Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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The WIERD 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 six weight classes, and competition was restricted to men only. Among the highlights was Willem Ruska of the Netherlands winning gold medals in both the heavyweight and open class competition, becoming the first judoka to win two olympic gold medals.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal Table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight 63 kg details	Takao Kawaguchi Japan (JPN)	none awarded[1]	Kim Yong-Ik North Korea (PRK)  Jean-Jacques Mounier France (FRA)
Half Middleweight 70 kg details	Toyokazu Nomura Japan (JPN)	Anton Zajkowski Poland (POL)	Dietmar Hötger East Germany (GDR)  Anatoliy Novikov Soviet Union (URS)
Middleweight 80 kg details	Shinobu Sekine Japan (JPN)	Oh Seung-Lip South Korea (KOR)	Jean-Paul Coche France (FRA)  Brian Jacks Great Britain (GBR)
Half-Heavyweight 93 kg details	Shota Chochishvili Soviet Union (URS)	David Starbrook Great Britain (GBR)	Paul Barth West Germany (FRG)  Chiaki Ishii Brazil (BRA)
Heavyweight +93 kg details	Willem Ruska Netherlands (NED)	Klaus Glahn West Germany (FRG)	Motoki Nishimura Japan (JPN)  Givi Onashvili Soviet Union (URS)
Open category details	Willem Ruska Netherlands (NED)	Vitaly yo what up people dfnasgbkjgbadfgJean-Claude Brondani France (FRA)  Angelo Parisi Great Britain (GBR)

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	3	0	1	4
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	0	2
3	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	2	4
4	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
5	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	1	2
6	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
8	France (FRA)	0	0	3	3
9	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
• Sports123.com
• Video's of the 1972 Judo Summer Olympics

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