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Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

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Judo
Judo
Judo
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics pictogram
VenueNippon Budokan
LocationTokyo, Japan
Dates24–31 July 2021
Competitors393 (200 men and 193 women) from 128 nations
Competition at external databases
LinksIJF • EJU • JudoInside

Judo was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and featured around 393 judoka (柔道家: judo practitioners) competing in 15 events, seven each for both men and women as well as a new mixed team event.[1] The 2020 Summer Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2][3] and the judo competitions were held in July 2021 at Nippon Budokan.

The tournament brackets were drawn on 23 July, with the top 8 judoka in each weight class seeded.[4][5]

Qualification

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A total of 393, 128 athletes could qualify for judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] Each NOC could enter a maximum of 14 judokas (one in each division). Host nation Japan has reserved a spot in each of all 14 events, while twenty are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Commission Invitation.

The remaining judoka underwent a qualifying process to earn a spot for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by International Judo Federation on June 28, 2021,[7][8] and finalized on 5 July.[9]

The top 18 athletes in each division directly qualify, though each NOC is subjected to a limit of 1 judoka per division. If the NOC contains more than a single athlete ranked in the top 18 of the world ranking list, the NOC can decide which of their athletes obtain the quota places.[7]

Further continental quotas (13 men and 12 women for Europe, 12 of each gender for Africa, 10 men and 11 women for Pan America, 10 of each gender for Asia, and 5 of each gender for Oceania are also available. These quotas are assigned by creating a list of all athletes for each continent across all divisions and both genders. The top-ranked athletes qualify in turn, subject to the general rule of 1 athlete per NOC per division as well as the additional rule that each NOC may only qualify one judoka through the continental quotas (that is, ensuring that 100 different NOCs are represented through this qualification system).[7]

Mixed team qualification was based on NOCs qualifying enough individual judokas across various divisions to have a six-person team meeting specific requirements (one man and one woman in each of three groups of divisions).[7]

Gender Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Men Weight class 60 66 73 81 90 100 +100
Participants 23 27 36 35 33 25 22
Women Weight class 48 52 57 63 70 78 +78
Participants 28 29 25 31 28 24 27

Competition schedule

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Q Elimination & Quarterfinal F Repechage, Semifinal, Bronze medal & Gold medal
Event↓/Date → Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28 Thu 29 Fri 30 Sat 31
Men's
Men's 60 kg Q F
Men's 66 kg Q F
Men's 73 kg Q F
Men's 81 kg Q F
Men's 90 kg Q F
Men's 100 kg Q F
Men's +100 kg Q F
Women's
Women's 48 kg Q F
Women's 52 kg Q F
Women's 57 kg Q F
Women's 63 kg Q F
Women's 70 kg Q F
Women's 78 kg Q F
Women's +78 kg Q F
Mixed team
Mixed team Q F

Participating nations

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Source: [12]

Competitors

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Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Japan)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan*92112
2 France2338
3 Kosovo2002
4 Georgia1304
5 Czech Republic1001
6 Germany0123
 Mongolia0123
 South Korea0123
9 Austria0112
10 Chinese Taipei0101
 Cuba0101
 Slovenia0101
13 ROC0033
14 Brazil0022
 Canada0022
 Italy0022
17 Azerbaijan0011
 Belgium0011
 Great Britain0011
 Hungary0011
 Israel0011
 Kazakhstan0011
 Netherlands0011
 Portugal0011
 Ukraine0011
 Uzbekistan0011
Totals (26 entries)15153060

Men's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
details
Naohisa Takato
 Japan
Yang Yung-wei
 Chinese Taipei
Yeldos Smetov
 Kazakhstan
Luka Mkheidze
 France
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
details
Hifumi Abe
 Japan
Vazha Margvelashvili
 Georgia
An Ba-ul
 South Korea
Daniel Cargnin
 Brazil
Lightweight (73 kg)
details
Shohei Ono
 Japan
Lasha Shavdatuashvili
 Georgia
An Chang-rim
 South Korea
Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar
 Mongolia
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
details
Takanori Nagase
 Japan
Saeid Mollaei
 Mongolia
Shamil Borchashvili
 Austria
Matthias Casse
 Belgium
Middleweight (90 kg)
details
Lasha Bekauri
 Georgia
Eduard Trippel
 Germany
Davlat Bobonov
 Uzbekistan
Krisztián Tóth
 Hungary
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
details
Aaron Wolf
 Japan
Cho Gu-ham
 South Korea
Jorge Fonseca
 Portugal
Niyaz Ilyasov
 ROC
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
details
Lukáš Krpálek
 Czech Republic
Guram Tushishvili
 Georgia
Teddy Riner
 France
Tamerlan Bashaev
 ROC

Women's events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
details
Distria Krasniqi
 Kosovo
Funa Tonaki
 Japan
Daria Bilodid
 Ukraine
Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg
 Mongolia
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
details
Uta Abe
 Japan
Amandine Buchard
 France
Odette Giuffrida
 Italy
Chelsie Giles
 Great Britain
Lightweight (57 kg)
details
Nora Gjakova
 Kosovo
Sarah-Léonie Cysique
 France
Jessica Klimkait
 Canada
Tsukasa Yoshida
 Japan
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
details
Clarisse Agbegnenou
 France
Tina Trstenjak
 Slovenia
Maria Centracchio
 Italy
Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard
 Canada
Middleweight (70 kg)
details
Chizuru Arai
 Japan
Michaela Polleres
 Austria
Madina Taimazova
 ROC
Sanne van Dijke
 Netherlands
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
details
Shori Hamada
 Japan
Madeleine Malonga
 France
Anna-Maria Wagner
 Germany
Mayra Aguiar
 Brazil
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
details
Akira Sone
 Japan
Idalys Ortiz
 Cuba
Iryna Kindzerska
 Azerbaijan
Romane Dicko
 France

