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The 1965 World Judo Championships were the 4th 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 Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

from October 14–17 1965.

Men

-68 kg	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:...	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 Oleg Stepanov Oleg Stepanov (judoka) Oleg Sergeevich Stepanov was a Russian judoka who represented the USSR.Stepanov among with Vladimir Pankratov , Genrikh Shults and Durmishkhan Beruashvili took part in the pre-Olympics Soviet-Japanese Judo tournament in Japan ....
-80 kg	Isao Okano Isao Okano is a retired judoka who competed in the middleweight division. He was born in Ryūgasaki, Ibaraki, Japan.-Biography:He entered the 1964 Summer Olympics while studying at Chuo University's law school, and won the gold medal in the middleweight division...	Kenichi Yamanaka Kenichi Yamanaka is a retired Japanese judoka.He was born in Sasebo, Nagasaki and brought up in Bungotakada, Ōita. He began judo at the age of a junior high school first grader....	James Bregman James Bregman James Steven Bregman was a member of the first American team to compete in judo in the Summer Olympics... Kim Eui-Tae
+80 kg	Anton Geesink Anton Geesink Antonius "Anton" Johannes Geesink was a Dutch 10th-dan judoka from Utrecht. He was a three-time World Judo Champion , Olympic Gold Medalist and won 21 European championships...	Mitsuo Matsunaga	Alfred Rogers Seiji Sakaguchi Seiji Sakaguchi is a retired Japanese professional wrestler who was a mainstay of New Japan Pro Wrestling and also competed for the World Wide Wrestling Federation and the National Wrestling Alliance....
Open	Isao Inokuma Isao Inokuma was a judoka who competed in the +80 kg and Open divisions.- Biography :Inokuma was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, and began judo at age 15. He entered the Tokyo University of Education and won the All-Japan Judo Championships in 1959 at only 21 years of age to become the first student competitor to...	Anzor Kibrosachvili	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.... Peter Snijders Peter Snijders Peter Snijders is a retired judoka from the Netherlands. Together with his twin brother Jan Snijders, Anton Geesink, Hein Essink, Tonni Wagenaar, Coos Bontje, Jan van Ierland, Martin Poglajen, Joop Gouweleeuw, Wim Ruska, Ernst Eugster, Henk Numan, Peter Adelaar, Willy Wilhelm, Ben Spijkers,...

Medals table

1	Japan	3	3	1	7
2	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
3	Soviet Union	0	1	2	3
4	South Korea	0	0	2	2
5	Canada	0	0	1	1
5	United States	0	0	1	1

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