Olympic Judo Results for Men and Women In 1964 at the first Olympic Judo event in Tokyo there were 74 participants from 27 countries. By 1992 in Barcelona the Judo competition had grown to 437 participants from 93 countries. The Olympic weight classes have increased in number over the years. In 1964 there were 4 men's weight classes as follows: Lightweight (-63 kg/-139 lbs), Middleweight (-80 kg/-176 lbs), Heavyweight (-93 kg/-205 lbs), and Openweight. In 1968 there was no Judo event, but in 1972 the event was expanded to 6 men's weight classes as follows: Lightweight (-63 kg/-139 lbs), Half-Middleweight (-70 kg/-154 lbs), Middleweight (-80 kg/-176 lbs), Half-Heavyweight (-93 kg/-205 lbs), Heavyweight (Over 93 kg/205 lbs), and Openweight. In 1980 it was again expanded, this time to 8 weight classes as follows: Extra Lightweight (-60 kg), Half Lightweight (-65 Kg), Lightweight (-71Kg), Half-Middleweight (-78 kg), Middleweight (-86 kg), Half-Heavyweight (-95 kg), Heavyweight (Over 95 kg), and Openweight. In 1992 the Openweight was dropped and there are 7 remaining official weight classes for men. In addition women's competition was added to the Olympics as an official medal sport with 7 weight classes. Effective with 1998 the weight classes were changed to the following: |
| MEN | WOMEN | ||
| Previous | New | Previous | New |
| - 60 kg | - 60 kg | - 48 kg | - 48 kg |
| - 65 kg | - 66 kg | - 52 kg | - 52 kg |
| - 71 kg | - 73 kg | - 56 kg | - 57 kg |
| - 78 kg | - 81 kg | - 61 kg | - 63 kg |
| - 86 kg | - 90 kg | - 66 kg | - 70 kg |
| - 95 kg | - 100 kg | - 72 kg | - 78 kg |
| + 95 kg | + 100 kg | + 72 kg | + 78 kg |
Men's Extra Lightweight
(-60kg/-132.25 lbs)
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Thierry Rey 2. Rafael Rodriguez 3. Aramby Emizh 3. Tibor Kincses |
France Cuba USSR Hungary |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Shinji Hosokawa 2. Jae-Yup Kim 3. Neil Eckersley 3. Edward Liddie |
Japan Korea Great Britain USA |
| 1988 Seoul |
1. Jae Yup Kim 2. Kevin Asano 3. S. Hosokawa 4. A. Tokikachvili |
Korea USA Japan USSR |
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Nazim Guseinov 2. Yoon Hyun 3. Tadanori Koshino 3. Richard Trautmann |
Unified Team Korea Japan Germany |
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Tadahiro Nomura 2. Girolama Giovinazzo 3. Dorjpalam Narmandakh 3. Richard Trautmann |
Japan Italy Mongolia Germany |
Men's Half Lightweight (-65kg/-143 lbs)
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Nikolai Soladukhin 2. Tsendying Damdin 3. Ilian Nedkov 3. Janusz Pawlowski |
USSR MON Bulgaria Poland |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Yoshiyuki Matsuoka 2. Jung Oh Hwang 3. Mark Alexandre 3. Josef Reiter |
Japan Korea France Austria |
| 1988 Seoul |
1. Kyung Kun Lee 2. J. Pawlowski 3. B. Carbetta 3. Y. Yamamoto |
Korea Poland France Japan |
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Rogerio Sampaio Cardoso 2. Josef Czak 3. Udo Quellmalz 3. Hernandez Planas Israel |
Brazil Hungary Germany Cuba |
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Udo Quellmalz 2. Yukimasa Nakamura 3. Henrique Guimares 3. Hernandez Planas Israel |
Germany Japan Brazil Cuba |
Men's Lightweight (-71kg/-156.5 lbs)
| 1964 Tokyo |
1. Takehide Nakatani 2. Eric Hanni 3. Aron Bogoljubov 3. Oleg Stepanov |
Japan Switzerland USSR USSR |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 Munich |
1. Takao Kawaguchi 2. Yong-ik Kim 3. Jean-Jacques Mounier 3. Wolfram Koppen |
Japan PRK France Germany |
| 1976 Montreal |
1. Hector Rodriguez Torres 2. Eun-kyung Chang 3. Felice Mariani 3. Jozsef Tuncsik |
Cuba Korea Italy Hungary |
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Ezio Gamba 2. Neil Adams 3. Ravdan Davaadalai 3. Karl-Heinz Lehmann |
Italy Great Britain MON GDR |
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Byeong-keun Ahn 2. Ezio Gamba 3. Kerrith Brown 3. Luis Onmura |
South Korea Italy Great Britain Brazil |
| 1988 Seoul |
