World Judo Championships

The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, next to the quadrennial judo events at the Summer Olympic Games. The world championships are held by the International Judo Federation annually, except the calendar years of the Summer Olympics. Qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their home countries. Team fixtures have also been held since 1994. The men's championships first took place in 1956, though the format and periodicity of the competition have changed over time. The last edition of the World Judo Championships (2024) was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

World Judo Championships
Current event or competition:
2024 World Judo Championships
Competition details
DisciplineJudo
TypeAnnual
OrganiserInternational Judo Federation (IJF)
History
First edition1956 in Tokyo, Japan
Editions37 men (2024)
28 women (2024)
Most wins Japan – 417 medals
(180 gold medals)
Most recentAbu Dhabi 2024
Next editionBudapest 2025

History

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The first World Judo Champion, Shokichi Natsui in 1956

The first edition of the world championships took place in Tokyo, Japan in 1956. There were no weight classes at the time and Japanese judoka Shokichi Natsui became the first world champion in history, defeating fellow countryman Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu in the final. The second world championship was also held in Tokyo two years later, with the Japanese winning the top two spots in the competition for the second time. In 1961, the championship was held outside Japan for the first time, and Dutch judoka Anton Geesink defeated the prior world champion, Koji Sone, in Paris, France, to become the first non-Japanese world champion.

The 1965 World Judo Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and weight classes were implemented for the first time with the addition of the −68 kg, −80 kg, and +80 kg categories. Judo had become an Olympic sport at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo initially for men, and a permanent sport after a brief absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Despite this progressive enlargement, it took until 1980 for women to participate in the world championships. The first women's world championships were held in New York City in 1980, and were held in alternating years as the men's championships until the 1987 World Judo Championships in Essen, where the two competitions were merged into one world championship. The mixed championships have been held biannually since 1987. On the Commonwealth Games side, Judo was added to the Commonwealth Games programme, initially as an optional sport for the first three editions in 1990, 2002 and 2014 but it is now a core sport from 2022 onwards. The women’s judo was included at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 2005, the world championships made its debut on the African continent in Cairo, Egypt. In the International Judo Federation meeting held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007 (during the 2007 World Judo Championships), it was decided that France would host the world championships for the fifth time in 2011.

Weight classes

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There are currently 16 tournaments in the world championships, with 8 weight classes for each gender.

Competitions by year

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The world championships have been held in every continent except Oceania and Antarctica.

Men's competitions

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Number Year Dates City and host country Venue # Countries # Athletes Ref.
1 1956 3 May   Tokyo, Japan Kuramae Kokugikan 21 31 [1][2]
2 1958 30 November   Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 18 39 [3][4]
3 1961 2 December   Paris, France Stade Pierre de Coubertin 25 57 [5][6]
4 1965 14–17 October   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Maracanãzinho 42 150 [7][8]
5 1967 9–11 August   Salt Lake City, United States University of Utah 25 115 [9][10]
6 1969 23–25 October   Mexico City, Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 39 187 [11][12]
7 1971 2–4 September   Ludwigshafen, West Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Halle 52 310 [13][14]
8 1973 22–24 June   Lausanne, Switzerland Palais de Beaulieu 50 288 [15][16]
9 1975 23–25 October   Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadthalle 46 274 [17][18]
1977 19–24 September   Barcelona, Spain Palau dels Esports Cancelled [a]
10 1979 6–9 December   Paris, France Stade Pierre de Coubertin 54 273 [20][21]
11 1981 3–6 September   Maastricht, Netherlands Euro Hall 51 255 [22][23]
12 1983 13–16 October   Moscow, Soviet Union Lenin Palace of Sports 44 226 [24][25]
13 1985 26–29 September   Seoul, South Korea Jamsil Arena 39 189 [26][27]

Women's competitions

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Number Year Dates City and host country Venue # Countries # Athletes Ref.
1 1980 29–30 November   New York, United States Madison Square Garden 27 149 [28][29]
2 1982 4–5 December   Paris, France Stade Pierre de Coubertin 35 174 [30][31]
3 1984 10–11 November   Vienna, Austria Wiener Stadthalle 32 183 [32][33]
4 1986 24–26 October   Maastricht, Netherlands Geusselt Sports Hall 35 162 [34][35]

