruz Jurakobilov (UZB) Ugo Legrand (FRA) |

## Results
### Pool A
#### First round fights

| | Score | |
| Wang Ki-Chun | 100–000 | Giovanni di Cristo |
| Seydou Traoré | 000–101 | Derian Castro |
| Eldar Zarpikanov | 100–000 | Navdeep Chana |
| Hussein Hafiz | 100–001 | Bernard Sylvain Mvondoetoga |
| Victor Scvortov | 001–100 | David Papaux |
| Nikola Pejic | 000–100 | Michael Eldred |
| Kyle Maxwell | 000–100 | Yassir Ayad |
| Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Ki-Chun Wang | Ki-Chun Wang | 100 | | | | | | | | | |
| Odbayar Ganbaatar | Odbayar Ganbaatar | 000 | Ki-Chun Wang | Ki-Chun Wang | 101 | | | | | | |
| Sašo Jereb | Sašo Jereb | 100 | Sašo Jereb | Sašo Jereb | 000 | | | | | | |
| Victor Karampourniotis | Victor Karampourniotis | 000 | | | | Ki-Chun Wang | Ki-Chun Wang | 000 | | | |
| Derian Castro | Derian Castro | 000 | | | | Ugo Legrand | Ugo Legrand | 100 | | | |
| Ugo Legrand | Ugo Legrand | 100 | Ugo Legrand | Ugo Legrand | 001 | | | | | | |
| Eldar Zarpikanov | Eldar Zarpikanov | 110 | Eldar Zarpikanov | Eldar Zarpikanov | 000 | | | | | | |
| Mario Camoes | Mario Camoes | 000 | | | | | | | Ugo Legrand | Ugo Legrand | 001 |
| Murat Kodzokov | Murat Kodzokov | 100 | | | | | | | Navruz Jurakobilov | Navruz Jurakobilov | 000 |
| Hussein Hafiz | Hussein Hafiz | 000 | Murat Kodzokov | Murat Kodzokov | 000 | | | | | | |
| David Papaux | David Papaux | 000 | Navruz Jurakobilov | Navruz Jurakobilov | 100 | | | | | | |
| Navruz Jurakobilov | Navruz Jurakobilov | 001 | | | | Navruz Jurakobilov | Navruz Jurakobilov | 101 | | | |
| Michael Eldred | Michael Eldred | 100 | | | | Michael Eldred | Michael Eldred | 000 | | | |
| Kim Chol-Su | Kim Chol-Su | 000 | Michael Eldred | Michael Eldred | 101 | | | | | | |
| | | | Yassir Ayad | Yassir Ayad | 000 | | | | | | |

### Pool B
#### First round fights

| | Score | |
| Dex Elmont | 100–000 | Sezer Huysuz |
| Liu Wei | 101–000 | Abdias Philippe Lamour |
| Edson Madeira | 100–000 | Sled Dowabobo |
| Alisher Mantobetov | 000–100 | Volodymyr Soroka |
| Henrique Jaou | 000–100 | Tomasz Adamiec |
| Mac Leon Paulin | 000–100 | Renat Mirzaliyev |
| Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Dex Elmont | Dex Elmont | 100 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nugzar Tatalshvili | Nugzar Tatalshvili | 000 | Dex Elmont | Dex Elmont | 001 | | | | | | |
| Liu Wei | Liu Wei | 101 | Liu Wei | Liu Wei | 000 | | | | | | |
| Abner Waterhouse | Abner Waterhouse | 000 | | | | Dex Elmont | Dex Elmont | 100 | | | |
| Cheung Chi Yip | Cheung Chi Yip | 001 | | | | Antonio Rivas | Antonio Rivas | 000 | | | |
| Edson Madeira | Edson Madeira | 000 | Cheung Chi Yip | Cheung Chi Yip | 000 | | | | | | |
| Arslan Nurmuhammedov | Arslan Nurmuhammedov | 000 | Antonio Rivas | Antonio Rivas | 110 | | | | | | |
| Antonio Rivas | Antonio Rivas | 110 | | | | | | | Dex Elmont | Dex Elmont | 100 |
| Dirk Van Tichelt | Dirk Van Tichelt | 001 | | | | | | | Dirk Van Tichelt | Dirk Van Tichelt | 000 |
| Ali Maloumat | Ali Maloumat | 000 | Dirk Van Tichelt | Dirk Van Tichelt | 001 | | | | | | |
| Volodymyr Soroka | Volodymyr Soroka | 000 | Emmanuel Nartey | Emmanuel Nartey | 000 | | | | | | |
| Emmanuel Nartey | Emmanuel Nartey | 100 | | | | Dirk Van Tichelt | Dirk Van Tichelt | 001 | | | |
| Soso Palelashvili | Soso Palelashvili | 000 | | | | Tomasz Adamiec | Tomasz Adamiec | 000 | | | |
| Tomasz Adamiec | Tomasz Adamiec | 001 | Tomasz Adamiec | Tomasz Adamiec | 100 | | | | | | |
| Achilleus Ralli | Achilleus Ralli | 000 | Renat Mirzaliyev | Renat Mirzaliyev | 000 | | | | | | |
| Renat Mirzaliyev | Renat Mirzaliyev | 110 | | | | | | | | | |

