2004 Summer Olympics / Judo

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Athens
Competition venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Nations	94
Athletes	384 (227 , 157 )
date	14.-20. August 2004
decisions	14th
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At the XXVIII. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , 14 judo competitions were held, seven each for men and women. The venue was the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall .

The Iranian judoka Ārash Miresmāeli , two-time world champion in the light weight division , caused a scandal . He refused to play against the Israeli Ehud Vaks in the first round . However, Miresmāeli would not have been able to take part in the competition anyway because he was too heavy in weight control.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Japan	8th	2	-	10
2	People's Republic of China	1	1	3	5
3	South Korea	1	1	1	3
4th	Georgia	1	1	-	2
5	Germany	1	-	3	4th
6th	Greece	1	-	-	1
	Belarus	1	-	-	1
8th	Russia	-	2	3	5
9	Cuba	-	1	5	6th
10	Netherlands	-	1	3	4th
11	France	-	1	-	1
	North Korea	-	1	-	1
	Austria	-	1	-	1
	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
	Ukraine	-	1	-	1
16	Brazil	-	-	2	2
17th	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Bulgaria	-	-	1	1
	Estonia	-	-	1	1
	Israel	-	-	1	1
	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Mongolia	-	-	1	1
	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Super light weight Tadahiro Nomura Nestor Chergiani Chaschbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Choi Min-ho Half light weight Masato Uchishiba Jozef Krnáč Yordanis Arencibia Georgi Georgiev lightweight Lee Won-hee Vitaly Makarov Leandro Guilheiro Jimmy Pedro Light middleweight Iliad Iliadis Roman Hontjuk Flávio Canto Dmitri Nossow medium weight Zurab Swiadauri Hiroshi Izumi Mark Huizinga Chassanbi Taow Light heavyweight Ihar Makarau Jang Sung-ho Michael Jurack Ariel Zeevi Heavyweight Keiji Suzuki Tamerlan Tmenow Dennis van der Geest Indrek Pertelson

Women competitor gold silver bronze Super light weight Ryoko Tani Frédérique Jossinet Gao Feng Julia Matijass Half light weight Xian Dongmei Yuki Yokosawa Ilse Heylen Amarilis Savón lightweight Yvonne Bönisch Kye Sun-hui Deborah Gravenstijn Yurisleidy Lupetey Light middleweight Ayumi Tanimoto Claudia Heill Driulis González Urška Žolnir medium weight Masae Ueno Edith Bosch Annett Boehm Qin Dongya Light heavyweight Noriko Anno Liu Xia Lucia Morico Yurisel Laborde Heavyweight Maki Tsukada Daima Beltran Tea Donguzashvili Sun Fuming

Results men

Super light weight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	JPN	Tadahiro Nomura
2	GEO	Nestor Chergiani
3	MGL	Chaschbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar
	COR	Choi Min-ho
5	IRN	Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh
	JPN	Kenji Uematsu
7th	GER	Oliver Gussenberg
	GRE	Revazi Zintiridis

Date: August 14, 2004
33 participants from 33 countries Tadahiro Nomura is the first judoka ever to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games three times in a row.

Half light weight (up to 66 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	JPN	Masato Uchishiba
2	SVK	Jozef Krnáč
3	CUB	Yordanis Arencibia
	BUL	Georgi Georgiev
5	GEO	Dawit Margoshvili
	ESP	Óscar Peñas
7th	ARG	Jorge Lencina
	POR	João Pina

Date: August 15, 2004
32 participants from 32 countries

Lightweight (up to 73 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Lee Won-hee
2	RUS	Vitaly Makarov
3	BRA	Leandro Guilheiro
	United States	Jimmy Pedro
5	MDA	Victor Bivol
	FRA	Daniel Fernandes
7th	GEO	Dawit Kewchishvili
	POR	João Neto

Date: August 16, 2004
34 participants from 34 countries

Medium weight (up to 81 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GRE	Iliad Iliadis
2	UKR	Roman Hontjuk
3	BRA	Flávio Canto
	RUS	Dmitri Nossov
5	AZE	Mehman Əzizov
	POLE	Robert Krawczyk
7th	COR	Kwon Yeong-u
	GER	Florian Wanner
9	SUI	Sergei Aschwanden

