1967 World Judo Championships
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The 1967 World Judo Championships were the 5th edition of the World Judo Championships
World Judo Championships
The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...

, and were held in Salt Lake City, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 from August 9–11 1967.

Men

-63 kg   Takafumi Shigeoka   Hirofumi Matsuda
Hirofumi Matsuda
is a Japanese judoka and world champion. He received a gold medal in the lightweight class at the 1965 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro, and a silver medal at the 1967 World Judo Championships in Salt Lake City.-References:...

  Kim Byung-Sik 
  Sergei Susulin
-70 kg   Hiroshi Minatoya
Hiroshi Minatoya
is a retired Japanese judoka.He was born in Fukuno, Toyama and began judo at the age of 5.After graduating from Tenri University, Minatoya coached judo at the dojo wichi Anton Geesink managed in Netherlands....

  Park Keil-Soon   Takehide Nakatani
Takehide Nakatani
is a retired judoka who won the first gold medal ever awarded in judo at the Summer Olympics as the Japanese competitor in the lightweight division.-Biography:...

 
  Park Chung-Sam
-80 kg   Eiji Maruki   Martin Poglajen   Shinichi Enshu 
  Brian Jacks
Brian Jacks
Brian Jacks is a British judoka who won Britain's first medal at a world championship, taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967, and gained a second bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics.-Superstars:...

-93 kg   Nobuyuki Sato   Osamu Sato   Ernst Eugster 
  Peter Hermann
+93 kg   Wim Ruska
Wim Ruska
Willem Ruska is a retired judoka from the Netherlands.During his career in the 1960s and 1970s he won seven European titles, five in the +93kg category and two in the open category . He furthermore won two world titles and two Olympic titles...

  Nobuyuki Maejima   Anzor Kiknadze
Anzor Kiknadze
Anzor Kiknadze was a Georgian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics.He was born in Badiauri, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and died in Tbilisi.In 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight class....

 
  Takeshi Matsuzaka
Open   Mitsuo Matsunaga   Klaus Glahn
Klaus Glahn
Klaus Glahn is a former West German judoka who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he won the bronze medal in the open class while representing the United Team of Germany....

  Peter Hermann 
  Masatoshi Shinomaki

Medals table

1  Japan 5 3 4 12
2  Netherlands 1 1 1 3
3  Germany 0 1 2 3
 South Korea 0 1 2 3
5  Soviet Union 0 0 2 2
6  United Kingdom 0 0 1 1
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