1. Marc Alexandre 2. S. Loll 3. Michael Swain 3. G. Tenadze |
France Germany USA USSR |
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Toshihiko Koga 2. Bertalan Hajtos 3. Chung Hoon 3. Shay Oren Smadga |
Japan Hungary Korea Israel |
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Kenzo Nakamura 2. Kwak Dae-sung 3. Christophe Gagliano 3. Jimmy Pedro |
Japan Korea France USA |
Men's Half Middleweight (-78kg/-172 lbs)
| 1972 Munich |
1. Toyokazu Nomura 2. Antoni Zajkowski 3. Dietmar Hotger 3. Anatoli Novikov |
Japan Poland GDR USSR |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 Montreal |
1. Vladimir Nevzorov 2. Koji Kuramoto 3. Marian Talaj 3. Patrick Vial |
USSR Japan Poland France |
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Shota Khabareli 2. Juan Ferrer 3. Harald Heinke 3. Michel Nowak |
USSR Cuba GDR France |
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Frank Wieneke 2. Neil Adams 3. Mireca Fratica 3. Michel Nowak |
West Germany Great Britain Romania France |
| 1988 Seoul |
1. Waldemar Legien 2. F. Wieneke 3. T. Brechot 3. B. Varaev |
Poland FRG Germany USSR |
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Hidehiko Yoshida 2. Jason Morris 3. Bertrand Domaisin 3. Kim Byung Joo |
Japan United States France South Korea |
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Djamel Bouras 2. Toshihiko Koga 3. Soso Liparteliani 3. In-Chul Cho |
France Japan Georgia South Korea |
Men's Middleweight (-86kg/-189.5 lbs)
| 1964 Tokyo |
1. Isao Okano 2. Wolfgang Hofmann 3. James Bregman 3. Ih Tae Kim |
Japan Germany USA Korea |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 Munich |
1. Shinobu Sekine 2. Seung Lip Oh 3. Jean-Paul Coche 3. Brian Jacks |
Japan Korea France Great Britain |
| 1976 Montreal |
1. Isamu Sonoda 2. Valery Dvoinikov 3. Slavko Obadov 3. Young Chul Park |
Japan USSR Yugoslavia Korea |
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Jurg Rothlisberger 2. Isaac Azcuy 3. Detlef Ultsch 3. Aleksandr Yatskevich |
Switzerland Cuba GDR USSR |
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Peter Seisenbacher 2. Robert Berland 3. Walter Carmona 3. Seiki Nose |
Austria USA Brazil Japan |
| 1988 Seoul |
1. Peter Seisenbacher 2. V. Chestakov 3. B. Spijkers 3. A. Osako |
Austria USSR Netherlands Japan |
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Waldemar Legien 2. Pascal Tayot 3. Hirotaka Okada 3. Nicolas Gill |
Poland France Japan Canada |
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Jeon Ki Yeung 2. Armen Bagdasorov 3. Mark Huizinga 3. Marko Spittka |
Korea Uzbekistan Netherlands Germany |
Men's Half Heavyweight (-95kg/-209 lbs)
| 1972 Munich |
1. Shota Chochoshvili 2. David Starbrook 3. Paul Barth 3. Chiaki Ishii |
USSR Great Britain Germany Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 Montreal |
1. Ninomiya 2. Ramaz Harshiladze 3. Jurg Rothlisberger 3. David Starbroook |
Japan USSR Switzerland Great Britain |
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Robert Van de Walle 2. Tengiz Khubuluri 3. Dietmar Lorenz 3. Henk Numan |
Belgium USSR GDR Netherlands |
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Hyung Joo Ha 2. Douglas Vieira 3. Bjarni Fridriksson 3. Gunter Neureuther |
Korea Brazil Iceland West Germany |
| 1988 Seoul |
1. Aurelio Miguel 2. M. Meiling 3. Robert van der Walle 3. D. Stewart |
Brazil Germany Belgium Breat Britain |
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Antal Kovacs 2. Raymond Stevens 3. Dmitri Sergeev 3. Theo Meijer |
Hungary Great Britain Unified Team Netherlands |
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Pawel Nastula 2. Kim Min Soo 3. Aurelio Miguel Fernandez 3. Stephane Traineau |
Poland Korea Brazil France |
Men's Heavyweight (+95kg/+209 lbs)
| 1964 Tokyo |
1. Isao Inokuma 2. Alfred Rogers 3. Anzor Kiknadze 3. Parnaoz Chikviladze |
Japan Canada USSR USSR |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 Munich |
1. Willem Ruska 2. Klaus Glahn 3. Motoki Nishimura 3. Givi Onashvili |
