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- Men's judo introduced in 1964International Olympic Committee: Olympic Judo History
- Women's judo introduced in 1992International Olympic Committee: Olympic Judo History
- Seven men's events, seven women's eventsOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Judo
- Match length: Five minutesThe Sports Network: 2008 Summer Olympic Games Preview - Judo (July 17, 2008)
- Japan leads all nations in judo medalsThe Sports Network: 2008 Summer Olympic Games Preview - Judo (July 17, 2008)
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Judo has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1964.International Olympic Committee: Olympic Judo History Seven men's and seven women's medal sets are now awarded at each Summer Olympic Games.Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Judo
For the 2008 Summer Olympics, 386 judo competitors participated at the University of Science and Technology Beijing Gymnasium from August 9 to August 15, 2008.Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: JudoOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Time and Venue Medals were awarded to athletes in 25 nations. Japan led all nations with seven judo medals. Cuba followed with six medals and the Netherlands came in third with five medals.NBC Olympics: Judo - 2008 Medals Standings By Nation
History
Men's judo was first held at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.NBC Olympics: Olympic Judo History Women's judo was introduced to the Summer Games in 1992.International Olympic Committee: Olympic Judo HistoryWeight Classes
- Men's extra-lightweight: 60 kg (132 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Men's half-lightweight: 60-66 kg (132-145 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Men's lightweight: 66-73 kg (145-161 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Men's half-middleweight: 73-81 kg (161-178 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Men's middleweight: 81-90 kg (178-198 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Men's half-heavyweight: 90-100 kg (198-220 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Men's heavyweight: >100 kg (>220 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Women's extra-lightweight: 48 kg (106 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Women's half-lightweight: 48-52 kg (106-114 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Women's lightweight: 52-57 kg (114-125 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Women's half-middleweight: 57-63 kg (125-139 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Women's middleweight: 63-70 kg (139-154 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Women's half-heavyweight: 70-78 kg (154-172 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
- Women's heavyweight: >78 kg (>172 lbs)Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: List of Events
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2008 Olympic Judo Medal Winners
Men's Judo Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Extra-lightweight <60 kg Minho Choi - South Korea Ludwig Paischer - Austria Rishod Sobirov - Uzbekistan and Ruben Houkes - Netherlands Half-lightweight 60-66 kg Masato Uchishiba - Japan Benjamin Darbelet - France Yordanis Arencibia - Cuba and Pak Chol Min - North Korea Lightweight 66-73 kg Elnur Mammadli - Azerbaijan Wang Ki-Chun - South Korea Rasul Boqiev - Tajikistan and Leandro Guilheiro - Brazil Half-middleweight 73-81 kg Ole Bischof - Germany Kim Jae-Bum - South Korea Tiago Camilo - Brazil and Roman Gontiuk - Ukraine Middleweight: 81-90 kg Irakli Tsirekidze - Georgia Amar Benikhlef - Algeria Hesham Mesbah - Egypt and Sergei Aschwanden - Switzerland Half-heavyweight: 90-100 kg Tuvshinbayar Naidan - Mongolia Askhat Zhitkeyev - Kazakhstan Movlud Miraliyev - Azerbaijan and Henk Grol - Netherlands Heavyweight: >100 kg Satoshi Ishii - Japan Abdullo Tangriev - Uzbekistan Lasha Gujejiani - Georgia and Oscar Braison - Cuba
Women's Judo Event Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal Extra-lightweight <48 kg Alina Alexandra Dumitru - Romania Yanet Bermoy - Cuba Paula Belen Pareto - Argentina and Ryoko Tani - Japan Half-lightweight 48-52 kg Dongmei Xian - China Kum Ae An - North Korea Soraya Haddad - Algeria and Misato Nakamura - Japan Lightweight: 52-57 kg Giulia Quintavalle - Italy Deborah Gravenstijn - Netherlands Xu Yan - China and Ketleyn Quadros - Brazil Half-middleweight: 57-63 kg Ayumi Tanimoto - Japan Lucie Decosse - France Elisabeth Willeboordse - Netherlands and Won Ok-Im - North Korea Middleweight: 63-70 kg Masae Ueno - Japan Anaysi Hernandez - Cuba Ronda Rousey - United States and Edith Bosch - Netherlands Half-heavyweight: 70-78 kg Xiuli Yang - China Yalennis Castillo - Cuba Stephanie Possamai - France and Gyeongmi Jeong - South Korea Heavyweight: >78 kg Tong Wen - China Maki Tsukada - Japan Idalys Ortiz - Cuba and Lucija Polavder - Slovenia
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