Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's open category
# Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's open category

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.

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.

## Results

### Pool A

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bechir Kiiari (TUN) | Bechir Kiiari (TUN) | R | | | | | | |
| Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY) | Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY) | IPO | Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY) | Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY) | IPO | | | |
| Juha Salonen (FIN) | Juha Salonen (FIN) | E | Mihai Cioc (ROU) | Mihai Cioc (ROU) | R | | | |
| Mihai Cioc (ROU) | Mihai Cioc (ROU) | IPO | | | | Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY) | Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY) | IPO |
| Clemens Jehle (SUI) | Clemens Jehle (SUI) | E | | | | Xu Guoqing (CHN) | Xu Guoqing (CHN) | R |
| Xu Guoqing (CHN) | Xu Guoqing (CHN) | YUK | Xu Guoqing (CHN) | Xu Guoqing (CHN) | WAZ | | | |
| Fred Blaney (CAN) | Fred Blaney (CAN) | YUS | Fred Blaney (CAN) | Fred Blaney (CAN) | E | | | |
| Dewey Mitchell (USA) | Dewey Mitchell (USA) | E | | | | | | |

### Pool B

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lansana Coly (SEN) | Lansana Coly (SEN) | R | | | | | | |
| Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN) | Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN) | IPO | Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN) | Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN) | IPO | | | |
| Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | YUS | Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | R | | | |
| Paul Radburn (GBR) | Paul Radburn (GBR) | E | | | | Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN) | Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN) | WIP |
| Kolbeinn Gíslason (ISL) | Kolbeinn Gíslason (ISL) | E | | | | Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | R |
| Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | SOG | Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | YUS | | | |
| | | | Kim Gwan-hyeon (KOR) | Kim Gwan-hyeon (KOR) | E | | | |

### Repechages

| Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bechir Kiiari (TUN) | Bechir Kiiari (TUN) | E | | | |
| Mihai Cioc (ROU) | Mihai Cioc (ROU) | IPO | | | |
| | | | Mihai Cioc (ROU) | Mihai Cioc (ROU) | IPO |
| | | | Xu Guoqing (CHN) | Xu Guoqing (CHN) | E |
| Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| Lansana Coly (SEN) | Lansana Coly (SEN) | E | | | |
| Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | IPO | | | |
| | | | Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | Arthur Schnabel (FRG) | YUS |
| | | | Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | Laurent del Colombo (FRA) | E |

### Final

| Final | Final |
| - | - |
| Mohamed Ali Rashwan (EGY) | |
| Yasuhiro Yamashita (JPN) | IPO |

## Final classification

| Rank | Name | Country |
| - | - | - |
| | Yasuhiro Yamashita | Japan |
| | Mohamed Ali Rashwan | Egypt |
| | Mihai Cioc | Romania |
| | Arthur Schnabel | West Germany |
| 5T | Laurent del Colombo | France |
| 5T | Xu Guoqing | China |
| 7T | Lansana Coly | Senegal |
| 7T | Bechir Kiiari | Tunisia |
| 9T | Fred Blaney | Canada |
| 9T | Kim Gwan-hyeon | South Korea |
| 11T | Juha Salonen | Finland |
| 11T | Clemens Jehle | Switzerland |
| 11T | Dewey Mitchell | United States |
| 11T | Paul Radburn | Great Britain |
| 11T | Kolbeinn Gíslason | Iceland |
