- Judo at the Summer Olympics
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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 Medalists Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan. After not being included in 1968, 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.
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Competition format
Judoka compete in weight classes. Gold and silver medals are awarded based on a single elimination bracket. Two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class; two judoka from a repechage for those who are eliminated by one of the eventual semifinalists face the two semifinal losers for the bronze medals.
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 1996-2008 [1] Open category
no weight limitsHeavyweight
+80 kgHeavyweight
+93 kgHeavyweight
+95 kgHeavyweight
+100 kgHalf Heavyweight
90-100 kgHalf Heavyweight
86-95 kgHalf Heavyweight [2]
80-93 kgMiddleweight
81-90 kgMiddleweight
78-86 kgHalf Middleweight
73-81 kgMiddleweight
68-80 kgMiddleweight
70-80 kgHalf Middleweight
71-78 kgLightweight
66-73 kgLightweight
65-71 kgHalf Middleweight [3]
63-70 kgLightweight
-68 kgHalf Lightweight
60-66 kgHalf Lightweight
60-65 kgLightweight
-63 kgExtra Lightweight
-60 kg4 6 8 7 7 Women
1992-1996 2000-2008 [1] Heavyweight
+72 kgHeavyweight
+78 kgHalf Heavyweight
70-78 kgHalf Heavyweight
66-72 kgMiddleweight
63-70 kgMiddleweight
61-66 kgHalf Middleweight
57-63 kgHalf Middleweight
56-61 kgLightweight
52-57 kgLightweight
52-56 kgHalf Lightweight
48-52 kgExtra Lightweight
-48 kg7 7 - ^ a b Weight classes for 2008 Beijing Games listed at [1]
- ^ 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.
Medal table
Judoka from 50 nations have won medals, representing all 6 continents.
See also: List of Olympic medalists in judoRank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 
Japan35 15 15 65 2 
France10 8 19 37 3 
South Korea9 14 14 37 4 
China8 2 8 18 5 
Cuba5 11 16 32 6 
Soviet Union5 5 13 23 7 
Netherlands4 2 14 20 8 
Poland3 3 2 8 9 
Italy3 3 6 12 10 
Spain3 1 2 6 11 
Germany3 0 10 13 12 
Brazil2 3 10 15 13 
Austria2 2 1 5 14 
Belgium2 1 7 10 15 
Georgia2 1 2 5 16 
Unified Team2 0 2 4 17 West Germany1 4 3 8 18 
East Germany1 2 6 9 19 
Hungary1 2 4 7 20 
North Korea1 2 4 7 21 
Mongolia1 1 3 5 22 
Switzerland1 1 2 4 23 
Romania1 0 3 4 24 
Azerbaijan1 0 1 2 24 
Belarus1 0 1 2 24 
Turkey1 0 1 2 27 
Greece1 0 0 1 28 
Great Britain0 7 9 16 29 
United States0 3 7 10 30 
Russia0 3 5 8 31 
Canada0 2 2 4 32 
Uzbekistan0 2 1 3 33 
Bulgaria0 1 2 3 33 
Israel0 1 2 3 33 
Ukraine0 1 2 3 36 
Algeria0 1 1 2 36 
Germany0 1 1 2 36 
Egypt0 1 1 2 39 
Kazakhstan0 1 0 1 39 
Slovakia0 1 0 1 41 
Estonia0 0 3 3 42 
Australia0 0 2 2 42 
Slovenia0 0 2 2 42 
Yugoslavia0 0 2 2 45 
Argentina0 0 1 1 45 
Czechoslovakia0 0 1 1 45 
Iceland0 0 1 1 45 
Kyrgyzstan0 0 1 1 45 
Latvia0 0 1 1 45 
Portugal0 0 1 1 45 
Tajikistan0 0 1 1 Total 109 108 218 434 Number of judoka by nation
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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 Years 
Afghanistan (AFG)1 1 
Albania (ALB)1 1 Algeria (ALG)3 5 3 6 7 11 10 7 
American Samoa (ASA)1 1 
Andorra (AND)1 1 1 1 4 
Angola (ANG)7 4 1 3 Argentina (ARG)3 1 2 4 3 9 8 9 9 9 10 
Armenia (ARM)1 1 1 2 4 
Aruba (ARU)1 1 1 3 Australia (AUS)4 4 3 3 3 3 2 12 14 12 13 11 Austria (AUT)3 6 4 5 4 3 6 5 3 2 3 11 Azerbaijan (AZE)2 4 3 6 4 
Barbados (BAR)1 1 1 1 4 Belarus (BLR)4 5 7 4 4 Belgium (BEL)4 2 1 2 4 9 7 9 3 3 10 
Benin (BEN)1 1 
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)1 1 1 1 1 5 Brazil (BRA)1 13 
Burkina Faso (BUR)1 
Cameroon (CMR)1 Canada (CAN)1 5 
Chile (CHI)1 China (CHN)14 
Chinese Taipei (TPE)2 
Colombia (COL)2 
Costa Rica (CRC)2 Cuba (CUB)14 
Czech Republic (CZE)2 
Denmark (DEN)1 1 2 
Dominican Republic (DOM)3 
DR Congo (COD)1 
Ecuador (ECU)3 Egypt (EGY)4 
El Salvador (ESA)1 
Equatorial Guinea (GEQ)1 Estonia (EST)1 1 2 2 1 5 
Fiji (FIJ)1 
Finland (FIN)2 France (FRA)4 13 
Gabon (GAB)1 Georgia (GEO)7 Germany (GER)4 11 Great Britain (GBR)4 7 Greece (GRE)3 
Guam (GUM)1 
Haiti (HAI)2 Hungary (HUN)6 Iceland (ISL)1 
India (IND)2 
Iran (IRI)6 
Ireland (IRL)1 Israel (ISR)3 Italy (ITA)2 8 Japan (JPN)4 14 Kazakhstan (KAZ)10 
Kuwait (KUW)1 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)2 Latvia (LAT)2 1 1 2 4 
Lebanon (LIB)1 
Libya (LBA)1 
Lithuania (LTU)1 1 1 1 1 5 
Luxembourg (LUX)1 
Madagascar (MAD)1 
Malaysia (MAS)1 
Malta (MLT)1 
Mexico (MEX)3 2 
Moldova (MDA)1 
Monaco (MON)1 Mongolia (MGL)10 
Montenegro (MNE)1 1 
Morocco (MAR)4 
Mozambique (MOZ)1 
Nepal (NEP)1 Netherlands (NED)4 10 
Nigeria (NGR)1 North Korea (PRK)7 
Panama (PAN)1 
Peru (PER)1 
Philippines (PHI)4 Poland (POL)7 Portugal (POR)1 5 
Puerto Rico (PUR)3 
Republic of China (ROC)4 Romania (ROU)2 Russia (RUS)13 
Senegal (SEN)4 Slovakia (SVK)1 Slovenia (SLO)5 
South Africa (RSA)3 South Korea (KOR)4 14 Soviet Union (URS)3 Spain (ESP)6 Switzerland (SUI)1 1 Tajikistan (TJK)3 
Thailand (THA)3 
Togo (TOG)1 
Tunisia (TUN)1 6 Turkey (TUR)1 
Turkmenistan (TKM)2 Ukraine (UKR)9 
United Arab Emirates (UAE)1 United States (USA)5 10 Uzbekistan (UZB)8 
Venezuela (VEN)1 7 
Vietnam (VIE)3 
Yemen (YEM)5 1 2 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 22 See also
- List of Olympic venues in judo
References
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