2007 World Judo Championships
The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called Arena Multiuso, that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 13 to September 16, 2007.
The competition gathered the sport's top athletes in Rio de Janeiro, with only a few exceptions, due to injuries. Among the high-profile injured judokas that were unable to participate were Brazil's Flávio Canto, bronze medallist in the -81 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, who tore a ligament in his right elbow during the 2007 Pan American Games (during the event, Canto participated as a commentator for the Brazilian paid sports channel, Sportv); and Japan's Tadahiro Nomura, the three-time Olympic champion and heavy favorite in the -60 kg category was forced to withdraw only a few weeks before the event due to injury (his replacement was able to place 7th in the competition).
In the leadup to the event, Rio de Janeiro also hosted the IJF's International Congress, congregating the heads of all the national confederations affiliated to the IJF. The meeting took place on September 12, eve of the first day of competition, and in it, some important decisions were made. The first was the election of the new IJF president. Marius Vizer was elected by the attending representatives to replace Yung Sang Park, the current president. In addition, the Congress voted and approved unanimouly, the extension of the IJF's president term from 2 years to 6 years. Another decision made in the meeting was the selection of the city that would host the 2011 World Championship. The contenders were the cities of Paris, France and Hamburg, Germany, and the French capital was selected as the host city for the 2011 event. Finally, the Congress also voted on the new presidency of the European Judo Federation, with Russia's Sergei Soloveychik being elected president and Jean Luc Rouge and Vladimir Barta being elected as first vice president and vice president respectively. Newly appointed IJF president, Marius Vizer, was made honorary president of the European Judo Federation as well.
After the conclusion of competition in the last day of the event, the IJF members voted on the best athletes of the World Championship. In the men's side, Brazil's Tiago Camilo, who won in the -81 kg category by defeating all opponents by ippon (the perfect score, which ends the match automatically), was selected; and in the women's side, North Korea's Kye Sun-Hui, who won in the -57 kg category, was chosen as best female athlete in the competition. Both athletes were presented with an obelisk-shaped, acrylic trophy for the achievement.
Medal overview
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
 Ruben Houkes (NED) |
 Nestor Khergiani (GEO) |
 Ludwig Paischer (AUT) |
 Choi Min-Ho (KOR) | |||
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) |
 João Derly (BRA) |
 Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) |
 Arash Miresmaeili (IRI) |
 Miklós Ungvári (HUN) | |||
| Lightweight (73 kg) |
Wang Ki-Chun (KOR) |
 Elnur Mammadli (AZE) |
 Yusuke Kanamaru (JPN) |
 Rasul Bokiev (TJK) | |||
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
Tiago Camilo (BRA) |
 Anthony Rodriguez (FRA) |
Guillaume Elmont (NED) |
 Euan Burton (GBR) | |||
| Middleweight (90 kg) |
Irakli Tsirekidze (GEO) |
 Ilias Iliadis (GRE) |
 Roberto Meloni (ITA) |
 Ivan Pershin (RUS) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) |
Luciano Corrêa (BRA) |
Peter Cousins (GBR) |
Dániel Hadfi (HUN) |
| Oreidis Despaigne (CUB) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) |
Teddy Riner (FRA) |
Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS) |
Lasha Gujejiani (GEO) |
| Joao Gabriel Schlittler (BRA) | |||
| Openweight |
Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN) |
 Juri Rybak (BLR) |
Matthieu Bataille (FRA) |
 Abdullo Tangriev (UZB) |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) |
Ryoko Tani (JPN) |
Yanet Bermoy (CUB) |
Frédérique Jossinet (FRA) |
 Alina Dumitru (ROU) | |||
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) |
 Shi Junjie (CHN) |
 Telma Monteiro (POR) |
 An Kum Ae (PRK) |
| Yuka Nishida (JPN) | |||
| Lightweight (57 kg) |
Kye Sun-Hui (PRK) |
 Isabel Fernández (ESP) |
Aiko Sato (JPN) |
| Bernadett Baczkó (HUN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) |
Driulis González (CUB) |
Lucie Décosse (FRA) |
Elisabeth Willeboordse (NED) |
| Ayumi Tanimoto (JPN) | |||
| Middleweight (70 kg) |
Gevrise Emane (FRA) |
 Ronda Rousey (USA) |
Ylenia Scapin (ITA) |
| Anett Mészáros (HUN) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) |
Yurisel Laborde (CUB) |
Sae Nakazawa (JPN) |
Stéphanie Possamaï (FRA) |
| Jeong Gyeong-Mi (KOR) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
Tong Wen (CHN) |
Maki Tsukada (JPN) |
 Sandra Köppen (GER) |
| Carola Uilenhoed (NED) | |||
| Openweight |
Maki Tsukada (JPN) |
 Lucija Polavder (SLO) |
Anne-Sophie Mondière (FRA) |
| Elena Ivashchenko (RUS) |
Medals table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Cuba | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greece | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 20 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
Results overview
Men
60 kg
16 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ruben Houkes | Netherlands |
| 2. | Nestor Khergiani | Georgia |
| 3. | Ludwig Paischer | Austria |
| 3. | Choi Min-Ho | South Korea |
| 5. | Rok Drakšič | Slovenia |
| 5. | Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar |  Mongolia |
| 7. | Tatsuaki Egusa | Japan |
| 7. | Cemal Oğuz |  Turkey |
66 kg
15 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | João Derly | Brazil |
| 2. | Yordanis Arencibia | Cuba |
| 3. | Arash Miresmaeili | Iran |
| 3. | Miklós Ungvári | Hungary |
| 5. | Giovanni Casale | Italy |
| 5. | Armen Nazaryan |  Armenia |
| 7. | Andreas Mitterfellner | Austria |
| 7. | Sasha Mehmedovich |  Canada |
73 kg
15 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wang Ki-Chun | South Korea |
| 2. | Elnur Mammadli | Azerbaijan |
| 3. | Yusuke Kanamaru | Japan |
| 3. | Rasul Bokiev | Tajikistan |
| 5. | Sezer Huysuz | Turkey |
| 5. | David Kevkhishvili | Georgia |
| 7. | Konstantin Semenov | Belarus |
| 7. | Robert Gess | Germany |
81 kg
14 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tiago Camilo | Brazil |
| 2. | Anthony Rodriguez | France |
| 3. | Guillaume Elmont | Netherlands |
| 3. | Euan Burton | Great Britain |
| 5. | Robert Krawczyk |  Poland |
| 5. | Giuseppe Maddaloni | Italy |
| 7. | Kwon Young Woo | South Korea |
| 7. | Tomislav Marijanovic |  Croatia |
90 kg
14 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Irakli Tsirekidze | Georgia |
| 2 | Ilias Iliadis | Greece |
| 3. | Roberto Meloni | Italy |
| 3. | Ivan Pershin | Russia |
| 5. | Mark Huizinga | Netherlands |
| 5. | Hesham Mesbah |  Egypt |
| 7. | Winston Gordon | Great Britain |
| 7. | Elkhan Mammadov | Azerbaijan |
100 kg
13 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Luciano Corrêa | Brazil |
| 2. | Peter Cousins | Great Britain |
| 3. | Dániel Hadfi | Hungary |
| 3. | Oreidis Despaigne | Cuba |
| 5. | Amel Mekić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 5. | Levan Zhorzholiani | Georgia |
