Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dates 14 – 20 August 2004
Medal Events 14

The 2004 judo tournament was conducted in Ano Liossia Olympic Hall in the center of Athina. There was no change in the program or the format of events, with men and women competing in seven weight classes each, for 14 events overall. The tournament was marked by the dominance of the Japanese. They won gold medals in eight of the 14 weight classes, more than all other nations combined, and added two silver medals, winning medals in 10 of the 14 events. Among the women, Japan won six medals, of seven possible, of which five were gold, including winning the four heaviest weight classes.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men Olympic 14 August 2004 33 33
Half-Lightweight (≤66 kilograms), Men Olympic 15 August 2004 31 31
Lightweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 August 2004 33 33
Half-Middleweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 17 August 2004 32 32
Middleweight (≤90 kilograms), Men Olympic 18 August 2004 32 32
Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kilograms), Men Olympic 19 August 2004 33 33
Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 20 August 2004 33 33
Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kilograms), Women Olympic 14 August 2004 22 22
Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women Olympic 15 August 2004 24 24
Lightweight (≤57 kilograms), Women Olympic 16 August 2004 23 23
Half-Middleweight (≤63 kilograms), Women Olympic 17 August 2004 22 22
Middleweight (≤70 kilograms), Women Olympic 18 August 2004 23 23
Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women Olympic 19 August 2004 21 21
Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 20 August 2004 22 22
384 (227/157) 94 (75/58)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-Lightweight, Men Tadahiro NomuraJPN Nest'or KhergianiGEO Choi Min-Ho
Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar
KOR
MGL
Half-Lightweight, Men Masato UchishibaJPN DoDo KrnáčSVK Georgi Georgiev
Yordanis Arencibia
BUL
CUB
Lightweight, Men Lee Won-HuiKOR Vitaly MakarovRUS Leandro Guilheiro
Jimmy Pedro
BRA
USA
Half-Middleweight, Men Ilias IliadisGRE Roman HontiukUKR Flávio Canto
Dmitry Nosov
BRA
RUS
Middleweight, Men Zurab ZviadauriGEO Hiroshi IzumiJPN Mark Huizinga
Khasanbi Taov
NED
RUS
Half-Heavyweight, Men Ihar MakarauBLR Jang Seong-HoKOR Michael Jurack
Arik Ze'evi
GER
ISR
Heavyweight, Men Keiji SuzukiJPN Tamerlan TmenovRUS Indrek Pertelson
Dennis van der Geest
EST
NED
Extra-Lightweight, Women Ryoko TaniJPN Frédérique JossinetFRA Gao Feng
Julia Matijass
CHN
GER
Half-Lightweight, Women Xian DongmeiCHN Yuki YokosawaJPN Ilse Heylen
Amarilis Savón
BEL
CUB
Lightweight, Women Yvonne BönischGER Kye Sun-HuiPRK Yurisleidys Lupetey
Deborah Gravenstijn
CUB
NED
Half-Middleweight, Women Ayumi TanimotoJPN Claudia HeillAUT Driulis González
Urška Žolnir
CUB
SLO
Middleweight, Women Masae UenoJPN Edith BoschNED Qin Dongya
Annett Böhm
CHN
GER
Half-Heavyweight, Women Noriko AnnoJPN Liu XiaCHN Yurisel Laborde
Lucia Morico
CUB
ITA
Heavyweight, Women Maki TsukadaJPN Daima BeltránCUB Sun Fuming
Tea Donguzashvili
CHN
RUS

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 8 2 0 10
People's Republic of China CHN 1 1 3 5
Republic of Korea KOR 1 1 1 3
Georgia GEO 1 1 0 2
Germany GER 1 0 3 4
Belarus BLR 1 0 0 1
Greece GRE 1 0 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 2 3 5
Cuba CUB 0 1 5 6
Netherlands NED 0 1 3 4
Austria AUT 0 1 0 1
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 0 1 0 1
France FRA 0 1 0 1
Slovakia SVK 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Brazil BRA 0 0 2 2
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Estonia EST 0 0 1 1
Israel ISR 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1