Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Judo Judo at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	20–23 October 1964
Competitors	72 from 27 nations
Competition at external databases
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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 above all 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

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

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]

•   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
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

1. "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

• "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 the International Judo Federation
• judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com