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
U.S. Women's Team
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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