Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
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Qualification summary

NOC	Men							Women							Total
	-60kg	-66kg	-73kg	-81kg	-90kg	-100kg	+100kg	-48kg	-52kg	-57kg	-63kg	-70kg	-78kg	+78kg
Albania				X											1
Algeria	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	X			10
American Samoa											X				1
Andorra		X													1
Argentina	X		X	X	X	X	X	X			X		X		9
Armenia	X	X													2
Aruba				X											1
Australia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	13
Austria	X									X	X				3
Azerbaijan		X	X	X	X	X				X					6
Belarus			X	X	X		X								4
Belgium			X						X			X			3
Bosnia and Herzegovina						X									1
Brazil	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		13
Burkina Faso								X							1
Cameroon						X									1
Canada	X	X	X			X							X		5
Chile		X													1
China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Chinese Taipei									X		X				2
Colombia				X								X			2
Cuba	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Czech Republic	X		X												2
Dominican Republic		X				X			X						3
Democratic Republic of the Congo			X												1
Ecuador		X						X						X	3
Egypt		X			X		X							X	4
El Salvador				X											1
Equatorial Guinea				X											1
Estonia							X								1
Fiji												X			1
Finland										X	X				2
France	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	13
Gabon								X							1
Georgia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X								7
Germany				X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Great Britain	X			X	X	X					X		X	X	7
Greece	X	X			X										3
Guam							X								1
Haiti							X			X					2
Hungary		X				X	X	X		X		X			6
Iceland							X								1
India								X					X		2
Iran	X	X	X	X	X		X								6
Israel	X					X					X				3
Italy		X		X	X		X			X		X	X	X	8
Japan	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Kazakhstan	X		X			X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	10
Kuwait						X									1
Kyrgyzstan							X						X		2
Latvia			X		X										2
Lebanon							X								1
Libya						X									1
Lithuania	X														1
Luxembourg									X						1
Madagascar	X														1
Malta											X				1
Mexico						X								X	2
Moldova			X												1
Monaco	X														1
Mongolia	X		X	X		X	X		X	X	X		X	X	10
Montenegro				X											1
Morocco	X	X		X	X										4
Mozambique		X													1
Nepal											X				1
Netherlands	X	X		X	X	X	X			X	X	X		X	10
Nigeria													X		1
North Korea	X	X	X					X	X	X	X				7
Peru							X								1
Poland		X	X	X		X	X					X		X	7
Portugal		X	X	X				X	X						5
Puerto Rico				X	X		X								3
Romania						X		X							2
Russia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	13
Senegal							X		X		X	X			4
Slovakia						X									1
Slovenia	X			X			X				X			X	5
South Africa			X	X	X										3
South Korea	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	14
Spain		X			X				X	X		X	X		6
Switzerland					X										1
Tajikistan			X	X	X										3
Togo				X											1
Tunisia				X			X	X		X			X	X	6
Turkey			X												1
Turkmenistan		X										X			2
Ukraine	X		X	X	X		X	X				X	X	X	9
United Arab Emirates			X												1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X			10
Uzbekistan	X	X	X		X	X	X		X					X	8
Venezuela	X	X	X		X	X			X		X				7
Yemen	X														1
Total: 92 NOCs	33	33	32	35	31	32	34	23	22	22	25	22	21	21	385

