Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's open category
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.
Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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Lightweight | men | |
Middleweight | men | |
Heavyweight | men | |
Open | men |
Nine judokas from nine nations competed.
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
Anton Geesink Netherlands |
Akio Kaminaga Japan |
Theodore Boronovskis Australia Klaus Glahn United Team of Germany |
Results
Elimination round
The nine competitors were divided into three pools of three. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the semifinals. The second-place judoka in each group moved on to a relegation pool, in which the three of them played another round-robin with the winner becoming the fourth semifinalist.
Pool A
Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
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1 | Anton Geesink (NED) | 2-0 | |
2 | Akio Kaminaga (JPN) | 1-1 | QR |
3 | David Petherbridge (GBR) | 0-2 |
Pool B
Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
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1 | Theodore Boronovskis (AUS) | 2-0 | |
2 | John Ryan (IRL) | 1-1 | QR |
3 | Ali Hachicha (TUN) | 0-2 |
Pool C
Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
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1 | Klaus Glahn (EUA) | 2-0 | |
2 | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (USA) | 1-1 | |
3 | Thomas Ong (PHI) | 0-2 | QR |
Repechage
Campbell's injury, sustained during his match with Glahn, forced him to retire. Ong took his place in the repechage group. Kaminaga defeated both other judokas to move on to the semifinals.
Repechage pool
Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
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1 | Akio Kaminaga (JPN) | 2-0 | |
2 | John Ryan (IRL) | 1-1 | |
3 | Thomas Ong (PHI) | 0-2 |
Knockout rounds
The remaining four judokas competed in a single elimination bracket. Both losers in the semifinals won bronze medals. Kaminaga, who had advanced through the repechage, defeated Glahn to earn a rematch against Geesink. Geesink, who had defeated the Japanese judoka in the first round, did so again in the final match.
Semifinals October 23 | Final October 23 | ||||||||
1 | Anton Geesink (NED) | Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi | |||||||
4 | Theodore Boronovskis (AUS) | 0:12 | |||||||
Anton Geesink (NED) | Kesa-gatame | ||||||||
Akio Kaminaga (JPN) | 9:22 | ||||||||
3 | Akio Kaminaga (JPN) | Tai-otoshi | |||||||
2 | Klaus Glahn (EUA) | 4:10 | |||||||
Sources
- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.