Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Judo competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris took place from 27 July to 3 August at Grand Palais Éphémère in Champ de Mars.[1] The number of judokas competing across fourteen weight categories at these Games has been reduced from 393 in Tokyo 2020 to 372, with an equal distribution between men and women.

Judo
Judo
Judo
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueGrand Palais Éphémère
LocationFrance Edit this on Wikidata
Dates27 July – 3 August 2024
Competitors372 (186 men and 186 women) from 107 nations
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Competition at external databases
LinksIJF • EJU • JudoInside
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Despite the slight changes in athlete figures, the judo program for Paris 2024 remains constant from the previous editions, as the competition featured an equal number of bodyweight classes for men and women, with seven each, and the return of the mixed team tournament.[2][3]

Competition format

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The judo program features a total of fourteen bodyweight classes, seven each for both men and women. Regularly starting on the first day of the competition, a single men's and women's weight category will occur each day before the program concludes with the mixed team tournament (scheduled for 3 August).[2]

In each weight category, athletes are seeded in a single-elimination bracket, a traditional knock-out format until the final with a slight twist. Those defeated in the quarterfinals will remain in the competition with a repechage draw resulting to double bronze-medal matches awarded to the judokas.

The mixed-team tournament, an event introduced in the previous edition, features a squad of six individual judokas with three weight categories per gender competing against another team. To win every match, the team must score four victories out of six rounds.

Since the previous edition, several rule changes are instituted to empower the judo program for Paris 2024 and subsequent Summer Olympic editions. Based on the 2016 IJF rule changes, the game time for men have shortened by a minute, and the length of a game becomes four minutes similar to the women's side. The waza-ari scores remain constant from Tokyo 2020, requiring a judoka to pin his or her opponent between the ten and twenty-second limit, or to throw the opponent successfully but not well-controlled to be awarded as ippon. According to the fundamental judo rules, any athlete can win in a tripartite pathway: 1) to throw the opponent to the ground at a certain efficiency, 2) to hold down the opponent for 20 seconds, and 3) to force the opponent to a submission by arm lock or by strangulation. Originally, scoring an ippon ends the game but two waza-aris are now equal to an ippon in the competition.[1]

Qualification

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The competition at these Games comprised a total of 372 athletes coming from their respective NOCs; each could enter a maximum of fourteen judokas, seven each for both men and women per bodyweight category.[3] The host country France received a spot in all fourteen individual events, while fifteen places were reserved for the eligible NOCs through universality quotas awarded by the Tripartie Commission.[2]

The remaining judokas were required to undergo a qualifying process to secure a spot in their respective weight category for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation (IJF).[4][5] The qualification window had commenced on 24 June 2022, and concluded two years later (23 June 2024), with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.[2]

The top 17 judokas in each bodyweight category from the world ranking list qualified directly for the Games, with each NOC subjected to a limit of one judoka per division. If an NOC had more than one judoka ranked among the top 17 in a weight class, it was for the NOC to decide which athlete obtained the quota place.[2]

Further continental quotas (13 men and 12 women for Europe, 12 of each gender for Africa, ten men and 11 women for the Americas, ten of each gender for Asia, and five of each gender for Oceania) were also available. The International Judo Federation publishes a list of all judokas for each continent across all gender-based bodyweight categories to assign these quota places according to their world ranking points. Eligible judokas with the highest number of points on the ranking list will secure a continental quota for their respective NOC at the Games regardless of their gender and weight category. Each NOC may only enter a single judoka through the continental qualification rules.[3][2]

The mixed-team tournament will offer five invitational places (one for each continent) to the highest-ranked NOCs that have qualified judokas in only five of the six mixed-team weight classes. Among these NOCs, the highest-ranked judoka vying for qualification will fill the remaining quota place to complete the team.[2]

Competition schedule

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Legend
Q Elimination and quarterfinals F Repechage, semifinals, and final medal matches
Schedule[6]
Event↓/Date → Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3
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
Mixed
Mixed team Q F

Medal summary

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A total of 60 medals were won by 26 NOC's.[7]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan3238
2  France*22610
3  Azerbaijan2002
4  Georgia1203
5  Brazil1124
6  Uzbekistan1023
7  Kazakhstan1012
8  Canada1001
  Croatia1001
  Italy1001
  Slovenia1001
12  South Korea0235
13  Israel0213
14  Kosovo0112
15  Germany0101
  Mexico0101
  Mongolia0101
18  Moldova0022
  Tajikistan0022
20  Austria0011
  Belgium0011
  China0011
  Greece0011
  Portugal0011
  Spain0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (26 entries)15153060

