Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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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. 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.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	3	1	0	4
2	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
3	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	1	1	2
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
6	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	4	4
7	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight (–68 kg)	Takahide Nakatan Japan (JPN)	Eric Hänni Switzerland (SUI)	Aron Bogulubov (URS)
			Oleg Stepanov (URS)
Middleweight (–80 kg)	Isao Okano Japan (JPN)	Wolfgang Hoffmann United Team of Germany (EUA)	James Bregman (USA)
			Kim Eui-Tae (KOR)
Heavyweight (+80 kg)	Isao Inokuma Japan (JPN)	Doug Rogers Canada (CAN)	Parnaoz Chikviladze (URS)
			Anzor Kiknadze (URS)
Open category	Anton Geesink Netherlands (NED)	Akio Kaminaga Japan (JPN)	Theodore Boronovskis (AUS)
			Klaus Glahn (EUA)

[edit] Sources

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-11-18.
• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.

Events at the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)
Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Judo at the Summer Olympics
1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 See also: List of Olympic medalists in judo