Judo at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |
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Venues | Messegelände (competition rounds) Boxhalle (finals) |
Dates | 31 August to 4 September 1972 |
Competitors | 144 from 46 nations |
← 1964
1976 →
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Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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Men | |
63 kg | |
70 kg | |
80 kg | |
93 kg | |
+93 kg | |
Open | |
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The Judo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the return of the sport following its absence at the 1968 Summer OlympicsinMexico 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.
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lightweight 63 kg details |
Takao Kawaguchi![]() |
vacant[2] | Kim Yong-ik![]() |
Jean-Jacques Mounier![]() | |||
Half middleweight 70 kg details |
Toyokazu Nomura![]() |
Antoni Zajkowski![]() |
Dietmar Hötger![]() |
Anatoliy Novikov![]() | |||
Middleweight 80 kg details |
Shinobu Sekine![]() |
Oh Seung-lip![]() |
Jean-Paul Coche![]() |
Brian Jacks![]() | |||
Half-heavyweight 93 kg details |
Shota Chochishvili![]() |
David Starbrook![]() |
Paul Barth![]() |
Chiaki Ishii![]() | |||
Heavyweight +93 kg details |
Wim Ruska![]() |
Klaus Glahn![]() |
Motoki Nishimura![]() |
Givi Onashvili![]() | |||
Open category details |
Wim Ruska![]() |
Vitali Kuznetsov![]() |
Jean-Claude Brondani![]() |
Angelo Parisi![]() |
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 |
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