The men's open category competition in judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles was held on 11 August at the California State University. The gold medal was won by Yasuhiro Yamashita of Japan.[1]
| Men's open category at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | California State University, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 11 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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In his only appearance at the Olympics, four-time world champion Yasuhiro Yamashita tore a right calf muscle in the preliminary match against Arthur Schnabel. This put Yamashita at a huge disadvantage since he executed his throws by pivoting on his right leg. Though he managed to win the match with an Okuri-Eri-Jime, the injury caused him to visibly limp during the semi-final match against Laurent Del Colombo. Yamashita was thrown with an Osoto Gari only 30 seconds into the match, but managed to return an Osoto Gari and won the match with a Yoko-Shiho-Gatame (side four-quarter hold). He played the final match against Mohamed Ali Rashwan of Egypt. Yamashita won the final and the gold medal despite his injury. The match witnessed a remarkable fair play act from Rashwan who did not aim for Yamashita's right leg. Rashwan was even given an award from the International Fairplay Committee.[2]
Results
Pool A
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | ||||||||||||
 Bechir Kiiari (TUN)
| R | |||||||||||||
 Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY)
| IPO | Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY)
| IPO | |||||||||||
 Juha Salonen (FIN)
| E |  Mihai Cioc (ROU)
| R | |||||||||||
| Mihai Cioc (ROU)
| IPO | Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY)
| IPO | |||||||||||
 Clemens Jehle (SUI)
| E |  Xu Guoqing (CHN)
| R | |||||||||||
| Xu Guoqing (CHN)
| YUK | Xu Guoqing (CHN)
| WAZ | |||||||||||
 Fred Blaney (CAN)
| YUS | Fred Blaney (CAN)
| E | |||||||||||
 Dewey Mitchell (USA)
| E | |||||||||||||
Pool B
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | ||||||||||||
 Lansana Coly (SEN)
| R | |||||||||||||
 Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN)
| IPO | Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN)
| IPO | |||||||||||
 Arthur Schnabel (FRG)
| YUS | Arthur Schnabel (FRG)
| R | |||||||||||
 Paul Radburn (GBR)
| E | Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN)
| WIP | |||||||||||
 Kolbeinn Gíslason (ISL)
| E |  Laurent del Colombo (FRA)
| R | |||||||||||
| Laurent del Colombo (FRA)
| SOG | Laurent del Colombo (FRA)
| YUS | |||||||||||
 Kim Gwan-hyeon (KOR)
| E | |||||||||||||
Repechages
| Repechage | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | ||||||||||||
| Bechir Kiiari (TUN)
| E | |||||||||||||
| Mihai Cioc (ROU)
| IPO | |||||||||||||
| Mihai Cioc (ROU)
| IPO 
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| Xu Guoqing (CHN)
| E | |||||||||||||
| Repechage | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | ||||||||||||
| Lansana Coly (SEN)
| E | |||||||||||||
| Arthur Schnabel (FRG)
| IPO | |||||||||||||
| Arthur Schnabel (FRG)
| YUS
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| Laurent del Colombo (FRA)
| E | |||||||||||||
Final
| Final | ||
| Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY)
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| Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN)
| IPO 
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Final classification
References
External links
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