Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 71 kg
| 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.
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.
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Danny Kingston (GBR) defeated 
Sergey Kolesnikov (RUS) -
Bertalan Hajtos (HUN) defeated 
Juan Gonzalez (GUA) -
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Davor Vlaskovac (BIH)
Main bracket
The gold and silver medalists were determined by the final match of the main single-elimination bracket.
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal final | |||||||||||||
 Hallam Andrew Payne (BAR) |
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.svg.png){kind=small} Vladimeri Dgebuadze (GEO) |
W | Vladimeri Dgebuadze (GEO) |
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.svg.png){kind=small} Loris Mularoni (SMR) |
L |  Guilherme Bentes (POR) |
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| Guilherme Bentes (POR) |
W | Vladimeri Dgebuadze (GEO) |
L | ||||||||||||||
| James Pedro (USA) |
W |  Khaliun Boldbaatar (MGL) |
W | ||||||||||||||
| Danny Kingston (GBR) |
L | James Pedro (USA) |
L | ||||||||||||||
| Khaliun Boldbaatar (MGL) |
W | Khaliun Boldbaatar (MGL) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Sebastian Alquati (ARG) |
L | Khaliun Boldbaatar (MGL) |
L | ||||||||||||||
 Martin Schmidt (GER) |
W | Kenzo Nakamura (JPN) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Krzysztof Wojdan (POL) |
L | Martin Schmidt (GER) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Diego Brambilla (ITA) |
L | Bertalan Hajtos (HUN) |
L | ||||||||||||||
| Bertalan Hajtos (HUN) |
W | Martin Schmidt (GER) |
L | ||||||||||||||
 Abdelhakim Harkat (ALG) |
W | Kenzo Nakamura (JPN) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Francisco Rodriguez (PUR) |
L | Abdelhakim Harkat (ALG) |
L | ||||||||||||||
| Kenzo Nakamura (JPN) |
W | Kenzo Nakamura (JPN) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Thomas Schleicher (AUT) |
L | Kenzo Nakamura (JPN) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Akhat Achirov (KAZ) |
L | Kwak Dae-sung (KOR) |
L | ||||||||||||||
| Andrey Golban (MDA) |
W | Andrey Golban (MDA) |
L | ||||||||||||||
 Chien-Lun Huang (TPE) |
L |  Steve Corkin (NZL) |
W | ||||||||||||||
| Steve Corkin (NZL) |
W | Steve Corkin (NZL) |
L | ||||||||||||||
 Sebastian Pereira (BRA) |
W | Sebastian Pereira (BRA) |
W | ||||||||||||||
| Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
L | Sebastian Pereira (BRA) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Salim Abanoz (TUR) |
W | Salim Abanoz (TUR) |
L | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Jorge Paccee (PAR) |
L | Sebastian Pereira (BRA) |
L | ||||||||||||||
 Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) |
W | Kwak Dae-sung (KOR) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Hassan Moussa (TUN) |
L | Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) |
W | ||||||||||||||
 Juan Vargas (ESP) |
L |  Salen al-Sharrah (KUW) |
L | ||||||||||||||
| Salen al-Sharrah (KUW) |
W | Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) |
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| Kwak Dae-sung (KOR) |
W | Kwak Dae-sung (KOR) |
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 David Kouassi (CIV) |
L | Kwak Dae-sung (KOR) |
W | ||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Henry Nunez (CRC) |
L |  Amir Ghomi (IRI) |
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| Amir Ghomi (IRI) |
W | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
| 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) |
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| Martin Schmidt (GER) |
W | ||||||||||||
| Abdelhakim Harkat (ALG) |
L | Thomas Schleicher (AUT) |
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| Thomas Schleicher (AUT) |
W | ||||||||||||
| Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
W | Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
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| Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
W | Steve Corkin (NZL) |
L | Khaliun Boldbaatar (MGL) |
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| Salim Abanoz (TUR) |
L | Christophe Gagliano (FRA) |
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| Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) |
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| Amir Ghomi (IRI) |
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| David Kouassi (CIV) |
L | Andrey Shturbabin (UZB) |
W | ||||||||||
| Amir Ghomi (IRI) |
W | ||||||||||||