The 1988 Asian Judo Championships were held at Damascus, Syria in July.
Medal overview
editMen's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) |
 Tadanori Koshino (JPN)
|
 Pak (PRK)
|
 Ju (CHN)
|
 Xi (TPE)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (65 kg) |
 Park Jae-hwan (KOR)
|
Misaki Iteya (JPN)
|
Kim (PRK)
|
 Hassan (KUW)
| |||
| Lightweight (71 kg) |
Kim Jin-hong (KOR)
|
Yukiharu Yoshitaka (JPN)
|
Yu (TPE)
|
| Li Chang-Su (PRK)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (78 kg) |
Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN)
|
Kim Hwal-yeon (KOR)
|
Hisham el-Sharaf (KUW)
|
 Alhaaq (SYR)
| |||
| Middleweight (86 kg) |
Teruya Ishida (JPN)
|
Park Bo-keun (KOR)
|
Liu Junlin (CHN)
|
| Chiu Heng-An (TPE)
| |||
| Half-heavyweight (95 kg) |
Heo Hyeong (KOR)
|
Yasuhirio Kai (JPN)
|
Chen (TPE)
|
| Jazaari (SYR)
| |||
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) |
Shuji Murakami (JPN)
|
Xu Guoqing (CHN)
|
Hwang Jae-Gil (PRK)
|
| Yang Chang-hun (KOR)
| |||
| Openweight |
Naoya Ogawa (JPN)
|
Xu Guoqing (CHN)
|
Hwang Jae-Gil (PRK)
|
| Alhamad (KUW)
|
Women's events
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) |
Li Aiyue (CHN)
|
Wakaba Suzuki (JPN)
|
Cho Min-Sun (KOR)
|
| Ding (TPE)
| |||
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) |
Ok Kyeong-suk (KOR)
|
Hu (CHN)
|
Noriko Mizoguchi (JPN)
|
| Cheng (TPE)
| |||
| Lightweight (56 kg) |
Kasumi Izumi (JPN)
|
Ching (TPE)
|
Jung Sun-Yong (KOR)
|
| Shieh (TPE)
| |||
| Half-middleweight (61 kg) |
Kim Seong-eok (KOR)
|
Hiroko Kitazume (JPN)
|
Zhang Di (CHN)
|
| Wu Mei-Ling (TPE)
| |||
| Middleweight (66 kg) |
Qin (CHN)
|
Park Ji-yeong (KOR)
|
Yung (TPE)
|
 Prit (IND)
| |||
| Half-heavyweight (72 kg) |
Park Mi-jeong (KOR)
|
Akiko Sato (JPN)
|
Ayassi (SYR)
|
| Guo (TPE)
| |||
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) |
Gao Fenglian (CHN)
|
Yeh Wen-Hua (TPE)
|
Mun Ji-yun (KOR)
|
| Mehta (IND)
| |||
| Openweight |
Gao Fenglian (CHN)
|
Mun Ji-yun (KOR)
|
Yoko Sakaue (JPN)
|
| Mehta (IND)
|
Medals table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| 6 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 | |