| Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| Lightweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
| Open | men |
The middleweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed judokas of up to eighty kilograms. The competition was held on Wednesday, October 21, 1964. [1]
Twenty-five judokas from twenty nations competed.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Isao Okano  Japan | Wolfgang Hofmann  United Team of Germany | James Bregman  United States Kim Eui-Tae  South Korea |
The twenty-five competitors were divided into seven pools of three and one group of four. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the quarterfinals.
Pool A
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rodolfo Pérez (ARG) | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Kanapathy Moorthy (MAS) | 1–1 | |
| 3 |  Bernardo Repuyan (PHI) | 0–2 |
Pool B
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  James Bregman (USA) | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Gabriel Goldschmied (MEX) | 1–1 | |
| 3 |  Peter Paige (AUS) | 0–2 |
Pool C
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Jacques le Berré (FRA) | 1–1 | |
| 3 |  Orlando Madrigal (CRC) | 0–2 |
Pool D
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Peter Snijders (NED) | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Pipat Singsanee (THA) | 1–1 | |
| 3 |  Thai Thuc Thuan (VIE) | 0–2 |
Pool E
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lhofei Shiozawa (BRA) | 3–0 | |
| 2 |  Alfred Redl (AUT) | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Narzal García (PHI) | 1–2 | |
| 4 | Rafael Barquero (CRC) | 0–3 |
Pool F
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kim Eui-Tae (KOR) | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Huang Chin-chun (ROC) | 1–1 | |
| 3 | Lê Bả Thành (VIE) | 0–2 |
Pool G
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lionel Grossain (FRA) | 2–0 | |
| 2 | Jan Snijders (NED) | 1–1 | |
| 3 |  Sydney Hoare (GBR) | 0–2 |
Pool H
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isao Okano (JPN) | 2–0 | |
| 2 |  Fernando Matos (POR) | 1–1 | |
| 3 |  Jorge Lugo (VEN) | 0–2 |
The remaining eight judokas competed in a single elimination bracket. Losers in the quarterfinals were placed 5–8 while both losers in the semifinals won bronze medals.
| Quarterfinals October 21 | Semifinals October 21 | Final October 21 | |||||||||
| Isao Okano (JPN) | Okuri-eri-jime | ||||||||||
| Lionel Grossain (FRA) | 5:18 | Isao Okano (JPN) | Waza-ari-chikai-waza | ||||||||
| Kim Eui-Tae (KOR) | Awase-waza | Kim Eui-Tae (KOR) | – | ||||||||
| Lhofei Shiozawa (BRA) | 1:33 | Isao Okano (JPN) | Yoko-shiho-gatame | ||||||||
| Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) | Uchi-mata | Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) | 1:36 | ||||||||
| Peter Snijders (NED) | 3:10 | Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) | Udehishigi-juji-gatame | ||||||||
| James Bregman (USA) | Awase-waza | James Bregman (USA) | 1:21 | ||||||||
| Rodolfo Pérez (ARG) | 5:16 | ||||||||||
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1964: 68–80 kg, 1972–1976: 70–80 kg, 1980–1996: 78–86 kg, 2000–: 81–90 kg | |
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