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The 1983 World Judo Championships were the 13th 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 Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

from October 13–16 1983.

Men

-60 kg	Khazret Tletseri	Tamas Bujko Tamás Bujkó Tamás Bujkó was a Hungarian judo competitor who competed at World Championship and Olympic levels.-Career:Bujkó competed at the 1983 World Judo Championships , the 1985 World Judo Championships , and the 1987 World Judo Championships...	Kenichi Haraguchi Klaus-Peter Stolberg
-65 kg	Nikolai Solodukhin Nikolai Solodukhin Nikolai Ivanovich Solodukhin is a Russian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics.He was born in Kursk Oblast.In 1980 he won the gold medal in the half lightweight class.-External links:*...	Yoshiyuki Matsuoka Yoshiyuki Matsuoka is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division , after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage learned from Shozo Fujii, 4...	Janusz Pawłowski Janusz Pawłowski Janusz Pawłowski is a retired male judoka from Poland, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight division after being defeated in the final by South Korea's eventual gold medalist Lee Kyung-Keun... Sandro Rosati
-71 kg	Hidetoshi Nakanishi Hidetoshi Nakanishi is a Japanese judoka. He was former world champion of Lightweight category.He is from Umi, Fukuoka. He began judo at the age of a 4th grader...	Ezio Gamba Ezio Gamba Ezio Gamba is a retired judoka from Italy, who represented his native country at four consecutive Summer Olympics...	Tamaz Namgalauri Steffen Stranz Steffen Stranz Steffen Stranz is a retired male judoka from Germany, who twice competed for West Germany at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988....
-78 kg	Nobutoshi Hikage Nobutoshi Hikage is a Japanese judoka. He was two times world champion of Half-middleweight category.He is from Miyako, Iwate. He began judo at the age of a 6th grader. After graduation from Kokushikan University, He belonged to Iwate Prefectural Police....	Neil Adams	Mircea Fratica Mircea Fratica Mircea Frăţică is a retired Romanian judoka. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's Half Middleweight category. together with Michel Nowak of France. Frăţică also won the European Championship as well as a bronze medal at the 1983 World Championship.- References :... Shota Khabarelli
-86 kg	Detlef Ultsch Detlef Ultsch Detlef Ultsch is a former East German judoka.He was born in Sonneberg/Thuringia. He is the first German judo world champion and became a double world middleweight champion 1979 in Paris and 1983 in Moscow....	Fabien Canu	Robert Berland Robert Berland Robert "Bobby" Berland is an American judoka who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.Berland is Jewish. In 1984 he won the silver in the under 86 kg division... Seiki Nose
-95 kg	Andreas Preschel Andreas Preschel Andreas Preschel is a German athlete who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo. He won the World Championships, in 1983. -References:...	Valeri Divisenko	Gunther Neureuther Robert van de Walle Robert Van De Walle Robert Van de Walle is a Belgian judoka. He was the first judoka to ever compete at five Olympics.He was born in Ostend....
+95 kg	Yasuhiro Yamashita Yasuhiro Yamashita is one of the most successful judo competitors of all time. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the...	Willy Wilhelm	Mihail Cioc Henry Stohr Henry Stöhr Henry Stöhr is an East German judoka, who competed for the SC Dynamo Hoppegarten/ Sportvereinigung Dynamo.He was born in Reichenbach.Stöhr won medals at international competitions included over 15 national titles....
Open	Hitoshi Saito Hitoshi Saito is a retired judoka who won two consecutive gold medals at the Olympic games.-Biography:Saito began judo in junior-high school, and in 1974, he was scouted to transfer to the Kokushikan junior-high school, located in Setagaya, Tokyo. He continued to practice judo at the Kokushikan high school, and...	Vladimir Kocman	Andras Ozsvar Robert van de Walle Robert Van De Walle Robert Van de Walle is a Belgian judoka. He was the first judoka to ever compete at five Olympics.He was born in Ostend....

Medals table

1	Japan	4	1	2	7
2	Soviet Union	2	1	2	5
3	German Democratic Republic	2	0	1	3
4	Italy	0	1	1	2
4	Hungary	0	1	1	2
6	France	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	United Kingdom	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
10	Germany	0	0	3	3
11	Belgium	0	0	2	2
11	Romania	0	0	2	2
13	United States	0	0	1	1
13	Poland	0	0	1	1

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