Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Qualification for judo
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
  2016
2024  

A total of 393, 128 athletes could qualify for judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . [1] Each NOC could enter a maximum of 14 judokas (one in each division). Host nation Japan has reserved a spot in each of all 14 events, while twenty are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Commission Invitation.

The remaining judoka underwent a qualifying process to earn a spot for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by International Judo Federation on June 28, 2021, [2] [3] and finalized on 5 July. [4]

The top 18 athletes in each division directly qualify, though each NOC is subjected to a limit of 1 judoka per division. If the NOC contains more than a single athlete ranked in the top 18 of the world ranking list, the NOC can decide which of their athletes obtain the quota places. [2]

Further continental quotas (13 men and 12 women for Europe, 12 of each gender for Africa, 10 men and 11 women for Pan America, 10 of each gender for Asia, and 5 of each gender for Oceania are also available. These quotas are assigned by creating a list of all athletes for each continent across all divisions and both genders. The top-ranked athletes qualify in turn, subject to the general rule of 1 athlete per NOC per division as well as the additional rule that each NOC may only qualify one judoka through the continental quotas (that is, ensuring that 100 different NOCs are represented through this qualification system). [2]

Mixed team qualification was based on NOCs qualifying enough individual judokas across various divisions to have a six-person team meeting specific requirements (one man and one woman in each of three groups of divisions). [2]

Qualification summary

NOCMenWomenMixedTotal
60 kg 66 kg 73 kg 81 kg 90 kg 100 kg +100 kg 48 kg 52 kg 57 kg 63 kg 70 kg 78 kg +78 kg Team
 
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Yes check.svg1
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Yes check.svg1
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Yes check.svg1
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg9
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg4
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Yes check.svg1
Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Yes check.svg1
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes check.svg1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg13
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Yes check.svg1
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Yes check.svg1
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Yes check.svg1
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Yes check.svg1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Yes check.svg1
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros Yes check.svg1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Yes check.svg1
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Yes check.svg1
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Yes check.svg1
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Yes check.svg1
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Yes check.svg1
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Yes check.svg1
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Yes check.svg1
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Yes check.svg1
Flag of France.svg  France Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg13
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Yes check.svg1
Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia Yes check.svg1
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg9
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg13
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Yes check.svg1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Yes check.svg1
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Yes check.svg1
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Yes check.svg1
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Yes check.svg1
Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras Yes check.svg1
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg7
Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of India.svg  India Yes check.svg1
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg12
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg8
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Yes check.svg1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg14
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Yes check.svg1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati Yes check.svg1
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg5
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Yes check.svg1
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Yes check.svg1
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Yes check.svg1
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Yes check.svg1
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya Yes check.svg1
Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein Yes check.svg1
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Yes check.svg1
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Yes check.svg1
Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Yes check.svg1
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Yes check.svg1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Yes check.svg1
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Yes check.svg1
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg12
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Yes check.svg1
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Yes check.svg1
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal Yes check.svg1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg10
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Yes check.svg1
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Yes check.svg1
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Yes check.svg1
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Yes check.svg1
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Yes check.svg1
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Yes check.svg1
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Yes check.svg1
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg8
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Yes check.svg1
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg14
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg13
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Yes check.svg1
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Yes check.svg1
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Yes check.svg1
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg5
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles Yes check.svg1
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Yes check.svg1
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg5
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Yes check.svg1
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg7
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Yes check.svg1
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Yes check.svg1
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg4
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg4
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Yes check.svg1
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Yes check.svg1
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg6
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Yes check.svg1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg7
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Yes check.svgYes check.svg2
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg4
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Yes check.svg1
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg10
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Yes check.svg1
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela Yes check.svgYes check.svgYes check.svg3
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Yes check.svg1
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Yes check.svg1
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Yes check.svg1
Total: 128 NOCs232735353325222829253128242712392
References [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Source: [19]

Men's events

Extra-lightweight (60 kg)

Source: [5]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Naohisa Takato
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Olympic flag.svg  ROC Robert Mshvidobadze
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Yeldos Smetov
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Francisco Garrigos
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Sharafuddin Lutfillaev
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Won-jin
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Lukhumi Chkhvimiani
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Yang Yung-wei
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tornike Tsjakadoea
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Eric Takabatake
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Jorre Verstraeten
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Ashley McKenzie
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Karamat Huseynov
Flag of France.svg  France Luka Mkheidze
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Amartuvshin Dashdavaa
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Lenin Preciado
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Artem Lesiuk
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Yanislav Gerchev
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Moritz Plafky
Additional places (Europe)1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Mihraç Akkuş
Additional places (Africa)
Additional places (America)1Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala José Ramos
Additional places (Asia)1Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Soukphaxay Sithisane
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational1Flag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan Ngawang Namgyel
Total23

