Judo — Heavyweight, Men

Times held 14
Total participants 255
Total countries 98

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1964 Heavyweight (>80 kilograms), Men Olympic 14 12
1972 Heavyweight (>93 kilograms), Men Olympic 19 19
1976 Heavyweight (>93 kilograms), Men Olympic 19 19
1980 Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 16
1984 Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 16
1988 Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men Olympic 26 26
1992 Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
1996 Heavyweight (>95 kilograms), Men Olympic 33 33
2000 Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 32 32
2004 Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 33 33
2008 Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 34 34
2012 Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
2016 Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
2020 Heavyweight (>100 kilograms), Men Olympic 22 22

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1964 Isao InokumaJPN Doug RogersCAN Parnaoz Chik'viladze
Anzor K'ik'nadze
URS
URS
1972 Wim RuskaNED Klaus GlahnFRG Motoki Nishimura
Givi Onashvili
JPN
URS
1976 Sergey NovikovURS Günther NeureutherFRG Sumio Endo
Allen Coage
JPN
USA
1980 Angelo ParisiFRA Dimitar ZapryanovBUL Vladimír Kocman
Radomir Kovačević
TCH
YUG
1984 Hitoshi SaitoJPN Angelo ParisiFRA Mark Berger
Jo Yong-Cheol
CAN
KOR
1988 Hitoshi SaitoJPN Henry StöhrGDR Jo Yong-Cheol
Grigory Verichev
KOR
URS
1992 Davit KhakhaleishviliEUN Naoya OgawaJPN David Douillet
Imre Csősz
FRA
HUN
1996 David DouilletFRA Ernesto PérezESP Harry Van Barneveld
Frank Möller
BEL
GER
2000 David DouilletFRA Shinichi ShinoharaJPN Indrek Pertelson
Tamerlan Tmenov
EST
RUS
2004 Keiji SuzukiJPN Tamerlan TmenovRUS Indrek Pertelson
Dennis van der Geest
EST
NED
2008 Satoshi IshiiJPN Abdullo TangriyevUZB Óscar Brayson
Teddy Riner
CUB
FRA
2012 Teddy RinerFRA Aleksandr MikhaylinRUS Rafael Silva
Andreas Tölzer
BRA
GER
2016 Teddy RinerFRA Hisayoshi HarasawaJPN Rafael Silva
Or Sasson
BRA
ISR
2020 Lukáš KrpálekCZE Guram TushishviliGEO Teddy Riner
Tamerlan Bashayev
FRA
ROC

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Japan JPN 5 3 2 10
France FRA 5 1 3 9
Soviet Union URS 1 0 4 5
Netherlands NED 1 0 1 2
Czechia CZE 1 0 0 1
Unified Team EUN 1 0 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 2 1 3
West Germany FRG 0 2 0 2
Canada CAN 0 1 1 2
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
East Germany GDR 0 1 0 1
Georgia GEO 0 1 0 1
Spain ESP 0 1 0 1
Uzbekistan UZB 0 1 0 1
Brazil BRA 0 0 2 2
Estonia EST 0 0 2 2
Germany GER 0 0 2 2
Republic of Korea KOR 0 0 2 2
Belgium BEL 0 0 1 1
Cuba CUB 0 0 1 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Israel ISR 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1
United States USA 0 0 1 1
Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Teddy Riner FRA 2 0 2 4
David Douillet FRA 2 0 1 3
Hitoshi Saito JPN 2 0 0 2
Angelo Parisi FRA
GBR
1 1 0 2
Isao Inokuma JPN 1 0 0 1
Davit Khakhaleishvili GEO
EUN
1 0 0 1
Sergey Novikov URS 1 0 0 1
Wim Ruska NED 1 0 0 1
Keiji Suzuki JPN 1 0 0 1
Satoshi Ishii JPN 1 0 0 1
Lukáš Krpálek CZE 1 0 0 1