Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Dates | 28 July – 3 August 2012 |
| Website | Official website  |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
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| List of judoka Qualification | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 60 kg | 48 kg | |
| 66 kg | 52 kg | |
| 73 kg | 57 kg | |
| 81 kg | 63 kg | |
| 90 kg | 70 kg | |
| 100 kg | 78 kg | |
| +100 kg | +78 kg | |
The judo competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 3 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
Qualification
Qualification was based on the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation on 1 May 2012.[1]
Medal table
Russia topped the medal table with three golds and five in total.
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  France | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 |  South Korea | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Japan | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Cuba | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Brazil | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 |  Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Great Britain* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 |  Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
Arsen Galstyan Russia
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Hiroaki Hiraoka Japan
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Felipe Kitadai Brazil
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Rishod Sobirov Uzbekistan
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| Half-lightweight (66 kg) |
Lasha Shavdatuashvili Georgia
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Miklós Ungvári Hungary
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Masashi Ebinuma Japan
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| Cho Jun-ho South Korea
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| Lightweight (73 kg) |
Mansur Isaev Russia
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Riki Nakaya Japan
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Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir Mongolia
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| Ugo Legrand France
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| Half-middleweight (81 kg) |
Kim Jae-bum South Korea
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Ole Bischof Germany
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Ivan Nifontov Russia
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Antoine Valois-Fortier Canada
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| Middleweight (90 kg) |
Song Dae-nam South Korea
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Asley González Cuba
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Ilias Iliadis Greece
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| Masashi Nishiyama Japan
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| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) |
Tagir Khaibulaev Russia
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Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Mongolia
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Dimitri Peters Germany
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Henk Grol Netherlands
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| Heavyweight (+100 kg) |
Teddy Riner France
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Aleksandr Mikhailine Russia
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Rafael Silva Brazil
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| Andreas Tölzer Germany
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Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) |
Sarah Menezes Brazil
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Alina Dumitru Romania
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Éva Csernoviczki Hungary
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| Charline Van Snick Belgium
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| Half-lightweight (52 kg) |
An Kum-ae North Korea
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Yanet Bermoy Cuba
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Rosalba Forciniti Italy
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| Priscilla Gneto France
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| Lightweight (57 kg) |
Kaori Matsumoto Japan
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Corina Căprioriu Romania
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Marti Malloy United States
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| Automne Pavia France
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| Half-middleweight (63 kg) |
Urška Žolnir Slovenia
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Xu Lili China
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Yoshie Ueno Japan
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| Gévrise Émane France
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| Middleweight (70 kg) |
Lucie Décosse France
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Kerstin Thiele Germany
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Yuri Alvear Colombia
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| Edith Bosch Netherlands
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| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) |
Kayla Harrison United States
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Gemma Gibbons Great Britain
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Audrey Tcheuméo France
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| Mayra Aguiar Brazil
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| Heavyweight (+78 kg) |
Idalys Ortiz Cuba
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Mika Sugimoto Japan
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Karina Bryant Great Britain
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| Tong Wen China
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References
- ^ "London 2012 Olympics qualifying: Judo". BBC. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
External links
Media related to Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
- Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
- Official results book – Judo. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
- Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)
- judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the International Judo Federation
- judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com
- judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics at the European Judo Union
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