| Men's 65 kg at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Jangchung Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 26 September | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 42 from 42 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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| 71 kg | |
| 78 kg | |
| 86 kg | |
| 95 kg | |
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The men's 65 kg competition in judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul was held on 26 September at the Jangchung Gymnasium. The gold medal was won by Lee Kyung-keun of South Korea. [1]
| Repechage | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | ||||||||||||||||
 Philip Laats (BEL) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
 Tommy Mortensen (DEN) | E | Philip Laats (BEL) | KOK | ||||||||||||||||
 Ivo Kostadinov (BUL) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Philip Laats (BEL) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
 Brent Cooper (NZL) | KOK | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brent Cooper (NZL) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
 Yōsuke Yamamoto (JPN) | IPO  | ||||||||||||||||||
| Repechage | Repechage quarterfinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | ||||||||||||||||
 Drago Bećanović (YUG) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
 Claudio Yafuso (ARG) | WAZ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Claudio Yafuso (ARG) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
 Bruno Carabetta (FRA) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bruno Carabetta (FRA) | IPO | ||||||||||||||||||
 Tamás Bujkó (HUN) | E | ||||||||||||||||||
| Final | ||
 Janusz Pawłowski (POL) |  | |
 Lee Kyung-keun (KOR) | YUS  | |
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