Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg
| Men's 68kg at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nippon Budokan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 20 October 1964 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
Twenty-five judokas from eighteen nations competed.
Results
[edit]Elimination round
[edit]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 Ratsamelongkorn (THA) |
0-2 |
Pool C
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oleg Stepanov (URS) |
2-0 | |
| 2 |  Brian Dalton (AUS) |
1-1 | |
| 3 |  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 |  René Arredondo Cepeda[2] (MEX) |
1-2 | |
 Oscar Karpenkopf (ARG) |
1-2 | ||
 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 |
Pool H
| 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
[edit]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)
| - | ||||||||
| Park Cheong-Sam (KOR)
| - | ||||||||||
Sources
[edit]- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
References
[edit]- ^ "Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ René Arredondo Cepeda
External links
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1964: –68 kg • 1972–1976: –63 kg • 1980–1996: –71 kg • 2000–: –73 kg | |
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