Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg
| Men's 68kg at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Nippon Budokan | ||||||||||||
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| Date | 20 October | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Lightweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Heavyweight | men | |
| Open | men | |
The lightweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed judokas of up to sixty-eight kilograms. The competition was held on Tuesday, October 20, 1964.
Twenty-four judokas from eighteen nations competed.
Results
Elimination round
The twenty-five competitors were divided into seven pools of three and one pool of four. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the quarterfinals. Pool D was the only one to require a playoff, which was won by Chang.
Pool A
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paul Maruyama (USA) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Karl Reisinger (AUT) | 1-1 | |
| 3 |  Matthias Schießleder (EUA) | 0-2 |
Pool B
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Takehide Nakatani (JPN) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Brian Jacks (GBR) | 1-1 | |
| 3 |  Udom Rasmelungom (THA) | 0-2 |
Pool C
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} Oleg Stepanov (URS) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Brian Dalton (AUS) | 1-1 | |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Seo Sang-Cheol (KOR) | 0-2 |
Pool D
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chang Won-Ku (ROC) | 2-1 | |
| 2 |  Gaston Lesturgeon (FRA) | 1-2 | |
| 3 |  Bruno Carmeni (ITA) | 1-1 |
Pool E
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Zotter (AUT) | 3-0 | |
| 2 | .svg.png){kind=small} René Arredondo Cepeda[1] (MEX) | 1-2 | |
 Oscar Karpenkopf (ARG) | 1-2 | ||
.svg.png){kind=small} Vicente Uematsu (PHI) | 1-2 |
Pool F
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eric Hänni (SUI) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Aurelio Chu Yi (PAN) | 1-1 | |
| — | Stefano Gamba (ITA) | 0-2 |
Stefano Gamba did not compete.
Pool G
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Park Cheong-Sam (KOR) | 2-0 | |
| 2 | André Bourreau (FRA) | 1-1 | |
| 3 | Ronald Ford (AUS) | 0-2 |
Group 8
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ārons Bogoļubovs (URS) | 2-0 | |
| 2 | Eiam Harssarungsri (THA) | 1-1 | |
| 3 |  Nguyễn Văn Bình (VIE) | 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 20 |
Semifinals October 20 |
Final October 20 | |||||||
| Takehide Nakatani (JPN) |
De-ashi-barai | ||||||||
| Paul Maruyama (USA) |
0:24 | Takehide Nakatani (JPN) |
Awase-waza | ||||||
| Oleg Stepanov (URS) |
Seukui-nage | Oleg Stepanov (URS) |
4:25 | ||||||
| Chang Won-Ku (ROC) |
2:10 | Takehide Nakatani (JPN) |
Awase-waza | ||||||
| Eric Hänni (SUI) |
Uchi-mata | Eric Hänni (SUI) |
1:15 | ||||||
| Gerhard Zotter (AUT) |
0:44 | Eric Hänni (SUI) |
Kinsa | ||||||
| Ārons Bogoļubovs (URS) |
Waza-ari | Ārons Bogoļubovs (URS) |
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| Park Cheong-Sam (KOR) |
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Sources
- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
References
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