Men's Open class competition in judo at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich,
West Germany was held at
Judo and Wrestling Hall.
Wim Ruska
Willem "Wim" Ruska (29 August 1940 – 14 February 2015) was a judoka from the Netherlands. He is the first athlete to win two gold medals in Judo in one Olympics – in the heavyweight and absolute categories in 1972.
Judo career
He started ...
was the strong favorite to win a second gold medal, having already won gold in the
+93 kg weight class. In a surprise
Vitali Kuznetsov threw Ruska defeating him using
Te Guruma. Kuznetsov ended up winning the pool allowing Ruska to continue in the repechage. Ruska ended up facing Kuznetsov in the finals where he used a different game plan, using
yoko-shiho-gatame
is one of the seven mat holds, Osaekomi-waza, of Kodokan Judo. In grappling terms, it is categorized as a side control hold.
Technique description to win the match. Ruska retired after the Munich Games being the only
judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
to win two gold medals in the same Olympics.
Results
Finals
Repechages
Pool A
Pool B
References
External links
Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Judo at the Summer Olympics Men's Openweight