Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's open category

Left to right: Akio Kaminaga, Anton Geesink, Ted Boronovskis and Klaus Glahn

The open category was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class allowed judokas of any weight. The competition was held on Friday, October 23, 1964.

Nine judokas from nine nations competed. The final is featured in the Kon Ichikawa film, Tokyo Olympiad.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Anton Geesink  Netherlands	Akio Kaminaga  Japan	Theodore Boronovskis  Australia Klaus Glahn  United Team of Germany

Results

Elimination round

The nine competitors were split into three pools of three. Each pool held a round-robin tournament, with the top competitor from each pool advancing to the semifinals. The second-place judoka from each pool progressed to a relegation pool, where they competed in another round-robin. The winner of this pool then secured the fourth spot in the semifinals.

Pool A

Place	Judoka	Score	Qual.
1	Anton Geesink (NED)	2–0	QQ
2	Akio Kaminaga (JPN)	1–1	QR
3	David Petherbridge (GBR)	0–2

Pool B

Place	Judoka	Score	Qual.
1	Theodore Boronovskis (AUS)	2–0	QQ
2	John Ryan (IRL)	1–1	QR
3	Ali Hachicha (TUN)	0–2

Pool C

Place	Judoka	Score	Qual.
1	Klaus Glahn (EUA)	2–0	QQ
2	Ben Nighthorse Campbell (USA)	1–1
3	Thomas Ong (PHI)	0–2	QR

Repechage

Campbell's injury, sustained during his match with Glahn, forced him to retire. Ong took his place in the repechage group. Kaminaga defeated both other judokas to move on to the semifinals.

Repechage pool

Place	Judoka	Score	Qual.
1	Akio Kaminaga (JPN)	2–0	QQ
2	John Ryan (IRL)	1–1
3	Thomas Ong (PHI)	0–2

Knockout rounds

The remaining four judokas competed in a single elimination bracket. Both losers in the semifinals won bronze medals. Kaminaga, who had advanced through the repechage, defeated Glahn to earn a rematch against Geesink. Geesink, who had defeated the Japanese judoka in the first round, did so again in the final match.

	Semifinals October 23					Final October 23
	1	Anton Geesink (NED)	Sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi
	4	Theodore Boronovskis (AUS)	0:12
						Anton Geesink (NED)		Kesa-gatame
						Akio Kaminaga (JPN)		9:22
	3	Akio Kaminaga (JPN)	Tai-otoshi
	2	Klaus Glahn (EUA)	4:10

Noted participants

Campbell would go on to serve in the United States Senate.

Sources

• Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.

External links

• judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – men's open category at Olympedia