Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Judo
Judo
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
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Venue ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Location London, United Kingdom
Dates28 July – 3 August 2012
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Competition at external databases
Links IJF    EJU    JudoInside
The host venue for judo was the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. ExCel Exhibition Centre.jpg
The host venue for judo was the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
Wojdan Shaherkani became the first female competitor from Saudi Arabia to compete at an Olympic Games. Wojdan Shaherkani London2012.jpg
Wojdan Shaherkani became the first female competitor from Saudi Arabia to compete at an Olympic Games.

The judo competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 3 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

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Qualification

Qualification was based on the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation on 1 May 2012. [1]

Medal table

Russia topped the medal table with three golds and five in total.

  *   Host nation (Great Britain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3115
2Flag of France.svg  France 2057
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2013
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1337
5Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 1203
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1034
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1012
8Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 1001
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1001
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1001
11Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0224
12Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0202
13Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0112
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain*0112
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0112
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 0112
17Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0022
18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 0011
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0011
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0011
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0011
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan 0011
Totals (23 entries)14142856

Medal summary

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
details
Arsen Galstyan
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Hiroaki Hiraoka
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Felipe Kitadai
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Rishod Sobirov
Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
details
Lasha Shavdatuashvili
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Miklós Ungvári
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Masashi Ebinuma
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Cho Jun-ho
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Lightweight (73 kg)
details
Mansur Isaev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Riki Nakaya
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Ugo Legrand
Flag of France.svg  France
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
details
Kim Jae-bum
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Ole Bischof
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Ivan Nifontov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Antoine Valois-Fortier
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Middleweight (90 kg)
details
Song Dae-nam
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Asley González
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Ilias Iliadis
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Masashi Nishiyama
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
details
Tagir Khaibulaev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia
Dimitri Peters
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Henk Grol
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
details
Teddy Riner
Flag of France.svg  France
Aleksandr Mikhailine
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Rafael Silva
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Andreas Tölzer
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
details
Sarah Menezes
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Alina Dumitru
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Éva Csernoviczki
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Charline Van Snick
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
details
An Kum-ae
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Yanet Bermoy
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Rosalba Forciniti
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Priscilla Gneto
Flag of France.svg  France
Lightweight (57 kg)
details
Kaori Matsumoto
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Corina Căprioriu
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Marti Malloy
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Automne Pavia
Flag of France.svg  France
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
details
Urška Žolnir
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Xu Lili
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Yoshie Ueno
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Gévrise Émane
Flag of France.svg  France
Middleweight (70 kg)
details
Lucie Décosse
Flag of France.svg  France
Kerstin Thiele
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Yuri Alvear
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Edith Bosch
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
details
Kayla Harrison
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Gemma Gibbons
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Audrey Tcheuméo
Flag of France.svg  France
Mayra Aguiar
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
details
Idalys Ortiz
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Mika Sugimoto
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Karina Bryant
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Tong Wen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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References

  1. "London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Judo". BBC. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.

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