Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Judo competition

The judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games.^[1] As a result, decades of judo being officially banned as an "imperialist sport" in the Soviet Union ended shortly before the Games started, as Soviet authorities prioritized winning medals over anything else.^[2] The medLa 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.

Medal summary

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]

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

Medal table

References

1. "Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
2. Egorov, Boris (May 29, 2019). "Why Vladimir Putin would have struggled to be a black belt in the Soviet Union". Russia Beyond.
3. "Olympic.org search".

Further reading

• "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

External links

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• judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics at the International Judo Federation
• judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com