Editing Judo (section)

===Use of judo at the Summer Olympic Games===
{{See also|Judo at the Summer Olympics}}
[[File:KITLV_A367_-_Japanse_sporten_in_Japan,_vermoedelijk_judo,_KITLV_79640.tiff|thumb|left|Judo (1935)]]
[[File:Judo pictogram.svg|thumb|Olympic Judo pictogram]]
At the 57th [[IOC Session|general session]] of the [[International Olympic Committee]], held in [[Rome]] on 22 August 1960, the IOC members formally decided to include Judo among the events to be contested at the Olympic Games. The proposal, which was placed before the session by the Japanese delegation, was welcomed by all participants. The few who opposed had nothing against Judo itself but against increasing the number of Olympic events as a whole. There were only two dissenting votes in the final poll. For the first time in history a traditional Japanese sport has been included in the Olympic competition.<ref>Judo is Now Olympic Event, ''New Japan'', vol. 13, pp. 118–119.</ref>

Finally, [[Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|judo was first contested as an Olympic sport]] for men in the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Games]] in [[Tokyo]]. The Olympic Committee initially dropped judo for the 1968 Olympics, meeting protests.<ref>{{cite book|title=Black Belt Vol. 2, No. 2|publisher=Active Interest Media, Inc.|date=Mar 1964|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QdkDAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QdkDAAAAMBAJ/page/n26 27]}}</ref> Dutchman [[Anton Geesink]] won the first Olympic gold medal in the open division of judo by defeating [[Akio Kaminaga]] of Japan. The women's event was introduced at the Olympics in [[Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] as a demonstration event, and an [[Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics|official medal event in 1992]].