Judo
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueBeijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Dates9 – 15 August 2008

Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

This was the fifth Olympics for Driulys González (Cuba), Mária Pekli (Australia), Ryoko Tamura-Tani (Japan). The only other judokas to compete at five Olympics are Robert Van de Walle (Belgium), the judoka-bobsledder Jorge Bonnet (Puerto Rico) and Telma Monteiro (Portugal).

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan4127
2 China*3014
3 South Korea1214
4 Azerbaijan1012
5 Georgia1001
 Germany1001
 Italy1001
 Mongolia1001
 Romania1001
10 Cuba0336
11 France0224
12 Netherlands0145
13 North Korea0123
14 Algeria0112
 Uzbekistan0112
16 Austria0101
 Kazakhstan0101
18 Brazil0033
19 Argentina0011
 Egypt0011
 Slovenia0011
 Switzerland0011
 Tajikistan0011
 Ukraine0011
 United States0011
Totals (25 entries)14142856

Medal summary

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
Choi Min-ho
 South Korea
Ludwig Paischer
 Austria
Rishod Sobirov
 Uzbekistan
Ruben Houkes
 Netherlands
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
Masato Uchishiba
 Japan
Benjamin Darbelet
 France
Yordanis Arencibia
 Cuba
Pak Chol-min
 North Korea
Lightweight (73 kg)
Elnur Mammadli
 Azerbaijan
Wang Ki-chun
 South Korea
Rasul Boqiev
 Tajikistan
Leandro Guilheiro
 Brazil
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
Ole Bischof
 Germany
Kim Jae-bum
 South Korea
Tiago Camilo
 Brazil
Roman Gontiuk
 Ukraine
Middleweight (90 kg)
Irakli Tsirekidze
 Georgia
Amar Benikhlef
 Algeria
Hesham Mesbah
 Egypt
Sergei Aschwanden
 Switzerland
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
 Mongolia
Askhat Zhitkeyev
 Kazakhstan
Movlud Miraliyev
 Azerbaijan
Henk Grol
 Netherlands
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
Satoshi Ishii
 Japan
Abdullo Tangriev
 Uzbekistan
Teddy Riner
 France
Oscar Braison
 Cuba

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
Alina Alexandra Dumitru
 Romania
Yanet Bermoy
 Cuba
Paula Pareto
 Argentina
Ryoko Tani
 Japan
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
Xian Dongmei
 China
An Kum-ae
 North Korea
Soraya Haddad
 Algeria
Misato Nakamura
 Japan
Lightweight (57 kg)
Giulia Quintavalle
 Italy
Deborah Gravenstijn
 Netherlands
Xu Yan
 China
Ketleyn Quadros
 Brazil
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
Ayumi Tanimoto
 Japan
Lucie Décosse
 France
Elisabeth Willeboordse
 Netherlands
Won Ok-Im
 North Korea
Middleweight (70 kg)
Masae Ueno
 Japan
Anaysi Hernández
 Cuba
Ronda Rousey
 United States
Edith Bosch
 Netherlands
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
Yang Xiuli
 China
Yalennis Castillo
 Cuba
Jeong Gyeong-mi
 South Korea
Stéphanie Possamaï
 France
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
Tong Wen
 China
Maki Tsukada
 Japan
Idalys Ortiz
 Cuba
Lucija Polavder
 Slovenia

Qualification

Together with 366 directly qualified athletes, there will be 20 invitational places from a Tripartite Commission (genders and categories are yet to be decided), making up a total athlete quota of 386 athletes—217 men, 147 women and 22 places not yet allocated to a gender.

An NOC may enter up to one athlete per weight category. The qualifying places will be allocated as follows:

Event/UnionDateLocationMenWomenTotals
World ChampionshipsSeptember 13–16, 2007Brazil Rio de Janeiro6684
African Judo UnionMay 2006 – May 20083235
Judo Union of AsiaNov 2006 – Apr 20085358[a]
European Judo UnionApr 2007 – Apr 20089598
Oceania Judo UnionSep 2007 – Mar 20081114
Pan-American Judo UnionMay 2006 – May 20086363
Host Nation (CHN)1114[b]
TOTAL3121366

a Two additional places will be awarded to this union, but gender and weight categories are to be defined.

b If the host nation qualifies athletes directly through the world championships or Asian continental qualification system, the reserved entry places will be reallocated as part of the Asian continental qualification.

Continental qualification places will be allocated through the ranking system based on the major tournaments on the continent (continental championships, qualification tournaments). More important tournaments and tournaments closer to the Olympics will carry more points. Deadline for the unions to confirm the places was May 21, 2008.

See also

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