Men's Open class competition in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany was held at Judo and Wrestling Hall. Wim 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 gold medals in the same Olympics.[1]

Quick Facts Men's Open class at the Games of the XX Olympiad, Venue ...
Men's Open class
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueJudo and Wrestling Hall
Date9 September
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wim Ruska  Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vitali Kuznetsov  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Claude Brondani  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Angelo Parisi  Great Britain
 1964
1976 
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Results

Finals

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Wim Ruska (NED)5:02
 
 
 
 Jean-Claude Brondani (FRA)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 
 Wim Ruska (NED)3:58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
 
 
 
 Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 
 Vitali Kuznetsov (URS)5:42
 
 
 Angelo Parisi (GBR)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
 

Repechages

Repechage Repechage semifinal Repechage final
 Douglas Rogers (CAN) 0:00
 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  Wim Ruska (NED) 4:45
 Chiaki Ishii (BRA) R
 Wim Ruska (NED) 6:00
 Klaus Glahn (FRG) E

Pool A

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal
 Petr Jáekl (TCH) 0:00
 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  Luvsansharavyn Rentsendorj (MGL) R
 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
 Fernando García (PHI) 0:00  Fernando García (PHI) E
 Wim Ruska (NED) 2:46  Wim Ruska (NED) 2:23
 Ulrich Falk (SUI) E  Wim 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
 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

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