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.[1]

Judo at the
1964 Summer Olympics
Lightweightmen
Middleweightmen
Heavyweightmen
Openmen
Left to right: Akio Kaminaga, Anton Geesink, Ted Boronovskis and Klaus Glahn

Nine judokas from nine nations competed. The final is featured in the Kon Ichikawa film, Tokyo Olympiad.

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

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1 Anton Geesink (NED)2–0QQ
2 Akio Kaminaga (JPN)1–1QR
3 David Petherbridge (GBR)0–2

Pool B

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1 Theodore Boronovskis (AUS)2–0QQ
2 John Ryan (IRL)1–1QR
3 Ali Hachicha (TUN)0–2

Pool C

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1 Klaus Glahn (EUA)2–0QQ
2 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (USA)1–1
3 Thomas Ong (PHI)0–2QR

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

PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
1 Akio Kaminaga (JPN)2–0QQ
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

Noted Participants

Campbell would go on to serve in the United States Senate.

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

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