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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]
At the 1964 Summer Olympics, athletes were tied in three events, all of which were gymnastics events. In the men's artistic individual all-around event there was a three-way tie for second, which resulted in three silver medals and no bronze medal being awarded. [ 29 ]
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.
"Tokyo 1964". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964 – The Official Report of the Organizing Committee. Vol. II. Tokyo: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. 1964.
Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan. [1] After not being included in 1968, [ 2 ] judo has been an Olympic sport in each Olympiad since then. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics , when women's judo was organized as a demonstration sport .
1964 Tokyo details: Isao Okano Japan: Wolfgang Hofmann United Team of Germany: James Bregman United States: Kim Eui-tae South Korea: 1968 Mexico City: not included in the Olympic program: 1972 Munich details: Shinobu Sekine Japan: Oh Seung-lip South Korea: Jean-Paul Coche France: Brian Jacks Great Britain: 1976 Montreal details: Isamu Sonoda ...
The heavyweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the heaviest contested, and allowed judokas over eighty kilograms. The competition was held on Thursday, October 22, 1964. [1] Fourteen judokas from twelve nations competed.
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