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| Judo at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games | |
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| Venue | Kendal G.L. Isaacs Gymnasium |
| Location | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Dates | 18–23 July 2017 |
| Competitors | 51 from 17 nations |
Judo at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games was held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas on 18 July 2017.[ citation needed ]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra lightweight (−60 kg) | Simon Zulu  Zambia | Georgios Balarjishvili  Cyprus | Ashish India |
Mosa Thetsane  South Africa | |||
| Lightweight (−73 kg) | Soni India | Uros Nikolic  Australia | Matthew Elliott  Northern Ireland |
Lachlan James Moorhead  England | |||
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Thomas Matthew Lish England | Connor Anthony Smith Australia | Louis Thomas Ge Saez  Scotland |
| Heavyweight (+90 kg) | Timothy Mark Hollingbery Australia | Helder Martins  Mozambique | Daleon Sweeting  Bahamas |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra lightweight (−48 kg) | Sian Bobrowska England | Fiona Ulaan Todman Scotland | Antim Yadav India |
| Sofia Asvesta Cyprus | |||
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Leah Kaye Grosvenor England | Emma Catherine Forrest Scotland | Rebina Devi Chanam India |
| Mya Beneby Bahamas | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Holly Olivia Bentham England | Francis Lavinia Newman Australia | |
| Heavyweight (+70 kg) | Emily Elizabeth Ritchie Scotland | Aoife Kristie Mccallion Northern Ireland | Karra Hanna Bahamas |
* Host nation (Bahamas)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  Australia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 |  Scotland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  India | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Zambia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  Cyprus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Northern Ireland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Mozambique | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 |  Bahamas* | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 |  South Africa | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | 8 | 8 | 11 | 27 | |
A total of 51 athletes from 17 nations competed in judo at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games: [1]
Australia (7) Bahamas (8)
Barbados (2) Cyprus (2) England (7)
Guyana (1) India (4)
Malawi (1) Mozambique (1) Northern Ireland (2)
Samoa (1) Scotland (6) South Africa (1)
Sri Lanka (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (2)
Wales (3) Zambia (1)
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