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The very first Olympic Games to include Judo as a contest sport was the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Three out of the four man team were from the Budokwai - Syd Hoare, Brian Jacks and Tony Sweeney all competed at the Budokan hall which is within the Imperial Palace Moat in Tokyo.
The picture below depicts a 1997 reunion at Niagara Falls - Buffallo NY - of some of the International personalities involved.
Table of Budokwai Olympic Competitors * = medal (Budokwai had 3 out of 4 British competitors)
(Budokwai had 3 out of 6 British competitors)
1976 Morrison, Jacks, Remfrey* (Budokwai had 3 out of 6 British competitors)
1980 Adams, Bowles, Chittenden, Radburn, Mapp (Budokwai had 5 out of 8 British competitors)
(Budokwai had 2 out of 8 British competitors)
1988 Adams (Women's demonstration team event this time) (Budokwai had 1 out of 8 British competitors)
1992 Freeman, Stevens*, Horton (F) (Budokwai had 2 out of 7 British Male competitors) (Budokwai had 1 out of 7 Female British competitors)
1996 (Budokwai had out of 7 Male British competitors) (Budokwai had out of 7 Female British competitors)
2000 (Budokwai had 0 out of 3 Male British competitors) (Budokwai had 0 out of 7 Female British competitors)
2004 (Gordon") (Budokwai had (1) out of 2 Male British competitors) (Budokwai had 0 out of 6 Female British competitors) " Gordon - Club Wandsworth Lightning and Budokwai
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