Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Judo at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Competitors	72 from 27 nations

The judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games.^[1] 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. Of note is that future United States Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell competed for the United States, though he did not win a medal.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

Judo at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan

A total of 72 judoka from twenty-seven nations competed at the Tokyo Games:^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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 nations)		4	4	8	16

References

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

• "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

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