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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
1st, gold medalist(s) Willem Ruska  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vitali Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Claude Brondani  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Angelo Parisi  Great Britain
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1st, gold medalist(s) Willem Ruska  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vitali Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Claude Brondani  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Angelo Parisi  Great Britain

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.


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