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Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

The Judo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the return of the sport following it's absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Medals were awarded in 6 classes, and competition was restricted to men only.

Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	0	1	4
2	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
3	USSR	1	1	2	4
4	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
5	West Germany	0	1	1	2
6=	Poland	0	1	0	1
6=	South Korea	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	3	3
9=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
9=	East Germany	0	0	1	1
9=	North Korea	0	0	1	1

Under 63kg

Gold: Silver: Bronze:

Takao Kawaguchi, JPN	none (1)	Kim Yong-Ik, PRK Jean-Jacques Mounier, FRA

(1) The silver medal was originaly awarded to Bakaava Buidaa of Mongolia, who was disqualified due to doping.

Under 70kg

Gold: Silver: Bronze:

Toyokazu Nomura, JPN	Anton Zajkowski, POL	Dietmar Hötger, GDR Shinobu Sekine, JPN	Oh Seung-Lip, KOR	Jean-Paul Coche, FRA Shota Chochoshvili, URS	David Starbrook, GBR	Paul Barth, FRG Willem Ruska, NED	Klaus Glahn, FRG	Motoki Nishimura, JPN Willem Ruska, NED	Vitaliy Kuznetsov, USR	Jean-Claude Brondani, FRA Judo at the Summer Olympics
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