- Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
The
Judo competition at the1984 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 theLos Angeles games, several traditionally strong judo countries, includingCuba and theSoviet Union , did not participate. The Judo competition was held atCalifornia State University, Los Angeles .Austrian
Peter Seisenbacher in the 86 kg class won the gold medal, as didHitoshi 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.
Medal summary
Participating nations
Medal Table
References
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* [http://sports123.com/jud/index.html Sports123.com]
* [http://www.judo-snijders.nl/video-judo-wedstrijd-olympisch/video-olympic-judo-1984-los-angeles.html Video's of the 1984 Judo Summer Olympics]
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