Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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. Of note is that future United States Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell competed for the United States in the competition, though he did not win a medal.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight 68 kg	Takehide Nakatani Japan (JPN)	Eric Hänni Switzerland (SUI)	Ārons Bogoļubovs Soviet Union (URS) Oleg Stepanov Soviet Union (URS)
Middleweight 80 kg	Isao Okano Japan (JPN)	Wolfgang Hofmann Germany (EUA)	James Bregman United States (USA) Kim Eui-Tae South Korea (KOR)
Heavyweight +80 kg	Isao Inokuma Japan (JPN)	Doug Rogers Canada (CAN)	Parnaoz Chikviladze Soviet Union (URS) Anzor Kiknadze Soviet Union (URS)
Open category	Anton Geesink Netherlands (NED)	Akio Kaminaga Japan (JPN)	Theodore Boronovskis Australia (AUS) Klaus Glahn Germany (EUA)

Participating nations

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

Argentina (3)
Australia (4)
Austria (3)
Brazil (1)
Canada (1)
Costa Rica (2)
France (4)
Germany (4)
Great Britain (4)
Ireland (1)
Italy (2)
Japan (4)
Malaysia (2)
Mexico (3)
Netherlands (4)
Panama (1)
Philippines (4)
Portugal (1)
Republic of China (4)
South Korea (4)
Soviet Union (4)
Switzerland (1)
Thailand (3)
Tunisia (1)
United States (4)^[1]
Venezuela (1)
Vietnam (3)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	3	1	0	4
2	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
3	Germany (EUA)	0	1	1	2
4	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
4	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
Total		4	4	8	16

References

↑ "Olympic.org search".

"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

Events at the 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo)

Athletics Baseball (demonstration) Basketball Boxing Budo (demonstration) Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

Judo at the Summer Olympics

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Coordinates: 35°41′36″N 139°45′00″E / 35.6933°N 139.7500°E / 35.6933; 139.7500

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