Mixed events

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Games Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed team[13]
details
 France
Clarisse Agbegnenou
Amandine Buchard
Guillaume Chaine
Axel Clerget
Sarah-Léonie Cysique
Romane Dicko
Alexandre Iddir
Kilian Le Blouch
Madeleine Malonga
Margaux Pinot
Teddy Riner
 Japan
Hifumi Abe
Uta Abe
Chizuru Arai
Shori Hamada
Hisayoshi Harasawa
Shoichiro Mukai
Takanori Nagase
Shohei Ono
Akira Sone
Miku Tashiro
Aaron Wolf
Tsukasa Yoshida
 Israel
Tohar Butbul
Raz Hershko
Li Kochman
Inbar Lanir
Sagi Muki
Timna Nelson-Levy
Peter Paltchik
Shira Rishony
Or Sasson
Gili Sharir
Baruch Shmailov
 Germany
Johannes Frey
Karl-Richard Frey
Jasmin Grabowski
Katharina Menz
Dominic Ressel
Giovanna Scoccimarro
Sebastian Seidl
Theresa Stoll
Martyna Trajdos
Eduard Trippel
Anna-Maria Wagner
Igor Wandtke

New rules

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Judo, since the sport's introduction in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, has changed and evolved over time. There were several rule changes made in the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Based on the 2016 IJF Judo rule changes, the time for men's bouts is four minutes, the same as women's bouts.

There was also a change in scores of a Waza-Ari, a technique that requires a judoka to pin his/her opponent for 10 to 20 seconds or to throw the opponent successfully but not well-controlled to be awarded as Ippon.

As basic Judo rules, there are three ways to win: 1) to throw the opponent to the ground in a certain efficiency, 2) to hold down the opponent for 20 seconds, 3) to force the opponent to submission by arm lock or strangulation.

Originally, gaining points of Ippon ended the bout, but now Waza-aris are awarded equal to Ippons. With this rule change, penalty scores no longer end the bout.[5]

In addition, the mixed team competition was added: six individuals in their national team compete against individuals of the same weight category from another national team. A team wins when it has won four rounds. This new content aims to engage in gender equality, as well as a union through sport.[14]

In addition, the mixed team competition was added as a new content of Judo games in the Olympics. Six individuals in their national mixed team compete with individuals of the same weight category from another national team. A team wins when it won at least four rounds of six. This new content aims to engage in gender equality as well as a union through sport. It is considered one of the most gender equal competition in Olympic games[15] France, the next Summer Olympics' host country, became the first team to win a gold medal in this new competition for mixed teams, defeating Japan 4-1. This was considered as a memorable moment for judo in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[16]

Politically motivated withdrawal

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Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Games in the -73 kg weight class, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef announced his withdrawal following the conclusion of the draw of competitors.

Nourine was quoted as saying his political support for the Palestinian cause made it impossible for him to compete against an Israeli; Tohar Butbul, the #5 seed in the tournament, whom he was drawn to potentially face in the second round (had he won in the first round), was Israeli.[17][18][19][20]

The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced the immediate suspension of Nourine and his coach on 24 July 2021, pending a further investigation, while the Algerian Olympic Committee revoked their accreditation, and sent Nourine and his coach back home to Algeria.[21][22] The Federation explained:

"According to the IJF rules, in line with the Olympic Charter and especially with rule 50.2 that provides for the protection of the neutrality of sport at the Olympic Games and the neutrality of the Games themselves, which states that 'no kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas,' Fethi Nourine and Amar Benikhlef are now suspended and will face a decision by the IJF Disciplinary Commission, as well as disciplinary sanctions by the National Olympic Committee of Algeria back in their country.'"[20]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Tokyo 2020: Judo". Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  2. ^ "IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government Announce New Dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020". olympic.org. IOC. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 30 March 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ^ "IOC, IPC, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee and Tokyo Metropolitan Government announce new dates for the Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Olympic News". International Olympic Committee. 15 July 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  4. ^ Lasuen, Pedro (5 July 2021). "Olympic Qualification Final List". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Judo | Olympic Sport". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b c d "Tokyo 2020 – IJF Qualification System" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 12 May 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  8. ^ "IJF Olympic Qualification List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  9. ^ Messner, Nicolas (28 June 2021). "The Day of Reckoning Has Come". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Schedule - Judo Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Judo Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 — Nations". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  13. ^ "France become first judo mixed team gold medallist". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  14. ^ "What is the new judo mixed team event?". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  15. ^ "What is the new judo mixed team event?". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  16. ^ "France become first judo mixed team gold medallist". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Judo athlete sent home from Olympics after refusing to fight Israeli". 24 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Algerian judoka sent home from Olympics after refusing to face Israeli opponent". Metro. 24 July 2021.
  19. ^ "Algerian judoka sent home from Olympics after refusing to compete against Israeli". The Guardian. 24 July 2021.
  20. ^ a b "Algerian judoka suspended after quitting Olympics rather than facing Israeli opponent". Yahoo. 24 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine suspended and sent home for withdrawing to avoid Israeli". The Japan Times. 24 July 2021.
  22. ^ "Fethi Nourine and Amar Benikhlef: Disciplinary Sanctions". International Judo Federation.
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