NEW YORK CITY (March 28, 2000) - The following are the results of the of the 17th New York Open Judo Championships, held Sunday at the New York Athletic Club. 105 competitors from 16 countries attended the event. Competing in the event were USA Olympians Alex Ottiano, Oneco Connecticut, and Ato Hand, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ottiano won the 66kg Category and Hand finished second at 100kg. The USA dominated the individual competition, winning 4 of the seven Gold medals, Romania won 2 Gold medals, and Poland won the remains Gold medal. In the team competition, Poland finished first and Romania was the runner-up. 
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Medals won in individual weight class competition were:
USA - 4 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze
Romania - 2 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
Poland - 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
Lithuania - 1 silver, 1 bronze
Germany - 1 silver
Columbia - 1 bronze

Other countries that competed were: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica,  England, Haiti, Hungary, India, Puerto Rico, and Uzbekistan