The competence male 73 kg in judo in the 2012 Summer Olympics on London , UK , was carried out in ExCeL London . [1]
Gold and silver medals were determined by a single elimination tournament, in which the winner of the final took gold and the loser silver. Judo events awarded two bronze medals. The quarter-final losers competed in a repechage match for the right to face a semi-final loser for a bronze medal (i.e., the Judokas defeated in the quarter-finals A and B competed against each other, with the winner of that match facing the semifinal loser of the other half of the bracket). [2]
All times are British summer time ( UTC + 1 )
| Date | Hour | Redondo |
|---|---|---|
| Monday 30 July 2012 | 09:30 14:00 16:10 | Classifications Semifinals Final |
The American Nicholas Delpopolo he was expelled from the Games and disqualified from his seventh place after testing positive for marijuana. Although he claimed he had accidentally ingested the banned substance before the Games began, he apologized to the United States team for the “embarrassment.” [3]
