Judo at the Summer Olympics

Judo at the Summer Olympics
Governing body	IJF
Events	14 (men: 7; women: 7)
Games
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
	Medalists;

Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan.[1] After not being included in 1968,[2] judo has been an Olympic sport in each Olympiad since then. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics, when women participated as a demonstration sport. Women judoka were first awarded medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Competition format

Judoka compete in weight classes. Each country may qualify a maximum of one athlete per weight class.[3] Gold and silver medals are awarded based on a single elimination bracket. Two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class; quarter-finalists losers fight against other in the same half of bracket. Losers finish in seventh place, winners advance to the bronze medal contest against losing semifinalist of the opposite half of the bracket. Winners of these contests receive bronze medal and losers finish in fifth place.

Weight classes

There have been between 4 and 8 Olympic weight classes over the years (currently 7), and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table.

Men

1964	1972–1976	1980–1984	1988–1992	1996–2016 [4]
Open category no weight limits
Heavyweight +80 kg	Heavyweight +93 kg	Heavyweight +95 kg		Heavyweight +100 kg
		Heavyweight +95 kg		Half Heavyweight 90–100 kg
		Half Heavyweight 86–95 kg
	Half Heavyweight [5] 80–93 kg
				Middleweight 81–90 kg
		Middleweight 78–86 kg		Middleweight 81–90 kg
				Half Middleweight 73–81 kg
Middleweight 68–80 kg	Middleweight 70–80 kg
		Half Middleweight 71–78 kg
		Half Middleweight 71–78 kg		Lightweight 66–73 kg
		Lightweight 65–71 kg
	Half Middleweight [6] 63–70 kg
Lightweight -68 kg
				Half Lightweight 60–66 kg
		Half Lightweight 60–65 kg
	Lightweight -63 kg	Half Lightweight 60–65 kg
	Lightweight -63 kg	Extra Lightweight -60 kg
4	6	8	7	7

Women

1992–1996	2000–2016 [4]
Heavyweight +72 kg	Heavyweight +78 kg
Heavyweight +72 kg	Half Heavyweight 70–78 kg
Half Heavyweight 66–72 kg	Half Heavyweight 70–78 kg
Half Heavyweight 66–72 kg	Middleweight 63–70 kg
Middleweight 61–66 kg	Middleweight 63–70 kg
Middleweight 61–66 kg	Half Middleweight 57–63 kg
Half Middleweight 56–61 kg	Half Middleweight 57–63 kg
Half Middleweight 56–61 kg	Lightweight 52–57 kg
Lightweight 52–56 kg	Lightweight 52–57 kg
Half Lightweight 48–52 kg
Extra Lightweight -48 kg
7	7

Medal table

Judoka from 55 nations have won medals, representing all 5 continents.[7]

Updated until 2016 Summer Olympics


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	39	19	26	84
2	France (FRA)	14	10	25	49
3	South Korea (KOR)	11	16	16	43
4	China (CHN)	8	3	11	22
5	Cuba (CUB)	6	14	16	36
6	Soviet Union (URS)	5	5	13	23
7	Russia (RUS)	5	4	7	16
8	Italy (ITA)	4	4	7	15
9	Brazil (BRA)	4	3	15	22
10	Netherlands (NED)	4	2	17	23
11	Poland (POL)	3	3	2	8
12	Germany (GER)	3	2	13	18
13	Georgia (GEO)	3	2	3	8
14	Spain (ESP)	3	1	2	6
15	United States (USA)	2	4	8	14
16	North Korea (PRK)	2	2	4	8
17	Austria (AUT)	2	2	1	5
18	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	9	12
19	Slovenia (SLO)	2	0	3	5
20	Unified Team (EUN)	2	0	2	4
21	West Germany (FRG)	1	4	3	8
22	Hungary (HUN)	1	3	5	9
23	Mongolia (MGL)	1	3	4	8
24	East Germany (GDR)	1	2	6	9
25	Romania (ROU)	1	2	3	6
26	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	2	1	4
27	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	2	4
28	Argentina (ARG)	1	0	1	2
	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
	Greece (GRE)	1	0	1	2
	Turkey (TUR)	1	0	1	2
32	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	0	1
32	Kosovo (KOS)	1	0	0	1
34	Great Britain (GBR)	0	8	11	19
35	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	2	4	6
36	Canada (CAN)	0	2	3	5
37	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	2	1	3
38	Israel (ISR)	0	1	4	5
39	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	1	2	3
39	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	2	3
41	Algeria (ALG)	0	1	1	2
	Colombia (COL)	0	1	1	2
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	1	2
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	1	1	2
45	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
46	Estonia (EST)	0	0	3	3
47	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	2	2
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	2	2
50	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	1	1
	Iceland (ISL)	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Latvia (LAT)	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (55 nations)		137	136	274	547

