Judo at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Palau Blaugrana |
Dates | 27 July to 2 August 1992 |
Competitors | 433 from 93 nations |
Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
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Men | Women | |
60 kg | 48 kg | |
65 kg | 52 kg | |
71 kg | 56 kg | |
78 kg | 61 kg | |
86 kg | 66 kg | |
95 kg | 72 kg | |
+95 kg | +72 kg | |
The Judo competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was contested in fourteen weight classes, seven each for men and women. The seven men's weight classes continued to be those first used in 1980. This was the first Olympic competition to award medals to women judoka; women competed in 1988 as a demonstration sport. [1]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Japan | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
2 | France | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
3 | Unified Team | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Hungary | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
6 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
7 | South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
8 | China | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Israel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
13 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
United States | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
15 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
17 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 nations) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |
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