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|---|---|
| Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Dates | 14–15 January 2012 |
| Competitors | 218 from 44 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2012 Judo World Masters was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 14 to 15 January 2012.
| | |
|---|---|
| Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Dates | 14–15 January 2012 |
| Competitors | 218 from 44 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2012 Judo World Masters was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 14 to 15 January 2012.
* Host nation (Kazakhstan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan (JPN) | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 2 |  Brazil (BRA) | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ)* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (-60 kg) | Arsen Galstyan Russia | Rishod Sobirov Uzbekistan | Beslan Mudranov Russia |
| Hiroaki Hiraoka Japan | |||
| Half-lightweight (-66 kg) | Sanjaasürengiin Miyaaragchaa Mongolia | Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Mongolia | Junpei Morishita Japan |
| Masashi Ebinuma Japan | |||
| Lightweight (-73 kg) | Wang Ki-chun South Korea | Riki Nakaya Japan | Hiroyuki Akimoto Japan |
| Mansur Isaev Russia | |||
| Half-middleweight (-81 kg) | Elnur Mammadli Azerbaijan | Takahiro Nakai Japan | Euan Burton Great Britain |
| Sirazhudin Magomedov Russia | |||
| Middleweight (-90 kg) | Masashi Nishiyama Japan | Kirill Voprosov Russia | Tiago Camilo Brazil |
| Hugo Pessanha Brazil | |||
| Half-heavyweight (-100 kg) | Maxim Rakov Kazakhstan | Henk Grol Netherlands | Takamasa Anai Japan |
| Sergei Samoilovich Russia | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Rafael Silva Brazil | Daiki Kamikawa Japan | Andreas Tölzer Germany |
| Islam El Shehaby Egypt |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (-48 kg) | Tomoko Fukumi Japan | Haruna Asami Japan | Elena Moretti Italy |
| Sarah Menezes Brazil | |||
| Half-lightweight (-52 kg) | Yuka Nishida Japan | Misato Nakamura Japan | Soraya Haddad Algeria |
| Ilse Heylen Belgium | |||
| Lightweight (-57 kg) | Kaori Matsumoto Japan | Telma Monteiro Portugal | Rafaela Silva Brazil |
| Aiko Sato Japan | |||
| Half-middleweight (-63 kg) | Yoshie Ueno Japan | Miki Tanaka Japan | Xu Lili China |
| Anicka van Emden Netherlands | |||
| Middleweight (-70 kg) | Lucie Décosse France | Yoriko Kunihara Japan | Haruka Tachimoto Japan |
| Edith Bosch Netherlands | |||
| Half-heavyweight (-78 kg) | Mayra Aguiar Brazil | Yang Xiuli China | Akari Ogata Japan |
| Anamari Velenšek Slovenia | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Qin Qian China | Tong Wen China | Gulzhan Issanova Kazakhstan |
| Mika Sugimoto Japan |
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