Half-lightweight (66 kg)

Source: [6]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Hifumi Abe
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Manuel Lombardo
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea An Baul
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Vazha Margvelashvili
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Baskhuu Yondonperenlei
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Baruch Shmailov
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Alberto Gaitero Martin
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Sardor Nurillaev
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Yakub Shamilov
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Daniel Cargnin
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Yerlan Serikzhanov
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Denis Vieru
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Orkhan Safarov
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohamed Abdelmawgoud
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Georgii Zantaraia
Flag of France.svg  France Kilian Le Blouch
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Adrian Gomboc
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Dzmitry Minkou
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Sebastian Seidl
Additional places (Europe)
Additional places (Africa)3Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Steven Mungandu
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Kevin Loforte
Flag of Niger.svg  Niger Ismael Alhassane
Additional places (America)2Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Juan Postigos
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Ian Sancho Chinchila
Additional places (Asia)1Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Ayoub Elidrissi
Additional places (Oceania)1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Nathan Katz
Invitational1Flag of Albania.svg  Albania Indrit Cullhaj
Total27

Lightweight (73 kg)

Source: [7]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shohei Ono
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Rustam Orujov
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Lasha Shavdatuashvili
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea An Changrim
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Tommy Macias
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Tohar Butbul
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Arthur Margelidon
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Bilal Çiloğlu
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Khikmatillokh Turaev
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Akil Gjakova
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Fabio Basile
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Musa Mogushkov
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Somon Makhmadbekov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Zhansay Smagulov
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Victor Scvortov
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Igor Wandtke
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova Victor Sterpu
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Nils Stump
Additional places (Europe)3Flag of France.svg  France Guillaume Chaine
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Alexandru Raicu
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia Ferdinand Karapetian
Additional places (Africa)4Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Fethi Nourine
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti Aden-Alexandre Houssein
Flag of The Gambia.svg  The Gambia Faye Njie
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso Lucas Diallo
Additional places (America)2Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Magdiel Estrada
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Eduardo Barbosa
Additional places (Asia)2Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Younis Eyal Slman
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Sulaiman Hamad
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational5Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco Cédric Bessi
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Mamadou Samba Bah
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Ahmed Ayash
Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Ahmad Alikaj
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Chamara Dharmawardana
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan Mohamed Abdalarasool
Total35

Half-middleweight (81 kg)

Source: [8]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Takanori Nagase
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Matthias Casse
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Sagi Muki
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Tato Grigalashvili
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Vedat Albayrak
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Frank de Wit
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Saeid Mollaei
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Sharofiddin Boltaboev
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Alan Khubetsov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Antoine Valois-Fortier
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Dominic Ressel
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Ivaylo Ivanov
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Christian Parlati
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Attila Ungvári
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Anri Egutidze
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Alexios Ntanatsidis
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Shamil Borchashvili
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Murad Fatiyev
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Eduardo Yudy Santos
Additional places (Europe)1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Robin Pacek
Additional places (Africa)1Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohamed Abdelaal
Additional places (America)3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Adrián Gandía
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Emmanuel Lucenti
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Alain Mikael Aprahamian
Additional places (Asia)4Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Zoloev
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Didar Khamza
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Akmal Murodov
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Nacif Elias
Additional places (Oceania)3Flag of Guam.svg  Guam Joshter Andrew
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Peniamina Percival
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu Hugo Cumbo
Invitational3Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine Wesam Abu Rmilah
Flag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros Housni Thaoubani
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone Frederick Harris
Re-allocation of unused quota1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Lee Sung-ho
Total35

Middleweight (90 kg)

Source: [9]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shoichiro Mukai
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Nikoloz Sherazadishvili
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Noël van 't End
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Krisztián Tóth
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Lasha Bekauri
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Davlat Bobonov
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Nemanja Majdov
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Iván Felipe Silva Morales
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Mikhail Igolnikov
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Marcus Nyman
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Mammadali Mehdiyev
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Mihael Žgank
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Eduard Trippel
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Gwak Dong-han
Flag of France.svg  France Axel Clerget
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Altanbagana Gantulga
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rafael Macedo
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Islam Bozbayev
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Komronshokh Ustopiriyon
Additional places (Europe)5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Nicholas Mungai
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Li Kochman
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic David Klammert
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Quedjau Nhabali
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Piotr Kuczera
Additional places (Africa)2Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Rémi Feuillet
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Kwadjo Anani
Additional places (America)2Flag of the United States.svg  United States Colton Brown
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Robert Florentino
Additional places (Asia)
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational5Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein Raphael Schwendinger
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Celtus Dossou Yovo
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles Nantenaina Finesse
Flag of San Marino.svg  San Marino Paolo Persoglia
Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Popole Misenga
Total33

