Judo — Lightweight, Men

Times held 15
Total participants 408
Total countries 131

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1964 Lightweight (≤68 kilograms), Men Olympic 24 18
1972 Lightweight (≤63 kilograms), Men Olympic 29 29
1976 Lightweight (≤63 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
1980 Lightweight (≤71 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 30
1984 Lightweight (≤71 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
1988 Lightweight (≤71 kilograms), Men Olympic 41 41
1992 Lightweight (≤71 kilograms), Men Olympic 44 44
1996 Lightweight (≤71 kilograms), Men Olympic 35 35
2000 Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 34 34
2004 Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 33 33
2008 Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 32 32
2012 Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 34 34
2016 Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 35 35
2020 Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 34 34
2024 Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 30

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Takehide NakataniJPN Eric HänniSUI Oleg Stepanov
Ārons Boguļubovs
URS
URS
1972 Takao KawaguchiJPN Jean-Jacques Mounier
Kim Yong-Ik
FRA
PRK
1976 Héctor RodríguezCUB Jang Eun-GyeongKOR József Tuncsik
Felice Mariani
HUN
ITA
1980 Ezio GambaITA Neil AdamsGBR Karl-Heinz Lehmann
Ravdangiin Davaadalai
GDR
MGL
1984 An Byeong-GeunKOR Ezio GambaITA Luiz Onmura
Kerrith Brown
BRA
GBR
1988 Marc AlexandreFRA Sven LollGDR Giorgi Tenadze
Mike Swain
URS
USA
1992 Toshihiko KogaJPN Bertalan HajtósHUN Shay-Oren Smadja
Jeong Hun
ISR
KOR
1996 Kenzo NakamuraJPN Gwak Dae-SeongKOR Christophe Gagliano
Jimmy Pedro
FRA
USA
2000 Giuseppe MaddaloniITA Tiago CamiloBRA Anatol Larukou
Vsevolods Zeļonijs
BLR
LAT
2004 Lee Won-HuiKOR Vitaly MakarovRUS Leandro Guilheiro
Jimmy Pedro
BRA
USA
2008 Elnur MəmmədliAZE Wang Gi-ChunKOR Leandro Guilheiro
Rasul Boqiev
BRA
TJK
2012 Mansur IsayevRUS Riki NakayaJPN Ugo Legrand
Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir
FRA
MGL
2016 Shohei OnoJPN Rüstəm OrucovAZE Dirk Van Tichelt
Lasha Shavdatuashvili
BEL
GEO
2020 Shohei OnoJPN Lasha ShavdatuashviliGEO An Chang-Rim
Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar
KOR
MGL
2024 Hidayət HeydərovAZE Joan-Benjamin GabaFRA Soichi Hashimoto
Adil Osmanov
JPN
MDA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 6 1 1 8
Republic of Korea KOR 2 3 2 7
Italy ITA 2 1 1 4
Azerbaijan AZE 2 1 0 3
France FRA 1 1 3 5
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
Cuba CUB 1 0 0 1
Brazil BRA 0 1 3 4
East Germany GDR 0 1 1 2
Georgia GEO 0 1 1 2
Great Britain GBR 0 1 1 2
Hungary HUN 0 1 1 2
Switzerland SUI 0 1 0 1
Mongolia MGL 0 0 3 3
Soviet Union URS 0 0 3 3
United States USA 0 0 3 3
Belarus BLR 0 0 1 1
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 0 1 1
Israel ISR 0 0 1 1
Latvia LAT 0 0 1 1
Republic of Moldova MDA 0 0 1 1
Tajikistan TJK 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Shohei Ono JPN 2 0 0 2
Ezio Gamba ITA 1 1 0 2
Marc Alexandre FRA 1 0 0 1
An Byeong-Geun KOR 1 0 0 1
Takao Kawaguchi JPN 1 0 0 1
Toshihiko Koga JPN 1 0 0 1
Kenzo Nakamura JPN 1 0 0 1
Takehide Nakatani JPN 1 0 0 1
Héctor Rodríguez CUB 1 0 0 1
Giuseppe Maddaloni ITA 1 0 0 1
Lee Won-Hui KOR 1 0 0 1
Elnur Məmmədli AZE 1 0 0 1
Mansur Isayev RUS 1 0 0 1
Hidayət Heydərov AZE 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1992 Summer Olympics Meziane Dahmani =9 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Noureddine Yagoubi =9
American Samoa ASA 2016 Summer Olympics Benjamin Waterhouse =17 See all
