Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Definition

The Judo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the return of the sport following its absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Medals were awarded in 6 classes, and competition was restricted to men only.

Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	0	1	4
2	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
3	USSR	1	1	2	4
4	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
5	West Germany	0	1	1	2
6=	Poland	0	1	0	1
6=	South Korea	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	3	3
9=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
9=	East Germany	0	0	1	1
9=	North Korea	0	0	1	1

Under 63kg

Takao Kawaguchi, JPN	none (1)	Kim Yong-Ik, PRK Jean-Jacques Mounier, FRA

(1) The silver medal was originally awarded to Bakaava Buidaa of Mongolia, who was disqualified due to doping.

Under 70kg

Toyokazu Nomura, JPN	Anton Zajkowski, POL	Dietmar Hötger, GDR Anatoliy Novikov, URS

Under 80kg

Shinobu Sekine, JPN	Oh Seung-Lip, KOR	Jean-Paul Coche, FRA Brian Jacks, GBR

Under 93kg

Shota Chochoshvili, URS	David Starbrook, GBR	Paul Barth, FRG Chiaki Ishii, BRA

Over 93kg

Willem Ruska, NED	Klaus Glahn, FRG	Motoki Nishimura, JPN Givi Onashvili, URS

Open weight

Willem Ruska, NED	Vitaliy Kuznetsov, USR	Jean-Claude Brondani, FRA Angelo Parisi, GBR

References

• Sports123.com (http://sports123.com/jud/index.html)