Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Dates 26 – 31 July 1976
Medal Events 6

The program was the same as in 1972, with five measured weight classes and an open division, for six events. Since 1972 a number of judo rules had changes, with Britains’ Charles Palmer overseeing the introduction of the koka and yuko scores, and also the penalties of shido and chui. In addition, rules against passivity were to be more strictly enforced. The 1976 judo matches were held on the infield of the Olympic Velodrome, as the judoka moved into the cycling stadium three days after the track cyclists had finished their Olympic events. It was considered a poor venue choice as the spectators were at least 60 metres away from the mats.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Lightweight (≤63 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 July 1976 27 27
Half-Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Men Olympic 29 July 1976 26 26
Middleweight (≤80 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 July 1976 27 27
Half-Heavyweight (≤93 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 July 1976 32 32
Heavyweight (>93 kilograms), Men Olympic 26 July 1976 19 19
Open Class, Men Olympic 31 July 1976 23 23
136 (136/0) 46 (46/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Lightweight, Men Héctor RodríguezCUB Jang Eun-GyeongKOR József Tuncsik
Felice Mariani
HUN
ITA
Half-Middleweight, Men Vladimir NevzorovURS Koji KuramotoJPN Patrick Vial
Marian Tałaj
FRA
POL
Middleweight, Men Isamu SonodaJPN Valery DvoynikovURS Park Yeong-Cheol
Slavko Obadov
KOR
YUG
Half-Heavyweight, Men Kazuhiro NinomiyaJPN Ramaz KharshiladzeURS David Starbrook
Jürg Röthlisberger
GBR
SUI
Heavyweight, Men Sergey NovikovURS Günther NeureutherFRG Sumio Endo
Allen Coage
JPN
USA
Open Class, Men Haruki UemuraJPN Keith RemfryGBR Jo Jae-Gi
Shota Chochishvili
KOR
URS

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 3 1 1 5
Soviet Union URS 2 2 1 5
Cuba CUB 1 0 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 2 3
Great Britain GBR 0 1 1 2
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1
Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1