Judo at theGames of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue	Eagle's Nest Arena
Location	Los Angeles,California, United States
Dates	4–11 August 1984
Competitors	211 from 61 nations
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • JudoInside
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Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Men
	60 kg
	65 kg
	71 kg
	78 kg
	86 kg
	95 kg
	+95 kg
	Open
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TheJudo competition at the1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the1980 Games. With the open division, there were eight competitions. Powerhouse Japan returned to the top of the medal count after eight years, having boycotted the Moscow games. Because of the Soviet-led 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.^[1]

AustrianPeter 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.

In the open division, four-time world championYasuhiro Yamashita tore a right calf muscle in the preliminary match againstArthur Schnabel. This put Yamashita at a huge disadvantage since he executed his throws by pivoting on his right leg. Though he managed to win the match with anOkuri-Eri-Jime, the injury caused him to visibly limp during the semi-final match againstLaurent Del Colombo. Yamashita was thrown with anOsoto Gari only 30 seconds into the match, but managed to return an Osoto Gari and won the match with aYoko-Shiho-Gatame (side four-quarter hold). He played the final match againstMohamed Ali Rashwan of Egypt. Yamashita won the final and the gold medal despite his injury. The match witnessed a remarkable fair play act from Rashwan who did not aim for Yamashita's right leg. Rashwan was even given an award from the International Fairplay Committee.^[2]

Popular pro wrestler/judokaChris Adams appeared as an advisor to the UK Judo squad, where his brotherNeil 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.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra Lightweight 60 kg details	Shinji Hosokawa  Japan	Kim Jae-yup  South Korea	Neil Eckersley  Great Britain Edward Liddie  United States
Half Lightweight 65 kg details	Yoshiyuki Matsuoka  Japan	Hwang Jung-oh  South Korea	Marc Alexandre  France Josef Reiter  Austria
Lightweight 71 kg details	Ahn Byeong-keun  South Korea	Ezio Gamba  Italy	Kerrith Brown  Great Britain Luiz Onmura  Brazil
Half Middleweight 78 kg details	Frank Wieneke  West Germany	Neil Adams  Great Britain	Mircea Frăţică  Romania Michel Nowak  France
Middleweight 86 kg details	Peter Seisenbacher  Austria	Robert Berland  United States	Walter Carmona  Brazil Seiki Nose  Japan
Half Heavyweight 95 kg details	Ha Hyung-joo  South Korea	Douglas Vieira  Brazil	Bjarni Friðriksson  Iceland Günther Neureuther  West Germany
Heavyweight +95 kg details	Hitoshi Saito  Japan	Angelo Parisi  France	Mark Berger  Canada Cho Yong-chul  South Korea
Open category details	Yasuhiro Yamashita  Japan	Mohamed Ali Rashwan  Egypt	Mihai Cioc  Romania Arthur Schnabel  West Germany

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	4	0	1	5
2	South Korea	2	2	1	5
3	West Germany	1	0	2	3
4	Austria	1	0	1	2
5	Brazil	0	1	2	3
	France	0	1	2	3
	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
8	United States	0	1	1	2
9	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
11	Romania	0	0	2	2
12	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		8	8	16	32

• Judo at the Friendship Games

• judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics at theInternational Judo Federation
• judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com
• "Olympic Medal Winners".International Olympic Committee. Retrieved20 February 2008.
• Sports123.com
• Videos of the 1984 Judo Summer Olympics
• Sports123.com
• 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games Judo Event Magazine
• Egyptian judoka refused to attack his opponent's clearly injured right leg

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