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

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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
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1st Willem Ruska  Netherlands
2nd Vitali Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
3rd Jean-Claude Brondani  France
3rd Angelo Parisi  Great Britain
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Judo at the
1972 Summer Olympics

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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.[1]

Results

Finals

Semi-finals Final
  Willem Ruska (NED) 5:02  
  Jean-Claude Brondani (FRA) 3rd  
 
      Willem Ruska (NED) 3:58 1st
    Vitali Kuznetsov (URS) 2nd
  Vitali Kuznetsov (URS) 5:42
  Angelo Parisi (GBR) 3rd  

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  

References

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