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The Judo competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. meaning "gentle way" is a modern Japanese martial art ( Gendai budō) and Combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, The Judo competition at the 1980 Summer Olympics was the first time that the medal count was not dominated by Japan, as the country joined the boycott 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 the Los Angeles games, several traditionally strong judo countries, including Cuba and the Soviet Union, did not participate. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Judo competition was held at California State University, Los Angeles. California State University Los Angeles (also known as Cal State L

Austrian Peter Seisenbacher in the 86 kg class won the gold medal, as did Hitoshi 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. Peter Seisenbacher (born March 25, 1960 in Vienna) is one of the most successful Judo practitioners and participants of the Olympic is a retired Judoka who won two consecutive gold medals at the Olympic games

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. This article is about the Wrestler, for the Cricketer, see Christopher Adams (cricketer Christopher Adams ( February 10 Neil Adrian Adams, MBE (born in Rugby Warwickshire on September 27, 1958) is a British Judoka who won numerous Olympic and Judo It was the third and final Olympics the Adams brothers were involved in, competitor or otherwise.

Judo

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Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Extra Lightweight
60 kg
details
Japan Shinji Hosokawa
Japan (JPN)
South Korea Kim Jae-Yup
South Korea (KOR)
Great Britain Neil Eckersley
Great Britain (GBR)
United States Edward Liddie
United States (USA)
Half Lightweight
65 kg
details
Japan Yoshiyuki Matsuoka
Japan (JPN)
South Korea Hwang Jung-Oh
South Korea (KOR)
France Marc Alexandre
France (FRA)
Austria Josef Reiter
Austria (AUT)
Lightweight
71 kg
details
South Korea Ahn Byeong-Keun
South Korea (KOR)
Italy Ezio Gamba
Italy (ITA)
Great Britain Kerrith Brown
Great Britain (GBR)
Brazil Luis Onmura
Brazil (BRA)
Half Middleweight
78 kg
details
West Germany Frank Wieneke
West Germany (FRG)
Great Britain Neil Adams
Great Britain (GBR)
Romania Mircea Frăţică
Romania (ROM)
France Michel Nowak
France (FRA)
Middleweight
86 kg
details
Austria Peter Seisenbacher
Austria (AUT)
United States Robert Berland
United States (USA)
Brazil Walter Carmona
Brazil (BRA)
Japan Seiki Nose
Japan (JPN)
Half Heavyweight
95 kg
details
South Korea Ha Hyoung-Zoo
South Korea (KOR)
Brazil Douglas Vieira
Brazil (BRA)
Iceland Bjarni Friðriksson
Iceland (ISL)
West Germany Günther Neureuther
West Germany (FRG)
Heavyweight
+95 kg
details
Japan Hitoshi Saito
Japan (JPN)
France Angelo Parisi
France (FRA)
Canada Mark Berger
Canada (CAN)
South Korea Cho Yong-Chul
South Korea (KOR)
Open category
details
Japan Yasuhiro Yamashita
Japan (JPN)
Egypt Mohamed Ali Rashwan
Egypt (EGY)
Romania Mihai Cioc
Romania (ROM)
West Germany Arthur Schnabel
West Germany (FRG)

Participating nations

Medal Table

 Rank NationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Japan Japan (JPN)4015
2South Korea South Korea (KOR)2215
3West Germany West Germany (FRG)1023
4Austria Austria (AUT)1012
5Brazil Brazil (BRA)0123
France France (FRA)0123
Great Britain Great Britain (GBR)0123
8United States United States (USA)0112
9Egypt Egypt (EGY)0101
Italy Italy (ITA)0101
11Romania Romania (ROM)0022
12Canada Canada (CAN)0011
Iceland Iceland (ISL)0011

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