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- Dates: August 9 to August 15
- Venue: Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
- 14 sets of medals awarded
- 14 total participants are allowed from each country
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The United States Judo team was represented at the 2008 Summer Olympics by 10 athletes. Trials were held in Las Vegas on June 13 and June 14 to decide which athletes would qualify for the U.S. team. Seven men and three women in 10 different weight classes competed for the U.S. in Beijing. Judo competitions were held from August 9 to August 15.
The U.S. team won a single bronze medal in judo. Ronda Rousey won bronze in the women's middleweight (63-70 kg/139-154 lbs) class. Japan, Cuba and the Netherlands topped the judo medal charts, winning seven, six and five medals respectively.NBC Olympics: Judo - 2008 Medals Standings By Nation
U.S. Men's Team
- Taraje Williams-Murray - 60kgNBC Olympics: USA Judo
- Taylor Takata - 66kgNBC Olympics: USA Judo
- Ryan Reser - 73kgNBC Olympics: USA Judo
- Travis Stevens - 8kgNBC Olympics: USA Judo
- Brian Olson - 90kgNBC Olympics: USA Judo
- Adler Volmar - 100kgNBC Olympics: USA Judo
- Daniel McCormick - +100kgNBC Olympics: USA Judo
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US Olympic Judo 2008 Questions
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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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