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|---|---|
| Venue | Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Dates | 15–16 January 2011 |
| Competitors | 205 from 41 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2011 Judo World Masters World Masters was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 15 to 16 January 2011.
* Host nation
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Azerbaijan (AZE)* | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 16 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (-60 kg) | Rishod Sobirov Uzbekistan | Arsen Galstyan Russia | Ilgar Mushkiyev Azerbaijan |
| Beslan Mudranov Russia | |||
| Half-lightweight (-66 kg) | Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar Mongolia | Rok Drakšič Slovenia | Sugoi Uriarte Spain |
| Tarlan Karimov Azerbaijan | |||
| Lightweight (-73 kg) | Wang Ki-chun South Korea | Mansur Isaev Russia | Yasuhiro Awano Japan |
| Attila Ungvári Hungary | |||
| Half-middleweight (-81 kg) | Elnur Mammadli Azerbaijan | Leandro Guilheiro Brazil | Euan Burton Great Britain |
| Takahiro Nakai Japan | |||
| Middleweight (-90 kg) | Elkhan Mammadov Azerbaijan | Ilias Iliadis Greece | Kirill Denisov Russia |
| Takashi Ono Japan | |||
| Half-heavyweight (-100 kg) | Sergei Samoilovich Russia | Tagir Khaybulaev Russia | Maxim Rakov Kazakhstan |
| Temuulen Battulga Mongolia | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Teddy Riner France | Islam El Shehaby Egypt | Keiji Suzuki Japan |
| Andreas Tölzer Germany |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (-48 kg) | Haruna Asami Japan | Emi Yamagishi Japan | Sarah Menezes Brazil |
| Éva Csernoviczki Hungary | |||
| Half-lightweight (-52 kg) | Misato Nakamura Japan | Yuka Nishida Japan | Bundmaa Munkhbaatar Mongolia |
| Laura Gómez Spain | |||
| Lightweight (-57 kg) | Telma Monteiro Portugal | Kaori Matsumoto Japan | Concepción Bellorín Spain |
| Kim Jan-di South Korea | |||
| Half-middleweight (-63 kg) | Gévrise Émane France | Yoshie Ueno Japan | Yarden Gerbi Israel |
| Claudia Malzahn Germany | |||
| Middleweight (-70 kg) | Lucie Décosse France | Hwang Ye-sul South Korea | Yoriko Kunihara Japan |
| Edith Bosch Netherlands | |||
| Half-heavyweight (-78 kg) | Yang Xiuli China | Céline Lebrun France | Akari Ogata Japan |
| Abigél Joó Hungary | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Megumi Tachimoto Japan | Mika Sugimoto Japan | Kim Na-young South Korea |
| Lucija Polavder Slovenia |
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