| Judo at the 1986 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Saemaul Sports Hall |
| Dates | 1–4 October 1986 |
The Judo competition at the 1986 Asian Games was held at Saemaul Sports Hall from 1 to 4 October 1986 and contested in eight weight classes, for only men. This was the first competition of Judo for Asian Games.
The host nation South Korea dominated the competition winning six out of eight possible gold medals.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra lightweight (−60 kg) | Kim Jae-yup  South Korea | Koji Ono  Japan | Zhang Guojun  China |
Morteza Khodadadi  Iran | |||
| Half lightweight (−65 kg) | Lee Kyung-keun South Korea | Yosuke Yamamoto Japan | Wang Xiaojie China |
Sandeep Byala  India | |||
| Lightweight (−71 kg) | Ahn Byeong-keun South Korea | Yukiharu Yoshitaka Japan | Chong Siao Chin  Hong Kong |
| Zhu Changhe China | |||
| Half middleweight (−78 kg) | Cho Hyung-soo South Korea | Tang Haili China | Marut Techawanit  Thailand |
Hisham Al-Sharaf  Kuwait | |||
| Middleweight (−86 kg) | Park Kyung-ho South Korea | Noriyuki Sannohe Japan | Su Jungen China |
| Hassabodin Rojanachiva Thailand | |||
| Half heavyweight (−95 kg) | Ha Hyung-joo South Korea | Hitoshi Sugai Japan | Cawas Billimoria India |
| Tareq Al-Ghareeb Kuwait | |||
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) | Hitoshi Saito Japan | Xu Guoqing China | Kim Ik-soo South Korea |
| Shyam Singh Gurjar India | |||
| Openweight | Yoshimi Masaki Japan | Cho Yong-chul South Korea | Ding Mingjing China |
| Bannu Singh India |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 4 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 |  Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iran (IRN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 | |