Number of judoka by nation

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	Years
Afghanistan (AFG)																									1		1	1		3
Albania (ALB)																										1	1			2
Algeria (ALG)																			3		5	3	6	7	11	10	2	5		9
American Samoa (ASA)																										1	1	1		3
Andorra (AND)																						1	1		1	1		1		5
Angola (ANG)																					7	4			1		1	1		5
Argentina (ARG)															3		1	2	4	4	3	9	8	9	9	9	4	2		14
Armenia (ARM)																							1	1	1	2	2	1		6
Aruba (ARU)																								1		1	1	1		4
Australia (AUS)															4		4	3	3	3	3	2	12	14	12	13	5	7		13
Austria (AUT)															3		6	4	5	4	3	6	5	3	2	3	3	5		13
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							2	4	3	6	8	6		6
Barbados (BAR)																					1		1	1	1		1			5
Belarus (BLR)																							4	5	7	4	2	2		6
Belgium (BEL)																	4	2	1	2	4	9	7	9	3	3	6	5		12
Belize (BIZ)																											1	1		2
Benin (BEN)																					1						1	1		3
Bolivia (BOL)																				1	1	2			1			1		5
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)																						1	1	1	1	1	1	1		7
Botswana (BOT)																												1		1
Brazil (BRA)															1		2	3	7	7	3	14	12	12	12	13	14	14		13
Bulgaria (BUL)																		4	4		2	5	1	2	2		1	2		9
Burkina Faso (BUR)																						1			1	1	1	1		5
Burundi (BDI)																											1	1		2
Cambodia (CAM)																											1			1
Cameroon (CMR)																			5	6			1	3	4	1	1	1		8
Canada (CAN)															1		5	5		8	3	12	11	6	6	5	8	7		12
Cape Verde (CPV)																											1			1
Central African Republic (CAF)																						3			1					2
Chad (CHA)																						2					1			2
Chile (CHI)																				1				1	1	1	1	1		6
China (CHN)																				5	2	10	11	11	9	14	8	8		9
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																				4	3	2	10	6	2	2	1	2		9
Colombia (COL)																					1				3	2	2	2		5
Republic of the Congo (CGO)																				3				1	1			1		4
Costa Rica (CRC)															2		1		3	4	1		2		1		1	1		9
Croatia (CRO)																											2	1		2
Cuba (CUB)																	3	3	6			12	12	14	12	14	9	9		10
Cyprus (CYP)																			5	2	2	2			1					5
Czech Republic (CZE)																							4	3	1	2	3	3		6
Czechoslovakia (TCH)																	1	2	5		2	5								5
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)																						6				1	1	1		4
Denmark (DEN)																				1	1									2
Djibouti (DJI)																						2					1	1		3
Dominican Republic (DOM)																	2			2	1	4	3	5	5	3	1	1		10
East Germany (GDR)																	5	1	6		2									4
Ecuador (ECU)																		1	2	1		1		2	2	3	1	3		9
Egypt (EGY)																				6	1	3	2	3	6	4	5	5		9
El Salvador (ESA)																				2	1	1	2	1		1	1	1		8
Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)																										1				1
Estonia (EST)																						1	1	2	2	1	1	1		7
Fiji (FIJ)																				2		4	1	2	2	1	1	1		8
Finland (FIN)																	1	2	3	3		7	1	1	1	2	3	1		11
France (FRA)															4		5	1	7	8	3	14	14	14	13	13	14	14		13
Gabon (GAB)																						2	1	2	1	1	1	2		7
The Gambia (GAM)																												1		1
Georgia (GEO)																							6	6	7	7	7	8		6
Germany (GER)															4							13	13	11	12	11	11	13		8
Ghana (GHA)																											1	1		2
Great Britain (GBR)															4		5	3	8	8	3	14	13	9	8	7	14	7		13
Greece (GRE)																						2	1		14	3	2	2		6
Guam (GUM)																					1	2				1	1			4
Guatemala (GUA)																							2	1			1	1		4
Guinea (GUI)																			3	1		3		1	1		1	1		7
Guinea-Bissau (GBS)																												1		1
Guyana (GUY)																		1									1			2
Haiti (HAI)																						5	2	1	2	2	1	1		7
