Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg

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Men's 68kg
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Eric Hanni, Takehide Nakatani, Oleg Stepanov 1964.jpg
Medal winners
Venue Nippon Budokan
Date20 October
Competitors25 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Takehide Nakatani Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Eric Hänni Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Bronze medal icon.svg Ārons Bogoļubovs Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Oleg Stepanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1976  

The lightweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed judokas of up to sixty-eight kilograms. The competition was held on Tuesday, October 20, 1964. [1]

Twenty-five judokas from eighteen nations competed.

Results

Elimination round

The twenty-five competitors were divided into seven pools of three and one pool of four. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the quarterfinals. Pool D was the only one to require a playoff, which was won by Chang.

Pool A

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of the United States.svg  Paul Maruyama  (USA)2-0QQ
2Flag of Austria.svg  Karl Reisinger  (AUT)1-1
3Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Matthias Schießleder  (EUA)0-2

Pool B

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takehide Nakatani  (JPN)2-0QQ
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Brian Jacks  (GBR)1-1
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Udom Ratsamelongkorn  (THA)0-2

Pool C

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Oleg Stepanov  (URS)2-0QQ
2Flag of Australia.svg  Brian Dalton  (AUS)1-1
3Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Seo Sang-cheol  (KOR)0-2

Pool D

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Chang Won-ku  (ROC)2-1QQ
2Flag of France.svg  Gaston Lesturgeon  (FRA)1-2
3Flag of Italy.svg  Bruno Carmeni  (ITA)1-1

Pool E

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of Austria.svg  Gerhard Zotter  (AUT)3-0QQ
2Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  René Arredondo Cepeda [2]  (MEX)1-2
Flag of Argentina.svg  Oscar Karpenkopf  (ARG)1-2
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Vicente Uematsu  (PHI)1-2

Pool F

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of Switzerland.svg  Eric Hänni  (SUI)2-0QQ
2Flag of Panama.svg  Aurelio Chu Yi  (PAN)1-1
Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Gamba  (ITA)0-2

Stefano Gamba did not compete.

Pool G

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Park Cheong-sam  (KOR)2-0QQ
2Flag of France.svg  André Bourreau  (FRA)1-1
3Flag of Australia.svg  Ronald Ford  (AUS)0-2

Pool H

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ārons Bogoļubovs  (URS)2-0QQ
2Flag of Thailand.svg  Eiam Harssarungsri  (THA)1-1
3Flag of South Vietnam.svg  Nguyễn Văn Bình  (VIE)0-2

Knockout rounds

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 20
Semifinals
October 20
Final
October 20
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takehide Nakatani  (JPN)De-ashi-barai
Flag of the United States.svg  Paul Maruyama  (USA)0:24 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takehide Nakatani  (JPN)Awase-waza
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Oleg Stepanov  (URS)Seukui-nage Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Oleg Stepanov  (URS)4:25
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Chang Won-Ku  (ROC)2:10 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Takehide Nakatani  (JPN)Awase-waza
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Eric Hänni  (SUI)Uchi-mata Flag of Switzerland.svg  Eric Hänni  (SUI)1:15
Flag of Austria.svg  Gerhard Zotter  (AUT)0:44 Flag of Switzerland.svg  Eric Hänni  (SUI)Kinsa
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ārons Bogoļubovs  (URS)Waza-ari Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Ārons Bogoļubovs  (URS)-
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  Park Cheong-Sam  (KOR)-

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  2. René Arredondo Cepeda