Judo at the Summer Olympics

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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.

Contents 1 Competition format 2 Weight classes 2.1 Men 2.2 Women 3 Medal table

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Men

1964	1972-1976	1980-1984	1988-1992	1996-2008 [1]
Open category no weight limits
Heavyweight +80 kg	Heavyweight +93 kg	Heavyweight +95 kg		Heavyweight +100 kg
				Half Heavyweight 90-100 kg
		Half Heavyweight 86-95 kg
	Half Heavyweight [2] 80-93 kg
				Middleweight 81-90 kg
		Middleweight 78-86 kg
				Half Middleweight 73-81 kg
Middleweight 68-80 kg	Middleweight 70-80 kg
		Half Middleweight 71-78 kg
				Lightweight 66-73 kg
		Lightweight 65-71 kg
	Half Middleweight [3] 63-70 kg
Lightweight -68 kg
				Half Lightweight 60-66 kg
		Half Lightweight 60-65 kg
	Lightweight -63 kg
		Extra Lightweight -60 kg
4	6	8	7	7

[edit] Women

1992-1996	2000-2008 [1]
Heavyweight +72 kg	Heavyweight +78 kg
	Half Heavyweight 70-78 kg
Half Heavyweight 66-72 kg
	Middleweight 63-70 kg
Middleweight 61-66 kg
	Half Middleweight 57-63 kg
Half Middleweight 56-61 kg
	Lightweight 52-57 kg
Lightweight 52-56 kg
Half Lightweight 48-52 kg
Extra Lightweight -48 kg
7	7

1. ^ ^{a b} Weight classes for 2008 Beijing Games listed at [1]
2. ^ Called "Light Heavyweight" in official reports for 1972 and 1976 Games.
3. ^ Called "Welterweight" in 1972 Games official report and "Light Middleweight" in 1976 Games official report.

[edit] Medal table

Judoka from forty-five nations have won medals, representing every continent except Antarctica. Japan leads the medal count with fifty-eight medals, followed by France and South Korea, each with thirty-three.

See also: List of Olympic medalists in judo

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	31	14	13	58
2	France	10	6	17	33
3	South Korea	8	12	13	33
4	Cuba	5	8	13	26
5	Soviet Union	5	5	13	23
6	China	5	2	7	14
7	Netherlands	4	1	10	15
8	Poland	3	4	2	9
9	Spain	3	1	2	6
10	Brazil	2	3	7	12
11	Italy	2	2	6	10
12	Germany	2	1	11	14
13	Belgium	2	1	7	10
14	Austria	2	1	1	4
15	Unified Team	2	0	2	4
16	West Germany	1	4	3	8
17	East Germany	1	2	6	9
18	Hungary	1	2	4	7
19	Georgia	1	1	2	4
	North Korea	1	1	2	4
21	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
22	Belarus	1	0	1	2
	Turkey	1	0	1	2
24	Greece	1	0	0	1
25	Great Britain	0	6	9	15
26	United States	0	3	6	9
27	Russia	0	3	5	8
28	Canada	0	2	2	4
29	Mongolia	0	1	3	4
30	Australia	0	1	2	3
	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
	Israel	0	1	2	3
33	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
34	Egypt	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
37	Estonia	0	0	3	3
	Romania	0	0	3	3
39	Yugoslavia	0	0	2	2
40	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1

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