Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's open category explained

Event:Men's open category
Games:1984 Summer
Venue:California State University, Los Angeles
Date:11 August
Competitors:15
Nations:15
Gold:Yasuhiro Yamashita
Goldnoc:JPN
Silver:Mohamed Ali Rashwan
Silvernoc:EGY
Bronze:Mihai Cioc
Bronzenoc:ROU
Bronze2:Arthur Schnabel
Bronzenoc2:FRG
Prev:1980

The men's open category competition in judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles was held on 11 August at the California State University. The gold medal was won by Yasuhiro Yamashita of Japan.[1]

In his only appearance at the Olympics, four-time world champion Yasuhiro Yamashita tore a right calf muscle in the preliminary match against Arthur Schnabel. This put Yamashita at a huge disadvantage since he executed his throws by pivoting on his right leg. Though he managed to win the match with an Okuri-Eri-Jime, the injury caused him to visibly limp during the semi-final match against Laurent Del Colombo. Yamashita was thrown with an Osoto Gari only 30 seconds into the match, but managed to return an Osoto Gari and won the match with a Yoko-Shiho-Gatame (side four-quarter hold). He played the final match against Mohamed Ali Rashwan of Egypt. Yamashita won the final and the gold medal despite his injury. The match witnessed a remarkable fair play act from Rashwan who did not aim for Yamashita's right leg. Rashwan was even given an award from the International Fairplay Committee.[2]

Results

Final

Final classification

Rank Name Country
5T Laurent del Colombo
5T Xu Guoqing
7T Lansana Coly
7T Bechir Kiiari
9T Fred Blaney
9T Kim Gwan-hyeon
11T Juha Salonen
11T Clemens Jehle
11T Dewey Mitchell
11T Paul Radburn
11T Kolbeinn Gíslason

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judo at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Open Class . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050113/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/JUD/mens-open-class.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 23 May 2018 . Sports Reference.
  2. Web site: International Fairplay Committee - Mohamed Ali Rashwan . 21 January 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071010143658/http://www.fairplayinternational.org/winners_item.php?id=156 . 10 October 2007.