Netherlands Germany Japan USSR |
| 1976 Montreal |
1. Sergei Novikov 2. Gunther Neureuther 3. Allen Coage 3. Sumio Endo |
USSR Germany USA Japan |
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Angelo Parisi 2. Dimitr Zaprianov 3. Mark Berger 3. Yong Chul Cho |
France Bulgaria Canada Korea |
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Hitoshi Saito 2. Angelo Parisi 3. Mark Berger 3. Yong Chul Cho |
Japan France Canada Korea |
| 1988 Seoul |
1. Hitoshi Saito 2. H. Stoehr 3. Yong Chul Cho 3. G. Verichev |
Japan Germany Korea USSR |
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. David Khakaleshvili 2. Naoya Ogowa 3. David Douillet 3. Imre Csosz |
Unified Team Japan France Hungary |
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. David Douillet 2. Ernesto Perez 3. Frank Moeller 3. Harry van Barneveld |
France Spain Germany Belgium |
Men's Openweight
| 1964 Tokyo |
1. Anton Geesink 2. Akio Kaminaga 3. Theodore Boronovakis 3. Klaus Glahn |
Holland Japan Australia Germany |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 Munich |
1. Willem Ruska 2. Vitali Kusnezov 3. Jean-Claude Brondani 3. Angelo Parisi |
Netherlands USSR France Great Britain |
| 1976 Montreal |
1. Haruki Uemura 2. Keith Remfry 3. Jae Ki Cho 3. Shota Chochoshvilli |
Japan Great Britain Korea USSR |
| 1980 Moscow |
1. Andreas Ozsvar 2. Deitmar Lorenz 3. Angelo Parisi 3. Arthur Mapp |
Hungary GDR France Great Britain |
| 1984 Los Angeles |
1. Yasuhiro Yamashita 2. Mohamed Rashwan 3. Mihal Cioc 3. Arthur Schnabel |
Japan Egypt Romania Germany |
Women's Extra
Lightweight (-48kg)
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Cecile Nawak 2. Ryoko Tamura 3. Hulya Senyurt 3. Amarilis Savon Carmenaty |
France Japan Turkey Cuba |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Kye Sun 2. Ryoko Tamura 3. Amarilis Savon 3. Yolanda Soler |
North Korea Japan Cuba Spain |
Women's Half Lightweight (-52kg)
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Munoz M. Allmudena 2. Mizoguchi Noriki 3. Li Zhongyun 3. Rendle Sharon Susan |
Spain Japan China Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Marie-Claire Restoux 2. Hyun Sook-Hee 3. Noriko Sagawara 3. Legna Verdecia |
France South Korea Japan Cuba |
Women's Lightweight
(-56kg)
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Miriam Blasco Soto 2. Kim Fairbrother Nicola 3. Chiyori Tateno |
Spain Great Britain Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Driulis Gonzalez 2. Jung Sun-Yong 3. Isabelle Fernandez 3. Marisbell Lomba |
Cuba Korea Spain Belgium |
Women's Half Middleweight (-61kg/134 lbs)
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Catherine Fleury 2. Yael Arad 3. Di Zhang 3. Elena Petrova |
France Israel China Unified Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Yuko Emoto 2. Gella Vandecaveye 3. Jenny Gal 3. Sung-Sook Jung |
Japan Belgium Netherlands South Korea |
Women's Middleweight (-66kg)
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Odalis Reve Jimenez 2. Emanuela Pierantozzi 3. Heidi Rakels 3. Louise Howey Kate |
Cuba Italy Belgium Great Britain |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Cho Min-sun 2. Aneta Szczepanska 3. Wang Xianbo 3. Claudia Zwiers |
Korea Poland China Netherlands |
Women's Half Heavyweight
(-72kg)
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Jung Kim Mi 2. Yoko Tanabe 3. Irene de Kok 3. Laetitia Meignan |
Korea Japan Netherlands France |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Ulla Werbrouck 2. Yoko Tanabe 3. Diadenis Luna 3. Ylena Scapin |
Belgium Japan Cuba Italy |
Women's Heavyweight (+72kg)
| 1992 Barcelona |
1. Xiaoyan Zhung 2. Estela Rodriguez Vilanueva 3. Natalia Lupino 3. Yoko Sakaue |
China Cuba France Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 Atlanta |
1. Sun Fu Ming 2. Estela Rodriguez 3. Johanna Hagn 3. Christine Cicot |
China Cuba Germany France |
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