Judo has been contested at the Pacific Games since 1969 when it was included in the Third South Pacific Games held in Port Moresby.| [1] Judo has also been included at the Pacific Mini Games held at Port Vila in 2017.
The Judo events (contested as weight classes as well as open divisions) at each Pacific Games are listed in the table below. Flag icons and three letter country code indicate the nationality of the gold medal winner of an event, where this information is known; otherwise an (X) is used. Moving the cursor onto a country code with a dotted underline will reveal the name of the gold medal winner. A dash (–) indicates a division that was not contested. [upper-alpha 1]
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Games | Host city | Weight class | Team event | Open | Medal events | Refs | ||||||||
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Extra Light | Half Light | Light | Half Middle | Middle | Half Heavy | Heavy | Light- weight | No limit | ||||||
−63 kg | 63–70 kg | 70–80 kg | 80–93 kg | 93 kg+ | ||||||||||
III | 1969 | Port Moresby | – | – | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | – | – | – | NCL | 5 | [1] |
IV | 1971 | Papeete | – | – | GUM | TAH | TAH | TAH | NCL | – | – | GUM | 6 | [2] |
V | 1975 | Tumon | – | – | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | – | 6 | [3] |
−60 kg | 60–65 kg | 65–71 kg | 71–78 kg | 78–86 kg | 86–95 kg | 95 kg+ | ||||||||
VI | 1979 | Suva | NCL | NCL | TAH | NCL | FIJ | NCL | GUM | NCL | – | GUM | 9 | [4] |
VII | 1983 | Apia | Not contested | |||||||||||
VIII | 1987 | Nouméa | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | FIJ | GUM | NCL | – | FIJ | 9 | [5] |
IX | 1991 | Port Moresby | Not contested | |||||||||||
X | 1995 | Papeete | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | [6] |
XI | 1999 | Santa Rita | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | [7] |
−60 kg | 60–66 kg | 66–73 kg | 73–81 kg | 81–90 kg | 90–100 kg | 100 kg+ | ||||||||
XII | 2003 | Suva | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | |
XIII | 2007 | Apia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | |
XIV | 2011 | Nouméa | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | |
XV | 2015 | Port Moresby | Not contested | |||||||||||
XVI | 2019 | Apia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
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Games | Host city | Weight class | Team event | Open | Medal events | Refs | ||||||||
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Extra Light | Half Light | Light | Half Middle | Middle | Half Heavy | Heavy | Light- weight | No limit | ||||||
−48 kg | 48–52 kg | 52–56 kg | 56–61 kg | 61–66 kg | 66–72 kg | 72 kg+ | ||||||||
X | 1995 | Papeete | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | [6] |
XI | 1999 | Santa Rita | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | [7] |
−48 kg | 48–52 kg | 52–57 kg | 57–63 kg | 63–70 kg | 70–78 kg | 78 kg+ | ||||||||
XII | 2003 | Suva | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | |
XIII | 2007 | Apia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | |
XIV | 2011 | Nouméa | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | – | X | 9 | |
XV | 2015 | Port Moresby | Not contested | |||||||||||
XVI | 2019 | Apia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
Games | Host city | Weight class | Team event | Open | Medal events | Refs | ||||||||
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Extra Light | Half Light | Light | Half Middle | Middle | Half Heavy | Heavy | Light- weight | No limit | ||||||
−60 kg | 60–66 kg | 66–73 kg | 73–81 kg | 81–90 kg | 90–100 kg | 100 kg+ | ||||||||
XVI | 2017 | Port Vila | SOL | NRU | NCL | NCL | NCL | NCL | TGA | – | NCL | NCL | 9 |
Games | Host city | Weight class | Team event | Open | Medal events | Refs | ||||||||
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Extra Light | Half Light | Light | Half Middle | Middle | Half Heavy | Heavy | Light- weight | No limit | ||||||
−48 kg | 48–52 kg | 52–57 kg | 57–63 kg | 63–70 kg | 70–78 kg | 78 kg+ | ||||||||
XVI | 2017 | Port Vila | – | NCL | NCL | NCL | FIJ | – | – | – | NCL | NCL | 6 |
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