Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Appearance
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Venues | Messegelände (competition rounds) Boxhalle (finals) |
Location | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Dates | 31 August – 4 September 1972 |
Competitors | 144 from 46 nations |
Competition at external databases | |
Links | IJF • JudoInside |
Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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Men | |
63 kg | |
70 kg | |
80 kg | |
93 kg | |
+93 kg | |
Open | |
The Judo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the return of the sport following its absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1] Medals were awarded in six weight classes, and competition was restricted to men only. Among the highlights was Wim Ruska of the Netherlands winning gold medals in both the heavyweight and open class competition, becoming the first judoka to win two Olympic gold medals.
Medal summary
[edit]Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight 63 kg |
Takao Kawaguchi![]() |
vacant[2] | Kim Yong-ik![]() |
Jean-Jacques Mounier![]() | |||
Half middleweight 70 kg |
Toyokazu Nomura![]() |
Antoni Zajkowski![]() |
Dietmar Hötger![]() |
Anatoliy Novikov![]() | |||
Middleweight 80 kg |
Shinobu Sekine![]() |
Oh Seung-lip![]() |
Jean-Paul Coche![]() |
Brian Jacks![]() | |||
Half-heavyweight 93 kg |
Shota Chochishvili![]() |
David Starbrook![]() |
Paul Barth![]() |
Chiaki Ishii![]() | |||
Heavyweight +93 kg |
Wim Ruska![]() |
Klaus Glahn![]() |
Motoki Nishimura![]() |
Givi Onashvili![]() | |||
Open category |
Wim Ruska![]() |
Vitali Kuznetsov![]() |
Jean-Claude Brondani![]() |
Angelo Parisi![]() |
Medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (11 entries) | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 |
Participating countries
[edit]Argentina (1)
Australia (4)
Austria (5)
Belgium (3)
Brazil (2)
Canada (5)
Costa Rica (1)
Cuba (3)
Czechoslovakia (1)
Dominican Republic (2)
East Germany (5)
Finland (1)
France (5)
Great Britain (5)
Hong Kong (1)
Hungary (5)
Ireland (5)
Italy (3)
Japan (5)
Lebanon (2)
Liechtenstein (2)
Madagascar (4)
Mali (2)
Mexico (3)
Mongolia (5)
Morocco (3)
Netherlands (3)
New Zealand (1)
Nicaragua (1)
North Korea (2)
Philippines (3)
Poland (5)
Portugal (2)
Puerto Rico (3)
Republic of China (4)
Senegal (5)
Soviet Union (5)
South Korea (4)
Spain (1)
Suriname (1)
Sweden (1)
Switzerland (5)
Thailand (1)
United States (5)
West Germany (5)
Yugoslavia (4)
References
[edit]- ^ "Judo at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ The silver medal was originally awarded to Bakhvain Buyadaa of Mongolia, but he was disqualified after he tested positive for excessive caffeine.
External links
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- judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics at the International Judo Federation
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- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
- Sports123.com
- Videos of the 1972 Judo Summer Olympics