Angola ANG 1988 Summer Olympics Lotuala N'Dombassy =9 See all
Argentina ARG 1964 Summer Olympics Óscar Karpencopf =9 See all
Armenia ARM 2020 Summer Olympics Ferdinand Karapetian =17 See all
Australia AUS 1980 Summer Olympics Michael Picken =7 See all
Austria AUT 1964 Summer Olympics Gerhard Zotter =5 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Erich Pointner =5
Azerbaijan AZE 2008 Summer Olympics Elnur Məmmədli 1 Gold See all
2024 Summer Olympics Hidayət Heydərov 1 Gold
Barbados BAR 2012 Summer Olympics Kyle Maxwell =16 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Anatol Larukou =3 Bronze See all
Belgium BEL 2016 Summer Olympics Dirk Van Tichelt =3 Bronze See all
Benin BEN 1988 Summer Olympics Daniel Dohou Dossou =19 See all
Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 1996 Summer Olympics Davor Vlaškovac =33 See all
Brazil BRA 2000 Summer Olympics Tiago Camilo 2 Silver See all
Bulgaria BUL 2024 Summer Olympics Mark Hristov =9 See all
Burkina Faso BUR 2020 Summer Olympics Lucas Diallo =17 See all
Cameroon CMR 1980 Summer Olympics Maurice Nkamden =12 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Glenn Beauchamp =5 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Arthur Margelidon =5
Central African Republic CAF 1992 Summer Olympics Siméon Toronlo =22 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1964 Summer Olympics Chang Won-Ku =5 See all
Costa Rica CRC 2012 Summer Olympics Osmán Murillo =16 See all
Cuba CUB 1976 Summer Olympics Héctor Rodríguez 1 Gold See all
Cyprus CYP 1980 Summer Olympics Neofitos Aresti =19 See all
Czechia CZE 2012 Summer Olympics Jaromír Ježek =8 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1992 Summer Olympics Josef Věnsek =18 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1996 Summer Olympics David Kouassi =13 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1972 Summer Olympics Kim Yong-Ik =3 Bronze See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1992 Summer Olympics Lusambu Mafuta =13 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Éric Kibanza =13
Djibouti DJI 2020 Summer Olympics Alexandre Houssein =9 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 1972 Summer Olympics Juan Chalas =19 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Sven Loll 2 Silver See all
Ecuador ECU 1976 Summer Olympics Enrique del Valle =18 See all
Egypt EGY 2012 Summer Olympics Hussein Hafiz =8 See all
El Salvador ESA 1984 Summer Olympics Juan Vargas =9 See all
Finland FIN 1992 Summer Olympics Jorma Korhonen =9 See all
France FRA 1988 Summer Olympics Marc Alexandre 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 2020 Summer Olympics Lasha Shavdatuashvili 2 Silver See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Stefan Dott =5 See all
Ghana GHA 2012 Summer Olympics Emmanuel Nartey =16 See all
Great Britain GBR 1980 Summer Olympics Neil Adams 2 Silver See all
Greece GRE 2004 Summer Olympics Lavrentis Alexanidis =13 See all
Guatemala GUA 1996 Summer Olympics Juan González =33 See all
Guinea GUI 2020 Summer Olympics Mamadou Samba Bah =17 See all
Guyana GUY 1976 Summer Olympics Dionisio Joseph DNS See all
Haiti HAI 2016 Summer Olympics Josue Deprez =17 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Philippe Abel Metellus =17
Honduras HON 1984 Summer Olympics Luis Chirinos DNS See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 2012 Summer Olympics Cheung Chi Yip =16 See all
Hungary HUN 1992 Summer Olympics Bertalan Hajtós 2 Silver See all
Iceland ISL 1980 Summer Olympics Halldór Guðbjörnsson =12 See all
