Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 71 kg
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| Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics  |
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| Men | Women | ||||
| 60 kg | 48 kg | ||||
| 65 kg | 52 kg | ||||
| 71 kg | 56 kg | ||||
| 78 kg | 61 kg | ||||
| 86 kg | 66 kg | ||||
| 95 kg | 72 kg | ||||
| +95 kg | +72 kg | ||||
These are the results of the men's 71 kg (also known as 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, 71 kilograms. Competition took place in the Georgia World Congress Center.
Contents
Medalists
| Gold | Kenzo Nakamura Japan |
| Silver | Kwak Dae-sung South Korea |
| Bronze | Jimmy Pedro United States |
Christophe Gagliano France |
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.
Danny Kingston (GBR) defeated 
Sergey Kolesnikov (RUS)
Bertalan Hajtos (HUN) defeated 
Juan Gonzalez (GUA)
Andrey Golban (MDA) defeated 22x20px Davor Vlaskovac (BIH)
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 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Bronze medal finals | ||||||||||
| 22x20px Vladimeri Dgebuadze (GEO) | L |  James Pedro (USA) |
W | ||||||||||
 Sebastian Alquati (ARG) |
L | James Pedro (USA) |
W |  Sebastian Pereira (BRA) |
L | ||||||||
| James Pedro (USA) |
W | James Pedro (USA) |
W | ||||||||||
 Martin Schmidt (GER) |
L | ||||||||||||
| Martin Schmidt (GER) |
W | ||||||||||||
 Abdelhakim Harkat (ALG) |
L |  Thomas Schleicher (AUT) |
L | ||||||||||
| Thomas Schleicher (AUT) |
W | ||||||||||||
 Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
W | Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
W | ||||||||||
| Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
W |  Steve Corkin (NZL) |
L |  Khaliun Boldbaatar (MGL) |
L | ||||||||
 Salim Abanoz (TUR) |
L | Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
W | ||||||||||
 Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) |
L | ||||||||||||
 Amir Ghomi (IRI) |
L | ||||||||||||
 David Kouassi (CIV) |
L | Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) |
W | ||||||||||
| Amir Ghomi (IRI) |
W | ||||||||||||
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