Judo — Half-Lightweight, Women

Times held	9
Total participants	140
Total countries	65

Participants

Year	Event	Status	Participants	NOCs
1988	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic (non-medal)	8	8
1992	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	25	25
1996	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	21	21
2000	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	23	23
2004	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	24	24
2008	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	22	22
2012	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	23	23
2016	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	21	21
2020	Half-Lightweight (≤52 kilograms), Women	Olympic	29	29

Medal winners

Year	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1992	Almudena Muñoz	ESP	Noriko Mizoguchi	JPN	Li Zhongyun Sharon Rendle	CHN GBR
1996	Marie-Claire Restoux	FRA	Hyeon Suk-Hui	KOR	Legna Verdecia Noriko Sugawara	CUB JPN
2000	Legna Verdecia	CUB	Noriko Sugawara-Narazaki	JPN	Liu Yuxiang Kye Sun-Hui	CHN PRK
2004	Xian Dongmei	CHN	Yuki Yokosawa	JPN	Ilse Heylen Amarilis Savón	BEL CUB
2008	Xian Dongmei	CHN	An Kum-Ae	PRK	Soraya Haddad Misato Nakamura	ALG JPN
2012	An Kum-Ae	PRK	Yanet Bermoy	CUB	Priscilla Gneto Rosalba Forciniti	FRA ITA
2016	Majlinda Kelmendi	KOS	Odette Giuffrida	ITA	Misato Nakamura Nataliya Kuzyutina	JPN RUS
2020	Uta Abe	JPN	Amandine Buchard	FRA	Chelsie Giles Odette Giuffrida	GBR ITA

Medals by country

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
People's Republic of China	CHN	2	0	2	4
Japan	JPN	1	3	3	7
Cuba	CUB	1	1	2	4
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	PRK	1	1	1	3
France	FRA	1	1	1	3
Kosovo	KOS	1	0	0	1
Spain	ESP	1	0	0	1
Italy	ITA	0	1	2	3
Republic of Korea	KOR	0	1	0	1
Great Britain	GBR	0	0	2	2
Algeria	ALG	0	0	1	1
Belgium	BEL	0	0	1	1
Russian Federation	RUS	0	0	1	1

Top medallists

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Xian Dongmei	CHN	2	0	0	2
An Kum-Ae	PRK	1	1	0	2
Legna Verdecia	CUB	1	0	1	2
Almudena Muñoz	ESP	1	0	0	1
Marie-Claire Restoux	FRA	1	0	0	1
Majlinda Kelmendi	ALB KOS	1	0	0	1
Uta Abe	JPN	1	0	0	1