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Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Dates 20 – 26 July 1996
Medal Events 14
Venues Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, Georgia

Judo was very popular at the 1996 Olympic Games. It was held at the Georgia World Congress Center, right in downtown Atlanta, and adjacent to the Centennial Olympic Park and the headquarters of the CNN Television Network. Men and women competed in the same 14 events as in 1992, with seven weight classes for men and women. Japan and Korea both won eight medals in Atlanta, with Japan taking three gold to two for Korea. France also won three titles, and six medals in all, with Cuba also winning six medals.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men Olympic 26 July 1996 34 34
Half-Lightweight (≤65 kilograms), Men Olympic 25 July 1996 35 35
Lightweight (≤71 kilograms), Men Olympic 24 July 1996 35 35
Half-Middleweight (≤78 kilograms), Men Olympic 23 July 1996 34 34
Middleweight (≤86 kilograms), Men Olympic 22 July 1996 33 33
Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kilograms), Men Olympic 21 July 1996 32 32
Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men Olympic 20 July 1996 33 33
Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women Olympic 26 July 1996 23 23
Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women Olympic 25 July 1996 21 21
Lightweight (≤56 kilograms), Women Olympic 24 July 1996 22 22
Half-Middleweight (≤61 kilograms), Women Olympic 23 July 1996 24 24
Middleweight (≤66 kilograms), Women Olympic 22 July 1996 20 20
Half-Heavyweight (≤72 kilograms), Women Olympic 21 July 1996 21 21
Heavyweight (>72 kilograms), Women Olympic 20 July 1996 20 20
387 (236/151) 92 (82/49)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-Lightweight, Men Tadahiro NomuraJPN Girolamo GiovinazzoITA Richard Trautmann
Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh		GER
MGL
Half-Lightweight, Men Udo QuellmalzGER Yukimasa NakamuraJPN Henrique Guimarães
Israel Hernández		BRA
CUB
Lightweight, Men Kenzo NakamuraJPN Gwak Dae-SeongKOR Jimmy Pedro
Christophe Gagliano		USA
FRA
Half-Middleweight, Men Djamel BourasFRA Toshihiko KogaJPN Jo In-Cheol
Soso Liparteliani		KOR
GEO
Middleweight, Men Jeon Gi-YeongKOR Armen BagdasarovUZB Mark Huizinga
Marko Spittka		NED
GER
Half-Heavyweight, Men Paweł NastulaPOL Kim Min-SuKOR Aurélio Miguel
Stéphane Traineau		BRA
FRA
Heavyweight, Men David DouilletFRA Ernesto PérezESP Frank Möller
Harry Van Barneveld		GER
BEL
Extra-Lightweight, Women Kye Sun-HuiPRK Ryoko TamuraJPN Yolanda Soler
Amarilis Savón		ESP
CUB
Half-Lightweight, Women Marie-Claire RestouxFRA Hyeon Suk-HuiKOR Noriko Sugawara
Legna Verdecia		JPN
CUB
Lightweight, Women Driulis GonzálezCUB Jeong Seon-YongKOR Isabel Fernández
Marisabel Lomba		ESP
BEL
Half-Middleweight, Women Yuko EmotoJPN Gella VandecaveyeBEL Jenny Gal-Vismara
Jeong Seong-Suk		NED
KOR
Middleweight, Women Jo Min-SeonKOR Aneta SzczepańskaPOL Wang Xianbo
Claudia Zwiers		CHN
NED
Half-Heavyweight, Women Ulla WerbrouckBEL Yoko TanabeJPN Ylenia Scapin
Diadenis Luna		ITA
CUB
Heavyweight, Women Sun FumingCHN Estela RodríguezCUB Christine Cicot
Johanna Hagn		FRA
GER

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 3 4 1 8
France FRA 3 0 3 6
Republic of Korea KOR 2 4 2 8
Cuba CUB 1 1 4 6
Belgium BEL 1 1 2 4
Poland POL 1 1 0 2
Germany GER 1 0 4 5
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 1 2
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1 0 0 1
Spain ESP 0 1 2 3
Italy ITA 0 1 1 2
Uzbekistan UZB 0 1 0 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 3 3
Brazil BRA 0 0 2 2
Georgia GEO 0 0 1 1
Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1