In the Judo event at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the U.S. earned only silver and bronze medals.
Nation Japan Netherlands Soviet Union Great Britain West Germany Poland South Korea France Brazil East Germany North Korea 
Takao Kawaguchi
Japan vacant Kim Yong-ik
North Korea Jean-Jacques Mounier
France Toyokazu Nomura
Japan Anton Zajkowski
Poland Dietmar Hotger
East Germany Anatoliy Novikov
Soviet Union Shinobu Sekine
Japan Oh Seung-lip
South Korea Jean-Paul Coche
France Brian Jacks
Great Britain Shota Chochishvili
Soviet Union David Starbrook
Great Britain Paul Barth
West Germany Chiaki Ishii
Brazil Wim Ruska
Netherlands Klaus Glahn
West Germany Motoki Nishimura
Japan Givi Onashvili
Soviet Union Wim Ruska
Netherlands Vitali Kuznetsov
Soviet Union Jean-Claude Brondani
France Angelo Parisi
Great Britain 
