The lightweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed judokas of up to sixty-eight kilograms. The competition was held on Tuesday, October 20, 1964.[1]
| Men's 68kg at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nippon Budokan | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 20 October | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Twenty-five judokas from eighteen nations competed.
Results
Elimination round
The twenty-five competitors were divided into seven pools of three and one pool of four. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the quarterfinals. Pool D was the only one to require a playoff, which was won by Chang.
Pool A
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paul Maruyama (USA) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Karl Reisinger (AUT) | 1-1 | |
| 3 |  Matthias Schießleder (EUA) | 0-2 |
Pool B
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Takehide Nakatani (JPN) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Brian Jacks (GBR) | 1-1 | |
| 3 |  Udom Ratsamelongkorn (THA) | 0-2 |
Pool C
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oleg Stepanov (URS) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Brian Dalton (AUS) | 1-1 | |
| 3 |  Seo Sang-cheol (KOR) | 0-2 |
Pool D
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Chang Won-ku (ROC) | 2-1 | |
| 2 |  Gaston Lesturgeon (FRA) | 1-2 | |
| 3 |  Bruno Carmeni (ITA) | 1-1 |
Pool E
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Zotter (AUT) | 3-0 | |
| 2 |  René Arredondo Cepeda[2] (MEX) | 1-2 | |
 Oscar Karpenkopf (ARG) | 1-2 | ||
 Vicente Uematsu (PHI) | 1-2 |
Pool F
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Eric Hänni (SUI) | 2-0 | |
| 2 |  Aurelio Chu Yi (PAN) | 1-1 | |
| — | Stefano Gamba (ITA) | 0-2 |
Stefano Gamba did not compete.
Pool G
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Park Cheong-sam (KOR) | 2-0 | |
| 2 | André Bourreau (FRA) | 1-1 | |
| 3 | Ronald Ford (AUS) | 0-2 |
Pool H
| Place | Judoka | Score | Qual. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ārons Bogoļubovs (URS) | 2-0 | |
| 2 | Eiam Harssarungsri (THA) | 1-1 | |
| 3 |  Nguyễn Văn Bình (VIE) | 0-2 |
Knockout rounds
The remaining eight judokas competed in a single elimination bracket. Losers in the quarterfinals were placed 5-8 while both losers in the semifinals won bronze medals.
| Quarterfinals October 20 | Semifinals October 20 | Final October 20 | |||||||||
| Takehide Nakatani (JPN) | De-ashi-barai | ||||||||||
| Paul Maruyama (USA) | 0:24 | Takehide Nakatani (JPN) | Awase-waza | ||||||||
| Oleg Stepanov (URS) | Seukui-nage | Oleg Stepanov (URS) | 4:25 | ||||||||
| Chang Won-Ku (ROC) | 2:10 | Takehide Nakatani (JPN) | Awase-waza | ||||||||
| Eric Hänni (SUI) | Uchi-mata | Eric Hänni (SUI) | 1:15 | ||||||||
| Gerhard Zotter (AUT) | 0:44 | Eric Hänni (SUI) | Kinsa | ||||||||
| Ārons Bogoļubovs (URS) | Waza-ari | Ārons Bogoļubovs (URS) | - | ||||||||
| Park Cheong-Sam (KOR) | - | ||||||||||
Sources
- Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
