Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg
| Men's 73 kg at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | 11 August | ||||||||||||
| Winning score | 1000 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics  | |||||
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| Men | Women | ||||
| 60 kg | 48 kg | ||||
| 66 kg | 52 kg | ||||
| 73 kg | 57 kg | ||||
| 81 kg | 63 kg | ||||
| 90 kg | 70 kg | ||||
| 100 kg | 78 kg | ||||
| +100 kg | +78 kg | ||||
The Men's 73 kg Judo competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held on August 11 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium. Preliminary rounds started at 12:00 Noon CST. Repechage finals, semifinals, bouts for bronze medals and the final were held at 18:00pm CST.
This event was the third-lightest of the men's judo weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 73 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.
Tournament results
Main bracket
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
Final
| Final | ||||
| 1 |  Elnur Mammadli (AZE)
| 1000 | ||
| 2 |  Wang Ki-Chun (KOR)
| 0000 | ||
Mat 1
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | |||||||||||||||
 Nicholas Tritton (CAN) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
 João Pina (POR) |
0010 | João Pina (POR) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
 Yusuke Kanamaru (JPN) |
0001 |  Ali Maloumat (IRI) |
0111 | |||||||||||||||
| Ali Maloumat (IRI) |
1001 | Ali Maloumat (IRI) |
1100 | |||||||||||||||
 Krzysztof Wiłkomirski (POL) |
0020 |  Dashdavaa Gantumur (MGL) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
 Vsevolods Zelonijs (LAT) |
0010 | Krzysztof Wiłkomirski (POL) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
 Ryan Reser (USA) |
0100 | Dashdavaa Gantumur (MGL) |
0012 | |||||||||||||||
| Dashdavaa Gantumur (MGL) |
0111 | Ali Maloumat (IRI) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 David Kevkhishvili (GEO) |
0021 | Elnur Mammadli (AZE) |
1000 | |||||||||||||||
 Sergiu Toma (MDA) |
0010 | David Kevkhishvili (GEO) |
0110 | |||||||||||||||
 Ronald Girones (CUB) |
0001 |  Kim Chol Su (PRK) |
0111 | |||||||||||||||
| Kim Chol Su (PRK) |
1000 | Kim Chol Su (PRK) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Amar Meridja (ALG) |
0010 | Elnur Mammadli (AZE) |
0200 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Konstantin Semenov (BLR) |
0102 | Konstantin Semenov (BLR) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
| Elnur Mammadli (AZE) |
1000 | Elnur Mammadli (AZE) |
1001 | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Dirk van Tichelt (BEL) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||||
Mat 2
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | |||||||||||||||
 Rasul Boqiev (TJK) |
0210 | |||||||||||||||||
 Eric Kibanza (COD) |
0000 | Rasul Boqiev (TJK) |
1000 | |||||||||||||||
 Gennadiy Bilodid (UKR) |
1000 | Gennadiy Bilodid (UKR) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Salamu Mezhidov (RUS) |
0000 | Rasul Boqiev (TJK) |
1110 | |||||||||||||||
 Dennis Iverson (AUS) |
0000 |  Si Rijigawa (CHN) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
 Sezer Huysuz (TUR) |
1000 | Sezer Huysuz (TUR) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
| Si Rijigawa (CHN) |
0001 | Si Rijigawa (CHN) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
 Richard Leon Vizcaya (VEN) |
0000 | Rasul Boqiev (TJK) |
0001 | |||||||||||||||
 Jaromír Ježek (CZE) |
0001 | Wang Ki-Chun (KOR) |
0010 | |||||||||||||||
 Shokir Muminov (UZB) |
1000 | Shokir Muminov (UZB) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
| Wang Ki-Chun (KOR) |
1011 | Wang Ki-Chun (KOR) |
1100 | |||||||||||||||
 Rinat Ibragimov (KAZ) |
0000 | Wang Ki-Chun (KOR) |
0100 | |||||||||||||||
 Saeed Al Qubaisi (UAE) |
0000 |  Leandro Guilheiro (BRA) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Marlon August (RSA) |
1000 | Marlon August (RSA) |
0000 | |||||||||||||||
 Mariano Bertolotti (ARG) |
0010 | Leandro Guilheiro (BRA) |
1001 | |||||||||||||||
| Leandro Guilheiro (BRA) |
0100 | |||||||||||||||||
Repechage
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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal finals | ||||||||||
| Gantumur (MGL) |
0000 | Boqiev (TJK) |
0011 | ||||||||||
| Kanamaru (JPN) |
0011 | Kanamaru (JPN) |
0100 | van Tichelt (BEL) |
0000 | ||||||||
| Pina (POR) |
0010 | Kanamaru (JPN) |
0000 | ||||||||||
| van Tichelt (BEL) |
0211 | ||||||||||||
| Kim (PRK) |
0000 | ||||||||||||
| van Tichelt (BEL) |
1021 | van Tichelt (BEL) |
1011 | ||||||||||
| Semenov (BLR) |
0020 | ||||||||||||
| Si (CHN) |
0000 | Maloumat (IRI) |
0000 | ||||||||||
| Kibanza (COD) |
0001 | Bilodid (UKR) |
0001 | Guilheiro (BRA) |
1000 | ||||||||
| Bilodid (UKR) |
0011 | Bilodid (UKR) |
0001 | ||||||||||
| Guilheiro (BRA) |
1000 | ||||||||||||
| Guilheiro (BRA) |
1000 | ||||||||||||
| Ibragimov (KAZ) |
0001 | Muminov (UZB) |
0000 | ||||||||||
| Muminov (UZB) |
1010 | ||||||||||||