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	•	2016

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.

Competition format

Judoka compete in weight classes. Each country may qualify a maximum of one athlete per weight class. ^[1] Gold and silver medals are awarded based on a single elimination bracket. Two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class; quarter-finalists losers fight against other in the same half of bracket. Losers finish in seventh place, winners advance to the bronze medal contest against losing semifinalist of the opposite half of the bracket. Winners of these contests receive bronze medal and losers finish in fifth place.

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 ^[2]
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 ^[3] 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 ^[4] 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 ^[2]
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

↑
↑ 2.0 2.1 Weight classes for 2008 Beijing Games listed at
↑ 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 51 nations have won medals, representing all 6 continents.^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	36	18	18	72
2	France (FRA)	12	8	24	44
3	South Korea (KOR)	11	14	15	40
4	China (CHN)	8	3	9	20
5	Cuba (CUB)	6	13	16	35
6	Soviet Union (URS)	5	5	13	23
7	Netherlands (NED)	4	2	16	22
8	Russia (RUS)	3	4	6	13
9	Brazil (BRA)	3	3	13	19
10	Italy (ITA)	3	3	7	13
11	Poland (POL)	3	3	2	8
12	Germany (GER)	3	2	12	17
13	Georgia (GEO)	3	1	2	6
13	Spain (ESP)	3	1	2	6
15	North Korea (PRK)	2	2	4	8
16	Austria (AUT)	2	2	1	5
17	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	8	11
18	Unified Team (EUN)	2	0	2	4
19	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	3	8
20	United States (USA)	1	3	8	12
21	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	5	9
22	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	6	9
23	Mongolia (MGL)	1	2	4	7
24	Romania (ROU)	1	2	3	6
25	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	2	4
26	Slovenia (SLO)	1	0	2	3
27	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	0	1	2
	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	1	2
31	Great Britain (GBR)	0	8	10	18
32	Canada (CAN)	0	2	3	5
33	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	2	2	4
34	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	2	3
	Israel (ISR)	0	1	2	3
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
37	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	1	2
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	1	2
	Unified Team of Germany (EUA)	0	1	1	2
40	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	0	1
40	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
42	Estonia (EST)	0	0	3	3
43	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
43	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	2	2
45	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	1	1
Total		123	122	246	491

Number of judoka by nation

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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	12	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									12	12	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)																		1		2		4	2	3	5	3	4	8
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	2	6
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												1
Poland (POL)																									6	7		13
Portugal (POR)															1									1		5
Puerto Rico (PUR)																										3
Republic of China (ROC)															4
Romania (ROU)																										2
Russia (RUS)																										13
Saudi Arabia (KSA)																											1
Senegal (SEN)																										4
Slovakia (SVK)																										1
Slovenia (SLO)																						2			5	5	8	4
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	12	22

References

↑ "Judo - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". (Note: Source counts two medals won by EUA for GER.)

External links

Judo at the Summer Olympics

	1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

List of medalists List of venues

Sports at the Olympic Games

Summer sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach volleyball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling

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Past sports	Baseball Basque pelota Cricket Croquet Jeu de paume Lacrosse Military patrol Polo Rackets Roque Rugby union (15 a-side) Softball Tug of war Water motorsports

Future sports	Golf Rugby sevens

Demonstration sports	American football Australian football Bandy Bowling Budo Disabled skiing Gliding Glima Ice stock sport Korfball La canne Pesäpallo Roller hockey Savate Skijoring Sled dog racing Speed skiing Water skiing Winter pentathlon

Unofficial sports	Angling Art competitions Ballooning Boules Cannon shooting Cycle polo Fire fighting Gaelic football Hurling Kaatsen Kite flying Life saving Longue paume Motor racing Motorcycle racing Pigeon racing Wushu

See also: Paralympic sports

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 World Combat Games

Asia	Judo Union of Asia Asian Championships East Asian Championships

Africa	African Judo Union African Championships

Americas	Pan American Judo Confederation Pan American Championships

Europe	European Judo Union European Championships Open Championships

Oceania	Oceania Judo Union OJU Senior Championships

Judo at the Summer Olympics

Competition format

Weight classes

Men

Women

Medal table

Number of judoka by nation

See also

References

External links