1984 Olympic Judo - 78kg Final Neil Adams GBR vs Frank Wieneke GER

The story goes: One of the top German government officials asked the German Olympic rep who on the German team had no chance of winning a medal. Frank Wieneke in judo was the reply. Fine, that's the day I'll take my family to Disneyland.
Wieneke went on to beat Adams for the gold in a year when everyone thought Adams would be a shoo in for Gold.

[@MrMagsimus]

Very inspirational to me as a kid when I was doing judo at school, thank you to my Sensai mr fields if he’s still about from holte school and thanks to Neil Adams.❤️👌🇬🇧 thanks for posting this video too 👍

[@andyjay7337]

Seen those given as wasari. Still great technique and change of direction. Felt sorry for Neil Adams 2 silvers & no golds he's a great guy and wonderful ambassador for the sport.

[@robertdonahoo8183]

Awesome Judoka. His late brother was Chris Adams, the legendary pro wrestler from the old World Class organization.

[@rickogden204]

I once had the privilige of training with Niel...his upper body strength was enormous

[@chriscracknell1593]

One of the most iconic fights that I know of! I grew up with the (UK) legends of this fight "Wienecke was beaten but got a lucky throw in..." etc. In fact the result shows why the Japanese love their "sudden death" scoring which is so important to making Judo what it is today. I've met and trained with both since and am very happy to learn anything either of them want to show me.

[@thomasmcgee7990]

Shame for adams. Some great attempts that nearly paid off. However the winning combination was very good.

[@juneslabkhandifar5445]

Mein heutiger Judo Trainer ist eine Legende

[@tottyh]

my hero Frank! Thanks!

[@Hundert1]

DEUTSCHLAND 🌷🇩🇪🌷

[@nidgeontour257]

tottyh whats Frank doing now??

[@Hundert1]

@@nidgeontour257 ich weiß nicht. Frohe Weihnachten 🎄🕯

[@tottyh]

@@nidgeontour257 He works in Cologne - academy for Olympia Coaches (www.trainerakademie-koeln.de/akademie/Mitarbeiter)

[@richlee509]

Neils too much of a sportsman to complain but that was an unfair fight. He was the better fighter by a long way.

[@judoguy101]

Nowadays Wieneke would've had 3 shidos before he made his first real attack.

[@paladin313]

Refresh my memory: my old pro wrestling teacher, Gentleman Chris Adams, (may he rest in peace,) talked of having a brother who coached the British team. (This was in the mid-90's.) Is this Neil Adams the one of whom he spoke?

[@anas1428omair1433]

John Smith Yes

[@JudoImPott]

He spoke of a legend ;)

[@MrAbstraxsax]

It is and I used to train with and fight both of them in my junior days.

[@feeltherain5231]

Adams was and still is such a great judoka i always felt like an injustice he didn't win one of his two olympic finals

[@bretparkhill2415]

Feel the rain it's poetic injustice at its finest.

[@oli5412]

Feel the rain I'm friends with his daughter

[@Pottkind4ever]

Da wurde Mr. Judo gut geerdet. Schade das Michael nicht so glücklich an diesem Tag war;-)

[@ВладимирЯковлев-п8р]

Очень красивая комбинация победы! Браво!

[@Alex86768]

deserved the gold,, great attempts there at catching the body and the legs

[@sonenokominka]

that's good!

[@richlee509]

No way that was ippon

[@jaymorris3468]

It was a wazari max all day long, I would have given jump. I love Neil Adams, he was my hero, his uchimata, taotoshi and yokotomoenage were second to none but he totally left himself open to that left hand seoinage from a right hand grip.textbook, fight should have carried on.

[@thiagoguerreiro8308]

O Judoca Alemão Frank Wienecke CAMPEÃO Em 1984. Foi Medalha De Prata Na Olimpíada De Seul 1988...Perdendo Para O Judoca Polones Waldemar Legien...Que Seria Posteriormente BI- CAMPEÃO Em Barcelona - 92.

[@frankmcconnellogue3351]

You literally threw that one away Neil uthrew me about like a wet rag in 1982 but I was only 60 kgs

[@juanclegg8113]

Drop down seonagi, very effective

[@zarrir]

Wienecke was superb

[@rickogden204]

And in judo always show respect evewn in defeat...

[@tarosoba5287]

内股から一本背負いの連絡技は初めて見ました。まさかアダムスが負けるとは。

[@juanclegg8113]

Adams is the better fighter here however he looses because when training for this fight or competition his opponents or sparring partners were too weak. I imagine he just ploughed through them costing him that edge his judo knowledge has to be probably on of the greatest as of yet in a 120 year old sport he should have sparred with a stronger partner with brute strenght that could test his technique.

[@bolso66]

Feel sorry for Adams first Gamba then the German crook ... inspirational figure nevertheless

[@JFLOJUDO]

How is he a crook?

[@MARMELADIKAKKUAFYTA]

WIENEKE IS MY IODOL

[@Hundert1]

Gratuliere, gut gemacht. Auf geht's Deutschland 🌷🇩🇪🌷

[@gehwissen3975]

I hate this fight. Knowing frank from randori - he was extremely destructive. It's OK for success - but never good judo.

[@OMENAHILLO-zv5eo]

WIENEKE IS MY IDOL

[@almall4042]

Also, he was kicked in the nuts first. And don't anyone tell me 'No no no, that's just uchimata...".

[@judoguy101]

Sure looks that way

[@MikeEves]

He caught him in the uchis

[@davidcarter2613]

wieneke never had the decency or respect to shake hands and look his opponent in the face as he shook hands. The awarded Ippon was very generous Wazari at best. Th