Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Judo
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Venue Carioca Arena 2
Dates 6–12 August 2016
Competitors 386
«2012 2020»
Judo at the
2016 Summer Olympics

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List of judoka
Men Women
60 kg 48 kg
66 kg 52 kg
73 kg 57 kg
81 kg 63 kg
90 kg 70 kg
100 kg 78 kg
+100 kg +78 kg

Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 12 August at the Carioca Arena 2 inside the Barra Olympic Park inBarra da Tijuca. Around 386 judoka competed in 14 events (seven each for both men and women).

Qualification[edit]

Similar to 2012 format, qualification was based on the world ranking list prepared byInternational Judo Federation as of May 30, 2016. A total of 252 athletes directly qualified through the ranking with only the top 22 men or top 14 women in each division, ensuring that each NOC was subjected to a limit of one judoka per division.[2][3]

Competition schedule[edit]

There were two sessions of competition on each day of the 2016 Olympic Judo program. The first session (Elimination & Quarterfinal) was conducted from 10:00 to 13:00 BRT, and the second session (repechage, semifinal, Bronze medal and Gold medal) was conducted from 15:30 to 18:10 BRT.

Q Elimination & Quarterfinal F Repechage, Semifinal, Bronze medal & Gold Medal
Event↓/Date → Sat 6 Sun 7 Mon 8 Tue 9 Wed 10 Thu 11 Fri 12
Men’s
Men’s 60 kg Q F
Men’s 66 kg Q F
Men’s 73 kg Q F
Men’s 81 kg Q F
Men’s 90 kg Q F
Men’s 100 kg Q F
Men’s +100 kg Q F
Women’s
Women’s 48 kg Q F
Women’s 52 kg Q F
Women’s 57 kg Q F
Women’s 63 kg Q F
Women’s 70 kg Q F
Women’s 78 kg Q F
Women’s +78 kg Q F

Participating[edit]

Participating nations[edit]

Competitors[edit]

Medal summary[edit]

Men’s events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
details
Beslan Mudranov
 Russia
Yeldos Smetov
 Kazakhstan
Naohisa Takato
 Japan


Diyorbek Urozboev
 Uzbekistan

Half-lightweight (66 kg)
details
Fabio Basile
 Italy
An Ba-ul
 South Korea
Rishod Sobirov
 Uzbekistan


Masashi Ebinuma
 Japan

Lightweight (73 kg)
details
Shohei Ono
 Japan
Rustam Orujov
 Azerbaijan
Lasha Shavdatuashvili
 Georgia


Dirk Van Tichelt
 Belgium

Half-middleweight (81 kg)
details
Khasan Khalmurzaev
 Russia
Travis Stevens
 United States
Sergiu Toma
 United Arab Emirates


Takanori Nagase
 Japan

Middleweight (90 kg)
details
Mashu Baker
 Japan
Varlam Liparteliani
 Georgia
Gwak Dong-han
 South Korea


Cheng Xunzhao
 China

Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
details
Lukáš Krpálek
 Czech Republic
Elmar Gasimov
 Azerbaijan
Cyrille Maret
 France


Ryunosuke Haga
 Japan

Heavyweight (+100 kg)
details
Teddy Riner
 France
Hisayoshi Harasawa
 Japan
Rafael Silva
 Brazil


Or Sasson
 Israel

Women’s events[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
details
Paula Pareto
 Argentina
Jeong Bo-kyeong
 South Korea
Ami Kondo
 Japan


Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg
 Kazakhstan

Half-lightweight (52 kg)
details
Majlinda Kelmendi
 Kosovo
Odette Giuffrida
 Italy
Misato Nakamura
 Japan


Natalia Kuziutina
 Russia

Lightweight (57 kg)
details
Rafaela Silva
 Brazil
Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa
 Mongolia
Telma Monteiro
 Portugal


Kaori Matsumoto
 Japan

Half-middleweight (63 kg)
details
Tina Trstenjak
 Slovenia
Clarisse Agbegnenou
 France
Yarden Gerbi
 Israel


Anicka van Emden
 Netherlands

Middleweight (70 kg)
details
Haruka Tachimoto
 Japan
Yuri Alvear
 Colombia
Sally Conway
 Great Britain


Laura Vargas Koch
 Germany

Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
details
Kayla Harrison
 United States
Audrey Tcheuméo
 France
Mayra Aguiar
 Brazil


Anamari Velenšek
 Slovenia

Heavyweight (+78 kg)
details
Émilie Andéol
 France
Idalys Ortiz
 Cuba
Kanae Yamabe
 Japan


Yu Song
 China

Medal table[edit]

Following their less than stellar showing in 2012, Japan return to the top of the judo medal standings in this edition of the Olympics.

Key

Host nation

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan 3 1 8 12
2 France 2 2 1 5
3 Russia 2 0 1 3
4 Italy 1 1 0 2
United States 1 1 0 2
6 Brazil 1 0 2 3
7 Slovenia 1 0 1 2
8 Argentina 1 0 0 1
Czech Republic 1 0 0 1
Kosovo 1 0 0 1
11 South Korea 0 2 1 3
12 Azerbaijan 0 2 0 2
13 Georgia 0 1 1 2
Kazakhstan 0 1 1 2
15 Colombia 0 1 0 1
Cuba 0 1 0 1
Mongolia 0 1 0 1
18 China 0 0 2 2
Israel 0 0 2 2
Uzbekistan 0 0 2 2
21 Belgium 0 0 1 1
Germany 0 0 1 1
Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Netherlands 0 0 1 1
Portugal 0 0 1 1
United Arab Emirates 0 0 1 1
Total 14 14 28 56

See also