1956 World Judo Championships

The 1st World Judo Championships in 1956 took place on May 3rd in Tokyo , Japan .

Results

Men

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Open class	Shōkichi Natsui	Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu	Henri Courtine Anton Geesink

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Japan	1	1	-	2
2	France	-	-	1	1
	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	Total	1	1	2	4th

Web links

• Results of the 1956 World Cup in Tokyo on judoinside.com accessed on December 13, 2013