Mixed competitions

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Number M/W Year Dates City and host country Venue # Countries # Athletes Ref.
14/5 1987 19–22 November   Essen, West Germany Grugahalle 63 456 [36][37]
15/6 1989 10–15 October   Belgrade, Yugoslavia Pionir Hall 63 355 [38][39]
16/7 1991 25–28 July   Barcelona, Spain Palau Blaugrana 64 465 [40][41]
17/8 1993 30 September – 3 October   Hamilton, Canada Copps Coliseum 79 508 [42][43]
18/9 1995 28 September – 1 October   Chiba, Japan Makuhari Messe 100 627 [44][45]
19/10 1997 9–12 October   Paris, France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 91 585 [46][47]
20/11 1999 7–10 October   Birmingham, United Kingdom National Indoor Arena 91 619 [48][49]
21/12 2001 26–29 July   Munich, Germany Olympiahalle 89 586 [50][51]
22/13 2003 11–14 September   Osaka, Japan Osaka-jō Hall 100 631 [52][53]
23/14 2005 8–11 September   Cairo, Egypt Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex 93 579 [54][55]
24/15 2007 13–16 September   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil HSBC Arena 139 743 [56][57]
25/16 2009 27–30 August   Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy 197 538 [58][59]
26/17 2010 9–13 September   Tokyo, Japan Yoyogi National Gymnasium 112 847 [60][61]
27/18 2011 23–28 August   Paris, France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 131 864 [62][63]
28/19 2013 26 August – 1 September   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Maracanãzinho 123 673 [64][65]
29/20 2014 25–31 August   Chelyabinsk, Russia Traktor Arena 110 637 [66][67]
30/21 2015 24–30 August   Astana, Kazakhstan Alau Ice Palace 120 723 [68][69]
31/22 2017 28 August – 3 September   Budapest, Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena 126 728 [70][71]
32/23 2018 20–27 September   Baku, Azerbaijan National Gymnastics Arena 124 755 [72][73]
33/24 2019 25 August – 1 September   Tokyo, Japan Nippon Budokan 143 828 [74][75]
34/25 2021 6–13 June   Budapest, Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena 118 661 [76][77][78]
35/26 2022 6–13 October   Tashkent, Uzbekistan Humo Ice Dome 82 571 [79][80]
36/27 2023 7–14 May   Doha, Qatar Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena 99 657 [81][82]
37/28 2024 19–24 May   Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Mubadala Arena 107 658 [83][84]
38/29 2025 13–20 June   Budapest, Hungary [85][86]
39/30 2026   Baku, Azerbaijan [87]
40/31 2027   Kazakhstan [88]
  1. ^ The 1977 Championships were canceled due to the refusal of the host country officials to allow the Taiwanese national team to compete under the national flag of the Republic of China, thereby denying them visas. Taiwan appealed the decision of the Spanish officials to the International Judo Federation, who considered the position of the Taiwanese side to be fair and decided to cancel the 1977 Championships due to an unresolved political conflict.[19]

Openweight competitions

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Number Year Dates City and host country Venue # Countries # Athletes Ref.
1 2008 20–21 December   Levallois-Perret, France Marcel Cerdan Palace of Sports 18 51 [89][90]
2009 Cancelled
2 2011 29–30 October   Tyumen, Russia Judo Centre 22 49 [91][92]
3 2017 11–12 November   Marrakech, Morocco Palais des Congrès 28 58 [93][94]

Medal tables

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Men's medal count – individual events (1956–2024)

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Japan 105 58 65 228
2   South Korea 25 8 45 78
3   France 24 17 28 69
4   Soviet Union 11 12 33 56
5   Georgia 10 13 24 47
6   Netherlands 8 11 19 38
7   Russia 7 14 27 48
8   Germany 5 6 12 23
9   Uzbekistan 5 4 10 19
10   Brazil 4 7 16 27
11   Poland 4 2 14 20
12   Azerbaijan 3 6 14 23
13   Cuba 3 6 9 18
14   Great Britain 3 4 13 20
15   East Germany 3 3 14 20
16   Mongolia 3 3 11 17
17   Spain 3 2 5 10
18   Greece 3 2 1 6
19   Iran 3 0 5 8
20   Hungary 2 5 11 18
21   Kazakhstan 2 5 4 11
22   United States 2 3 7 12
23   Czech Republic 2 1 2 5
Individual Neutral Athletes [a] 2 1 1 4
24   Portugal 2 0 3 5
25   Belgium 1 8 11 20
26   Ukraine 1 3 9 13
27   Israel 1 2 3 6
28    Switzerland 1 2 2 5
29   Serbia 1 2 1 4
30   Austria 1 1 4 6
31   Russian Judo Federation [b] 1 1 1 3
32   Tunisia 1 0 2 3
  Yugoslavia 1 0 2 3
34   Italy 0 7 9 16
35   West Germany 0 5 13 18
36   Canada 0 4 7 11
37   Turkey 0 3 5 8
38   North Korea 0 3 4 7
39   Estonia 0 3 1 4
40   Belarus 0 2 6 8
41   Egypt 0 2 3 5
42   Czechoslovakia 0 2 2 4
43   Moldova 0 1 4 5
  Romania 0 1 4 5
45   Bulgaria 0 1 2 3
  Sweden 0 1 2 3
47   Chinese Taipei 0 1 1 2
48   Algeria 0 1 0 1
  Montenegro 0 1 0 1
  Slovenia 0 1 0 1
51   China 0 0 3 3
52   Finland 0 0 2 2
  Tajikistan 0 0 2 2
  United Arab Emirates 0 0 2 2
55   Armenia 0 0 1 1
  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1
  Latvia 0 0 1 1
  Lithuania 0 0 1 1
Total 253 251 504 1008

