Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 65 kg
Judo competition
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These are the results of the men's 65 kg (also known as half-lightweight) competition in judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A total of 35 men competed in this event, limited to jūdōka whose body weight was less than, or equal to, 65 kilograms. Competition took place in the Georgia World Congress Center.[1]
| Men's 65 kg at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Georgia World Congress Center | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 25 July 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 36 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Tournament results
First round
As there were more than 32 qualifiers for the tournament, three first round matches were held to reduce the field to 32 judoka.
Georgi Revazishvilli (GEO) defeated 
Francisco Morales (ARG)
Michel Almeida (POR) defeated 
José Pérez (PUR)
Pasi Laurén (FIN) defeated 
Carlos Ramírez (ESA)
Main bracket
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
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 | Second round | Third round | Bronze medal finals | |||||||||||
 Revazishvilli (GEO) | W | Revazishvilli (GEO) | W | |||||||||||
 Fuentes (USA) | L |  Lewak (POL) | L | Revazishvilli (GEO) | L |  Hernández (CUB) | W | |||||||
 Figuereo (DOM) | L | Hernández (CUB) | W | Hernández (CUB) | W |  Csák (HUN) | L | |||||||
| Hernández (CUB) | W |  Almeida (POR) | L | |||||||||||
 Matsiev (RUS) | L |  Nyamlhagva (MGL) | L | |||||||||||
| Nyamlhagva (MGL) | W |  Netov (BUL) | W | Netov (BUL) | L |  Guimarães (BRA) | W | |||||||
 Aga (IND) | L |  MacKinnon (RSA) | L | Guimarães (BRA) | W |  Laats (BEL) | L | |||||||
| MacKinnon (RSA) | W | Guimarães (BRA) | W | |||||||||||