Date: August 17, 2004
32 participants from 32 countries

Middle weight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GEO	Zurab Swiadauri
2	JPN	Hiroshi Izumi
3	NED	Mark Huizinga
	RUS	Hassanbi Taow
5	GBR	Winston Gordon
	COR	Hwang Hui-tae
7th	ARG	Eduardo Costa
	OUT	Daniel Kelly
9	GER	Gerhard Dempf

Date: August 18, 2004
32 participants from 32 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	BLR	Ihar Makarau
2	COR	Jang Sung-ho
3	GER	Michael Jurack
	ISR	Ariel Zeevi
5	AZE	Mövlüd Mirəliyev
	NED	Elco van der Geest
7th	FRA	Ghislain Lemaire
	KAZ	Asqat Shitkeev

Date: August 19, 2004
33 participants from 33 countries

Heavy weight (over 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	JPN	Keiji Suzuki
2	RUS	Tamerlan Tmenow
3	NED	Dennis van der Geest
	EST	Indrek Pertelson
5	ITA	Paolo Bianchessi
	IRI	Mahmoud Miran
7th	DOOR	Selim Tataroglu
	GER	Andreas Tölzer

Date: August 20, 2004
33 participants from 33 countries

Results women

Super light weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Ryoko Tani
2	FRA	Frédérique Jossinet
3	CHN	Gao Feng
	GER	Julia Matijass
5	ROME	Alina Alexandra Dumitru
	GRE	Maria Karagiannopoulou
7th	COR	Ye Geu-rim
	POLE	Anna Żemła-Krajewska

Date: August 14, 2004
22 participants from 22 countries

Half light weight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Xian Dongmei
2	JPN	Yuki Yokosawa
3	BEL	Use Heylen
	CUB	Amarilis Savon
5	FRA	Annabelle Euranie
	ALG	Salima Souakri
7th	ROME	Ioana Maria Aluaș
	GBR	Georgina Singleton
9	GER	Raffaella Imbriani

Date: August 15, 2004
24 participants from 24 countries

Lightweight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	GER	Yvonne Bönisch
2	PRK	Kye Sun-hui
3	NED	Deborah Gravenstijn
	CUB	Yurisleidy Lupetey
5	ESP	Isabel Fernández
	FRA	Barbara Harel
7th	ITA	Cinzia Cavazzuti
	RUS	Natalia Yukhareva
9	SUI	Lena Göldi

Date: August 16, 2004
23 participants from 23 countries

Medium weight (up to 63 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Ayumi Tanimoto
2	AUT	Claudia Heill
3	CUB	Driulis González
	SLO	Urška Žolnir
5	CAN	Marie-Hélène Chisholm
	ARG	Daniela Krukower
7th	FRA	Lucie Décosse
	PRK	Hong Ok song
9	GER	Anna von Harnier

Date: August 17th, 2004
22 participants from 22 countries

Middle weight (up to 70 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Masae Ueno
2	NED	Edith Bosch
3	GER	Annett Boehm
	CHN	Qin Dongya
5	OUT	Catherine Arlove
	BEL	Catherine Jacques
7th	ESP	Cecilia Blanco
	PRK	Kim Ryon-mi

Date: August 18, 2004
23 participants from 23 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 78 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Noriko Anno
2	CHN	Liu Xia
3	CUB	Yurisel Laborde
	ITA	Lucia Morico
5	UKR	Anastasiia Matrosova
	FRA	Celine Lebrun
7th	COR	Lee So-yeon
	BRA	Edinanci Silva
9	GER	Uta Kühnen

Date: August 19, 2004
21 participants from 21 countries

Heavy weight (over 78 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Maki Tsukada
2	CUB	Daima Beltran
3	RUS	Tea Donguzashvili
	CHN	Sun fuming
5	UKR	Maryna Prokofyeva
	TO DO	Insaf Yahyaoui
7th	VEN	Giovanna Blanco
	COR	Choi Sook-ie
9	GER	Sandra Köppen

Date: August 20, 2004
22 participants from 22 countries

Web links

• Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 2004 Summer Games (PDF, 8.3 MB)
• Videos of the judo competitions

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mystery over Iran judo 'protest'. BBC News , August 15, 2004, accessed October 16, 2018 .