Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg


The middleweight class was a judo event held as part of the Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics programme. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed judokas of up to eighty kilograms. The competition was held on Wednesday, October 21, 1964.
Twenty-five judokas from twenty nations competed.

Medalists

Results

Elimination round

The twenty-five competitors were divided into seven pools of three and one group of four. Each pool played a round-robin tournament, with the winner of the pool advancing to the quarterfinals.
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.
12-0QQ
21-1
30-2

Pool E
PlaceJudokaScoreQual.
13-0QQ
22-1
31-2
40-3

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

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

Pool H
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.