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|---|---|
| Venue | Olympiahalle |
| Location |  Munich, Germany |
| Dates | 26–29 July 2001 |
| Competitors | 586 from 89 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • JudoInside |
The 2001 World Judo Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Judo Championships, and were held at Olympiahalle in Munich, Germany in 2001.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |  Anis Lounifi (TUN) |  Cédric Taymans (BEL) |  John Buchanan (GBR) |
 Kazuhiko Tokuno (JPN) | |||
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) |  Arash Miresmaili (IRI) |  Musa Nastuyev (UKR) |  Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) |
 Kim Hyung-ju (KOR) | |||
| Lightweight (73 kg) |  Vitaliy Makarov (RUS) | Yusuke Kanamaru (JPN) |  Askhat Shakharov (KAZ) |
 Krzysztof Wiłkomirski (POL) | |||
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) | Cho In-chul (KOR) |  Aleksei Budõlin (EST) |  Sergei Aschwanden (SUI) |
 Elkhan Rajabli (AZE) | |||
| Middleweight (90 kg) |  Frédéric Demontfaucon (FRA) |  Zurab Zviadauri (GEO) | Rasul Salimov (AZE) |
| Yoon Dong-sik (KOR) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) | Kosei Inoue (JPN) |  Antal Kovács (HUN) | Jang Sung-ho (KOR) |
| Askhat Zhitkeyev (KAZ) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS) |  Selim Tataroğlu (TUR) | Mahmoud Miran (IRI) |
| Shinichi Shinohara (JPN) | |||
| Openweight | Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS) |  Ariel Ze'evi (ISR) | Frank Möller (GER) |
 Dennis van der Geest (NED) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) | Ryoko Tamura (JPN) |  Ri Kyong-ok (PRK) | Danieska Carrión (CUB) |
 Giuseppina Macrì (ITA) | |||
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) | Kye Sun-hui (PRK) | Raffaella Imbriani (GER) |  Liu Yuxiang (CHN) |
| Legna Verdecia (CUB) | |||
| Lightweight (57 kg) | Yurisleidis Lupetey (CUB) | Deborah Gravenstijn (NED) |  Isabel Fernández (ESP) |
| Kie Kusakabe (JPN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) | Gella Vandecaveye (BEL) | Sara Álvarez (ESP) | Anaysi Hernández (CUB) |
| Ayumi Tanimoto (JPN) | |||
| Middleweight (70 kg) | Masae Ueno (JPN) | Kate Howey (GBR) | Regla Leyén (CUB) |
| Ulla Werbrouck (BEL) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) | Noriko Anno (JPN) | Yurisel Laborde (CUB) | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |
| Lee So-yeon (KOR) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Yuan Hua (CHN) | Midori Shintani (JPN) | Daima Beltrán (CUB) |
| Sandra Köppen (GER) | |||
| Openweight | Céline Lebrun (FRA) | Karina Bryant (GBR) |  Catarina Rodrigues (POR) |
| Tong Wen (CHN) |
* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 2 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 5 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Iran (IRN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Germany (GER)* | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 | Estonia (EST) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 23 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (26 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Anis Lounifi | Tunisia |
| 2. | Cédric Taymans | Belgium |
| 3. | John Buchanan | Great Britain |
| 3. | Kazuhiko Tokuno | Japan |
| 5. | Elchin Ismaylov | Azerbaijan |
| 5. | Nestor Khergiani | Georgia |
| 7. | João Derly |  Brazil |
| 7. | Óscar Peñas | Spain |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arash Miresmaili | Iran |
| 2. | Musa Nastuyev | Ukraine |
| 3. | Yordanis Arencibia | Cuba |
| 3. | Kim Hyung-ju | South Korea |
| 5. | Islam Matsiev | Russia |
| 5. | Amar Meridja |  Algeria |
| 7. | Jozef Krnáč |  Slovakia |
| 7. | Bryan van Dyk | Netherlands |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Vitaliy Makarov | Russia |
| 2. | Yusuke Kanamaru | Japan |
| 3. | Askhat Shakharov | Kazakhstan |
| 3. | Krzysztof Wiłkomirski | Poland |
| 5. | Min Sung-ho | South Korea |
| 5. | Andrey Shturbabin |  Uzbekistan |
| 7. | Illya Chymchyuri | Ukraine |
| 7. | Germán Velazco |  Peru |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cho In-chul | South Korea |
| 2. | Aleksei Budõlin | Estonia |