Independent Olympic Athletes IOA 1992 Summer Olympics Miroslav Jočić =22 See all
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Yudhi Sulistianto Wahid =22 See all
Ireland IRL 1984 Summer Olympics Kieran Foley =7 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2008 Summer Olympics Ali Maloumat =5 See all
Israel ISR 1992 Summer Olympics Shay-Oren Smadja =3 Bronze See all
Italy ITA 1980 Summer Olympics Ezio Gamba 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Giuseppe Maddaloni 1 Gold
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Takehide Nakatani 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Takao Kawaguchi 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Toshihiko Koga 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Kenzo Nakamura 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Shohei Ono 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Shohei Ono 1 Gold
Jordan JOR 2020 Summer Olympics Younis Eyal Slman =17 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2020 Summer Olympics Zhansay Smagulov =9 See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics Nelson Ombito =19 See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 2020 Summer Olympics Sulaiman Hamad =17 See all
Kosovo KOS 2024 Summer Olympics Akil Gjakova =5 See all
Kuwait KUW 1980 Summer Olympics Fahad Al-Farhan 9 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Sagdat Sadykov 17 See all
Latvia LAT 2000 Summer Olympics Vsevolods Zeļonijs =3 Bronze See all
Lebanon LBN 1976 Summer Olympics David Saad =18 See all
Liechtenstein LIE 1988 Summer Olympics Johannes Wohlwend =7 See all
Madagascar MAD 1972 Summer Olympics Louis Rabetrano =19 See all
Mali MLI 1988 Summer Olympics Ousmane Camara =9 See all
Malta MLT 1992 Summer Olympics Jason Trevisan =22 See all
Mexico MEX 1964 Summer Olympics René Arredondo =9 See all
Monaco MON 2020 Summer Olympics Cédric Bessi =9 See all
Mongolia MGL 1980 Summer Olympics Ravdangiin Davaadalai =3 Bronze See all
2012 Summer Olympics Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir =3 Bronze
2020 Summer Olympics Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar =3 Bronze
Morocco MAR 1972 Summer Olympics Moustafa Belhmira =19 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Abdelhak Maach =19
Nauru NRU 2012 Summer Olympics Sled Dowabobo =32 See all
Nepal NEP 1988 Summer Olympics Ganga Bahadur Dangol =19 See all
Netherlands NED 2012 Summer Olympics Dex Elmont =5 See all
New Zealand NZL 1996 Summer Olympics Steve Corkin =9 See all
Niger NIG 2016 Summer Olympics Ahmed Goumar =17 See all
Nigeria NGR 1992 Summer Olympics Majemite Omagbaluwaje =34 See all
North Yemen YAR 1988 Summer Olympics Mohamed Moslih =19 See all
Norway NOR 1984 Summer Olympics Frank Evensen =19 See all
Palestine PLE 2012 Summer Olympics Maher Abu Rmilah =16 See all
Panama PAN 1964 Summer Olympics Aurelio Chu Yi =9 See all
Paraguay PAR 1996 Summer Olympics Jorge Pacce =21 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1992 Summer Olympics Shi Chengsheng =9 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Si Rijigawa =9
2016 Summer Olympics Sai Yinjirigala =9
Peru PER 2000 Summer Olympics Germán Velazco =13 See all
Philippines PHI 1964 Summer Olympics Vicente Uematsu =9 See all
Poland POL 1976 Summer Olympics Marian Standowicz =5 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Edward Alkśnin =5
Portugal POR 1976 Summer Olympics José Gomes =7 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Michel Almeida =7
2004 Summer Olympics João Neto =7
Puerto Rico PUR 1976 Summer Olympics Ángelo Ruiz =12 See all
