Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Judo
Judo
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Venue Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Location Beijing, China
Dates9–15 August 2008
Competition at external databases
Links IJF    EJU    JudoInside

Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

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This was the fifth Olympics for Driulys González (Cuba), Mária Pekli (Australia), Ryoko Tamura-Tani (Japan). The only other judokas to compete at five Olympics are Robert Van de Walle (Belgium), the judoka-bobsledder Jorge Bonnet (Puerto Rico) and Telma Monteiro (Portugal). At Paris 2024 Teddy Riner joined this group as a 5-time Olympian.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4127
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China*3014
3Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1214
4Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan 1012
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1001
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1001
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1001
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 1001
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1001
10Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 0336
11Flag of France.svg  France 0224
12Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0145
13Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 0123
14Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0112
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 0112
16Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0101
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 0101
18Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0033
19Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 0011
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0011
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0011
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0011
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011
Totals (25 entries)14142856

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
details
Choi Min-ho
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Ludwig Paischer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
Rishod Sobirov
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan
Ruben Houkes
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
details
Masato Uchishiba
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Benjamin Darbelet
Flag of France.svg  France
Yordanis Arencibia
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Pak Chol-min
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Lightweight (73 kg)
details
Elnur Mammadli
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan
Wang Ki-chun
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Rasul Boqiev
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Leandro Guilheiro
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
details
Ole Bischof
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Kim Jae-bum
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Tiago Camilo
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Roman Gontiuk
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Middleweight (90 kg)
details
Irakli Tsirekidze
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Amar Benikhlef
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Hesham Mesbah
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Sergei Aschwanden
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
details
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Askhat Zhitkeyev
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
Movlud Miraliyev
Flag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Azerbaijan
Henk Grol
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
details
Satoshi Ishii
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Abdullo Tangriev
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan
Teddy Riner
Flag of France.svg  France
Oscar Braison
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
details
Alina Alexandra Dumitru
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Yanet Bermoy
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Paula Pareto
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
Ryoko Tani
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
details
Xian Dongmei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
An Kum-ae
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Soraya Haddad
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Misato Nakamura
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Lightweight (57 kg)
details
Giulia Quintavalle
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Deborah Gravenstijn
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Xu Yan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ketleyn Quadros
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
details
Ayumi Tanimoto
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Lucie Décosse
Flag of France.svg  France
Elisabeth Willeboordse
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Won Ok-Im
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Middleweight (70 kg)
details
Masae Ueno
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Anaysi Hernández
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Ronda Rousey
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Edith Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
details
Yang Xiuli
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yalennis Castillo
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Jeong Gyeong-mi
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
Stéphanie Possamaï
Flag of France.svg  France
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
details
Tong Wen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Maki Tsukada
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Idalys Ortiz
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Lucija Polavder
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia

Qualification

Together with 366 directly qualified athletes, there were 20 invitational places from a Tripartite Commission (genders and categories are yet to be decided), making up a total athlete quota of 386 athletes—217 men, 147 women and 22 places not yet allocated to a gender.

An NOC may enter up to one athlete per weight category. The qualifying places were allocated as follows:

Event/UnionDateLocationMenWomenTotals
World Championships September 13–16, 2007 Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro 6684
African Judo Union May 2006 – May 20083235
Judo Union of Asia Nov 2006 – Apr 20085358 [a]
European Judo Union Apr 2007 – Apr 20089598
Oceania Judo Union Sep 2007 – Mar 20081114
Pan American Judo Union May 2006 – May 20086363
Host Nation (CHN)1114 [b]
TOTAL3121366

a Two additional places are awarded to this union, but gender and weight categories are to be defined.

b If the host nation qualified athletes directly through the world championships or Asian continental qualification system, the reserved entry places were reallocated as part of the Asian continental qualification.

Continental qualification places were allocated through the ranking system based on the major tournaments on the continent (continental championships, qualification tournaments). More important tournaments and tournaments closer to the Olympics carried more points. Deadline for the unions to confirm the places was May 21, 2008.

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