Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Judo
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Judo pictogram.svg
Venue Palau Blaugrana
Dates27 July to 2 August 1992
Competitors433 from 93 nations
  1988
1996  

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]

Contents

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
60 kg
details
Nazim Huseynov
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
(Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan)
Yoon Hyun
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Tadanori Koshino
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Richard Trautmann
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
65 kg
details
Rogério Sampaio
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
József Csák
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Israel Hernández
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Udo Quellmalz
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
71 kg
details
Toshihiko Koga
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Bertalan Hajtós
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Chung Hoon
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Oren Smadja
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
78 kg
details
Hidehiko Yoshida
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Jason Morris
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bertrand Damaisin
Flag of France.svg  France
Kim Byung-joo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
86 kg
details
Waldemar Legień
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Pascal Tayot
Flag of France.svg  France
Nicolas Gill
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Hirotaka Okada
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
95 kg
details
Antal Kovács
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Raymond Stevens
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Theo Meijer
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Dmitri Sergeyev
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
(Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg  Russia)
+95 kg
details
David Khakhaleishvili
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
(Flag of Georgia (1990-2004).svg  Georgia)
Naoya Ogawa
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Imre Csősz
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
David Douillet
Flag of France.svg  France

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
48 kg
details
Cécile Nowak
Flag of France.svg  France
Ryoko Tamura
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Amarilis Savón
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Hülya Şenyurt
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
52 kg
details
Almudena Muñoz
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Noriko Mizoguchi
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Li Zhongyun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sharon Rendle
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
56 kg
details
Miriam Blasco
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Nicola Fairbrother
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Driulis González
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Chiyori Tateno
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
61 kg
details
Cathérine Fleury
Flag of France.svg  France
Yael Arad
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Yelena Petrova
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
(Flag of Russia (1991-1993).svg  Russia)
Zhang Di
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
66 kg
details
Odalis Revé
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Emanuela Pierantozzi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Kate Howey
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Heidi Rakels
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
72 kg
details
Kim Mi-jung
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Yoko Tanabe
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Irene de Kok
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Laetitia Meignan
Flag of France.svg  France
+72 kg
details
Zhuang Xiaoyan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Estela Rodríguez
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Natalia Lupino
Flag of France.svg  France
Yoko Sakaue
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 24410
2Flag of France.svg  France 2147
3Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team 2024
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2002
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1214
6Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 1135
7Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1124
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1023
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1001
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1001
11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0224
12Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0112
13Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0101
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0101
15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0022
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0022
17Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0011
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 0011
Totals (19 nations)14142856

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References

  1. "Judo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2018.