Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Judo competition
Judo at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Nippon Budokan |
Competitors | 72 from 27 nations |
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The judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games.[1] As a result, decades of judo being officially banned as an "imperialist sport" in the Soviet Union ended shortly before the Games started, as Soviet authorities prioritized winning medals over anything else.[2] The medLa were awarded in 4 classes, and competition was restricted to men only. The competition was held in the Nippon Budokan, which was built to host the competition.
Medal summary
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight 68 kg details | Takehide Nakatani Japan | Eric Hänni Switzerland | Ārons Bogoļubovs Soviet Union |
Oleg Stepanov Soviet Union | |||
Middleweight 80 kg details | Isao Okano Japan | Wolfgang Hofmann United Team of Germany | James Bregman United States |
Kim Eui-tae South Korea | |||
Heavyweight +80 kg details | Isao Inokuma Japan | Doug Rogers Canada | Parnaoz Chikviladze Soviet Union |
Anzor Kiknadze Soviet Union | |||
Open category details | Anton Geesink Netherlands | Akio Kaminaga Japan | Theodore Boronovskis Australia |
Klaus Glahn United Team of Germany |
Participating nations
A total of 72 judoka from twenty-seven nations competed at the Tokyo Games:[1]
- Argentina (3)
- Australia (4)
- Austria (3)
- Brazil (1)
- Canada (1)
- Costa Rica (2)
- France (4)
- United Team of Germany (4)
- Great Britain (4)
- Ireland (1)
- Italy (2)
- Japan (4)
- Malaysia (2)
- Mexico (3)
- Netherlands (4)
- Panama (1)
- Philippines (4)
- Portugal (1)
- Taiwan (4)
- South Korea (4)
- Soviet Union (4)
- Switzerland (1)
- Thailand (3)
- Tunisia (1)
- United States (4)[3]
- Venezuela (1)
- Vietnam (3)
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | United Team of Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Soviet Union | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
7 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
References
Further reading
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
- Videos of the 1964 Judo Summer Olympics
External links
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- judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com