Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Judo

Judo at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games
information
venue	London
Competition venue	Exhibition Center London
Nations	132
Athletes	384 (231 , 153 )
date	July 28 - August 3, 2012
decisions	14th
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At the XXX. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , 14 judo competitions were held, seven each for men and women. The venue was the Exhibition Center London at the Royal Victoria Dock in the London Borough of Newham .

Balance sheet

Exhibition Center London

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Russia	3	1	1	4th
2	France	2	-	5	7th
3	South Korea	2	-	1	3
4th	Japan	1	3	3	7th
5	Cuba	1	2	-	3
6th	Brazil	1	-	3	4th
7th	United States	1	-	1	2
8th	Georgia	1	-	-	1
	North Korea	1	-	-	1
	Slovenia	1	-	-	1
11	Germany	-	2	2	4th
12	Romania	-	2	-	2
13	People's Republic of China	-	1	1	2
	Great Britain	-	1	1	2
	Mongolia	-	1	1	2
	Hungary	-	1	1	2
17th	Netherlands	-	-	2	2
18th	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Greece	-	-	1	1
	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Colombia	-	-	1	1
	Uzbekistan	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Super light weight Arsen Galstyan Hiraoka Hiroaki Felipe Kitadai Rishod Sobirov Half light weight Lascha Shawdatuashvili Miklós Ungvári Masashi Ebinuma Cho Jun-ho lightweight Mansur Issayev Riki Nakaya Saindjargalyn Nyam-Otschir Ugo Legrand Light middleweight Kim Jae-bum Ole Bishop Ivan Nifontov Antoine Valois-Fortier medium weight Song Dae-nam Asley González Masashi Nishiyama Iliad Iliadis Light heavyweight Tagir Khaibulayev Naidangiin Tüwschinbajar Henk Grol Dimitri Peters Heavyweight Teddy Riner Alexander Mikhailin Andreas Tölzer Rafael Silva

Women competitor gold silver bronze Super light weight Sarah Menezes Alina Alexandra Dumitru Éva Csernoviczki Charline Van Snick Half light weight To Kum-ae Yanet Bermoy Rosalba Forciniti Priscilla Gneto lightweight Kaori Matsumoto Corina Căprioriu Marti Malloy Automne Pavia Light middleweight Urška Žolnir Xu Lili Gévrise Émane Yoshie Ueno medium weight Lucie Décosse Kerstin Thiele Yuri Alvear Edith Bosch Light heavyweight Kayla Harrison Gemma Gibbons Mayra Aguiar Audrey Tcheuméo Heavyweight Idalys Ortíz Mika Sugimoto Karina Bryant Tong Wen

Time schedule

Competitions	July August
Women	28.	29	30th	31.	1.	2.	3.
Class up to 48 kg
Class up to 52 kg
Class up to 57 kg
Class up to 63 kg
Class up to 70 kg
Class up to 78 kg
Class over 78 kg
Men	28.	29	30th	31.	1.	2.	3.
Class up to 60 kg
Class up to 66 kg
Class up to 73 kg
Class up to 81 kg
Class up to 90 kg
Class up to 100 kg
Class over 100 kg

Results men

Super light weight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	RUS	Arsen Galstyan
2	JPN	Hiraoka Hiroaki
3	BRA	Felipe Kitadai
	UZB	Rishod Sobirov
5	ITA	Elio Verde
	FRA	Sofiane Milous
7th	COR	Choi Gwang-hyeon
	POOR	Howhannes Dawtjan
17th	SUI	Ludovic Chammartin
	AUT	Ludwig Paischer
33	GER	Tobias Englmaier

Date: July 28, 2012
37 participants from 37 countries

Half light weight (up to 66 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GEO	Lascha Shawdatuashvili
2	HUN	Miklós Ungvári
3	JPN	Masashi Ebinuma
	COR	Cho Jun-ho
5	ESP	Sugoi Uriarte
	POLE	Paweł Zagrodnik
7th	AZE	Tərlan Kərimov
	GBR	Colin Oates

Date: July 29, 2012
36 participants from 36 countries

Lightweight (up to 73 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	RUS	Mansur Issayev
2	JPN	Riki Nakaya
3	MGL	Saindjargalyn Nyam-Ochir
	FRA	Ugo Legrand
5	NED	Dex Elmont
	COR	Wang Ki-chun
7th	TJK	Rassul Boqiyev
16	GER	Christopher Völk

Date: July 30th, 2012
34 participants from 34 countries

The originally seventh-placed American Nick Delpopolo was disqualified after a positive doping result .

Medium weight (up to 81 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Kim Jae-bum
2	GER	Ole Bishop
3	RUS	Ivan Nifontov
	CAN	Antoine Valois-Fortier
5	JPN	Takahiro Nakai
	United States	Travis Stevens
7th	BRA	Leandro Guilheiro
	ARG	Emmanuel Lucenti

Kim Jae-bum

Date: July 31, 2012
34 participants from 34 countries

Middle weight (up to 90 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Song Dae-nam
2	CUB	Asley González
3	JPN	Masashi Nishiyama
	GRE	Iliad Iliadis
5	BRA	Tiago Camilo
	RUS	Kirill Denisov
7th	OUT	Mark Anthony
	UZB	Dilshod Choriyev
17th	GER	Christophe Lambert

Date: August 1st, 2012
30 participants from 30 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	RUS	Tagir Khaibulayev
2	MGL	Naidangiin Tüwschinbajar
3	NED	Henk Grol
	GER	Dimitri Peters
5	UZB	Ramziddin Sayidov
	COR	Hwang Hee-tae
7th	AZE	Elmar Gasimov
	CZE	Lukáš Krpálek

Award ceremony

Date: August 2, 2012
30 participants from 30 countries

Heavy weight (over 100 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FRA	Teddy Riner
2	RUS	Alexander Mikhailin
3	GER	Andreas Tölzer
	BRA	Rafael Silva
5	BLR	Ihar Makarau
	COR	Kim Sung-min
7th	CUB	Óscar Brayson
	HUN	Barna Bor

Date: August 3, 2012
32 participants from 32 countries

Results women

Super light weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	BRA	Sarah Menezes
2	ROME	Alina Alexandra Dumitru
3	HUN	Éva Csernoviczki
	BEL	Charline Van Snick
5	JPN	Tomoko Fukumi
	ARG	Paula Pareto
7th	CHN	Wu Shugen
	MGL	Mönchbatyn Urantsetseg

Date: July 28, 2012
19 participants from 19 countries

Half light weight (up to 52 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	PRK	To Kum-ae
2	CUB	Yanet Bermoy
3	ITA	Rosalba Forciniti
	FRA	Priscilla Gneto
5	BEL	Use Heylen
	LUX	Marie Muller
7th	COR	Kim Kyung-ok
	MRI	Christianne Legentil
9	GER	Romy Tarangul

Date: July 29, 2012
23 participants from 23 countries

Lightweight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	JPN	Kaori Matsumoto
2	ROME	Corina Căprioriu
3	United States	Marti Malloy
	FRA	Automne Pavia
5	ITA	Giulia Quintavalle
	HUN	Hedvig Karakas
7th	AUT	Sabrina Filzmoser
	RUS	Irina Sabludina
16	GER	Miryam Roper

Date: July 30, 2012
25 participants from 25 countries

Medium weight (up to 63 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	SLO	Urška Žolnir
2	CHN	Xu Lili
3	FRA	Gévrise Émane
	JPN	Yoshie Ueno
5	COR	Young Da-woon
	MGL	Tsedevsurengiin monkdsajaa
7th	ISR	Alice Schlesinger
	NED	Elisabeth Willeboordse
9	AUT	Hilde Drexler
17th	GER	Claudia Malzahn

Gévrise Émane

Date: July 31, 2012
24 participants from 24 countries

Middle weight (up to 70 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	FRA	Lucie Décosse
2	GER	Kerstin Thiele
3	COL	Yuri Alvear
	NED	Edith Bosch
5	CHN	Chen Fei
	COR	Hwang Ye-sul
7th	SLO	Raša Sraka
	JPN	Haruka Tachimoto
9	SUI	Juliane Robra

Date: August 1st, 2012
22 participants from 22 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 78 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	United States	Kayla Harrison
2	GBR	Gemma Gibbons
3	BRA	Mayra Aguiar
	FRA	Audrey Tcheuméo
5	HUN	Abigél Joó
	NED	Marhinde Verkerk
7th	POLE	Daria Pogorzelec
	CHN	Yang Xiuli
9	GER	Heide Wollert

Marhinde Verkerk (NED) versus Yang Xiuli (CHN)

Date: August 2, 2012
21 participants from 21 countries

Heavy weight (over 78 kg)

space	country	sportswoman
1	CUB	Idalys Ortíz
2	JPN	Mika Sugimoto
3	GBR	Karina Bryant
	CHN	Tong Wen
5	UKR	Iryna Kindzerska
	BRA	Maria Suelen Altheman
7th	RUS	Jelena Ivashchenko
	KAZ	Gulshan Issanova

Date: August 3, 2012
20 participants from 20 countries

qualification

Qualification criteria

386 athletes will take part in the competitions. 138 women and 214 men qualify directly via the world rankings, 14 athletes from the host NOK , one in each weight class, are automatically eligible to start. The International Judo Federation (IJF) will award a total of 20 starting places by invitation after the qualification phase. Each NOK may only provide one athlete per weight class.

For women, the first 14 athletes of the adjusted world rankings were directly qualified in each weight class, for men the first 22nd qualified. The other quota places were assigned from a continental perspective, for which a ranking is created on the basis of the adjusted world ranking list. Africa will get 24, Europe 25, Asia 20, Oceania ten and America 21 starting places. The key date for the world rankings was May 1, 2012.

Qualified athletes

Qualified athletes according to NOKs
competition	Women							Men							total
	Class up to 48 kg	Class up to 52 kg	Class up to 57 kg	Class up to 63 kg	Class up to 70 kg	Class up to 78 kg	Class over 78 kg	Class up to 60 kg	Class up to 66 kg	Class up to 73 kg	Class up to 81 kg	Class up to 90 kg	Class up to 100 kg	Class over 100 kg
Afghanistan									X						1
Egypt									X	X		X	X	X	5
Albania		X													1
Algeria		X					X								2
American Samoa														X	1
Angola					X										1
Argentina	X										X	X	X		4th
Armenia								X	X						2
Aruba									X						1
Azerbaijan			X	X				X	X	X	X	X	X		8th
Australia			X					X	X			X	X		5
Barbados										X					1
Belgium	X	X							X	X	X		X		6th
Belize												X			1
Benin									X						1
Brazil	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14th
Bosnia Herzegovina													X		1
Bulgaria									X						1
Burkina Faso				X											1
Burundi							X								1
Chile									X						1
China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X							8th
Costa Rica										X					1
Dem. Rep. Congo														X	1
Germany		X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X	X	11
Dominican Rep.		X													1
Djibouti			X												1
Ecuador				X											1
El Salvador									X						1
Ivory Coast												X			1
Estonia														X	1
Fiji											X				1
Finland		X		X				X							3
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14th
Gabon						X									1
Georgia								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7th
Ghana										X					1
Greece			X									X			2
Great Britain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14th
Guam														X	1
Guatemala														X	1
Guinea														X	1
Guyana										X					1
Haiti		X													1
Honduras								X							1
Hong Kong										X					1
India				X											1
Iran													X	X	2
Ireland	X														1
Iceland														X	1
Israel				X				X	X	X			X		5
Italy	X	X	X	X	X			X	X		X	X			9
Japan	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14th
Yemen								X							1
Cambodia								X							1
Cameroon												X			1
Canada			X		X	X		X	X	X	X	X			8th
Cape Verde							X								1
Kazakhstan	X						X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Kyrgyzstan												X		X	2
Colombia			X		X										2
Croatia				X							X				2
Cuba	X	X	X	X	X		X					X	X	X	9
Latvia											X		X	X	3
Lebanon				X											1
Liberia	X														1
Libya									X						1
Lithuania												X		X	2
Luxembourg		X													1
Madagascar											X				1
Mali													X		1
Morocco				X				X			X				3
Mauritius		X													1
Mexico							X	X							2
Moldova											X	X			2
Monaco								X							1
Mongolia	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X			X		9
Montenegro											X				1
Mozambique								X							1
Myanmar				X											1
Nauru										X					1
New Zealand					X										1
Netherlands	X			X	X	X		X		X	X		X	X	9
Niger								X							1
North Korea		X													1
Austria			X	X				X							3
Palest. Autonomygeb.										X					1
Palau				X											1
Panama											X				1
Papua New Guinea									X						1
Paraguay									X						1
Peru								X							1
Philippines														X	1
Poland					X	X	X		X	X				X	6th
Portugal		X	X			X				X					4th
Puerto Rico							X								1
Republic of China									X						1
Rwanda										X					1
Romania	X	X	X						X				X	X	6th
Russia	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	12
Solomon Islands								X							1
Zambia											X				1
Samoa										X					1
Saudi Arabia							X	X							2
Sweden												X			1
Switzerland					X			X							2
Senegal			X												1
Serbia												X			1
Seychelles													X		1
Slovakia												X			1
Slovenia			X	X	X	X	X		X		X			X	8th
Spain	X	X	X		X				X	X					6th
South Africa										X					1
South Korea	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14th
Tajikistan										X		X			2
Thailand													X		1
Togo											X				1
Chad					X										1
Czech Republic										X	X		X		3
Tunisia					X	X	X							X	4th
Turkey							X			X					2
Turkmenistan				X											1
Ukraine					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Independent Olympian											X				1
Hungary	X		X		X	X			X		X	X		X	8th
Uruguay												X			1
United States			X			X				X	X		X		5
Uzbekistan								X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7th
Vanuatu														X	1
Venezuela							X	X	X						3
Ver. Arab Emirates									X						1
Vietnam	X														1
Belarus													X	X	2
Total starting places	20th	23	25th	25th	22nd	19th	20th	35	36	35	32	31	30th	33	386

Born in Kosovo, Majlinda Kelmendi competed in Judo for Albania after the IOC rejected a planned participation for Kosovo and as an Independent Olympic participant . As an independent Olympic participant, Reginald de Windt from Curaçao , who had qualified in the weight class up to 81 kg, competed. The NOK of the Netherlands Antilles lost its recognition by the IOC after the island association was dissolved.

A total of 116 NOKs were able to qualify for the Olympic competitions via the world rankings. Another 17 NOKs got a starting place by invitation in June 2012. American Samoa, Honduras, Paraguay, Aruba, Belize, Monaco, Djibouti, Guyana, Rwanda, Burundi, Liberia, Togo, Benin, Myanmar, Lebanon, Cambodia and Afghanistan benefited from this.

Web links

Commons : 2012 Summer Olympics / Judo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Judo at the Olympic Summer Games 2012 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 2012 Summer Games (PDF, 54.2 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lisa Dillman: US judo star Delpopolo expelled after positive drug test. Los Angeles Times , August 6, 2012, accessed August 7, 2012 . 
2. ↑ "Qualification London 2012"  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 181 kB) Website of the Judo Association of the USA. Retrieved July 26, 2010. (English).  
3. ^ Qualification London 2012. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 8, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ↑ London 2012: Judoka's Kosovo Olympic bid turned down. Retrieved May 27, 2012 (English). 
5. ^ Invited Country to take part at the London Games. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 18, 2013 ; accessed on June 13, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.