Qualification timeline

Africa
Event	Date	Venue
2006 African Judo Championships	May 29 - Jun 6, 2006	Port Louis
2007 All-Africa Games	July 12–14, 2007	Algiers
2007 Madagascar Tournament	March 17–18, 2007	Madagascar
2007 Morocco International Tournament	April 7–8, 2007	Morocco
2007 South Africa International Tournament	May 17–18, 2007	Vanderbijlpark
2007 Kano Cup	December 7–9, 2007	Tokyo
2007 Women's International Tournament	December 22, 2007	Fukuoka
2008 Mauritius International Tournament	January 28–29, 2008	Port Louis
2008 Super World Cup	February 9–11, 2008	Paris
2008 World Cup Men	February 16–17, 2008	Leonding
2008 World Cup Women	February 16–17, 2008	Budapest
2008 Super World Cup	February 22–24, 2008	Hamburg
2008 Tunisia International Tournament	March 28–29, 2008	Tunis
2008 Cameroon International Tournament	April 26–27, 2008	Yaoundé
2008 African Judo Championships	May 15–18, 2008	Agadir
Asia
Event	Date	Venue
2006 Qingdao International Tournament	November 13–14, 2006	Qingdao
2006 KRA Open	November 17–18, 2006	Seoul
2006 Asian Games	December 2–5, 2006	Doha
2006 Women's International Tournament	December 16–17, 2006	Fukuoka
2007 Kazakhstan International Tournament	March 17–18, 2007	Almaty
2007 Asian Judo Championships	May 16–17, 2007	Kuwait City
2007 Fajr International Tournament	June 20–22, 2007	Tehran
2007 World Judo Championships	September 13–16, 2007	Rio de Janeiro
2007 Qingdao International Tournament	November 24–25, 2007	Qingdao
2007 KRA Open	Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2007	Seoul
2007 Kano Cup	December 7–9, 2007	Tokyo
2008 Kazakhstan International Tournament	March 16–18, 2008	Almaty
2008 Asian Judo Championships	April 26–27, 2008	Jeju City
Europe
Event	Date	Venue
2007 European Judo Championships	April 6–8, 2007	Belgrade
2007 World Cup Men	April 28–29, 2007	Rome
2007 World Cup Women	April 28–29, 2007	Vejen
2007 Super World Cup	May 5–6, 2007	Moscow
2007 World Cup Men	May 19–20, 2007	Bucharest
2007 World Cup Women	May 19–20, 2007	Lisbon
2007 World Judo Championships	September 13–16, 2007	Rio de Janeiro
2007 World Cup Men	September 22–23, 2007	Birmingham
2007 World Cup Women	September 22–23, 2007	Tallinn
2007 Super World Cup	September 28–30, 2007	Rotterdam
2007 World Cup Men	October 13–14, 2008	Baku
2007 World Cup Women	October 13–14, 2008	Minsk
2008 World Cup Men	January 26–27, 2008	Tbilisi
2008 World Cup Women	January 26–27, 2008	Sofia
2008 Super World Cup	February 9–11, 2008	Paris
2008 World Cup Men	February 16–17, 2008	Leonding
2008 World Cup Women	February 16–17, 2008	Budapest
2008 Super World Cup	February 22–24, 2008	Hamburg
2008 World Cup Men	March 1–2, 2008	Prague
2008 World Cup Women	March 1–2, 2008	Warsaw
2008 European Judo Championships	April 11–13, 2008	Lisbon
Oceania
Event	Date	Venue
2007 World Judo Championships	September 13–16, 2007	Rio de Janeiro
2007 OJU Open World Cup	November 10–14, 2007	Perth
2008 Oceania Judo Championships	March 21–23, 2008	Christchurch
Pan-America
Event	Date	Venue
2006 Pan American Judo Championships	May 23–28, 2006	Buenos Aires
2007 Pan American Judo Championships	May 24–27, 2007	Montreal
2007 Pan-American Games	July 19–22, 2007	Rio de Janeiro
2007 World Judo Championships	September 13–16, 2007	Rio de Janeiro
Zone II Qualification Tournament	March 27–30, 2008	Isla de Margarita
Zone III Qualification Tournament	April 7–10, 2008	Buenos Aires
2008 Pan American Judo Championships	May 7–10, 2008	Miami
Zone I Qualification Tournament	May 11, 2008	Miami

-60kg Men

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	Netherlands   Georgia   Austria   South Korea   Slovenia   Mongolia
African Judo Union	-	3	Morocco   Madagascar   Algeria
Judo Union of Asia*	-	6	Japan   Iran   Kazakhstan   Uzbekistan   North Korea   Yemen
European Judo Union	-	9	Ukraine   Armenia   Great Britain   Russia   Greece   Czech Republic   Israel   France   Lithuania
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	6	Argentina   Venezuela   Canada   Brazil   Cuba   United States
Invitational**	-	1	Monaco
TOTAL		33

60-66kg Men

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	Brazil   Cuba   Iran   Hungary   Armenia   Italy
African Judo Union	-	3	Egypt   Algeria   Morocco
Judo Union of Asia	-	5	South Korea   Turkmenistan   Japan   Uzbekistan   North Korea
European Judo Union	-	9	Georgia   Netherlands   France   Russia   Spain   Greece   Azerbaijan   Poland   Portugal
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	6	Ecuador   Venezuela   Canada   Dominican Republic   United States   Chile
Invitational**	-	2	Mozambique   Andorra
TOTAL		33

66-73kg Men

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	South Korea   Azerbaijan   Japan   Tajikistan   Turkey   Georgia
African Judo Union	-	3	Algeria   South Africa   Democratic Republic of the Congo
Judo Union of Asia	-	5	Iran   North Korea   Kazakhstan   Uzbekistan   Mongolia
European Judo Union	-	9	Belgium   Czech Republic   Ukraine   Portugal   Poland   Russia   Moldova   Belarus   Latvia
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	6	Brazil   United States   Cuba   Canada   Venezuela   Argentina
Invitational**	-	1	United Arab Emirates
TOTAL		32

73-81kg Men

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	Brazil   France   Great Britain   Netherlands   Italy   Poland
African Judo Union	-	3	Morocco   South Africa   Tunisia
Judo Union of Asia	-	5	South Korea   Mongolia   Japan   Iran   Tajikistan
European Judo Union	-	9	Portugal   Germany   Ukraine   Georgia   Belarus   Russia   Azerbaijan   Slovenia   Montenegro
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	6	United States   Cuba   Colombia   Argentina   El Salvador   Puerto Rico
Invitational**	-	4	Equatorial Guinea   Togo   Aruba   Albania
TOTAL		35

