Judo competition
Men's Open class
at the Games of the XX Olympiad |
---|
Venue | Judo and Wrestling Hall |
---|
Date | 9 September |
---|
Competitors | 26 from 26 nations |
---|
Medalists |
---|
|
|
Men's Open class competition in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany was held at Judo and Wrestling Hall. Wim Ruska was the strong favorite to win a second gold medal, having already won gold in the +93 kg weight class. In a surprise Vitali Kuznetsov threw Ruska defeating him using Te Guruma. Kuznetsov ended up winning the pool allowing Ruska to continue in the repechage. Ruska ended up facing Kuznetsov in the finals where he used a different game plan, using yoko-shiho-gatame to win the match. Ruska retired after the Munich Games being the only judoka to win two gold medals in the same Olympics.[1]
Results
Finals
Repechages
Pool A
Pool B
References
- ^ "Judo at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Open Class". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
External links
- Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics