1961 World Judo Championships Explained

Competition:	1961 Men's World Judo Championships
Dates:	2–3 December 1961^[1]
Location:	Paris, France^[2]

The 1961 World Judo Championships were the 3rd edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Paris, France on 2 December 1961. The 1961 tournament was notable for Anton Geesink for being the first non-Japanese judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championship.^[3]

Medal overview

Men

Open

Anton Geesink

Koji Sone^[4]

Kim Ui-Tae Takeshi Koga

Medal table

External links

• Video footage of the 1961 World Judo Championship retrieved 15 December 2013

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Championships Paris 1961 / IJF.org. www.ijf.org.
2. Web site: How Anton Geesink changed judo forever. CNN.
3. Psychology of the Winner. Black Belt. Hayward. Nishioka. December 25, 1970. Active Interest Media, Inc.. Google Books.
4. Web site: Anton Geesink obituary. Nichols, Peter. September 6, 2010. the Guardian.