1987 World Judo Championships

The 1987 World Judo Championships were the 15th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Essen, West Germany from November 19–22, 1987.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Medal overview

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-60 kg South Korea Kim Jae-Yup Japan Shinji Hosokawa United States Kevin Asano
France Patrick Roux
-65 kg Japan Yosuke Yamamoto Soviet Union Yury Sokolov Hungary Tamas Bujko
Poland Janusz Pawłowski
-71 kg United States Mike Swain France Marc Alexandre United Kingdom Kerrith Brown
Japan Toshihiko Koga
-78 kg Japan Hirotaka Okada Soviet Union Bashir Varaev South Korea Lee Koai-Hwa
Poland Waldemar Legień
-86 kg France Fabien Canu North Korea Pak Jong-Chol Japan Masao Murata
United Kingdom Densign White
-95 kg Japan Hitoshi Sugai Netherlands Theo Meijer South Korea Ha Hyung-Joo
Brazil Aurélio Miguel
+95 kg Soviet Union Grigory Verichev Egypt Mohamed Rashwan Germany Jochen Plate
China Xu Guoqing
Open Japan Naoya Ogawa United Kingdom Elvis Gordon Cuba Jorge Fis Castro
East Germany Henry Stohr

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
-48 kg China Li Zhongyun Japan Fumiko Ezaki Chinese Taipei Chou Yu-Ping
Netherlands Jessica Gal
-52 kg United Kingdom Sharon Rendle Japan Kaori Yamaguchi France Dominique Brun
Italy Alessandra Giungi
-56 kg France Catherine Arnaud Australia Suzanne Williams United Kingdom Ann Hughes
Germany Regina Philips
-61 kg United Kingdom Diane Bell United States Lynn Roethke Japan Noriko Mochida
Poland Boguslawa Olechnowisz
-66 kg Germany Alexandra Schreiber France Brigitte Deydier Austria Roswitha Hartl
Japan Hikari Sasaki
-72 kg Netherlands Irene de Kok Belgium Ingrid Berghmans Germany Barbara Classen
Japan Yoko Tanabe
+72 kg China Gao Fenglian Germany Regina Sigmund United States Margaret Castro
Netherlands Angelique Seriese
Open China Gao Fenglian Belgium Ingrid Berghmans Germany Karin Kutz
France Isabelle Paque

Medals table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Japan 4 3 5 12
2  China 3 0 1 4
3  France 2 2 3 7
4  Great Britain 2 1 3 6
5  Soviet Union 1 2 0 3
6  Germany 1 1 4 6
7  United States 1 1 2 4
 Netherlands 1 1 2 4
9  South Korea 1 0 2 3
10  Belgium 0 2 0 2
11  North Korea 0 1 0 1
 Australia 0 1 0 1
 Egypt 0 1 0 1
14  Poland 0 0 3 3
15  Hungary 0 0 1 1
 Austria 0 0 1 1
 Brazil 0 0 1 1
 Cuba 0 0 1 1
 East Germany 0 0 1 1
 Italy 0 0 1 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1

References

  1. "1987 World Championships Essen". judovision.org. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. Martin, Thomas P.(Plavecz). "World Championships - Judoencyclopedia by Thomas Pla". judoencyclopedia.jimdo.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. "World Championships Essen, 1987, West Germany". judoinside.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  4. "About Mike". mikeswainjudo.com. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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