Judo at the Summer Olympics

Governing body

Events

14 (men: 7; women: 7)

Games

1896	•	1900	•	1904	•	1908	•	1912	•	1920
1924	•	1928	•	1932	•	1936	•	1948	•	1952
1956	•	1960	•	1964	•	1968	•	1972	•	1976
1980	•	1984	•	1988	•	1992	•	1996	•	2000
2004	•	2008	•	2012

Medalists

Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan. After not being included in 1968, judo has been an Olympic sport in each Olympiad since then. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics, when women participated as a demonstration sport. Women judoka were first awarded medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

1 Competition format
2 Weight classes
- 2.1 Men
- 2.2 Women
3 Medal table
4 Number of judoka by nation
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Competition format

Judoka compete in weight classes. Gold and silver medals are awarded based on a single elimination bracket. Two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class; two judoka from a repechage for those who are eliminated by one of the eventual semifinalists face the two semifinal losers for the bronze medals.

Weight classes

There have been between 4 and 8 Olympic weight classes over the years (currently 7), and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table.

Men

1964	1972-1976	1980-1984	1988-1992	1996-2008 ^[1]
Open category no weight limits
Heavyweight +80 kg	Heavyweight +93 kg	Heavyweight +95 kg		Heavyweight +100 kg
		Heavyweight +95 kg		Half Heavyweight 90-100 kg
		Half Heavyweight 86-95 kg
	Half Heavyweight ^[2] 80-93 kg
				Middleweight 81-90 kg
		Middleweight 78-86 kg		Middleweight 81-90 kg
				Half Middleweight 73-81 kg
Middleweight 68-80 kg	Middleweight 70-80 kg
		Half Middleweight 71-78 kg
		Half Middleweight 71-78 kg		Lightweight 66-73 kg
		Lightweight 65-71 kg
	Half Middleweight ^[3] 63-70 kg
Lightweight -68 kg
				Half Lightweight 60-66 kg
		Half Lightweight 60-65 kg
	Lightweight -63 kg	Half Lightweight 60-65 kg
	Lightweight -63 kg	Extra Lightweight -60 kg
4	6	8	7	7

Women

1992-1996	2000-2008 ^[1]
Heavyweight +72 kg	Heavyweight +78 kg
Heavyweight +72 kg	Half Heavyweight 70-78 kg
Half Heavyweight 66-72 kg	Half Heavyweight 70-78 kg
Half Heavyweight 66-72 kg	Middleweight 63-70 kg
Middleweight 61-66 kg	Middleweight 63-70 kg
Middleweight 61-66 kg	Half Middleweight 57-63 kg
Half Middleweight 56-61 kg	Half Middleweight 57-63 kg
Half Middleweight 56-61 kg	Lightweight 52-57 kg
Lightweight 52-56 kg	Lightweight 52-57 kg
Half Lightweight 48-52 kg
Extra Lightweight -48 kg
7	7

^ ^a ^b Weight classes for 2008 Beijing Games listed at [1]
^ Called "Light Heavyweight" in official reports for 1972 and 1976 Games.
^ Called "Welterweight" in 1972 Games official report and "Light Middleweight" in 1976 Games official report.

Medal table

Judoka from 50 nations have won medals, representing all 6 continents.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	35	15	15	65
2	France	10	8	19	37
3	South Korea	9	14	14	37
4	China	8	2	8	18
5	Cuba	5	11	16	32
6	Soviet Union	5	5	13	23
7	Netherlands	4	2	14	20
8	Poland	3	3	2	8
9	Italy	3	3	6	12
10	Spain	3	1	2	6
11	Germany	3	0	10	13
12	Brazil	2	3	10	15
13	Austria	2	2	1	5
14	Belgium	2	1	7	10
15	Georgia	2	1	2	5
16	Unified Team	2	0	2	4
17	West Germany	1	4	3	8
18	East Germany	1	2	6	9
19	Hungary	1	2	4	7
20	North Korea	1	2	4	7
21	Mongolia	1	1	3	5
22	Switzerland	1	1	2	4
23	Romania	1	0	3	4
24	Azerbaijan	1	0	1	2
24	Belarus	1	0	1	2
24	Turkey	1	0	1	2
27	Greece	1	0	0	1
28	Great Britain	0	7	9	16
29	United States	0	3	7	10
30	Russia	0	3	5	8
31	Canada	0	2	2	4
32	Uzbekistan	0	2	1	3
33	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
33	Israel	0	1	2	3
33	Ukraine	0	1	2	3
36	Algeria	0	1	1	2
36	Germany	0	1	1	2
36	Egypt	0	1	1	2
39	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
39	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
41	Estonia	0	0	3	3
42	Australia	0	0	2	2
42	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
42	Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
45	Argentina	0	0	1	1
45	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
45	Iceland	0	0	1	1
45	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
45	Latvia	0	0	1	1
45	Portugal	0	0	1	1
45	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
	Total	109	108	218	434

