Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The Judo competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. With the open division, there were eight competitions, which were restricted to male judoka. Japan returned to the top of the medal count, after boycotting the Moscow games. Because of the Soviet led counter-boycott of the Los Angeles games, several traditionally strong judo countries, including Cuba and the Soviet Union, did not participate. The Judo competition was held at California State University, Los Angeles.
Austrian Peter Seisenbacher in the 86 kg class won the gold medal, as did Hitoshi Saito of Japan in the over 95 kg class, feats they would repeat in 1988, becoming the first judoka to win gold at two Olympics.
Popular pro wrestler/judoka Chris Adams appeared as an advisor to the UK Judo squad, where his brother Neil Adams won a silver medal in the 78 kg class. It was the third and final Olympics the Adams brothers were involved in, competitor or otherwise.
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Medal summary
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Extra Lightweight 60 kg |
Shinji Hosokawa![]() |
Kim Jae-yup![]() |
Neil Eckersley![]() Edward Liddie ![]() |
Half Lightweight 65 kg |
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka![]() |
Hwang Jung-oh![]() |
Marc Alexandre![]() Josef Reiter ![]() |
Lightweight 71 kg |
Ahn Byeong-keun![]() |
Ezio Gamba![]() |
Kerrith Brown![]() Luis Onmura ![]() |
Half Middleweight 78 kg |
Frank Wieneke![]() |
Neil Adams![]() |
Mircea Frăţică![]() Michel Nowak ![]() |
Middleweight 86 kg |
Peter Seisenbacher![]() |
Robert Berland![]() |
Walter Carmona![]() Seiki Nose ![]() |
Half Heavyweight 95 kg |
Ha Hyung-joo![]() |
Douglas Vieira![]() |
Bjarni Friðriksson![]() Günther Neureuther ![]() |
Heavyweight +95 kg |
Hitoshi Saito![]() |
Angelo Parisi![]() |
Mark Berger![]() Cho Yong-chul ![]() |
Open category |
Yasuhiro Yamashita![]() |
Mohamed Ali Rashwan![]() |
Mihai Cioc![]() Arthur Schnabel ![]() |
Medal table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
See also
External links
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- Sports123.com
- Videos of the 1984 Judo Summer Olympics
- Sports123.com
- 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games Judo Event Magazine