| Judo at the 1994 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
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| Venue | Hiroshima Sun Plaza |
| Dates | 12–15 October 1994 |
The Judo Competition at the 1994 Asian Games was contested in sixteen weight classes, eight each for men and women. This competition was held from October 12 to October 15, 1994.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra lightweight (−60 kg) | Kim Hyuk  South Korea | Ryuji Sonoda  Japan | Hassan Ahadpour  Iran |
Serik Adiganov  Kazakhstan | |||
| Half lightweight (−65 kg) | Yukimasa Nakamura Japan | Ivan Karazelidi Kazakhstan | Hao Yi  China |
Dashgombyn Battulga  Mongolia | |||
| Lightweight (−71 kg) | Chung Hoon South Korea | Shigeru Toyama Japan | Ismail Vechegurov Kazakhstan |
| Khaliuny Boldbaatar Mongolia | |||
| Half middleweight (−78 kg) | Yoon Dong-sik South Korea | Hidenori Horikoshi Japan | Vladimir Shmakov  Uzbekistan |
Lo Yu-wei  Chinese Taipei | |||
| Middleweight (−86 kg) | Yoshio Nakamura Japan | Sergey Alimzhanov Kazakhstan | Kim Suk-kyu South Korea |
Khayrullo Nazriev  Tajikistan | |||
| Half heavyweight (−95 kg) | Shigeru Okaizumi Japan | Kim Jae-sik South Korea | Dmitry Soloviev Uzbekistan |
| Sergey Shakimov Kazakhstan | |||
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) | Jun Konno Japan | Mahmoud Miran Iran | Wang Ruisheng China |
| Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene Mongolia | |||
| Openweight | Katsuyuki Masuchi Japan | Lee Joon-young South Korea | Wang Ruisheng China |
| Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene Mongolia |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra lightweight (−48 kg) | Ryoko Tamura Japan | Li Aiyue China | Kim So-la South Korea |
| Huang Yu-hsin Chinese Taipei | |||
| Half lightweight (−52 kg) | Hyun Sook-hee South Korea | Atsuko Takeda Japan | Wang Jin China |
| Tseng Hsiao-fen Chinese Taipei | |||
| Lightweight (−56 kg) | Jung Sun-yong South Korea | Noriko Sugawara Japan | Liu Chuang China |
Poonam Chopra  India | |||
| Half middleweight (−61 kg) | Jung Sung-sook South Korea | Yuko Emoto Japan | Wu Ching Hui  Hong Kong |
| Zhang Di China | |||
| Middleweight (−66 kg) | Aiko Oishi Japan | Cho Min-sun South Korea | Wu Mei-ling Chinese Taipei |
Nadežda Želtakowa  Turkmenistan | |||
| Half heavyweight (−72 kg) | Kim Mi-jung South Korea | Leng Chunhui China | Chen Chiu-ping Chinese Taipei |
| Yuriko Fukuba Japan | |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Zhang Ying China | Yeh Wen-hua Chinese Taipei | Shon Hyun-me South Korea |
| Kaori Suzuki Japan | |||
| Openweight | Noriko Anno Japan | Qiao Yanmin China | Moon Ji-yoon South Korea |
| Sambuugiin Dashdulam Mongolia |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 |  South Korea (KOR) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 4 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 |  Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 8 |  Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |
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