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|---|---|
| Venue | Palau Blaugrana |
| Location |  Barcelona, Spain |
| Dates | 25–28 July 1991 |
| Competitors | 465 from 64 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • JudoInside |
The 1991 World Judo Championships were the 17th edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held in Barcelona, Spain from July 25 to July 28, 1991. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| -60 kg |  Tadanori Koshino |  Yoon Hyun |  Nazim Huseynov  Philippe Pradayrol |
| -65 kg |  Udo Quellmalz | Masahiko Okuma | Sergei Kosmynin  James Pedro |
| -71 kg | Toshihiko Koga | Joaquin Ruiz | Chung Hoon Vladimir Dgebuadze |
| -78 kg | Daniel Lascau |  Johan Laats | Bashir Varaev Hidehiko Yoshida |
| -86 kg | Hirotaka Okada | Joe Wanag |  Waldemar Legień  Giorgio Vismara |
| -95 kg | Stéphane Traineau | Pawel Nastula | Marc Meiling  Jiri Sosna |
| +95 kg | Sergei Kosorotov |  Frank Moreno | Kim Kun-Soo Naoya Ogawa |
| Open | Naoya Ogawa | David Khakhaleishvili |  Imre Csösz Georges Mathonnet |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 |  China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Spain | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Cuba | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 11 | Belgium | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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