Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

14 sets of medals will be awarded in the following events:
*−60kg Men
*60–66kg Men
*66–73kg Men
*73–81kg Men
*81–90kg Men
*90–100kg Men
*+100kg Men
*−48kg Women
*48–52kg Women
*52–57kg Women
*57–63kg Women
*63–70kg Women
*70–78kg Women
*+78kg Women

Qualification

Together with 366 directly qualified athletes, there will be 20 invitational places from a Tripartite Commission (genders and categories are yet to be decided), making up a total athlete quota of 386 athletes—217 men, 147 women and 22 places not yet allocated to a gender.

An NOC may enter up to one athlete per weight category. The qualifying places will be allocated as follows:

Note label|Asia|a|a Two additional places will be awarded to this union, but gender and weight categories are to be defined.

Note label|China|b|b If the host nation qualifies athletes directly through the world championships or Asian continental qualification system, the reserved entry places will be reallocated as part of the Asian continental qualification.

Continental qualification places will be allocated through the ranking system based on the major tournaments on the continent (continental championships, qualification tournaments). More important tournaments and tournaments closer to the Olympics will carry more points. Deadline for the unions to confirm the places was May 21, 2008.

References

*International Judo Federation— [http://en.beijing2008.cn/upload/Qualification/ijf_summary_e.pdf 2008 Olympic Qualification System]

External links

* [http://www.europejudo.com/thierry/RankingList/EJU_Olympic_Classification.xls European Judo Union Olympic Classification]