Half-heavyweight (100 kg)

Source: [10]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Aaron Wolf
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Varlam Liparteliani
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Michael Korrel
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Jorge Fonseca
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Peter Paltchik
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Cho Gu-ham
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Niyaz Ilyasov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Shady El Nahas
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Zelym Kotsoiev
Flag of France.svg  France Alexandre Iddir
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Ramadan Darwish
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Mukhammadkarim Khurramov
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Toma Nikiforov
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rafael Buzacarini
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Benjamin Fletcher
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Karl-Richard Frey
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Grigori Minaškin
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Aleksandar Kukolj
Additional places (Europe)3Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Mikita Sviryd
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Jevgeņijs Borodavko
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Miklós Cirjenics
Additional places (Africa)
Additional places (America)
Additional places (Asia)2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Hussain Shah Shah
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Ivan Remarenco
Additional places (Oceania)1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Tevita Takayawa
Invitational
Total25

Heavyweight (+100 kg)

as per June 14 2021 Source: [11]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Hisayoshi Harasawa
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Olympic flag.svg  ROC Tamerlan Bashaev
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Lukáš Krpálek
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Guram Tushishvili
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Rafael Silva
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Henk Grol
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Yakiv Khammo
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Or Sasson
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Min-jong
Flag of France.svg  France Teddy Riner
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Temur Rakhimov
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Ushangi Kokauri
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Stephan Hegyi
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Andy Granda
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Bekmurod Oltiboev
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Johannes Frey
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Vlăduț Simionescu
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Duurenbayar Ulziibayar
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Maciej Sarnacki
Additional places (Europe)
Additional places (Africa)2Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Mbagnick Ndiaye
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya Ali Omar
Additional places (America)
Additional places (Asia)
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational1Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Javad Mahjoub
Total22

Women's events

Extra-lightweight (48 kg)

Source: [12]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Funa Tonaki
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Distria Krasniqi
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Daria Bilodid
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Urantsetseg Munkhbat
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Paula Pareto
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Julia Figueroa
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Catarina Costa
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Irina Dolgova
Flag of France.svg  France Shirine Boukli
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Maruša Štangar
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Shira Rishony
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Milica Nikolić
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesca Milani
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Katharina Menz
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Li Yanan
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Éva Csernoviczki
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kang Yu-jeong
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Gabriela Chibana
Additional places (Europe)2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Gülkader Şentürk
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Aisha Gurbanli
Additional places (Africa)2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Geronay Whitebooi
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Priscilla Morand
Additional places (America)1Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Mary Dee Vargas Lee
Additional places (Asia)2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Chen-Hao Lin
Flag of India.svg  India Shushila Devi Likmabam
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational2Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Harriet Boniface
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal Soniya Bhatta
Total28

Half-lightweight (52 kg)

Source: [13]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Uta Abe
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of France.svg  France Amandine Buchard
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Odette Giuffrida
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Majlinda Kelmendi
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Ana Perez Box
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Charline van Snick
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Chelsie Giles
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Natalia Kuziutina
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Diyora Keldiyorova
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Gili Cohen
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Larissa Pimenta
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland Fabienne Kocher
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Joana Ramos
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Sosorbaram Lkhagvasuren
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Réka Pupp
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Angelica Delgado
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Park Da-sol
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Andreea Chitu
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Agatha Perenc
Additional places (Europe)1Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Tetiana Levytska-Shukvani
Additional places (Africa)2Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau Taciana Cesar
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Soumiya Iraoui
Additional places (America)3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ecaterina Guica
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Kristine Jimenez
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Sabiana Anestor
Additional places (Asia)2Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Gulbadam Babamuratova
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Kachakorn Warasiha
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational1Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Arbresha Rexhepi
Re-allocation of unused quota place1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Nguyễn Thủy
Total29

Lightweight (57 kg)

Source: [14]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tsukasa Yoshida
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jessica Klimkait
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Nora Gjakova
Flag of France.svg  France Sarah-Léonie Cysique
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Theresa Stoll
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Lien Chen-ling
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Timna Nelson-Levy
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Telma Monteiro
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Hedvig Karakas
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Sumiya Dorjsuren
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Julia Kowalczyk
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Kaja Kajzer
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Daria Mezhetskaia
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Eteri Liparteliani
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Marica Perišić
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Ji-su
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Lu Tongjuan
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Ivelina Ilieva
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Miryam Roper
Additional places (Europe)2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sanne Verhagen
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Sabrina Filzmoser
Additional places (Africa)3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Ghofran Khelifi
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Diassonema Mucungui
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Zouleiha Abzetta Dabonne
Additional places (America)
Additional places (Asia)
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational1Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Sanda Aldass
Total25

