The Men's 73 kg competition in judo at the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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,
United Kingdom
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, took place at
ExCeL London.
The gold and silver medals were determined by a single-elimination tournament, with the winner of the final taking gold and the loser receiving silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. Quarterfinal losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semifinal loser for a bronze medal (that is, the judokas defeated in quarterfinals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser from the other half of the bracket).
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1
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Results
Finals
Repechages
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Controversy
The USA's
Nicholas Delpopolo
Nicholas Delpopolo (born February 8, 1989) is an American judoka. He competed in the Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg, men's 73 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Cheung Chi Yip in the second round and Dirk ...
was ejected from the Games and disqualified from his seventh position finish after he tested positive for marijuana. Though he claimed he had accidentally taken the banned substance before the Games begun, he apologised to the USA team for the "embarrassment."
References
Bracket
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Men's events at the 2012 Summer Olympics