The Judo competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics was the return of the sport following its absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Medals were awarded in 6 classes, and competition was restricted to men only.

Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics medal count
Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	0	1	4
2	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
3	USSR	1	1	2	4
4	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
5	West Germany	0	1	1	2
6=	Poland	0	1	0	1
6=	South Korea	0	1	0	1
8	France	0	0	3	3
9=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
9=	East Germany	0	0	1	1
9=	North Korea	0	0	1	1

Under 63kg

Takao Kawaguchi , JPN	none (1)	Kim Yong-Ik , PRK Jean-Jacques Mounier , FRA

(1) The silver medal was originally awarded to Bakaava Buidaa of Mongolia, who was disqualified due to doping.

Under 70kg

Toyokazu Nomura , JPN	Anton Zajkowski , POL	Dietmar Hötger , GDR Anatoliy Novikov , URS

Under 80kg

Shinobu Sekine , JPN	Oh Seung-Lip , KOR	Jean-Paul Coche , FRA Brian Jacks , GBR

Under 93kg

Shota Chochoshvili , URS	David Starbrook , GBR	Paul Barth , FRG Chiaki Ishii , BRA

Over 93kg

Willem Ruska , NED	Klaus Glahn , FRG	Motoki Nishimura , JPN Givi Onashvili , URS

Open weight

Willem Ruska , NED	Vitaliy Kuznetsov , USR	Jean-Claude Brondani , FRA Angelo Parisi , GBR

References

• Sports123.com