1969 World Judo Championships

The 1969 World Judo Championships were the 6th edition of the Men's World Judo Championships, and were held in Mexico City, Mexico from 23–25 October, 1969.

Judo 1969 Men's World Judo Championships
Venue	Palacio de los Deportes
Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Dates	23–25 October 1969
Competitors	187 from 39 nations
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • JudoInside
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Medal overview

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
-63 kg	Yoshio Sonoda	Toyokazu Nomura	Kim Sang-Chul Sergey Suslin
-70 kg	Hiroshi Minatoya	Yoshimitsu Kono	Kim Chil-Bok David Rudman
-80 kg	Isamu Sonoda	Katsuya Hirao	Oh Seung-Lip Martin Poglajen
-93 kg	Fumio Sasahara	Peter Herrmann	Tomoyuki Kawabata Vladimir Pokatayev
+93 kg	Shuji Suma	Klaus Glahn	Mitsuo Matsunaga Givi Onashvili
Open	Masatoshi Shinomaki	Wim Ruska	Ernst Eugster Nobuyuki Sato

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	6	3	3	12
2	West Germany (FRG)	0	2	0	2
3	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	4	4
5	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	3	3
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	12	24