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 banned in the Soviet Union ended shortly before in order to gain medals.[2] They 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.
Judo at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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Venue | Nippon Budokan |
Competitors | 72 from 27 nations |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight 68 kg |
Takehide Nakatani Japan |
Eric Hänni Switzerland |
Ārons Bogoļubovs Soviet Union |
Oleg Stepanov Soviet Union | |||
Middleweight 80 kg |
Isao Okano Japan |
Wolfgang Hofmann United Team of Germany |
James Bregman United States |
Kim Eui-tae South Korea | |||
Heavyweight +80 kg |
Isao Inokuma Japan |
Doug Rogers Canada |
Parnaoz Chikviladze Soviet Union |
Anzor Kiknadze Soviet Union | |||
Open category |
Anton Geesink Netherlands |
Akio Kaminaga Japan |
Theodore Boronovskis Australia |
Klaus Glahn United Team of Germany |
A total of 72 judoka from twenty-seven nations competed at the Tokyo Games:[1]
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 |
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