| Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| 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.[1]
Twenty-five judokas from twenty nations competed.
Medalists
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
Isao Okano Japan
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Wolfgang Hofmann United Team of Germany
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James Bregman United StatesKim Eui-Tae  South Korea
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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 | |
| 2 |  Kanapathy Moorthy (MAS) |
1–1 | |
| 3 |  Bernardo Repuyan (PHI) |
0–2 |
Pool B
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  James Bregman (USA) |
2–0 | |
| 2 |  Gabriel Goldschmied (MEX) |
1–1 | |
| 3 |  Peter Paige (AUS) |
0–2 |
Pool C
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) |
2–0 | |
| 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 | |
| 2 |  Pipat Singsanee (THA) |
1–1 | |
| 3 |  Thai Thuc Thuan (VIE) |
0–2 |
Pool E
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lhofei Shiozawa (BRA) |
3–0 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2 | Jan Snijders (NED) |
1–1 | |
| 3 |  Sydney Hoare (GBR) |
0–2 |
Pool H
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isao Okano (JPN) |
2–0 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
Sources
- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
References
- ^ "Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
External links
1964–1976: –80 kg • 1980–1996: –86 kg • 2000–: –90 kg | |
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