| 7. | Vitaliy Bubon |  Ukraine |
| 7. | Utkir Kurbanov | Uzbekistan |
+100 kg
13 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Teddy Riner | France |
| 2. | Tamerlan Tmenov | Russia |
| 3. | Lasha Gujejiani | Georgia |
| 3. | João Gabriel Schlittler | Brazil |
| 5. | Kosei Inoue | Japan |
| 5. | Xiangjun Wei | China |
| 7. | Abdullo Tangriev | Uzbekistan |
| 7. | Óscar Brayson | Cuba |
Open class
16 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yasuyuki Muneta | Japan |
| 2. | Juri Rybak | Belarus |
| 3. | Matthieu Bataille | France |
| 3. | Abdullo Tangriev | Uzbekistan |
| 5. | Daniel Hernandes | Brazil |
| 5. | Naidangiin Tuvshinbayar | Mongolia |
| 7. | Franz Birkfellner | Austria |
| 7. | Moulud Miraliev | Azerbaijan |
Women
48 kg
16 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryoko Tani | Japan |
| 2. | Yanet Bermoit | Cuba |
| 3. | Frédérique Jossinet | France |
| 3. | Alina Dumitru | Romania |
| 5. | Paula Pareto |  Argentina |
| 5. | Kim Yong-Ram | South Korea |
| 7. | Eva Csernoviczki | Hungary |
| 7. | Tatiana Moskvina | Belarus |
52 kg
15 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shi Junjie | China |
| 2. | Telma Monteiro | Portugal |
| 3. | An Kum Ae | North Korea |
| 3. | Yuka Nishida | Japan |
| 5. | Kim Kyung-Ok | South Korea |
| 5. | Erika Miranda | Brazil |
| 7. | Soraya Haddad |  Algeria |
| 7. | Georgina Singleton | Great Britain |
57 kg
15 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kye Sun-Hui | North Korea |
| 2. | Isabel Fernández | Spain |
| 3. | Aiko Sato | Japan |
| 3. | Bernadett Baczkó | Hungary |
| 5. | Nina Koivumäki |  Finland |
| 5. | Giulia Quintavalle | Italy |
| 7. | Yvonne Bönisch | Germany |
| 7. | Faith Pitman | Great Britain |
63 kg
14 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Driulis González | Cuba |
| 2. | Lucie Décosse | France |
| 3. | Elisabeth Willeboordse | Netherlands |
| 3. | Ayumi Tanimoto | Japan |
| 5. | Anna Von Harnier | Germany |
| 5. | Urška Žolnir | Slovenia |
| 7. | Claudia Heill | Austria |
| 7. | Ja-Young Kong | South Korea |
70 kg
14 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gevrise Emane | France |
| 2. | Ronda Rousey | United States |
| 3. | Ylenia Scapin | Italy |
| 3. | Anett Mészáros | Hungary |
| 5. | Edith Bosch | Netherlands |
| 5. | Maryna Pryshchepa | Ukraine |
| 7. | Leire Iglesias | Spain |
| 7. | Yalennis Castillo | Cuba |
78 kg
13 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yurisel Laborde | Cuba |
| 2. | Sae Nakazawa | Japan |
| 3. | Stéphanie Possamaï | France |
| 3. | Kyung-Mi Jung | South Korea |
| 5. | Lucia Morico | Italy |
| 5. | Yang Xiuli | China |
| 7. | Edinanci Silva | Brazil |
| 7. | Houda Miled |  Tunisia |
+78 kg
13 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tong Wen | China |
| 2. | Maki Tsukada | Japan |
| 3. | Sandra Köppen | Germany |
| 3. | Carola Uilenhoed | Netherlands |
| 5. | Karina Bryant | Great Britain |
| 5. | Anne-Sophie Mondière | France |
| 7. | Urszula Sadkowska | Poland |
| 7. | Nihel Chikhrouhou | Tunisia |
Open class
16 September - Final
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Maki Tsukada | Japan |
| 2. | Lucija Polavder | Slovenia |
| 3. | Anne-Sophie Mondière | France |
| 3. | Elena Ivashchenko | Russia |
| 5. | Yuliya Barysik | Belarus |
| 5. | Idalis Ortiz Boucurt | Cuba |
| 7. | Liu Huanyuan | China |
| 7. | Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand | Mongolia |
External links
- (in Portuguese) Official site
- Latest results
- USA Judo
- World Championships 2007 Video material
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