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|---|---|
| Venue | Accor Arena |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Dates | 7-8 February 2009 |
| Competitors | 375 from 48 nations |
| Total prize money | $154,000 [1] |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2009 Judo Grand Slam Paris was held in Paris, France, from 7 to 8 February 2009. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) |  Dimitri Dragin (FRA) |  Amiran Papinashvili (GEO) |  Ludwig Paischer (AUT) |
 Choi Gwang-hyeon (KOR) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) |  Masato Uchishiba (JPN) | Benjamin Darbelet (FRA) | An Jeong-hwan (KOR) |
 Miklós Ungvári (HUN) | |||
| Lightweight (−73 kg) | Wang Ki-chun (KOR) |  Yordanis Arencibia (CUB) | Gilles Bonhomme (FRA) |
 Mario Schendel (GER) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) | Song Dae-nam (KOR) | Kim Jae-bum (KOR) | Axel Clerget (FRA) |
 Ivan Nifontov (RUS) | |||
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Yves-Matthieu Dafreville (FRA) | Takashi Ono (JPN) | Michael Pinske (GER) |
| Kirill Denisov (RUS) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) | Takamasa Anai (JPN) |  Yauhen Biadulin (BLR) |  Daniel Brata (ROU) |
| Dimitri Peters (GER) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Teddy Riner (FRA) | Alexander Mikhaylin (RUS) | Pierre Robin (FRA) |
 Abdullo Tangriev (UZB) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Emi Yamagishi (JPN) | Frédérique Jossinet (FRA) | Aurore Urani Climence (FRA) |
| Tomoko Fukumi (JPN) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Natalia Kuziutina (RUS) | Audrey La Rizza (FRA) | Kim Kyung-ok (KOR) |
| Misato Nakamura (JPN) | |||
| Lightweight (−57 kg) |  Ioulietta Boukouvala (GRE) | Morgane Ribout (FRA) | Barbara Harel (FRA) |
| Kaori Matsumoto (JPN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) | Yoshie Ueno (JPN) | Nozomi Hirai (JPN) | Vera Koval (RUS) |
 Marijana Mišković Hasanbegović (CRO) | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Lucie Décosse (FRA) | Marie Pasquet (FRA) |  Dou Shumei (CHN) |
| Kerstin Thiele (GER) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Céline Lebrun (FRA) |  Marhinde Verkerk (NED) |  Maryna Pryshchepa (UKR) |
| Yang Xiuli (CHN) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Tong Wen (CHN) | Idalys Ortiz (CUB) | Elena Ivashchenko (RUS) |
| Megumi Tachimoto (JPN) |
* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France (FRA)* | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 12 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to $154,000. [1]
| Medal | Prize |
|---|---|
 Gold | $5,000 |
 Silver | $3,000 |
 Bronze | $1,500 |
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