The 2008 Asian Judo Championships were held in Jeju City, South Korea from 26 April to 27 April 2008. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Extra lightweight −60 kg | Hiroaki Hiraoka Japan | Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh Iran | Salamat Utarbayev Kazakhstan |
Kim Kyong-jin North Korea | |||
Half lightweight −66 kg | Arash Miresmaeili Iran | Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Mongolia | Kim Joo-jin South Korea |
Mirali Sharipov Uzbekistan | |||
Lightweight −73 kg | Ali Maloumat Iran | Rinat Ibragimov Kazakhstan | Masahiko Otsuka Japan |
Gantömöriin Dashdavaa Mongolia | |||
Half middleweight −81 kg | Kim Jae-bum South Korea | Hamed Malekmohammadi Iran | Erdenebileg Enkhbat Mongolia |
Takashi Ono Japan | |||
Middleweight −90 kg | Hiroshi Izumi Japan | Khurshid Nabiev Uzbekistan | Choi Sun-ho South Korea |
Hossein Ghomi Iran | |||
Half heavyweight −100 kg | Askhat Zhitkeyev Kazakhstan | Jang Sung-ho South Korea | Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Mongolia |
Utkir Kurbanov Uzbekistan | |||
Heavyweight +100 kg | Abdullo Tangriev Uzbekistan | Mohammad Reza Roudaki Iran | Kim Sung-bum South Korea |
Shinya Katabuchi Japan | |||
Openweight | Kim Sung-min South Korea | Mahmoud Miran Iran | Hiroki Tachiyama Japan |
Rudy Hachache Lebanon |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Extra lightweight −48 kg | Emi Yamagishi Japan | Pak Ok-song North Korea | Xiao Jun China |
Chung Jung-yeon South Korea | |||
Half lightweight −52 kg | Pak Myong-hui North Korea | Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa Mongolia | Sholpan Kaliyeva Kazakhstan |
Shih Pei-chun Chinese Taipei | |||
Lightweight −57 kg | Kaori Matsumoto Japan | Kang Sin-young South Korea | Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od Mongolia |
Choe Kyong-sil North Korea | |||
Half middleweight −63 kg | Rina Kozawa Japan | Kong Ja-young South Korea | Won Ok-im North Korea |
Tümen-Odyn Battögs Mongolia | |||
Middleweight −70 kg | Masae Ueno Japan | Park Ka-yeon South Korea | Zhanar Zhanzunova Kazakhstan |
Wang Haixia China | |||
Half heavyweight −78 kg | Pan Yuqing China | Jeong Gyeong-mi South Korea | Sayaka Anai Japan |
Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd Mongolia | |||
Heavyweight +78 kg | Mai Tateyama Japan | Mariya Shekerova Uzbekistan | Gulzhan Issanova Kazakhstan |
Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand Mongolia | |||
Openweight | Mika Sugimoto Japan | Jo Hye-jin South Korea | Mariya Shekerova Uzbekistan |
Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand Mongolia |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 8 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
2 | South Korea | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 |
3 | Iran | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
4 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
6 | North Korea | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | China | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
8 | Mongolia | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
9 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (10 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |
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