The men's +100 kg competition in

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at the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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was held on 12 August at the

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. 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). The medals for the competition were presented by Rene Fasel, Switzerland, member of the

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and the gifts were presented by Jean-Luc Rouge,

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secretary-general. At the competition, in the first round Egyptian

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Islam El Shahaby Islam El-Shehaby ( ''ʾIslām ash-Shahābī''; born 1 August 1982) is an Egyptian former judoka. He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. El Shehaby was a nine-time African Champion (2002–13), and was the world bronze medalist ...

refused to shake the hand of

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i judoka

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, the eventual bronze medalist, who had defeated El Shahaby. In August 2016 the Disciplinary Committee of the

issued a "severe reprimand" to El Shehaby for behavior violating "the rules of fair play and against the spirit of friendship embodied in the Olympic Values", and requested that the Egyptian Olympic Committee in the future make certain that all Egyptian athletes are properly educated as to the Olympic Values before they participate in the Olympic Games.

Results

Finals

Repechages

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 101 kg M101 Judo at the Summer Olympics Men's Heavyweight Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics