2008 Summer Olympics / Judo

Judo at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	Beijing
Competition venue	Beijing Science and Technology University High School
Nations	92
Athletes	386 (230 , 156 )
date	9-15 August 2008
decisions	14th
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At the XXIX. During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , 14 judo competitions were held, seven each for men and women. The venue was the sports hall of the Beijing University of Science and Technology in the Haidian district .

Balance sheet

Sports hall of the science and technology university

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Japan	4th	1	2	7th
2	China	3	-	1	4th
3	South Korea	1	2	1	4th
4th	Azerbaijan	1	-	1	2
5	Germany	1	-	-	1
6th	Georgia	1	-	-	1
	Italy	1	-	-	1
	Mongolia	1	-	-	1
	Romania	1	-	-	1
10	Cuba	-	3	3	6th
11	France	-	2	2	4th
12	Netherlands	-	1	4th	5
13	North Korea	-	1	2	3
14th	Algeria	-	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan	-	1	1	2
16	Kazakhstan	-	1	-	1
	Austria	-	1	-	1
18th	Brazil	-	-	3	3
19th	Egypt	-	-	1	1
	Argentina	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1
	Slovenia	-	-	1	1
	Tajikistan	-	-	1	1
	Ukraine	-	-	1	1
	United States	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Super light weight Choi Min-ho Ludwig Paischer Ruben Houkes Rishod Sobirov Half light weight Masato Uchishiba Benjamin Darbelet Yordanis Arencibia Pak Chol-min lightweight Elnur Məmmədli Wang Ki-chun Rassul Boqiyev Leandro Guilheiro Light middleweight Ole Bishop Kim Jae-bum Tiago Camilo Roman Hontjuk medium weight Irakli Zirekidze Amar Benikhlef Sergei Aschwanden Hesham Mesbah Light heavyweight Naidangiin Tüwschinbajar Asqat Shitkeev Henk Grol Mövlüd Mirəliyev Heavyweight Satoshi Ishii Abdullo Tangriyev Oscar Braison Teddy Riner

Women competitor gold silver bronze Super light weight Alina Alexandra Dumitru Yanet Bermoy Paula Pareto Ryoko Tani Half light weight Xian Dongmei To Kum-ae Soraya Haddad Misato Nakamura lightweight Giulia Quintavalle Deborah Gravenstijn Ketleyn Quadros Xu Yan Light middleweight Ayumi Tanimoto Lucie Décosse Elisabeth Willeboordse Won Ok-im medium weight Masae Ueno Anaysi Hernández Edith Bosch Ronda Rousey Light heavyweight Yang Xiuli Yalennis Castillo Jeong Gyeong-mi Stéphanie Possamaï Heavyweight Tong Wen Maki Tsukada Lucija Polavder Idalys Ortíz

qualification

Each National Olympic Committee could nominate a maximum of one athlete per weight class. Qualifying competitions were the 2007 World Championships and the individual continental eliminations. At least 217 men and 147 women participated in these competitions. In addition, there were 22 further starting places, which were divided between both sexes.

Results men

Super light weight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Choi Min-ho
2	AUT	Ludwig Paischer
3	NED	Ruben Houkes
	UZB	Rishod Sobirov
5	FRA	Dimitri Dragin
	ISR	Gal Yekutiel
7th	GBR	Craig Fallon
	CAN	Frazer Will

Date: August 9, 2008
33 participants from 33 countries

The final was decided prematurely after 2:14 minutes by an ippon . Choi Min-ho had become Olympic Knight in Athens in 2004 . For Austria, Ludwig Paischer's silver was the first medal this year.

Half light weight (up to 66 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	JPN	Masato Uchishiba
2	FRA	Benjamin Darbelet
3	CUB	Yordanis Arencibia
	PRK	Pak Chol-min
5	RUS	Alim Gadanov
	UZB	Mirali Sharipov
7th	ITA	Giovanni Casale
	EGY	Aheen El Hady

Date: August 10, 2008
33 participants from 33 countries

The final fight between the Japanese Masato Uchishiba and Benjamin Darbelet from France ended with an Ippon after just 68 seconds . Uchishiba was able to defend his 2004 title.

Lightweight (up to 73 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	AZE	Elnur Məmmədli
2	COR	Wang Ki-chun
3	TJK	Rassul Boqiyev
	BRA	Leandro Guilheiro
5	IRI	Ali Maloumat
	BEL	Dirk Van Tichelt
7th	UKR	Hennadij Bilodid
	JPN	Yūsuke Kanamaru

Date: August 11, 2008
32 participants from 32 countries

After only 13 seconds, the final match was decided in favor of the Azerbaijani Elnur Məmmədli , who secured his country the first gold medal at this Olympic Games. For Tajikistan, Rassul Boqijew's bronze medal was the first medal at the 2008 Games, and for Brazil it was the second, shortly after Ketleyn Quadros won precious metal in the women's judo .

Medium weight (up to 81 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GER	Ole Bishop
2	COR	Kim Jae-bum
3	BRA	Tiago Camilo
	UKR	Roman Hontjuk
5	NED	Guillaume Elmont
	MGL	Damdinsürengiin Njamchüü
7th	GBR	Euan Burton
	POLE	Robert Krawczyk

Date: August 12, 2008
35 participants from 35 countries

Ole Bischof brought the German team the second gold medal and the first judo medal of these games. In the final he beat the South Korean Kim with Yuko, after he had previously beaten the Olympic champion Hontjuk and world champion Camilo.

Middle weight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GEO	Irakli Zirekidze
2	ALG	Amar Benikhlef
3	SUI	Sergei Aschwanden
	EGY	Hesham Mesbah
5	FRA	Yves-Matthieu Dafreville
	RUS	Ivan Perschin
7th	BLR	Andrei Kasussjonak
	BRA	Eduardo Santos
20th	GER	Michael Pinske

The award ceremony in the middleweight division

Date: August 13, 2008
31 participants from 31 countries

Zirekidze won the final fight with Koka after punishing his opponent. Sergei Aschwanden was the third Swiss to win a medal in judo after Eric Hänni (1964) and Jürg Röthlisberger (1976, 1980). The German Michael Pinske lost to Aschwanden in round 1 through Yuko.

Light heavyweight (up to 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	MGL	Naidangiin Tüwschinbajar
2	KAZ	Asqat Shitkeev
3	NED	Henk Grol
	AZE	Mövlüd Mirəliyev
5	POLE	Przemysław Matyjaszek
	GEO	Levan Zhorzholiani
7th	HUN	Daniel Hadfi
	COR	Jang Sung-ho
9	GER	Benjamin Behrla

Date: August 14, 2008
32 participants from 32 countries

Heavy weight (over 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	JPN	Satoshi Ishii
2	UZB	Abdullo Tangriyev
3	CUB	Oscar Braison
	FRA	Teddy Riner
5	GEO	Lasha Gujejiani
	IRI	Mohammad Reza Rodaki
7th	BRA	João Schlittler
	RUS	Tamerlan Tmenow
9	GER	Andreas Tölzer

Date: August 15, 2008
33 participants from 33 countries

Results women

Super light weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	ROME	Alina Alexandra Dumitru
2	CUB	Yanet Bermoy
3	ARG	Paula Pareto
	JPN	Ryoko Tani
5	RUS	Lyudmila Bogdanova
	PRK	Pak Ok song
7th	HUN	Éva Csernoviczki
	POR	Ana Hormigo
9	GER	Michaela Bashin

Fight scene in the super lightweight women

Date: August 9, 2008
23 participants from 23 countries

The German Michaela Baschin lost in the third round as well as in the consolation round and had no chance of a medal. In the semifinals, the eventual winner Alina Alexandra Dumitru defeated the two-time Olympic champion Ryōko Tani , preventing her from becoming the first judoka to win gold for the third time in a row. In the final, Dumitru defeated the Cuban Yanet Bermoy , who had previously defeated Michaela Baschin in the third round.

Half light weight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Xian Dongmei
2	PRK	To Kum-ae
3	ALG	Soraya Haddad
	JPN	Misato Nakamura
5	KAZ	Scholpan Kaliyeva
	COR	Kim Kyung-ok
7th	ESP	Ana Carrascosa
	BEL	Use Heylen

Date: August 10, 2008
22 participants from 22 countries

After the Japanese Ryōko Tani, Xian Dongmei is only the second judoka to defend her Olympic title. The Chinese won the final with a Yuko against the North Korean An Kum-ae . The German Romy Tarangul initially won one fight, but then lost twice in a row and thus had no more medal chances. For Algeria, Soraya Haddad's bronze medal was the first ever judo medal and also the first medal at these games. Xian Dongmei won the fifth gold for the host.

Lightweight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	ITA	Giulia Quintavalle
2	NED	Deborah Gravenstijn
3	BRA	Ketleyn Quadros
	CHN	Xu Yan
5	OUT	Maria Pekli
	FRA	Barbara Harel
7th	JPN	Aiko Sato
	HUN	Bernadett Baczkó
9	GER	Yvonne Bönisch
19th	AUT	Sabrina Filzmoser

Date: August 11, 2008
22 participants from 22 countries

The German Yvonne Bönisch , defending champion from Athens, was eliminated in the first round against the later winner Giulia Quintavalle . She won the final with Yuko and Koka over the Dutchwoman Deborah Gravenstijn and Italy secured the second gold of these games. In one of the two bronze finals, Ketleyn Quadros won the first medal at these games for Brazil. The Austrian Sabrina Filzmoser was eliminated in the first round.

Medium weight (up to 63 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Ayumi Tanimoto
2	FRA	Lucie Décosse
3	NED	Elisabeth Willeboordse
	PRK	Won ok-im
5	CUB	Driulis González
	AUT	Claudia Heill
7th	VEN	Ysis Barreto
	SLO	Urška Žolnir
9	GER	Anna von Harnier

Date: August 12, 2008
25 participants from 25 countries

Middle weight (up to 70 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Masae Ueno
2	CUB	Anaysi Hernández
3	NED	Edith Bosch
	United States	Ronda Rousey
5	GER	Annett Boehm
	ESP	Leire Iglesias
7th	COL	Yuri Alvear
	HUN	Anett Mészáros

Date: August 13, 2008
22 participants from 22 countries

Annett Böhm from Leipzig , bronze medalist in Athens 2004, took fifth place in this weight class. In the battle for bronze she lost with Yuko (middle rating) to Koka (small rating) against the American Ronda Rousey .

Light heavyweight (up to 78 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Yang Xiuli
2	CUB	Yalennis Castillo
3	COR	Jeong Gyeong-mi
	FRA	Stéphanie Possamaï
5	ESP	Esther San Miguel
	BRA	Edinanci Silva
7th	MGL	Pürewjargalyn Lchamdegt
	GER	Heide Wollert

Date: August 14, 2008
21 participants from 21 countries

A rare possibility of decision was used in this final. Since the Chinese Yang Xiuli and the Cuban Yalennis Castillo were not rated after five minutes, the final was decided in favor of the more active fighter. The jury proclaimed Yang to be the more aggressive judoka, so that although Cuba remained silver in this year's Olympic judo competitions for the third time, they have to wait even longer for their first gold. The German bronze winner from 2004 Heide Wollert lost two fights and thus placed seventh.

Heavy weight (over 78 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CHN	Tong Wen
2	JPN	Maki Tsukada
3	SLO	Lucija Polavder
	CUB	Idalys Ortíz
5	COR	Kim Nayoung
	MGL	Dorjgotovyn Tserenchand
7th	EGY	Samah Ramadan
	FRA	Anne-Sophie Mondière
14th	GER	Sandra Köppen

Date: August 14, 2008
21 participants from 21 countries

Web links

Commons : Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Judo at the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 2008 Summer Olympics (PDF, 27.3 MB)