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.
Contents
Twenty-five judokas from twenty nations competed.
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
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
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.
References
Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA