1.
LS SIGNBOARD (PAN) GYMNASIUM
5 ft

2.
CU SIGN
6 1/2 ft

3.
LS ENTERIC GYMNASIUM
10 ft

4.
MS START OF ONE MATCH
16 ft

5.
MS SPECTATORS
17 ft

6.
LS SAME MATCH
25 ft

7.
MS SPECTATORS
26 1/2 ft

8.
LS ANOTHER MATCH
31 ft

9.
CU FOREIGN SPECTATOR
32 ft

10.
MS MATCH BETWEEN OLYMPIC HOPEFULS (THREE SHOTS)
46 ft

11.
MS REFEREE
47 ft

12.
LS (PAN) SEMI-FINAL NIGHT
52 ft

13.
MLS MATCH BETWEEN INOKUMA AND SAKAGUCHI (THREE SHOTS)
71 1/2 ft

14.
MS REFEREE (PAN) INOKUMA (PAN) SAKAGUCHI LEAVING ARENA
77 1/2 ft

15.
MLS CROWD ON FINALS NIGHT
79 ft

16.
MS MATCH BETWEEN SAKAGUCHI AND KAMINAGA (THREE SHOTS)
108 ft



Initials CAR/S/MK/YA/RBI


SPORT: JUDO

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Background: THE 1964 ALL JAPAN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS HELD AT THE METROPOLITAN GYMNASIUM IN TOKYO ON APRIL 25 AND 26 ATTRACTED OF ENTHUSIASTS.

AT THE END OF THE CHAMPIONSHIPS, A FEW CONTESTANTS WERE SELECTED TO REPRESENT JAPAN IN THE COMING OLYMPICS.

JUDO WILL FORM PART OF THE OLYMPIC PROGRAMME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TOKYO IN OCTOBER 1964.

AMONG JAPAN'S TOP CONTESTANTS WERE: MESSRS. INOKUMA (FIRST GRADE), SAKAGUCHI (FIFTH GRADE)KAMINAGA (FIFTH GRADE), FUJITA AND KURIMJRA. MR. KAMINAGA EMERGED THE WINNER.

MEANWHILE, THE SOVIET UNION WON THE EUROPEAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP IN THE EUROPEAN JUDO CHAMPIONS HELD IN EAST BERLIN, GERMANY, RECENTLY. THEY RETAINED THE TITLE THEY WON LAST YEAR BY BEATING HOLLAND 3-2.

FRANCE WERE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL NATION IN THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS; THE SOVIET UNION WERE NEXT BEST WITH FOUR GOLD AND TWO SILVER MEDALS, AND HOLLAND THIRD WITH TWO GOLD, FIVE SILVER AND TWO BRONZE. BRITAIN GAINED ONE GOLD AND FOUR BRONZE MEDALS.

SIXTEEN COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED.