# Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 63 kg

The men's 63 kg competition in judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany was held at Judo and Wrestling Hall. In the gold medal match Bakhvain Buyadda of Mongolia, an unknown and very inexperienced judoka, lost to Takao Kawaguchi. Several days later, Buyadda became the first Olympic judoka with a positive result for doping. His medal was removed, but the other athletes were not moved and second place is considered vacant.

## Results
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | 5:58 |
| Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | | | |
| Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | 0:39 |
| | | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | DQ |
| Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | 8:00 | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | DQ |
| Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | | | |

### Repechages

| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| Cheng Chi-Hsiang (ROC) | Cheng Chi-Hsiang (ROC) | 6:00 | | | | | | |
| Han Seong-Cheol (KOR) | Han Seong-Cheol (KOR) | EL | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | 3:58 | | | |
| | | | Cheng Chi-Hsiang (ROC) | Cheng Chi-Hsiang (ROC) | EL | | | |
| | | | | | | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | EL |
| | | | | | | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | 2:57 |
| Repechage | Repechage | Repechage | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage semifinal | Repechage final | Repechage final | Repechage final |
| Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | 6:00 | | | | | | |
| Edward Mullen (GBR) | Edward Mullen (GBR) | EL | Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | 5:51 | | | |
| | | | Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | EL | | | |
| | | | | | | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | EL |
| | | | | | | Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | 2:14 |

### Pool A

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| Gustaaf Lauwereins (BEL) | Gustaaf Lauwereins (BEL) | 5:23 | | | | | | | | | |
| Juan Chalas (DOM) | Juan Chalas (DOM) | EL | Gustaaf Lauwereins (BEL) | Gustaaf Lauwereins (BEL) | EL | | | | | | |
| Moustafa Belhmira (MAR) | Moustafa Belhmira (MAR) | EL | Karl-Heinz Werner (GDR) | Karl-Heinz Werner (GDR) | 4:21 | | | | | | |
| Karl-Heinz Werner (GDR) | Karl-Heinz Werner (GDR) | 6:00 | | | | Karl-Heinz Werner (GDR) | Karl-Heinz Werner (GDR) | EL | | | |
| Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | 6:00 | | | | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | 6:00 | | | |
| Giuseppe Tommasi (ITA) | Giuseppe Tommasi (ITA) | EL | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | 2:15 | | | | | | |
| Xavier Boissy (SEN) | Xavier Boissy (SEN) | EL | Roberto Pacheco (PUR) | Roberto Pacheco (PUR) | EL | | | | | | |
| Roberto Pacheco (PUR) | Roberto Pacheco (PUR) | 6:00 | | | | | | | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | Wolfram Koppen (FRG) | RE |
| Kenneth Okada (USA) | Kenneth Okada (USA) | EL | | | | | | | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | 4:44 |
| Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | 4:40 | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | 6:00 | | | | | | |
| Marcel Burkhard (SUI) | Marcel Burkhard (SUI) | 5:16 | Marcel Burkhard (SUI) | Marcel Burkhard (SUI) | EL | | | | | | |
| Iwan Blijd (SUR) | Iwan Blijd (SUR) | EL | | | | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | Bakhvain Buyadaa (MGL) | RE | | | |
| Cheng Chi-hsiang (ROC) | Cheng Chi-hsiang (ROC) | RE | | | | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | 6:00 | | | |
| Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | 2:40 | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | Takao Kawaguchi (JPN) | 3:28 | | | | | | |
| Han Seong-cheol (KOR) | Han Seong-cheol (KOR) | | Han Seong-Cheol (KOR) | Han Seong-Cheol (KOR) | RE | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | | | |

### Pool B

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal |
| Stanko Topolčik (YUG) | Stanko Topolčik (YUG) | 3:16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Erich Pointer (AUT) | Erich Pointer (AUT) | EL | Stanko Topolčnik (YUG) | Stanko Topolčnik (YUG) | EL | | | | | | |
| Marian Tałaj (POL) | Marian Tałaj (POL) | 2:13 | Marian Tałaj (POL) | Marian Tałaj (POL) | 6:00 | | | | | | |
| Robin Moffitt (AUS) | Robin Moffitt (AUS) | EL | | | | Marian Tałaj (POL) | Marian Tałaj (POL) | EL | | | |
| Louis Rabetrano (MAD) | Louis Rabetrano (MAD) | EL | | | | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | 6:00 | | | |
| Renato Repuyan (PHI) | Renato Repuyan (PHI) | 6:00 | Renato Repuyan (PHI) | Renato Repuyan (PHI) | EL | | | | | | |
| Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | 0:28 | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | Héctor Rodríguez (CUB) | RE |
| Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | Kim Yong-Ik (PRK) | RE | | | | | | | Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | 6:00 |
| Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | 6:00 | Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | 6:00 | | | | | | |
| Alan Sakai (CAN) | Alan Sakai (CAN) | EL | Edward Mullen (GBR) | Edward Mullen (GBR) | RE | | | | | | |
| Edward Mullen (GBR) | Edward Mullen (GBR) | 6:00 | | | | Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | Jean-Jacques Mounier (FRA) | 6:00 | | | |
| Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | 6:00 | | | | Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | RE | | | |
| Anto Clarke (IRL) | Anto Clarke (IRL) | EL | Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | Ferenc Szabó (HUN) | 6:00 | | | | | | |
| Sergey Suslin (URS) | Sergey Suslin (URS) | | Sergey Suslin (URS) | Sergey Suslin (URS) | EL | | | | | | |
| BYE | BYE | | | | | | | | | | |