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Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Coordinates: 35°41′36″N 139°45′00″E / 35.6933°N 139.7500°E / 35.6933; 139.7500
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Judo
Judo
Judo
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueNippon Budokan
LocationTokyo, Japan
Dates20–23 October 1964
Competitors72 from 27 nations
Competition at external databases
LinksIJF • JudoInside
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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 medals 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

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
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

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Judo at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan

A total of 72 judoka from twenty-seven nations competed at the Tokyo Games:[1]

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan3104
2 Netherlands1001
3 United Team of Germany0112
4 Canada0101
 Switzerland0101
6 Soviet Union0044
7 Australia0011
 South Korea0011
 United States0011
Totals (9 entries)44816

References

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  1. ^ a b "Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  2. ^ Egorov, Boris (May 29, 2019). "Why Vladimir Putin would have struggled to be a black belt in the Soviet Union". Russia Beyond.
  3. ^ "Olympic.org search".

Further reading

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