Honduras (HON)																				1			3		1		1	1		5
Hong Kong (HKG)																	1			4	3	4	1				1			6
Hungary (HUN)																	5	1	8		3	12	7	6	2	6	8	8		11
Iceland (ISL)																			2	2		3	1			1	1	1		7
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)																						4					1			2
India (IND)																						5	2	1	1	2	1	1		7
Indonesia (INA)																						4	1	2	2		1			5
Iran (IRI)																							1	3	6	6	2	2		6
Iraq (IRQ)																									1			1		2
Ireland (IRL)															1		5		2	1	1	2	2				1			8
Israel (ISR)																		1		2		4	2	3	5	3	5	7		9
Italy (ITA)															2		3	2	1	5	2	9	9	9	9	8	9	6		13
Ivory Coast (CIV)																			2			2	2	3			1	1		6
Japan (JPN)															4		5	2		8	3	14	14	14	14	14	14	14		12
Jordan (JOR)																												1		1
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							8	8	8	10	9	6		6
Kenya (KEN)																					2	3						1		3
Kosovo (KOS)																												2		1
Kuwait (KUW)																			5	5	2	2	2		1	1				7
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							2	1	1	2	2	2		6
Laos (LAO)																												1		1
Latvia (LAT)																						2		1	1	2	3	2		6
Lebanon (LIB)																	2		2	3	2	4				1	1	1		8
Liberia (LBR)																											1			1
Libya (LBA)																						2			1	1	1	1		5
Liechtenstein (LIE)																	2	3		2	2	2	1	1						7
Lithuania (LTU)																						1	1	1	1	1	2	1		7
Luxembourg (LUX)																						1	1			1	1			4
Macedonia (MKD)																												1		1
Madagascar (MAD)																	4		2			2		1	1	1	1	1		8
Malaysia (MAS)															1															1
Mali (MLI)																	2		3	1	2	2		1	1		1	1		9
Malta (MLT)																					2	2		1	1	1				5
Mauritius (MRI)																							3	1				1		3
Mexico (MEX)															3		3	1	2	4	2	1	2	1	3	2	2	2		13
Moldova (MDA)																							2	4	1	1	2	1		6
Monaco (MON)																				1	1		1			1	1	1		6
Mongolia (MGL)																	5	2	8		3	10	3	8	8	10	9	13		11
Montenegro (MNE)																										1	1	1		3
Morocco (MAR)																	3	1		3	2		3	2	2	4	3	3		10
Mozambique (MOZ)																										1		1		2
Myanmar (MYA)																						1					1	1		3
Nauru (NRU)																											1	1		2
Nepal (NEP)																					2					1		1		3
Netherlands (NED)															4		3		2	3	1	10	10	10	7	10	9	11		12
Netherlands Antilles (AHO)																		2					1							2
New Zealand (NZL)																	1			3	1	4	2	3	1		1	1		9
Nicaragua (NCA)																	1	1					2							3
Niger (NIG)																									1		1	1		3
Nigeria (NGR)																					1	2	1	1	2	1				6
North Korea (PRK)																	2	1	4			3	1	5	6	7	1	3		10
North Yemen (YAR)																					2									1
Norway (NOR)																				3		1								2
Pakistan (PAK)																												1		1
Palau (PLW)																											1			1
Palestine (PLE)																											1	1		2
Panama (PAN)															1									1			1			3
Papua New Guinea (PNG)																											1	1		2
Paraguay (PAR)																				1	1	1	1				1			5
Peru (PER)																				1				1		1	1	1		5
Philippines (PHI)															4		3				1	2					1	1		6
Poland (POL)																	5	5	7		3	11	12	4	6	7	6	4		11
Portugal (POR)															1		2		3		2	8	5	6	4	5	4	6		11
Puerto Rico (PUR)																	3	1		2	3	4	4	4	3	3	1	2		11
Qatar (QAT)																												1		1
Refugee Olympic Team (ROT)																												2		1
Republic of China (ROC)															4		4													2
Romania (ROU)																			8	3		6	5	7	4	2	6	4		9
Russia (RUS)																							13	10	11	13	12	12		6
Rwanda (RWA)																											1			1
Samoa (SAM)																								1			2	1		3
San Marino (SMR)																			2	2	2	1	1					1		6