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
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Yeldos Smetov
  Kazakhstan
Luka Mkheidze
  France
Ryuju Nagayama
  Japan
Francisco Garrigós
  Spain
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
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Hifumi Abe
  Japan
Willian Lima
  Brazil
Gusman Kyrgyzbayev
  Kazakhstan
Denis Vieru
  Moldova
Lightweight (73 kg)
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Hidayat Heydarov
  Azerbaijan
Joan-Benjamin Gaba
  France
Adil Osmanov
  Moldova
Soichi Hashimoto
  Japan
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
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Takanori Nagase
  Japan
Tato Grigalashvili
  Georgia
Lee Joon-hwan
  South Korea
Somon Makhmadbekov
  Tajikistan
Middleweight (90 kg)
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Lasha Bekauri
  Georgia
Sanshiro Murao
  Japan
Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou
  France
Theodoros Tselidis
  Greece
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
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Zelym Kotsoiev
  Azerbaijan
Ilia Sulamanidze
  Georgia
Peter Paltchik
  Israel
Muzaffarbek Turoboyev
  Uzbekistan
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
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Teddy Riner
  France
Kim Min-jong
  South Korea
Temur Rakhimov
  Tajikistan
Alisher Yusupov
  Uzbekistan

Women's events

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Women's 52 kg medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
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Natsumi Tsunoda
  Japan
Bavuudorjiin Baasankhüü
  Mongolia
Shirine Boukli
  France
Tara Babulfath
  Sweden
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
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Diyora Keldiyorova
  Uzbekistan
Distria Krasniqi
  Kosovo
Larissa Pimenta
  Brazil
Amandine Buchard
  France
Lightweight (57 kg)
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Christa Deguchi
  Canada
Huh Mi-mi
  South Korea
Haruka Funakubo
  Japan
Sarah-Léonie Cysique
  France
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
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Andreja Leški
  Slovenia
Prisca Awiti Alcaraz
  Mexico
Clarisse Agbegnenou
  France
Laura Fazliu
  Kosovo
Middleweight (70 kg)
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Barbara Matić
  Croatia
Miriam Butkereit
  Germany
Michaela Polleres
  Austria
Gabriella Willems
  Belgium
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
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Alice Bellandi
  Italy
Inbar Lanir
  Israel
Ma Zhenzhao
  China
Patrícia Sampaio
  Portugal
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
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Beatriz Souza
  Brazil
Raz Hershko
  Israel
Kim Ha-yun
  South Korea
Romane Dicko
  France

Mixed events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team
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  France (FRA)
Shirine Boukli
Joan-Benjamin Gaba
Amandine Buchard
Walide Khyar
Sarah-Léonie Cysique
Luka Mkheidze
Clarisse Agbegnenou
Alpha Oumar Djalo
Marie-Ève Gahié
Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou
Romane Dicko
Aurélien Diesse
Madeleine Malonga
Teddy Riner
  Japan (JPN)
Uta Abe
Hifumi Abe
Haruka Funakubo
Soichi Hashimoto
Natsumi Tsunoda
Ryuju Nagayama
Saki Niizoe
Sanshiro Murao
Miku Takaichi
Takanori Nagase
Aaron Wolf
Rika Takayama
Akira Sone
Tatsuru Saito
  Brazil (BRA)
Daniel Cargnin
Leonardo Gonçalves
Willian Lima
Rafael Macedo
Guilherme Schimidt
Rafael Silva
Larissa Pimenta
Ketleyn Quadros
Rafaela Silva
Beatriz Souza
  South Korea (KOR)
Lee Hye-kyeong
Kim Won-jin
Jung Ye-rin
An Ba-ul
Huh Mi-mi
Kim Ji-su
Lee Joon-hwan
Han Ju-yeop
Yoon Hyun-ji
Kim Ha-yun
Kim Min-jong

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Paris 2024 – Judo". Paris 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Kohlhuber, Nicolas (12 December 2022). "How to qualify for judo at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Judo" (PDF). International Judo Federation. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Olympic Qualification: Paris 2024 - How Does It Work?". International Judo Federation. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  5. ^ "How Does The Judo Qualification System Olympic Games Paris 2024 Work?". JudoInside. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule – Judo" (PDF). Paris 2024. pp. 55–56. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Medal standings" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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