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Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

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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

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Gold Silver Bronze
Isao Okano
 Japan
Wolfgang Hofmann
 United Team of Germany
James Bregman
 United States
Kim Eui-Tae
 South Korea

Results

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Elimination round

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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 QQ
2  Kanapathy Moorthy (MAS) 1–1
3  Bernardo Repuyan (PHI) 0–2

Pool B

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1  James Bregman (USA) 2–0 QQ
2  Gabriel Goldschmied (MEX) 1–1
3  Peter Paige (AUS) 0–2

Pool C

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1  Wolfgang Hofmann (EUA) 2–0 QQ
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 QQ
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 QQ
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 QQ
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 QQ
2  Jan Snijders (NED) 1–1
3  Sydney Hoare (GBR) 0–2

Pool H

Place Judoka Score Qual.
1  Isao Okano (JPN) 2–0 QQ
2  Fernando Matos (POR) 1–1
3  Jorge Lugo (VEN) 0–2

Knockout rounds

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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

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  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.

References

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  1. ^ "Judo at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
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