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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]
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.
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 ...
1964: Finn details Germany (EUA) Wilhelm Kuhweide United States (USA) Peter Barrett Denmark (DEN) Henning Wind: 1964: Flying Dutchman details New Zealand (NZL) Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells Great Britain (GBR) Keith Musto Tony Morgan United States (USA) Harry Melges William Bentsen: 1964: Star details Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke
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.
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: October 15 Gold: Rex Cawley: Athletics: Men's 400 m hurdles: October 16 Gold: Wyomia Tyus: Athletics: Women's 100 m: October 16 Gold: Bob Bennett Steve Clark Bill Craig Virgil Luken Thompson Mann Richard McGeagh Walter Richardson Fred Schmidt: Swimming: Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay: October 16 Gold: Sharon ...
The open category was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class allowed judokas of any weight. The competition was held on Friday, October 23, 1964. [1]
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 9 to 24 October. [1] [2] A total of 5,151 athletes representing 93 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. [3]