Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Sport
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Judo pictogram.svg
Venue Eagle's Nest Arena
Dates4 to 11 August 1984
Competitors211 from 61 nations
  1980
1988  

The Judo competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. With the open division, there were eight competitions. Japan returned to the top of the medal count, after boycotting the Moscow games. Because of the Soviet-led boycott of the Los Angeles games, several traditionally strong judo countries, including Cuba and the Soviet Union, did not participate. The Judo competition was held at California State University, Los Angeles. [1]

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Austrian Peter Seisenbacher in the 86 kg class won the gold medal, as did Hitoshi Saito of Japan in the over 95 kg class, feats they would repeat in 1988, becoming the first judoka to win gold at two Olympics.

Popular pro wrestler/judoka Chris Adams appeared as an advisor to the UK Judo squad, where his brother Neil Adams won a silver medal in the 78 kg class. It was the third and final Olympics the Adams brothers were involved in, competitor or otherwise.

Medal summary

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Extra Lightweight
60 kg
details
Shinji Hosokawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Kim Jae-yup
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
Neil Eckersley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Edward Liddie
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Half Lightweight
65 kg
details
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Hwang Jung-oh
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
Marc Alexandre
Flag of France.svg  France
Josef Reiter
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Lightweight
71 kg
details
Ahn Byeong-keun
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
Ezio Gamba
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Kerrith Brown
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Luis Onmura
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
Half Middleweight
78 kg
details
Frank Wieneke
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Neil Adams
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Mircea Frăţică
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Michel Nowak
Flag of France.svg  France
Middleweight
86 kg
details
Peter Seisenbacher
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Robert Berland
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Walter Carmona
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
Seiki Nose
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Half Heavyweight
95 kg
details
Ha Hyung-joo
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
Douglas Vieira
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
Bjarni Friðriksson
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
Günther Neureuther
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Heavyweight
+95 kg
details
Hitoshi Saito
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Angelo Parisi
Flag of France.svg  France
Mark Berger
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Cho Yong-chul
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
Open category
details
Yasuhiro Yamashita
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Mohamed Ali Rashwan
Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt
Mihai Cioc
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Arthur Schnabel
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 4015
2Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 2215
3Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1023
4Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1012
5Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil 0123
Flag of France.svg  France 0123
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0123
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0112
9Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt 0101
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
11Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 0022
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0011
Totals (13 nations)881632

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References

  1. "Judo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2018.