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Host City: Athina, Greece
Venue(s): Ano Liosia Olympic Hall, Ano Liossia
Date Started: August 16, 2004
Date Finished: August 16, 2004
Format: Two single-elimination pools, with winner of each pool advanced to the final. All judoka losing to the finalists in each pool advanced to repêchage pools, with the winners of the repêchage pools earning bronze medals.
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Koreaâs [Lee Won-Hui] had won the 2003 World Championships and won 48 consecutive matches thru 2003. Heavily favored in the pool quarter-final, he faced American [Jimmy Pedro], the 1999 World Champion. Pedro had stopped Leeâs winning streak in late 2003 at the Korean Open. But in Athina, Lee used seoi-nage for ippon to win at 3:37. The final matched Lee against the 2001 World Champion, [Vitaly Makarov] of Russia, and won by ippon with only nine seconds left in the match. Pedro went thru the repêchage to win a bronze medal.