### Pool C
#### First round fights

| | Score | |
| Riki Nakaya | 101–000 | Aleni Smith |
| Mohamed Camara | 100–000 | Benjamin Donegan |
| Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | 101–001 | Mitar Mrdić |
| Andrea Regis | 010–000 | Rasul Boqiev |
| Zeng Qingdong | 000–101 | Hasan Vanlıoğlu |
| Rinat Ibragimov | 010–000 | Miloš Mijalković |
| Anton Tyshchenko | 003–000 | Grigorios Nazarov |
| Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Riki Nakaya | Riki Nakaya | 101 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nicholas Tritton | Nicholas Tritton | 000 | Riki Nakaya | Riki Nakaya | 111 | | | | | | |
| Zeyad Mater | Zeyad Mater | 000 | Mohamed Camara | Mohamed Camara | 000 | | | | | | |
| Mohamed Camara | Mohamed Camara | 001 | | | | Riki Nakaya | Riki Nakaya | 100 | | | |
| Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | 010 | | | | Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | 000 | | | |
| Marcel Trudov | Marcel Trudov | 000 | Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal | 001 | | | | | | |
| Andrea Regis | Andrea Regis | 001 | Andrea Regis | Andrea Regis | 000 | | | | | | |
| Aliaksei Ramanchyk | Aliaksei Ramanchyk | 000 | | | | | | | Riki Nakaya | Riki Nakaya | 100 |
| João Pina | João Pina | 101 | | | | | | | Rinat Ibragimov | Rinat Ibragimov | 000 |
| Hasan Vanlıoğlu | Hasan Vanlıoğlu | 001 | João Pina | João Pina | 011 | | | | | | |
| Azat Kubakaev | Azat Kubakaev | 000 | Peter Scharinger | Peter Scharinger | 000 | | | | | | |
| Peter Scharinger | Peter Scharinger | 010 | | | | João Pina | João Pina | 000 | | | |
| Rinat Ibragimov | Rinat Ibragimov | 101 | | | | Rinat Ibragimov | Rinat Ibragimov | 100 | | | |
| Jean Yves Boodhoo | Jean Yves Boodhoo | 000 | Rinat Ibragimov | Rinat Ibragimov | 100 | | | | | | |
| Abbas Salihu | Abbas Salihu | 000 | Anton Tyshchenko | Anton Tyshchenko | 000 | | | | | | |
| Anton Tyshchenko | Anton Tyshchenko | 111 | | | | | | | | | |

### Pool D
#### First round fights

| | Score | |
| Hiroyuki Akimoto | 100–000 | Ronald Girones |
| Alekos Lazarou | 000–011 | Kiyoshi Uematsu |
| Künter Rothberg | 100–000 | Koo Hwan |
| Bruno Mendonca | 010–000 | Mirali Sharipov |
| Tengizi Paposhvili | 110–000 | Juan Mejia de la Roca |
| Christopher Völk | 000–102 | Benjamin Darbelet |
| Khalifa Al Qubaisi | 000–100 | Jaromír Ježek |
| Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Hiroyuki Akimoto | Hiroyuki Akimoto | 100 | | | | | | | | | |
| Kinsley Vui | Kinsley Vui | 000 | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Hiroyuki Akimoto | 111 | | | | | | |
| Krzysztof Wiłkomirski | Krzysztof Wiłkomirski | 000 | Kiyoshi Uematsu | Kiyoshi Uematsu | 000 | | | | | | |
| Kiyoshi Uematsu | Kiyoshi Uematsu | 001 | | | | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Hiroyuki Akimoto | 112 | | | |
| Künter Rothberg | Künter Rothberg | 100 | | | | Künter Rothberg | Künter Rothberg | 010 | | | |
| Isaac Kinyanjui | Isaac Kinyanjui | 000 | Künter Rothberg | Künter Rothberg | 101 | | | | | | |
| Bruno Mendonca | Bruno Mendonca | 001 | Bruno Mendonca | Bruno Mendonca | 000 | | | | | | |
| Adrian Nicolae Merge | Adrian Nicolae Merge | 000 | | | | | | | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Hiroyuki Akimoto | 001 |
| Mansur Isaev | Mansur Isaev | 100 | | | | | | | Mansur Isaev | Mansur Isaev | 000 |
| Nicholas Delpopolo | Nicholas Delpopolo | 000 | Mansur Isaev | Mansur Isaev | 001 | | | | | | |
| Tengizi Paposhvili | Tengizi Paposhvili | 001 | Daniel Williams | Daniel Williams | 000 | | | | | | |
| Daniel Williams | Daniel Williams | 010 | | | | Mansur Isaev | Mansur Isaev | 111 | | | |
| Benjamin Darbelet | Benjamin Darbelet | 100 | | | | Benjamin Darbelet | Benjamin Darbelet | 010 | | | |
| Magner Mendes | Magner Mendes | 000 | Benjamin Darbelet | Benjamin Darbelet | 010 | | | | | | |
| Lee Calder | Lee Calder | 000 | Jaromír Ježek | Jaromír Ježek | 000 | | | | | | |
| Jaromír Ježek | Jaromír Ježek | 101 | | | | | | | | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Navruz Jurakobilov | Navruz Jurakobilov | 010 | | | |
| Dirk Van Tichelt | Dirk Van Tichelt | 000 | Navruz Jurakobilov | Navruz Jurakobilov | 010 |
| | | | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Hiroyuki Akimoto | 001 |
| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Rinat Ibragimov | Rinat Ibragimov | 001 | | | |
| Mansur Isaev | Mansur Isaev | 000 | Rinat Ibragimov | Rinat Ibragimov | 000 |
| | | | Ugo Legrand | Ugo Legrand | 001 |

### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Ugo Legrand | 000 |
| Dex Elmont | 000 | | |
| Dex Elmont | 000 | Dex Elmont | 000 |
| | | Riki Nakaya | 001 |
| Riki Nakaya | 010 | Riki Nakaya | 001 |
| Hiroyuki Akimoto | 000 | | |