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.
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Venue | Nippon Budokan |
Location | Tokyo, Japan |
Dates | 20–23 October 1964 |
Competitors | 72 from 27 nations |
Competition at external databases | |
Links | IJF • JudoInside |
Medal summary
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight 68 kg |
Takehide Nakatani Japan |
Eric Hänni Switzerland |
Ārons Bogoļubovs Soviet Union |
Oleg Stepanov Soviet Union | |||
Middleweight 80 kg |
Isao Okano Japan |
Wolfgang Hofmann United Team of Germany |
James Bregman United States |
Kim Eui-tae South Korea | |||
Heavyweight +80 kg |
Isao Inokuma Japan |
Doug Rogers Canada |
Parnaoz Chikviladze Soviet Union |
Anzor Kiknadze Soviet Union | |||
Open category |
Anton Geesink Netherlands |
Akio Kaminaga Japan |
Theodore Boronovskis Australia |
Klaus Glahn United Team of Germany |
Participating nations
editA 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
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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
edit- ^ a b "Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ Egorov, Boris (May 29, 2019). "Why Vladimir Putin would have struggled to be a black belt in the Soviet Union". Russia Beyond.
- ^ "Olympic.org search".
Further reading
edit- "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
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
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- judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics at the International Judo Federation
- judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com