Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

Judo at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Lightweight men
Middleweight men
Heavyweight men
Open men

The middleweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed judokas of up to eighty kilograms. The competition was held on Wednesday, October 21, 1964.

Twenty-five judokas from twenty nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Isao Okano
Japan (JPN)
 Wolfgang Hofmann
Germany (EUA)
 James Bregman
United States (USA)
 Kim Eui-Tae
South Korea (KOR)

Results

Elimination round

The twenty-five competitors were divided into seven pools of three and one group of four. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the quarterfinals.

Pool A

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 Rodolfo Pérez (ARG) 2-0 QQ
2 Kanapathy Moorthy (MAS) 1-1
3 Bernardo Repuyan (PHI) 0-2

Pool B

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 James Bregman (USA) 2-0 QQ
2 Gabriel Goldschmied (MEX) 1-1
3 Peter Paige (AUS) 0-2

Pool C

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) 2-0 QQ
2 Jacques le Berré (FRA) 1-1
3 Orlando Madrigal (CRC) 0-2

Pool D

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 Peter Snijders (NED) 2-0 QQ
2 Pipat Sinhasema (THA) 1-1
3 Thai Thuc Thuan (VIE) 0-2

Pool E

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 Lhofei Shiozawa (BRA) 3-0 QQ
2 Alfred Redl (AUT) 2-1
3 Narzal García (PHI) 1-2
4 Rafael Barquero (CRC) 0-3

Pool F

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 Kim Eui-Tae (KOR) 2-0 QQ
2 Huang Chin-Chun (ROC) 1-1
3 Lê Bả Thành (VIE) 0-2

Pool G

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 Lionel Grossain (FRA) 2-0 QQ
2 Jan Snijders (NED) 1-1
3 Sydney Hoare (GBR) 0-2

Pool H

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1 Isao Okano (JPN) 2-0 QQ
2 Fernando Matos (POR) 1-1
3 Jorge Lugo (VEN) 0-2

Knockout rounds

The remaining eight 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
October 21
  Semifinals
October 21
  Final
October 21
                   
  Isao Okano (JPN) Okuri-eri-jime  
  Lionel Grossain (FRA) 5:18       Isao Okano (JPN) Waza-ari-chikai-waza  
  Kim Eui-Tae (KOR) Awase-waza     Kim Eui-Tae (KOR) -  
  Lhofei Shiozawa (BRA) 1:33         Isao Okano (JPN) Yoko-shiho-gatame
  Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) Uchi-mata         Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) 1:36
  Peter Snijders (NED) 3:10       Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) Udehishigi-juji-gatame
  James Bregman (USA) Awase-waza     James Bregman (USA) 1:21  
  Rodolfo Pérez (ARG) 5:16  

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