Qatar QAT 2016 Summer Olympics Morad Zemouri =17 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Musa Mogushkov =17 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics An Byeong-Geun 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Lee Won-Hui 1 Gold
Republic of Moldova MDA 2024 Summer Olympics Adil Osmanov =3 Bronze See all
Romania ROU 2004 Summer Olympics Claudiu Baștea =17 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Alexandru Raicu =17
Russian Federation RUS 2012 Summer Olympics Mansur Isayev 1 Gold See all
Rwanda RWA 2012 Summer Olympics Yannick Uwase =16 See all
Samoa SAM 2000 Summer Olympics Travolta Waterhouse =13 See all
San Marino SMR 1996 Summer Olympics Loris Mularoni =21 See all
Senegal SEN 1980 Summer Olympics Niokhor Diongue =10 See all
Slovenia SLO 2016 Summer Olympics Rok Drakšič =17 See all
South Africa RSA 2012 Summer Olympics Gideon van Zyl =16 See all
South Vietnam VNM 1964 Summer Olympics Nguyễn Văn Bình =19 See all
Soviet Union URS 1964 Summer Olympics Oleg Stepanov =3 Bronze See all
1964 Summer Olympics Ārons Boguļubovs =3 Bronze
1988 Summer Olympics Giorgi Tenadze =3 Bronze
Spain ESP 1988 Summer Olympics Joaquín Ruiz =7 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2016 Summer Olympics Chamara Repiyallage =9 See all
Sudan SUD 1992 Summer Olympics Awad Mahmoud =34 See all
Suriname SUR 1972 Summer Olympics Iwan Blijd =19 See all
Sweden SWE 2020 Summer Olympics Tommy Macias =9 See all
Switzerland SUI 1964 Summer Olympics Eric Hänni 2 Silver See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 2016 Summer Olympics Mohamad Kasem =17 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Hasan Bayan =17
São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2024 Summer Olympics Roldeney de Oliveira =17 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2008 Summer Olympics Rasul Boqiev =3 Bronze See all
Thailand THA 1964 Summer Olympics Eiam Harssarungsri =9 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Pakit Santhisiri 9
2024 Summer Olympics Masayuki Terada =9
The Gambia GAM 2020 Summer Olympics Faye Njie =17 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Faye Njie =17
Togo TOG 2000 Summer Olympics Sacha Denanyoh =22 See all
Tonga TGA 2004 Summer Olympics Akapei Latu =21 See all
Tunisia TUN 2000 Summer Olympics Hassen Moussa =9 See all
Türkiye TUR 2020 Summer Olympics Bilal Çiloğlu =9 See all
Ukraine UKR 2008 Summer Olympics Hennadiy Bilodid =7 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Magomedbek Aliyev =34 See all
United Arab Emirates UAE 2016 Summer Olympics Victor Scvortov =9 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 2024 Summer Olympics Andrew Thomas Mlugu =9 See all
United States USA 1988 Summer Olympics Mike Swain =3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Jimmy Pedro =3 Bronze
2004 Summer Olympics Jimmy Pedro =3 Bronze
Unknown UNK 1972 Summer Olympics 2 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Andrey Shturbabin =7 See all
Venezuela VEN 2004 Summer Olympics Richard León =13 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Wolfram Koppen =5 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Steffen Stranz =5
Yemen YEM 2016 Summer Olympics Zeyad Mater =17 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1976 Summer Olympics Ivan Vidmajer =12 See all
Zambia ZAM 1980 Summer Olympics George Hamaiko =19 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Alick Kalwihzi =19
Zimbabwe ZIM 1988 Summer Olympics James Sibenge =33 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Ahmad Alikaj =32 See all