Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Judo
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenuePalace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium
Dates27 July to 2 August 1980
Competitors182 from 42 nations
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1984 →
Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium as it appears today

The Judo competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first time that the medal count was not dominated by Japan, since the country joined the boycott of the games because of the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Medals were awarded to male judoka in eight competitions, seven weight classes and the open competition — two more than in 1976. All events were held at the Palace of Sports of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki (south western part of Moscow). The schedule started on July 27 and ended on August 2.[1]

Victory ceremony of the 95 kg event. RIAN photo.

Medal summary[edit]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Extra Lightweight
60 kg
details
Thierry Rey
 France
Jose Rodriguez
 Cuba
Aramby Emizh
 Soviet Union
Tibor Kincses
 Hungary
Half Lightweight
65 kg
details
Nikolai Solodukhin
 Soviet Union
Tsendiin Damdin
 Mongolia
Ilian Nedkov
 Bulgaria
Janusz Pawłowski
 Poland
Lightweight
71 kg
details
Ezio Gamba
 Italy
Neil Adams
 Great Britain
Ravdangiin Davaadalai
 Mongolia
Karl-Heinz Lehmann
 East Germany
Half Middleweight
78 kg
details
Shota Khabareli
 Soviet Union
Juan Ferrer
 Cuba
Harald Heinke
 East Germany
Bernard Tchoullouyan
 France
Middleweight
86 kg
details
Jürg Röthlisberger
 Switzerland
Isaac Azcuy
 Cuba
Detlef Ultsch
 East Germany
Aleksandrs Jackevičs
 Soviet Union
Half-Heavyweight
95 kg
details
Robert Van de Walle
 Belgium
Tengiz Khubuluri
 Soviet Union
Dietmar Lorenz
 East Germany
Henk Numan
 Netherlands
Heavyweight
+95 kg
details
Angelo Parisi
 France
Dimitar Zaprianov
 Bulgaria
Radomir Kovačević
 Yugoslavia
Vladimír Kocman
 Czechoslovakia
Open category
details
Dietmar Lorenz
 East Germany
Angelo Parisi
 France
Arthur Mapp
 Great Britain
András Ozsvár
 Hungary

Participating nations[edit]

A total of 182 judokas from 42 nations competed at the Moscow Games

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2125
2 France2114
3 East Germany1045
4 Belgium1001
 Italy1001
 Switzerland1001
7 Cuba0303
8 Bulgaria0112
 Great Britain0112
 Mongolia0112
11 Hungary0022
12 Czechoslovakia0011
 Netherlands0011
 Poland0011
 Yugoslavia0011
Totals (15 entries)881632

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Judo at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2018.

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