Judo competitions at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, were held from 1 to 3 August 2022. This was the fifth time the sport has been on the program, since it was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1986, and made official at the next edition in 1990. Its second appearance within England specifically, spread across fourteen weight categories. As the World Judo Championships each country can enter up to 2 participants per weight. The sport awarded two bronze medals, one for the winner from repechage and another for the athlete who won the third place combat.[1]
| Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games | |
|---|---|
 Judo pictogram for the Games | |
| Venue | Coventry Arena |
| Dates | 1–3 August 2022 |
| Competitors | 160 from 36 nations |
It will be the only time that Judo will become a core sport at the Commonwealth Games, previously classified as an optional sport in three previous editions.
Schedule
editThe competition schedule is as follows:[1]
| Preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals & repechages | Medal matches |
Date Event |
Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session → | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 60 kg | ||||||
| 66 kg | ||||||
| 73 kg | ||||||
| 81 kg | ||||||
| 90 kg | ||||||
| 100 kg | ||||||
| +100 kg | ||||||
Date Event |
Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Session → | M | E | M | E | M | E |
| 48 kg | ||||||
| 52 kg | ||||||
| 57 kg | ||||||
| 63 kg | ||||||
| 70 kg | ||||||
| 78 kg | ||||||
| +78 kg | ||||||
Venue
editThe judo competitions was held at the Coventry Arena in Coventry.[2] The wrestling competitions will also take place there, whilst the adjacent Coventry Stadium will play host to rugby sevens.[3]
Medal summary
editMedal table
edit* Host nation (England)
| Rank | CGA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  England* | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 2 |  Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  Australia | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
| 4 |  Scotland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  South Africa | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Cyprus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  India | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 |  Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 10 |  Wales | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 |  Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 The Gambia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 |  Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 |  Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Malta | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
Men
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Women
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Participating nations
editThere were 36 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in judo with a total of 160 (97 men and 63 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[4]
Australia (11)
Bahamas (2)
Barbados (1)
Botswana (2)
Cameroon (5)
Canada (9)
Cyprus (6)
England (14)
Fiji (3)
The Gambia (2)
Ghana (5)
India (6)
Jamaica (3)
Kenya (2)
Malawi (2)
Malaysia (2)
Malta (2)
Mauritius (8)
Mozambique (3)
Nauru (3)
New Zealand (7)
Nigeria (4)
Northern Ireland (7)
Pakistan (2)
Samoa (1)
Seychelles (2)
Scotland (11)
Sierra Leone (2)
Solomon Islands (1)
South Africa (4)
Sri Lanka (5)
Tanzania (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (4)
Vanuatu (6)
Wales (6)
Zambia (5)
References
edit- ^ a b "Competition Schedule". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Wasps to host Rugby Sevens, Judo and Wrestling at 2022 Commonwealth Games". Wasps RFC. 3 September 2019. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Venues | COVENTRY ARENA". BOCCG. Archived from the original on 29 May 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Judo Number of Entries by CGA" (PDF). www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
