| Event: | Men's open category |
| Games: | 1976 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Velodrome |
| Date: | 31 July |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 23 |
| Gold: | Haruki Uemura |
| Goldnoc: | JPN |
| Silver: | Keith Remfry |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronze: | Shota Chochishvili |
| Bronzenoc: | URS |
| Bronze2: | Jo Jae-gi |
| Bronzenoc2: | KOR |
The men's open category competition in judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 31 July at the Olympic Velodrome. The gold medal was won by Haruki Uemura of Japan.[1]
| Rank | Name | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5T | Jorge Portelli | ||
| 5T | Jean-Luc Rougé | ||
| 7T | Pak Jong-gil | ||
| 7T | Günther Neureuther | ||
| 9T | Vladimír Novák | ||
| 9T | Klaus Wallas | ||
| 11T | Jimmy Wooley | ||
| 11T | Radomir Kovacevic | ||
| 11T | Imre Varga | ||
| 11T | José Ibañez | ||
| 11T | Johan Schåltz | ||
| 16T | Hans-Jakob Schädler | ||
| 16T | Tom Greenway | ||
| 16T | Markku Airio | ||
| 16T | José Chandri | ||
| 16T | Waldemar Zausz | ||
| 16T | Dietmar Lorenz | ||
| 16T | José Cornavaca | ||
| 16T | Abdoulaye Djiba |