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Judo — Heavyweight, Women

Times held 9
Total participants 118
Total countries 56

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1988 Heavyweight (>72 kilograms), Women Olympic (non-medal) 7 7
1992 Heavyweight (>72 kilograms), Women Olympic 21 21
1996 Heavyweight (>72 kilograms), Women Olympic 20 20
2000 Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 24 24
2004 Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 22 22
2008 Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 21 21
2012 Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 20 20
2016 Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 17 17
2020 Heavyweight (>78 kilograms), Women Olympic 27 27

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1992 Zhuang XiaoyanCHN Estela RodríguezCUB Nathalie Lupino
Yoko Sakaue		FRA
JPN
1996 Sun FumingCHN Estela RodríguezCUB Christine Cicot
Johanna Hagn		FRA
GER
2000 Yuan HuaCHN Daima BeltránCUB Mayumi Yamashita
Kim Seon-Yeong		JPN
KOR
2004 Maki TsukadaJPN Daima BeltránCUB Sun Fuming
Tea Donguzashvili		CHN
RUS
2008 Tong WenCHN Maki TsukadaJPN Idalys Ortiz
Lucija Polavder		CUB
SLO
2012 Idalys OrtizCUB Mika SugimotoJPN Tong Wen
Karina Bryant		CHN
GBR
2016 Émilie AndéolFRA Idalys OrtizCUB Yu Song
Kanae Yamabe		CHN
JPN
2020 Akira SoneJPN Idalys OrtizCUB Iryna Kindzerska
Romane Dicko		AZE
FRA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
People's Republic of China CHN 4 0 3 7
Japan JPN 2 2 3 7
Cuba CUB 1 6 1 8
France FRA 1 0 3 4
Azerbaijan AZE 0 0 1 1
Germany GER 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1
Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Idalys Ortiz CUB 1 2 1 4
Maki Tsukada JPN 1 1 0 2
Sun Fuming CHN 1 0 1 2
Tong Wen CHN 1 0 1 2
Zhuang Xiaoyan CHN 1 0 0 1
Yuan Hua CHN 1 0 0 1
Émilie Andéol FRA 1 0 0 1
Akira Sone JPN 1 0 0 1