Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's open category Ruska retired after the Munich Games being the only judoka to win two medals in the same Olympics. Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's open category Men's Open class competition in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany was held at Judo and Wrestling Hall. Willem Ruska was the strong favorite to win a second gold medal, having already won gold in the +93 kg weight class. In a surprise Vitali Kuznetsov threw Ruska defeating him using Te Guruma. Kuznetsov ended up winning the pool allowing Ruska to continue in the repechage. Ruska ended up
Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team. In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different sports societies in one team. Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 371 competitors, 298 men and 73 women, took part in 180 events in 22 sports. The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 50 gold and 99 total medals. In