81-90kg Men

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	Georgia   Greece   Italy   Russia   Egypt   Netherlands
African Judo Union	-	3	Algeria   Morocco   South Africa
Judo Union of Asia	-	5	Japan   South Korea   Uzbekistan   Iran   Tajikistan
European Judo Union	-	9	Azerbaijan   Belarus   Ukraine   Germany   Switzerland   Spain   France   Great Britain   Latvia
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	6	Brazil   Cuba   Venezuela   Argentina   United States   Puerto Rico
Invitational**	-	0
TOTAL		31

90-100kg Men

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	Brazil   Great Britain   Hungary   Cuba   Georgia   Bosnia and Herzegovina
African Judo Union	-	3	Algeria   Cameroon   Libya
Judo Union of Asia	-	5	Kazakhstan   South Korea   Japan   Uzbekistan   Mongolia
European Judo Union	-	9	Netherlands   Israel   Russia   Poland   Azerbaijan   France   Germany   Slovakia   Romania
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	6	Canada   Dominican Republic   Venezuela   Argentina   United States   Mexico
Invitational**	-	1	Kuwait
TOTAL		32

+100kg Men

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	5	France   Russia   Brazil   Georgia   Japan
African Judo Union	-	3	Tunisia   Egypt   Senegal
Judo Union of Asia*	-	6	Uzbekistan   Iran   South Korea   Kazakhstan   Mongolia   Kyrgyzstan
European Judo Union	-	9	Estonia   Belarus   Germany   Italy   Poland   Netherlands   Ukraine   Hungary   Slovenia
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	6	Cuba   Peru   Haiti   Puerto Rico   United States   Argentina
Invitational**	-	3	Guam   Iceland   Lebanon
TOTAL		34

-48kg Women

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	Japan   Cuba   France   Romania   Argentina   South Korea
African Judo Union	-	2	Tunisia   Algeria
Judo Union of Asia	-	3	North Korea   Kazakhstan   India
European Judo Union	-	5	Russia   Hungary   Germany   Portugal   Ukraine
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	3	Brazil   Ecuador   United States
Invitational**	-	2	Burkina Faso   Gabon
TOTAL		23

48-52kg Women

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	5	Portugal   North Korea   Japan   South Korea   Brazil
African Judo Union	-	2	Algeria   Senegal
Judo Union of Asia*	-	4	Mongolia   Kazakhstan   Chinese Taipei   Uzbekistan
European Judo Union	-	5	Spain   France   Belgium   Germany   Russia
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	3	Venezuela   Cuba   Dominican Republic
Invitational**	-	1	Luxembourg
TOTAL		22

52-57kg Women

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	North Korea   Spain   Hungary   Japan   Finland   Italy
African Judo Union	-	2	Algeria   Tunisia
Judo Union of Asia	-	3	South Korea   Mongolia   Kazakhstan
European Judo Union	-	5	Austria   France   Germany   Azerbaijan   Netherlands
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	3	Brazil   United States   Cuba
Invitational**	-	1	Haiti
TOTAL		22

57-63kg Women

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	Cuba   France   Japan   Netherlands   Germany   Slovenia
African Judo Union	-	2	Algeria   Senegal
Judo Union of Asia*	-	4	South Korea   North Korea   Mongolia   Chinese Taipei
European Judo Union	-	5	Great Britain   Austria   Russia   Finland   Israel
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	3	Argentina   Brazil   Venezuela
Invitational**	-	3	Nepal   Malta   American Samoa
TOTAL		25

63-70kg Women

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	6	France   United States   Hungary   Italy   Ukraine   Netherlands
African Judo Union	-	2	Algeria   Senegal
Judo Union of Asia	-	3	Japan   South Korea   Kazakhstan
European Judo Union	-	5	Spain   Germany   Russia   Belgium   Poland
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Fiji
Pan-American Judo Union	-	3	Brazil   Cuba   Colombia
Invitational**	-	1	Turkmenistan
TOTAL		22

70-78kg Women

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	5	Cuba   Japan   South Korea   France   Italy
African Judo Union	-	2	Tunisia   Nigeria
Judo Union of Asia*	-	4	Mongolia   Kazakhstan   Kyrgyzstan   India
European Judo Union	-	5	Great Britain   Russia   Germany   Spain   Ukraine
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	3	Brazil   Canada   Argentina
Invitational**	-	0
TOTAL		21

+78kg Women

Competition	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	-	1	China
World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	5	Japan   Germany   Netherlands   France   Great Britain
African Judo Union	-	2	Tunisia   Egypt
Judo Union of Asia*	-	4	Mongolia   Uzbekistan   South Korea   Kazakhstan
European Judo Union	-	5	Russia   Slovenia   Poland   Ukraine   Italy
Oceania Judo Union	-	1	Australia
Pan-American Judo Union	-	3	Cuba   Ecuador   Mexico
Invitational**	-	0
TOTAL		21

* That if an athlete from China finishes in the top 6 at the worlds, their qualification place will go to the Judo union of Asia. also two additional places will be awarded to this union, but gender and weight categories are to be defined.

** 20 invitational places in total.

References

• List of Participation in Olympic Games