OVERVIEW:
Judo will feature seven categories each for men and women, all contested in a knock-out format.
Losing quarter-finalists will still have a chance of a medal by going through a repechage process against the beaten semi-finalists to challenge for the two bronze medals which will be awarded in each event.
Each match will last five minutes, with the judges awarding points for different throws and holds, but a bout will end immediately if a fighter is awarded "ippon" — the maximum score. If scores are tied at the end of a contest, it will be settled by the first score of any sort in the additional "golden score" period.
Japan introduced judo to the Games as hosts in 1964 and have dominated the sport since, although it was not included in 1968. Tadahiro Nomura holds a record three gold medals having won the extra lightweight division in Atlanta, Sydney and Athens. Ryoko Tani has won the most medals with two golds, two silvers and a bronze — one from each Games since making her debut in 1992, when women's judo was added to the programme.
But the Japanese have not had things all their own way and there was a shock from the start when the Dutch judoka Anton Geesink won the open class in 1964 and his compatriot Wim Ruska followed up with two gold medals in 1968.
Angelo Parisi, who was born in Italy, grew up in England and then married a French woman, won judo bronze in 1972 for Great Britain but then switched nationality to French in time to win a gold and silver in Moscow and another silver in Los Angeles.
EVENTS / FAVOURITES / FORMAT:
MEN'S 60KG
1. Rishod Sobirov (Uzbekistan)
2. Hiroaki Hiraoka (Japan)
3. Arsen Galstyan (Russia)
3. Georgiy Zantaraya (Ukraine)
5. Ilgar Mushkiyev (Azerbaijan)
6. Tumurkhuleg Davaadorj (Mongolia)
7. Amiran Papinashvili (Georgia)
8. Elio Verde (Italy)
MEN'S 66KG
1. Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar (Mongolia)
2. Musa Mogushkov (Russia)
3. Cho Jun-Ho (Korea)
3. Masashi Ebinuma (Japan)
5. Leandro Da Cunha (Brazil)
6. David Larose (France)
7. Sugoi Uriarte (Spain)
8. Rok Draksic (Slovenia)
MEN'S 73KG
1. Wang Ki-Chun (Korea)
2. Riki Nakaya (Japan)
3. Dex Elmont (Netherlands)
3. Mansur Isaev (Russia)
5. Dirk Van Tichelt (Belgium)
6. Sainjargal Nyam-Ochir (Mongolia)
7. Navruz Jurakobilov (Uzbekistan)
8. Ugo Legrand (France)
MEN'S 81KG
1. Kim Jae-Bum (Korea)
2. Leandro Guilheiro (Brazil)
3. Ole Bischof (Germany)
3. Takahiro Nakai (Japan)
5. Ivan Nifontov (Russia)
6. Elnur Mammadli (Azerbaijan)
7. Euan Burton (Great Britain)
8. Srdan Mrvaljevic (Montenegro)
MEN'S 90KG
1. Ilias Iliadis (Greece)
2. Daiki Nishiyama (Japan)
3. Dilshod Choriev (Uzbekistan)
3. Kirill Denisov (Russia)
5. Asley Gonzalez (Cuba)
6. Tiago Camilo (Brazil)
7. Elkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan)
8. Varlam Liparteliani (Georgia)
MEN'S 100KG
1. Maxim Rakov (Kazakhstan)
2. Takamasa Anai (Japan)
3. Henk Grol (Netherlands)
3. Sergei Samoylovich (Russia)
5. Hwang Hee-Tae (Korea)
6. Ramadan Darwish (Egypt)
7. Temuulen Battulga (Mongolia)
8. Ramziddin Sayidov (Uzbekistan)
MEN'S +100KG
1. Teddy Riner (France)
2. Andreas Tölzer (Germany)
3. Abdullo Tangriev (Uzbekistan)
3. Islam El Shahaby (Egypt)
5. Rafael Silva (Brazil)
6. Kim Sung-Min (Korea)
7. Alexandr Mikhailine (Russia)
8. Keiji Suzuki (Japan)
WOMEN'S 48KG
1. Tomoko Fukumi (Japan)
2. Sarah Menezes (Brazil)
3. Alina Dumitru (Romania)
3. Charline van Snick (Belgium)
5. Eva Csernoviczki (Hungary)
6. Natalia Kondratieva (Russia)
7. Chung Jung-Yeon (Korea)
8. Frédérique Jossinet (France)
WOMEN'S 52KG
1. Yuka Nishida (Japan)
2. Bundmaa Munkhbaatar (Mongolia)
3. Ana Carrascosa (Spain)
3. Natalia Kuzyutina (Russia)
5. Erika Miranda (Brazil)
6. Yanet Bermoy (Cuba)
7. Ilse Heylen (Belgium)
8. Majlinda Kelmendi (Albania)
WOMEN'S 57KG
1. Kaori Matsumoto (Japan)
2. Telma Monteiro (Portugal)
3. Corina Caprioriu (Romania)
3. Rafaela Silva (Brazil)
5. Automne Pavia (France)
6. Sabrina Filzmoser (Austria)
7. Ioulieta Boukouvala (Greece)
8. Hedvig Karakas (Hungary)
WOMEN'S 63KG
1. Yoshie Ueno (Japan)
2. Gévrise Emane (France)
3. Alice Schlesinger (Israel)
3. Anicka van Emden (Netherlands)
5. Urska Zolnir (Slovenia)
6. Claudia Malzahn (Germany)
7. Munkhzaya Tsedevsuren (Mongolia)
8. Xu Lili (China)
WOMEN'S 70KG
1. Lucie Decosse (France)
2. Edith Bosch (Netherlands)
3. Anett Mészáros (Hungary)
3. Yoriko Kunihara (Japan)
5. Rasa Sraka (Slovenia)
6. Hwang Yea-Seul (Korea)
7. Yuri Alvear (Colombia)
8. Maria Portela (Brazil)
WOMEN'S 78KG
1. Kayla Harrison (United States)
2. Akari Ogata (Japan)
3. Audrey Tcheumeo (France)
3. Mayra Aguiar Da Silva (Brazil)
5. Yang Xiuli (China)
6. Heide Wollert (Germany)
7. Abigel Joo (Hungary)
8. Marhinde Verkerk (Netherlands)
All of the Judo events are played in a knockout format with between 30 and 36 competing in each division of the men's competition and between 20 and 24 in the women's division. The two finalists go head-to-head in the gold medal contest. The defeated quarter-finalists compete in two ‘repechage’ contests, the winners of which go up against the two defeated semi-finalists to determine the winners of the two bronze medals.
Judo contests last five minutes each, with scores awarded for throws, holds, armlocks and strangles. A contest ends immediately if a competitor is awarded ‘ippon’, scored for a 30-second pin, a throw direct onto the back or a submission in a lock or choke hold – this scores one full point and ends the match. A Waza-Ari scores half a point and is for a throw not directly onto the back or of insufficient power to qualify as an ippon and for holds of 20 seconds. Yuko is scored for a throw of inferior quality to a waza-ari and one waza-ari beats any number of yukos. If the scores are tied after five minutes, the contest enters a golden score period, when the first score of any sort wins. If neither judoka scores, the result is decided by hantei – a vote by the referee and two corner judges. Penalties are incurred for illegal moves and standing outside the mat area. The first penalty is a warning, the second is a yuko, a third is a waza-ari and the fourth equates to an ippon.
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