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Men's 73 kg at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Date	26 July 2021
Competitors	36 from 36 nations
Medalists
Shohei Ono  Japan Lasha Shavdatuashvili  Georgia An Chang-rim  South Korea Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar  Mongolia
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The Men's 73 kg competition in judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held on 26 July 2021 at the Nippon Budokan.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The medals for the competition were presented by Thomas Bach, IOC President, Olympic Champion, and Fencing 1976, Germany; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Marius Vizer, IJU President; Austria.

Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Games in the -73 kg weight class, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef announced his withdrawal following the conclusion of the draw of competitors.

Nourine was quoted as saying his political support for the Palestinian cause made it impossible for him to compete against an Israeli; Tohar Butbul, the #5 seed in the tournament, whom he was drawn to potentially face in the second round (had he won in the first round), was Israeli.^{[7][8][9][10]}

The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced the immediate suspension of Nourine and his coach on 24 July 2021, pending a further investigation, while the Algerian Olympic Committee revoked their accreditation, and sent Nourine and his coach back home to Algeria.^[11][12] The Federation explained:

"According to the IJF rules, in line with the Olympic Charter and especially with rule 50.2 that provides for the protection of the neutrality of sport at the Olympic Games and the neutrality of the Games themselves, which states that 'no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas,' Fethi Nourine and Amar Benikhlef are now suspended and will face a decision by the IJF Disciplinary Commission, as well as disciplinary sanctions by the National Olympic Committee of Algeria back in their country.'"^[10]