Judo — Half-Heavyweight, Women

Times held	9
Total participants	131
Total countries	53

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1988	Half-Heavyweight (≤72 kilograms), Women	Olympic (non-medal)	7	7
1992	Half-Heavyweight (≤72 kilograms), Women	Olympic	22	22
1996	Half-Heavyweight (≤72 kilograms), Women	Olympic	21	21
2000	Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women	Olympic	23	23
2004	Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women	Olympic	21	21
2008	Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women	Olympic	21	21
2012	Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women	Olympic	21	21
2016	Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women	Olympic	18	18
2020	Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women	Olympic	24	24

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992	Kim Mi-Jeong	KOR	Yoko Tanabe	JPN	Laëtitia Meignan Irene de Kok	FRA NED
1996	Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	Yoko Tanabe	JPN	Diadenis Luna Ylenia Scapin	CUB ITA
2000	Tang Lin	CHN	Céline Lebrun	FRA	Emanuela Pierantozzi Simona Richter	ITA ROU
2004	Noriko Anno	JPN	Liu Xia	CHN	Yurisel Laborde Lucia Morico	CUB ITA
2008	Yang Xiuli	CHN	Yalennis Castillo	CUB	Stéphanie Possamaï Jeong Gyeong-Mi	FRA KOR
2012	Kayla Harrison	USA	Gemma Gibbons	GBR	Mayra Aguiar Audrey Tcheuméo	BRA FRA
2016	Kayla Harrison	USA	Audrey Tcheuméo	FRA	Mayra Aguiar Ana Velenšek	BRA SLO
2020	Shori Hamada	JPN	Madeleine Malonga	FRA	Mayra Aguiar Anna-Maria Wagner	BRA GER

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Japan	JPN	2	2	0	4
People's Republic of China	CHN	2	1	0	3
United States	USA	2	0	0	2
Republic of Korea	KOR	1	0	1	2
Belgium	BEL	1	0	0	1
France	FRA	0	3	3	6
Cuba	CUB	0	1	2	3
Great Britain	GBR	0	1	0	1
Brazil	BRA	0	0	3	3
Italy	ITA	0	0	3	3
Germany	GER	0	0	1	1
Netherlands	NED	0	0	1	1
Romania	ROU	0	0	1	1
Slovenia	SLO	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Kayla Harrison	USA	2	0	0	2
Noriko Anno	JPN	1	0	0	1
Kim Mi-Jeong	KOR	1	0	0	1
Ulla Werbrouck	BEL	1	0	0	1
Tang Lin	CHN	1	0	0	1
Yang Xiuli	CHN	1	0	0	1
Shori Hamada	JPN	1	0	0	1