Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's open category

Men's Open class at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Judo and Wrestling Hall
Date	9 September
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Willem Ruska  Netherlands Vitali Kuznetsov  Soviet Union Jean-Claude Brondani  France Angelo Parisi  Great Britain

Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men
	63 kg
	70 kg
	80 kg
	93 kg
	+93 kg
	Open

Men's Open class competition in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany was held at Judo and Wrestling Hall. Willem Ruska 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 to win the match. Ruska retired after the Munich Games being the only judoka to win two medals in the same Olympics.

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Willem Ruska (NED)	5:02
	Jean-Claude Brondani (FRA)
					Willem Ruska (NED)	3:58
					Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)
	Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)	5:42
	Angelo Parisi (GBR)

Repechages

Repechage

Repechage semifinal

Repechage final

Douglas Rogers (CAN)

0:00

22x20px Luvsansharavyn Rentsendorj (MGL)

E DNS

Douglas Rogers (CAN)

6:00

Tijini Ben Kassow (MAR)

E

Angelo Parisi (GBR)

6:00

Douglas Rogers (CAN)

E

Repechage

Repechage semifinal

Repechage final

Barry Johnson (AUS)

E

Chiaki Ishii (BRA)

1:09

Willem Ruska (NED)

4:45

Chiaki Ishii (BRA)

R

Willem Ruska (NED)

6:00

Klaus Glahn (FRG)

E

Pool A

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Petr Jáekl (TCH)

0:00

22x20px Kim Euy-Tae (KOR)

E DNS

Petr Jáekl (TCH)

E

Angelo Parisi (GBR)

6:00

Angelo Parisi (GBR)

6:00

Klaus Hennig (GDR)

E

Angelo Parisi (GBR)

6:00

Johnny Watts (USA)

0:44

Johnny Watts (USA)

E

Abdoulaye Djiba (SEN)

E

Johnny Watts (USA)

3:17

Pavle Bajčetić (YUG)

5:31

Pavle Bajčetić (YUG)

E

Juang Jen-Wuh (ROC)

E

Angelo Parisi (GBR)

R

Jean-Claude Brondani (FRA)

6:00

Jean-Claude Brondani (FRA)

3:10

Douglas Rogers (CAN)

R

Jean-Claude Brondani (FRA)

0:47

Johann Pollak (AUT)

E

22x20px Luvsansharavyn Rentsendorj (MGL)

R

22x20px Luvsansharavyn Rentsendorj (MGL)

6:00

Jean-Claude Brondani (FRA)

2:28

Juan Marin (PUR)

E DNS

Tijini Ben Kassow (MAR)

R

Tijini Ben Kassow (MAR)

0:00

Tijini Ben Kassow (MAR)

6:00

Matthew Folan (IRL)

0:00

Matthew Folan (IRL)

E

BYE

Pool B

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Ibrahin Cepro (CUB)

E DNS

22x20px Fernando García (PHI)

0:00

22x20px Fernando García (PHI)

E

Willem Ruska (NED)

2:46

Willem Ruska (NED)

2:23

Ulrich Falk (SUI)

E

Willem Ruska (NED)

R

Barry Johnson (AUS)

R

Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)

6:00

Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)

4:46

Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)

2:49

Chiaki Ishii (BRA)

0:00

Chiaki Ishii (BRA)

R

BYE

Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)

5:04

Mihály Petrovszky (HUN)

6:00

Klaus Glahn (FRG)

R

Epigmenio Exiga (MEX)

E

Mihály Petrovszky (HUN)

E

Klaus Glahn (FRG)

1:53

Klaus Glahn (FRG)

3:43

Pierre Smets (BEL)

E

Klaus Glahn (FRG)

6:00

22x20px Santiago Ojeda Perez (ESP)

E

Masatoshi Shinomaki (JPN)

E

Masatoshi Shinomaki (JPN)

6:00

Masatoshi Shinomaki (JPN)

1:39

Antonio Gallina (ARG)

0:00

Antonio Gallina (ARG)

E

BYE

External links

• Official reports of the 1972 Summer Olympics