Major achievements in judo by nation

This is a list of achievements in major international judo events according to gold, silver and bronze medal results obtained by athletes representing different nations. The objective is not to create a combined medal table; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by athletes in major global events, ranking the countries according to the most number of podiums accomplished by athletes of these nations. In order to be considered for the making of the list, the competition must be open to athletes from nations across every continent, with no cultural, geographical, political or other sort of limitation preventing participation of athletes. Invitational-only events were not eligible because they might impose subjective limitations on which athletes are allowed to compete.

For the creation of the list only results from adult competitions were consulted; therefore, results achieved at the Youth Olympic Games and at the World Junior Championships were not considered. Master, Grand Prix and Para meets, such as the Paralympic Games, were not taken into consideration. Results from two major judo world tournaments approved by the International Judo Federation were taken into account: the World Judo Championships and the judo tournament at the Summer Olympic Games.

Results

The conventions used on this table are namely: EL for Extra Lightweight; HL for Half Lightweight; LW for Lightweight; HM for Half Middleweight; MW for Middleweight; HH for Half Heavyweight; HW for Heavyweight; OP for Open class; and TM for Team event.

Notes

• Results achieved in youth or junior events were not considered for the making of this table, neither were events for athletes with a disability.
• Medals earned by athletes from defunct NOCs or historical teams have been merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states, as follows: Russia inherits medals from the Soviet Union and the Unified Team; Serbia inherits medals from Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro; Czech Republic inherits medals from Czechoslovakia; and Germany inherits medals from West Germany and East Germany.
• The table is pre-sorted by total number of medal results. In case of a tie, countries are then compared according to most number of gold medal results, silver medal results and bronze medal results, respectively. Persisting a tie, equal ranks are given, with countries being listed in alphabetical order.

Best international results by nation (1956 – September 2015)

		Olympic Games															World Judo Championships
		Men								Women							Men									Women
Rk.	Nation	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	TM	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	TM
1	Japan
2	France
3	Korea
4	Germany
5	Cuba
6	United Kingdom
7	Russia
8	Netherlands
9	Brazil
10	Belgium
11	Poland
12	Italy
13	United States
14	China
15	Hungary
16	North Korea
17	Mongolia
18	Spain
19	Georgia
20	Romania
21	Austria
		Olympic Games															World Judo Championships
		Men								Women							Men									Women
Rk.	Nation	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	TM	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	TM
22	Uzbekistan
23	Azerbaijan
24	Ukraine
25	Canada
26	Belarus
27	Slovenia
28	Turkey
29	Israel
30	Switzerland
31	Czech Republic
32	Serbia
33	Egypt
34	Bulgaria
35	Kazakhstan
36	Estonia
37	Portugal
38	Argentina
39	Greece
40	Algeria
41	Tunisia
		Olympic Games															World Judo Championships
		Men								Women							Men									Women
Rk.	Nation	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	TM	EL	HL	LW	HM	MW	HH	HW	OP	TM
42	Australia
42	Republic of Moldova
44	Colombia
44	Iran
46	Norway
47	Latvia
47	Tajikistan
47	United Arab Emirates
50	Kosovo
50	Venezuela
52	Montenegro
52	Slovakia
52	Sweden
55	Armenia
55	Chinese Taipei
55	Finland
55	Iceland
55	Kyrgyzstan
55	Lithuania
55	New Zealand
55	Puerto Rico

Further reading

• Judo at the Summer Olympics
• World Judo Championships

See also

• Asian Judo Championships
• Judo at the Asian Games
• European Judo Championships
• Judo at the Pan American Games

References

• Sports123: Judo (archived)
• HickokSports.com (archived)