Saudi Arabia (KSA)																											2	2		3
Senegal (SEN)																	5	2	7	6	2	6	2	1	1	4	1	1		12
Serbia (SRB)																											1	1		2
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																							2		1					2
Seychelles (SEY)																								1	1		1	1		4
Singapore (SGP)																						1								1
Slovakia (SVK)																							2	1	2	1	1			5
Slovenia (SLO)																						2			5	5	8	5		5
South Africa (RSA)																							1	1	1	3	1	1		6
South Korea (KOR)															4		2	1		8	3	14	11	12	13	14	14	12		12
Soviet Union (URS)															3		5	1	8		3									5
Spain (ESP)																	1	2		6	2	12	9	12	10	6	6	5		11
Sri Lanka (SRI)																												1		1
Sudan (SUD)																						2						1		2
Suriname (SUR)																	1			1	1							1		4
Sweden (SWE)																	1	1	4	4	1	6	1	1	1		1	4		11
Switzerland (SUI)															1				4	2		5	1	4	2	1	2	3		10
Syria (SYR)																			7						1			1		3
Tajikistan (TJK)																							3			3	2	2		4
Tanzania (TAN)																												1		1
Thailand (THA)															3		1	1				2	1				1	1		7
Togo (TOG)																								1		1	1			3
Tonga (TGA)																									1					1
Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)																												1		1
Tunisia (TUN)															1					3		1	6	9	4	6	4	4		9
Turkey (TUR)																				3	3	4	6	3	3	1	2	4		9
Turkmenistan (TKM)																							2	2	1	2	1	2		6
Ukraine (UKR)																							3	6	8	9	10	7		6
Unified Team (EUN)																						13								1
United Arab Emirates (UAE)																										1	1	3		3
United States (USA)															5		5	2		8	3	13	14	13	12	10	5	6		12
Uruguay (URU)																						1	2	1			1	1		5
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							7	6	6	8	7	8		6
Vanuatu (VAN)																											1	1		2
Venezuela (VEN)															1			1		1		3	3	9	9	7	2	1		10
Vietnam (VIE)															3								1				1	1		4
West Germany (FRG)																	5	2		8	3									4
Yemen (YEM)																						5				1	1	1		4
Yugoslavia (YUG)																	4	1	6	5	1			1						6
Zambia (ZAM)																			6			1					1	1		4
Zimbabwe (ZIM)																			2		1	2								3
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

References

Grant, T.P. "History of Jiu Jitsu: Judo Grows Into An Olympic Sport". Retrieved 18 May 2017.
Japan Shocked By IOC, Pacific Stars And Stripes, October 20, 1963, p. 19.
"QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
"Weight classes for 2016 Games" (PDF). Multimedia.olympic.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
Called "Light Heavyweight" in official reports for 1972 and 1976 Games.
Called "Welterweight" in 1972 Games official report and "Light Middleweight" in 1976 Games official report.
"Judo - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. (Note: Source counts two medals won by EUA for GER.)

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[1] Grant, T.P. "History of Jiu Jitsu: Judo Grows Into An Olympic Sport". Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[2] Japan Shocked By IOC, Pacific Stars And Stripes, October 20, 1963, p. 19.

[3] "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016" (PDF). Intjudo.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

[Rio-4] "Weight classes for 2016 Games" (PDF). Multimedia.olympic.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

[halfheavy-5] Called "Light Heavyweight" in official reports for 1972 and 1976 Games.

[halfmiddle-6] Called "Welterweight" in 1972 Games official report and "Light Middleweight" in 1976 Games official report.

[7] "Judo - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. (Note: Source counts two medals won by EUA for GER.)

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