1991 World Judo Championships | |
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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 |
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-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 |
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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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