Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 68 kg


The lightweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed judokas of up to sixty-eight kilograms. The competition was held on Tuesday, October 20, 1964.
Twenty-five judokas from eighteen nations competed.

Results

Elimination round

The twenty-five competitors were divided into seven pools of three and one pool of four. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the quarterfinals. Pool D was the only one to require a playoff, which was won by Chang.
Pool A
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
12-0QQ
21-1
30-2

Pool B
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
12-0QQ
21-1
30-2

Pool C
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
12-0QQ
21-1
30-2

Pool D
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
12-1QQ
21-2
31-1

Pool E
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
13-0QQ
21-2
21-2
21-2

Pool F
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
12-0QQ
21-1
—0-2

Stefano Gamba did not compete.
Pool G
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
12-0QQ
21-1
30-2

Group 8
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
12-0QQ
21-1
30-2

Knockout rounds

The remaining eight judokas competed in a single elimination bracket. Losers in the quarterfinals were placed 5-8 while both losers in the semifinals won bronze medals.