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|---|---|
| Venue | Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex |
| Location | Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Dates | 6–8 May 2016 |
| Competitors | 447 from 76 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2016 Judo Grand Slam Baku was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 6 to 8 May 2016. [1] [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) |  Ganbatyn Boldbaatar (MGL) |  Ryuju Nagayama (JPN) |  Ashley McKenzie (GBR) |
 Diyorbek Urozboev (UZB) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) |  Mikhail Pulyaev (RUS) |  Azamat Mukanov (KAZ) |  Tarlan Karimov (AZE) |
 Sugoi Uriarte (ESP) | |||
| Lightweight (−73 kg) | Mirali Sharipov (UZB) | Giyosjon Boboev (UZB) | Rustam Orujov (AZE) |
 Sai Yinjirigala (CHN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) | Takanori Nagase (JPN) |  Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL) |  Matteo Marconcini (ITA) |
 Iván Felipe Silva Morales (CUB) | |||
| Middleweight (−90 kg) |  Marcus Nyman (SWE) |  Aleksandar Kukolj (SRB) |  Axel Clerget (FRA) |
| Kirill Denisov (RUS) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) |  Beka Gviniashvili (GEO) |  Miklós Cirjenics (HUN) |  Dimitri Peters (GER) |
| Aaron Wolf (JPN) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) |  Iakiv Khammo (UKR) |  Roy Meyer (NED) |  David Moura (BRA) |
| Barna Bor (HUN) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Julia Figueroa (ESP) | Éva Csernoviczki (HUN) | Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh (KAZ) |
| Laëtitia Payet (FRA) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) |  Gili Cohen (ISR) | Odette Giuffrida (ITA) | Ma Yingnan (CHN) |
| Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa (MGL) | |||
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Tsukasa Yoshida (JPN) | Nekoda Smythe-Davis (GBR) | Lu Tongjuan (CHN) |
 Sabrina Filzmoser (AUT) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) | Alice Schlesinger (GBR) |  Marijana Mišković Hasanbegović (CRO) | Maricet Espinosa (CUB) |
 Büşra Katipoğlu (TUR) | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | María Bernabéu (ESP) | Maria Portela (BRA) |  María Pérez (PUR) |
 Elvismar Rodríguez (VEN) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Guusje Steenhuis (NED) | Marhinde Verkerk (NED) | Mami Umeki (JPN) |
| Luise Malzahn (GER) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Kanae Yamabe (JPN) | Yu Song (CHN) | Émilie Andéol (FRA) |
 Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (TUN) |
Source Results [2]
* Host nation (Azerbaijan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 6 | Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 | Azerbaijan (AZE)* | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 24 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (28 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
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