| 3. | Sergei Aschwanden | Switzerland |
| 3. | Elkhan Rajabli | Azerbaijan |
| 5. | Kenzo Nakamura | Japan |
| 5. | Graeme Randall | Great Britain |
| 7. | Adil Belgaid |  Morocco |
| 7. | Flávio Honorato | Brazil |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Frédéric Demontfaucon | France |
| 2. | Zurab Zviadauri | Georgia |
| 3. | Rasul Salimov | Azerbaijan |
| 3. | Yoon Dong-sik | South Korea |
| 5. | Skander Hachicha | Tunisia |
| 5. | Amel Mekić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 7. | Mouslim Gajimagomedov | Russia |
| 7. | Keith Morgan |  Canada |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kosei Inoue | Japan |
| 2. | Antal Kovács | Hungary |
| 3. | Jang Sung-ho | South Korea |
| 3. | Askhat Zhitkeyev | Kazakhstan |
| 5. | Iveri Jikurauli | Georgia |
| 5. | Ghislain Lemaire | France |
| 7. | Nicolas Gill | Canada |
| 7. | Vernharð Þorleifsson |  Iceland |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alexandre Mikhaylin | Russia |
| 2. | Selim Tataroğlu | Turkey |
| 3. | Seyed Mahmoudreza Miran | Iran |
| 3. | Shinichi Shinohara | Japan |
| 5. | Indrek Pertelson | Estonia |
| 5. | Georgi Tonkov |  Bulgaria |
| 7. | Aytami Ruano | Spain |
| 7. | Andreas Tölzer | Germany |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alexandre Mikhaylin | Russia |
| 2. | Ariel Ze'evi | Israel |
| 3. | Frank Möller | Germany |
| 3. | Dennis van der Geest | Netherlands |
| 5. | Ramaz Chochishvili | Georgia |
| 5. | Daniel Hernandes | Brazil |
| 7. | Alexandru Lungu |  Romania |
| 7. | Yasuyuki Muneta | Japan |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ryoko Tamura | Japan |
| 2. | Ri Kyong-ok | North Korea |
| 3. | Danieska Carrión | Cuba |
| 3. | Giuseppina Macrì | Italy |
| 5. | Kim Young-ran | South Korea |
| 5. | Anna Żemła | Poland |
| 7. | Sarah Nichilo-Rosso | France |
| 7. | Tatyana Shishkina | Russia |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kye Sun-hui | North Korea |
| 2. | Raffaella Imbriani | Germany |
| 3. | Liu Yuxiang | China |
| 3. | Legna Verdecia | Cuba |
| 5. | Salima Souakri | Algeria |
| 5. | Yuki Yokosawa | Japan |
| 7. | Ioana Dinea | Romania |
| 7. | Fabiane Hukuda | Brazil |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yurisleidis Lupetey | Cuba |
| 2. | Deborah Gravenstijn | Netherlands |
| 3. | Isabel Fernández | Spain |
| 3. | Kie Kusakabe | Japan |
| 5. | Cinzia Cavazzuti | Italy |
| 5. | Xu Yuhua | China |
| 7. | Tânia Ferreira | Brazil |
| 7. | Marisabel Lomba | Belgium |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gella Vandecaveye | Belgium |
| 2. | Sara Álvarez | Spain |
| 3. | Anaisis Hernández | Cuba |
| 3. | Ayumi Tanimoto | Japan |
| 5. | Claudia Heill |  Austria |
| 5. | Urška Žolnir |  Slovenia |
| 7. | Vânia Ishii | Brazil |
| 7. | Ylenia Scapin | Italy |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Masae Ueno | Japan |
| 2. | Kate Howey | Great Britain |
| 3. | Regla Leyén | Cuba |
| 3. | Ulla Werbrouck | Belgium |
| 5. | Amina Abdellatif | France |
| 5. | Cecilia Blanco | Spain |
| 7. | Lea Blavo |  Ivory Coast |
| 7. | Kim Mi-jung | South Korea |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Noriko Anno | Japan |
| 2. | Yurisel Laborde | Cuba |
| 3. | Céline Lebrun | France |
| 3. | Lee So-yeon | South Korea |
| 5. | Uta Kühnen | Germany |
| 5. | Claudia Zwiers | Netherlands |
| 7. | Michelle Rogers | Great Britain |
| 7. | Esther San Miguel | Spain |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Yuan Hua | China |
| 2. | Midori Shintani | Japan |
| 3. | Daima Beltrán | Cuba |
| 3. | Sandra Köppen | Germany |
| 5. | Karina Bryant | Great Britain |
| 5. | Marie Elisabeth Veys | Belgium |
| 7. | Tsvetana Bozilova | Bulgaria |
| 7. | Françoise Harteveld | Netherlands |
| Position | Judoka | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Céline Lebrun | France |
| 2. | Karina Bryant | Great Britain |
| 3. | Catarina Rodrigues | Portugal |
| 3. | Tong Wen | China |
| 5. | Katja Gerber | Germany |
| 5. | Priscila Marques | Brazil |
| 7. | Françoise Harteveld | Netherlands |
| 7. | Anastasiya Matrosova | Ukraine |
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