Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics medal, as did Hitoshi Saito of Japan in the over 95 kg class, feats they would repeat in 1988, becoming the first judoka to win gold at two Olympics. Popular pro wrestler/judoka Chris Adams appeared as an advisor to the UK Judo squad, where his brother Neil Adams won a silver medal in the 78 kg class. It was the third and final Olympics the Adams brothers were involved in, competitor or otherwise. Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics The Judo competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. With the
Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics Ireland at the 1996 Summer Olympics Ireland competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Ireland won three gold and one bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics, the highest number ever, and was placed 28th in the medals table. Sonia O'Sullivan, who was seen as the best medal chance prior to the competition, did not win a medal. Michelle Smith was accused of doping, though the accusations were not substantiated at the time. Two years after the Atlanta Games, FINA banned Smith for four years for tampering with her urine sample using alcohol; the testers