Number of judoka by nation

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	Years
Afghanistan (AFG)																									1		1
Albania (ALB)																										1	1
Algeria (ALG)																			3		5	3	6	7	11	10	7
American Samoa (ASA)																										1	1
Andorra (AND)																						1	1		1	1	4
Angola (ANG)																					7	4			1		3
Argentina (ARG)															3		1	2		4	3	9	8	9	9	9	10
Armenia (ARM)																							1	1	1	2	4
Aruba (ARU)																					1			1		1	3
Australia (AUS)															4		4	3	3	3	3	2	12	14	12	13	11
Austria (AUT)															3		6	4	5	4	3	6	5	3	2	3	11
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							2	4	3	6	4
Barbados (BAR)																					1		1	1	1		4
Belarus (BLR)																							4	5	7	4	4
Belgium (BEL)																	4	2	1	2	4	9	7	9	3	3	10
Benin (BEN)																					1						1
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																						1	1	1	1	1	5
Brazil (BRA)															1											13
Burkina Faso (BUR)																										1
Cameroon (CMR)																										1
Canada (CAN)															1											5
Chile (CHI)																										1
China (CHN)																										14
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																										2
Colombia (COL)																										2
Costa Rica (CRC)															2
Cuba (CUB)																										14
Czech Republic (CZE)																										2
Denmark (DEN)																				1	1						2
Dominican Republic (DOM)																										3
DR Congo (COD)																										1
Ecuador (ECU)																										3
Egypt (EGY)																										4
El Salvador (ESA)																										1
Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)																										1
Estonia (EST)																						1	1	2	2	1	5
Fiji (FIJ)																										1
Finland (FIN)																										2
France (FRA)															4											13
Gabon (GAB)																										1
Georgia (GEO)																										7
Germany (GER)															4											11
Great Britain (GBR)															4											7
Greece (GRE)																										3
Guam (GUM)																										1
Haiti (HAI)																										2
Hungary (HUN)																										6
Iceland (ISL)																										1
India (IND)																										2
Iran (IRI)																										6
Ireland (IRL)															1
Israel (ISR)																										3
Italy (ITA)															2											8
Japan (JPN)															4											14
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																										10
Kuwait (KUW)																										1
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																										2
Latvia (LAT)																						2		1	1	2	4
Lebanon (LIB)																										1
Libya (LBA)																										1
Lithuania (LTU)																						1	1	1	1	1	5
Luxembourg (LUX)																										1
Madagascar (MAD)																										1
Malaysia (MAS)															1
Malta (MLT)																										1
Mexico (MEX)															3											2
Moldova (MDA)																										1
Monaco (MON)																										1
Mongolia (MGL)																										10
Montenegro (MNE)																										1	1
Morocco (MAR)																										4
Mozambique (MOZ)																										1
Nepal (NEP)																										1
Netherlands (NED)															4											10
Nigeria (NGR)																										1
North Korea (PRK)																										7
Panama (PAN)															1
Peru (PER)																										1
Philippines (PHI)															4
Poland (POL)																										7
Portugal (POR)															1											5
Puerto Rico (PUR)																										3
Republic of China (ROC)															4
Romania (ROU)																										2
Russia (RUS)																										13
Senegal (SEN)																										4
Slovakia (SVK)																										1
Slovenia (SLO)																										5
South Africa (RSA)																										3
South Korea (KOR)															4											14
Soviet Union (URS)															3
Spain (ESP)																										6
Switzerland (SUI)															1											1
Tajikistan (TJK)																										3
Thailand (THA)															3
Togo (TOG)																										1
Tunisia (TUN)															1											6
Turkey (TUR)																										1
Turkmenistan (TKM)																										2
Ukraine (UKR)																										9
United Arab Emirates (UAE)																										1
United States (USA)															5											10
Uzbekistan (UZB)																										8
Venezuela (VEN)															1											7
Vietnam (VIE)															3
Yemen (YEM)																						5				1	2
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	22

References

External links

Judo at the Summer Olympics

	1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012

List of medalists • List of venues

Sports at the Olympic Games

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Future sports	Golf Rugby union

International judo

IJF · World Championships · World Junior Championships · World Cup · Commonwealth Games · Universiade · Goodwill Games · Francophone Games · Olympics · Paralympics · All-Africa Games · Asian Games · Southeast Asian Games · Lusophony Games · Mediterranean Games · Pan American Games · South American Games

Asia	Judo Union of Asia – Asian Championships · East Asian Championships

Africa	African Judo Union – African Championships

the Americas	Panamerican Judo Confederation – Pan American Championships

Europe	European Judo Union – European Championships · Open Championships

Oceania	Oceania Judo Union – OJU Senior Championships