Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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The Judo
competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics
was contested in fourteen weight classes, seven each for men and women. The seven men's weight classes continued to be those first used in 1980. This was the first Olympic competition to award medals to women judoka; women competed in 1988 as a demonstration sport.
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event celebrated in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, in 1992. The International Olympic Committee voted in 1986 to separate the Summer and Winter Games, which had been held in the same...
was contested in fourteen weight classes, seven each for men and women. The seven men's weight classes continued to be those first used in 1980. This was the first Olympic competition to award medals to women judoka; women competed in 1988 as a demonstration sport.
Men's events
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
|||
| 65 kg | |||
| 71 kg | |||
| 78 kg | |||
| 86 kg | |||
| 95 kg | |||
| +95 kg | |||
Women's events
| 48 kg | |||
| 52 kg | |||
| 56 kg | |||
| 61 kg | |||
| 66 kg | |||
| 72 kg | |||
| +72 kg | |||
Medal table
| 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |