Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Lightweight

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The lightweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme.

1 Medalists
2 Results
- 2.1 Elimination round
- 2.2 Knockout rounds
3 Sources

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nakatani Takehide Japan (JPN)	Eric Haenni Switzerland (SUI)	Aron Bogolubov (URS) Oleg Stepanov (URS)

[edit] Results

[edit] Elimination round

The 25 competitors were divided into 7 groups of 3 and 1 group of 4. Each group played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the group advancing to the quarterfinals. Group 4 was the only one to require a playoff, which was won by Chang.

Group 1
1.	Paul Maruyama (USA)	2-0	QQ
2.	Karl Reisinger (AUT)	1-1
3.	Matthias Schiessleder (EUA)	0-2
Group 2
1.	Nakatani Takehide (JPN)	2-0	QQ
2.	Brian Jacks (GBR)	1-1
3.	Udom Rasmelungon (THA)	0-2
Group 3
1.	Oleg Stepanov (URS)	2-0	QQ
2.	Brian Dalton (AUS)	1-1
3.	Suh Sang-Chul (KOR)	0-2
Group 4
1.	Chang Won-Ku (ROC)	2-1	QQ
2.	Gaston Lesturgeon (FRA)	1-2
3.	Bruno Carmeni (ITA)	1-1
Group 5
1.	Gerhard Zotter (AUT)	3-0	QQ
2.	Rene Arredondo (MEX)	1-2
	Oscar Karpencopf (ARG)	1-2
	Vicente Uematsu (PHI)	1-2
Group 6
1.	Eric Haenni (SUI)	2-0	QQ
2.	Aurelio Chu Yi (PAN)	1-1
3.	Stefano Gamba (ITA)	0-2
Group 7
1.	Park Chung-Sam (KOR)	2-0	QQ
2.	Andre Bourreau (FRA)	1-1
3.	Ronald Ford (AUS)	0-2
Group 8
1.	Aron Bogolubov (URS)	2-0	QQ
2.	Eiam Harssarungsri (THA)	1-1
3.	Nguyen-Van Binh (VIE)	0-2

[edit] Knockout rounds

The remaining 8 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	Semifinals	Final


Nakatani Takehide (JPN)

Paul Maruyama (USA)
	Nakatani Takehide (JPN)

	Oleg Stepanov (URS)
Oleg Stepanov (URS)

Chang Won-Ku (ROC)
		Nakatani Takehide (JPN)

		Eric Haenni (SUI)
Eric Haenni (SUI)

Gerhard Zotter (AUT)
	Eric Haenni (SUI)

	Aron Bogolubov (URS)
Aron Bogolubov (URS)

Park Chung-Sam (KOR)