Judo at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Nippon Budokan
Competitors	72 from 27 nations
1972 →

Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Lightweight	men
Middleweight	men
Heavyweight	men
Open	men
v t e

The judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games.^[1] As a result, decades of judo being banned in the Soviet Union ended shortly before in order to gain medals.^[2] They were awarded in 4 classes, and competition was restricted to men only. The competition was held in the Nippon Budokan, which was built to host the competition.

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lightweight 68 kg details	Takehide Nakatani  Japan	Eric Hänni  Switzerland	Ārons Bogoļubovs  Soviet Union
			Oleg Stepanov  Soviet Union
Middleweight 80 kg details	Isao Okano  Japan	Wolfgang Hofmann  United Team of Germany	James Bregman  United States
			Kim Eui-tae  South Korea
Heavyweight +80 kg details	Isao Inokuma  Japan	Doug Rogers  Canada	Parnaoz Chikviladze  Soviet Union
			Anzor Kiknadze  Soviet Union
Open category details	Anton Geesink  Netherlands	Akio Kaminaga  Japan	Theodore Boronovskis  Australia
			Klaus Glahn  United Team of Germany

Participating nations

A total of 72 judoka from twenty-seven nations competed at the Tokyo Games:^[1]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	1	0	4
2	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
3	United Team of Germany	0	1	1	2
4	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
6	Soviet Union	0	0	4	4
7	Australia	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (9 entries)		4	4	8	16