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 History
Weight 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 | ||||
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| 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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Seven men's events, seven women's eventsOfficial Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Judo
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