Half-middleweight (63 kg)

Source: [15]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Miku Tashiro
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of France.svg  France Clarisse Agbegnenou
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Tina Trstenjak
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Ketleyn Quadros
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Martyna Trajdos
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Maylín del Toro Carvajal
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Juul Franssen
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela Anriquelis Barrios
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Daria Davydova
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yang Junxia
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Magdalena Krssakova
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Lucy Renshall
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Katharina Haecker
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Gankhaich Bold
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Agata Ozdoba-Błach
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Szofi Özbas
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Gili Sharir
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Maria Centracchio
Additional places (Europe)3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Anja Obradović
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Cristina Cabaña Perez
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Lærke Olsen
Additional places (Africa)2Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Damiella Nomenjanahary
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde Sandrine Billiet
Additional places (America)2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Prisca Awiti Alcaraz
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Estefania Garcia
Additional places (Asia)3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Han Hee-ju
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Kiyomi Watanabe
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Farangiz Khojieva
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational2Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Muna Dahouk
Flag of Honduras (before 2022).svg  Honduras Cergia David
Total31

Middleweight (70 kg)

Source: [16]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Chizuru Arai
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sanne van Dijke
Flag of France.svg  France Margaux Pinot
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Barbara Matić
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Michaela Polleres
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Giovanna Scoccimarro
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Maria Portela
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Anna Bernholm
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Madina Taimazova
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Barbara Timo
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Gemma Howell
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela Elvismar Rodriguez
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain María Bernabéu
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico María Pérez
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Megan Fletcher
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Assmaa Niang
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Gulnoza Matniyazova
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Aoife Coughlan
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Elisavet Teltsidou
Additional places (Europe)1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Alice Bellandi
Additional places (Africa)2Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Demos Memneloum
Additional places (America)1Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Ebony Drysdale Daley
Additional places (Asia)2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Seong-yeon
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Sun Xiaoqian
Additional places (Oceania)1Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati Kinaua Biribo
Invitational1Olympic flag.svg  Refugee Olympic Team Nigara Shaheen
Re-allocation of unused quota place1Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Nihel Landolsi
Total28

Half-heavyweight (78 kg)

Source: [17]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Shori Hamada
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of France.svg  France Madeleine Malonga
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Anna-Maria Wagner
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Guusje Steenhuis
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Natalie Powell
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Mayra Aguiar
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo Loriana Kuka
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Kaliema Antomarchi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Ma Zhenzhao
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Beata Pacut
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Bernadette Graf
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Patricia Sampaio
Olympic flag.svg  ROC Aleksandra Babintseva
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador Vanessa Chalá
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Karla Prodan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Yoon Hyun-ji
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Anastasiya Turchyn
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Inbar Lanir
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nefeli Papadakis
Additional places (Europe)
Additional places (Africa)2Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Sarah-Myriam Mazouz
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo Marie Branser
Additional places (America)1Flag of Venezuela (state).svg  Venezuela Karen León
Additional places (Asia)1Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Otgony Mönkhtsetseg
Additional places (Oceania)
Invitational1Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro Jovana Peković
Total24

Heavyweight (+78 kg)

Source: [18]

SectionPlacesNOCQualified judoka
Host nation1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Akira Sone
IJF World Ranking List
(as of June 28, 2021)
18Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Idalys Ortiz
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Iryna Kindzerska
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Maria Suelen Altheman
Flag of France.svg  France Romane Dicko
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Kayra Sayit
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Maryna Slutskaya
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Nihel Cheikh Rouhou
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Rochele Nunes
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina Larisa Cerić
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xu Shiyan
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Hortence Vanessa Mballa Atangana
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Yelyzaveta Kalanina
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Ha-yun
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Tessie Savelkouls
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Raz Hershko
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Melissa Mojica
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Anamari Velenšek
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Jasmin Grabowski
Additional places (Europe)3Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Sandra Jablonskytė
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Sarah Adlington
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Ivana Maranić
Additional places (Africa)1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Sonia Asselah
Additional places (America)2Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago Gabriella Wood
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Izayana Marenco
Additional places (Asia)1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Tahani Alqahtani
Additional places (Oceania)
Re-allocation of unused quota place1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nina Cutro-Kelly
Total27

Continental quotas

Africa

America

Asia

Europe

Oceania

Mixed team

In order to qualify for mixed team competition, an NOC had to have individual competitors in each of six groups of divisions: