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Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dates 9 – 15 August 2008
Medal Events 14

The 2000 judo tournament was conducted in the Gymnasium at the Beijing Science and Technical University. There was no change in the program or the format of events, with men and women competing in seven weight classes each, for 14 events overall. Japan was again the top nation, winning four gold medals and seven overall, though nothing like in 2004 when they won eight titles and 10 medals.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men Olympic 9 August 2008 33 33
Half-Lightweight (≤66 kilograms), Men Olympic 10 August 2008 33 33
Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 11 August 2008 32 32
Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 12 August 2008 35 35
Middleweight (≤90 kilograms), Men Olympic 13 August 2008 31 31
Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men Olympic 14 August 2008 32 32
Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 15 August 2008 34 34
Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women Olympic 9 August 2008 23 23
Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women Olympic 10 August 2008 22 22
Lightweight (≤57 kilograms), Women Olympic 11 August 2008 22 22
Half-Middleweight (≤63 kilograms), Women Olympic 12 August 2008 25 25
Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women Olympic 13 August 2008 22 22
Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women Olympic 14 August 2008 21 21
Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 15 August 2008 21 21
386 (230/156) 92 (81/53)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-Lightweight, Men Choi Min-HoKOR Ludwig PaischerAUT Ruben Houkes
Rishod Sobirov		NED
UZB
Half-Lightweight, Men Masato UchishibaJPN Benjamin DarbeletFRA Yordanis Arencibia
Pak Chol-Min		CUB
PRK
Lightweight, Men Elnur MəmmədliAZE Wang Gi-ChunKOR Leandro Guilheiro
Rasul Boqiev		BRA
TJK
Half-Middleweight, Men Ole BischofGER Kim Jae-BeomKOR Tiago Camilo
Roman Hontiuk		BRA
UKR
Middleweight, Men Irakli TsirekidzeGEO Amar BenikhlefALG Hesham Misbah
Sergei Aschwanden		EGY
SUI
Half-Heavyweight, Men Naidangiin TüvshinbayarMGL Askhat ZhitkeyevKAZ Mövlud Mirəliyev
Henk Grol		AZE
NED
Heavyweight, Men Satoshi IshiiJPN Abdullo TangriyevUZB Óscar Brayson
Teddy Riner		CUB
FRA
Extra-Lightweight, Women Alina DumitruROU Yanet BermoyCUB Paula Pareto
Ryoko Tani		ARG
JPN
Half-Lightweight, Women Xian DongmeiCHN An Kum-AePRK Soraya Haddad
Misato Nakamura		ALG
JPN
Lightweight, Women Giulia QuintavalleITA Deborah GravenstijnNED Ketleyn Quadros
Xu Yan		BRA
CHN
Half-Middleweight, Women Ayumi TanimotoJPN Lucie DécosseFRA Elisabeth Willeboordse
Won Ok-Im		NED
PRK
Middleweight, Women Masae UenoJPN Anaisis HernándezCUB Edith Bosch
Ronda Rousey		NED
USA
Half-Heavyweight, Women Yang XiuliCHN Yalennis CastilloCUB Stéphanie Possamaï
Jeong Gyeong-Mi		FRA
KOR
Heavyweight, Women Tong WenCHN Maki TsukadaJPN Idalys Ortiz
Lucija Polavder		CUB
SLO

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 4 1 2 7
People's Republic of China CHN 3 0 1 4
Republic of Korea KOR 1 2 1 4
Azerbaijan AZE 1 0 1 2
Georgia GEO 1 0 0 1
Germany GER 1 0 0 1
Italy ITA 1 0 0 1
Mongolia MGL 1 0 0 1
Romania ROU 1 0 0 1
Cuba CUB 0 3 3 6
France FRA 0 2 2 4
Netherlands NED 0 1 4 5
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 1 2 3
Algeria ALG 0 1 1 2
Uzbekistan UZB 0 1 1 2
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 0 1
Brazil BRA 0 0 3 3
Argentina ARG 0 0 1 1
Egypt EGY 0 0 1 1
Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1
Switzerland SUI 0 0 1 1
Tajikistan TJK 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1