Women's medal count – individual events (1980–2024)

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Japan 57 50 54 161
2   France 35 21 55 111
3   China 20 13 14 47
4   Cuba 16 16 29 61
5   Great Britain 13 15 20 48
6   Netherlands 8 11 36 55
7   Belgium 8 9 9 26
8   Italy 6 5 12 23
9   South Korea 6 1 19 26
10   Brazil 5 6 17 28
11   North Korea 5 2 4 11
12   Germany 4 7 16 27
13   Canada 3 2 4 9
14   Mongolia 3 1 10 14
15   Austria 3 1 7 11
16   Colombia 3 0 3 6
17   Spain 2 8 9 19
18   West Germany 2 5 12 19
19   United States 2 5 10 17
20   Poland 2 2 11 15
21   Israel 2 2 4 8
22   Argentina 2 2 1 5
23   Ukraine 2 1 2 5
24   Croatia 2 1 1 4
25   Slovenia 1 5 8 14
26   Kosovo 1 0 6 7
27 International Judo Federation [c] 1 0 0 1
  Venezuela 1 0 0 1
29   Portugal 0 5 4 9
30   Russia 0 3 10 13
31   Romania 0 3 5 8
32   Australia 0 3 3 6
33   Hungary 0 2 6 8
34   Uzbekistan 0 2 0 2
35   Turkey 0 1 4 5
36   Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 1 2
  Norway 0 1 1 2
  Puerto Rico 0 1 1 2
  Sweden 0 1 1 2
40   Soviet Union 0 1 0 1
41   Kazakhstan 0 0 4 4
42   Azerbaijan 0 0 3 3
43    Switzerland 0 0 2 2
  Tunisia 0 0 2 2
45   Algeria 0 0 1 1
  Belarus 0 0 1 1
  Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
  Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
  Czech Republic 0 0 1 1
  Greece 0 0 1 1
  New Zealand 0 0 1 1
  Serbia 0 0 1 1
  Serbia and Montenegro 0 0 1 1
Individual Neutral Athletes [a] 0 0 1 1
Total 215 215 430 860

Total medal count – individual events (1956–2024)

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Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1   Japan 162 108 119 389
2   France 59 38 83 180
3   South Korea 31 9 64 104
4   China 20 13 17 50
5   Cuba 19 22 38 79
6   Netherlands 16 22 55 93
7   Great Britain 16 19 33 68
8   Soviet Union 11 13 33 57
9   Georgia 10 13 24 47
10   Belgium 9 17 20 46
11   Brazil 9 13 33 55
12   Germany 9 13 28 50
13   Russia 7 17 37 61
14   Italy 6 12 21 39
15   Poland 6 4 25 35
16   Mongolia 6 4 21 31
17   Spain 5 10 14 29
18   Uzbekistan 5 6 10 21
19   North Korea 5 5 8 18
20   United States 4 8 17 29
21   Austria 4 2 11 17
22   Azerbaijan 3 6 17 26
23   Canada 3 6 11 20
24   Ukraine 3 4 11 18
25   Israel 3 4 7 14
26   East Germany 3 3 14 20
27   Greece 3 2 2 7
28   Iran 3 0 5 8
29   Colombia 3 0 3 6
30   West Germany 2 10 25 37
31   Hungary 2 7 17 26
32   Kazakhstan 2 5 8 15
33   Portugal 2 5 7 14
34   Argentina 2 2 1 5
35   Czech Republic 2 1 3 6
Individual Neutral Athletes [a] 2 1 2 5
36   Croatia 2 1 1 4
37   Slovenia 1 6 8 15
38    Switzerland 1 2 4 7
39   Serbia 1 2 2 5
40   Russian Judo Federation [b] 1 1 1 3
41   Kosovo 1 0 6 7
42   Tunisia 1 0 4 5
43   Yugoslavia 1 0 2 3
44 International Judo Federation [c] 1 0 0 1
  Venezuela 1 0 0 1
46   Romania 0 4 9 13
  Turkey 0 4 9 13
48   Australia 0 3 3 6
49   Estonia 0 3 1 4
50   Belarus 0 2 7 9
51   Egypt 0 2 3 5
  Sweden 0 2 3 5
53   Czechoslovakia 0 2 2 4
54   Moldova 0 1 4 5
55   Bulgaria 0 1 3 4
56   Chinese Taipei 0 1 2 3
57   Algeria 0 1 1 2
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 1 1 2
  Norway 0 1 1 2
  Puerto Rico 0 1 1 2
61   Montenegro 0 1 0 1
62   Finland 0 0 2 2
  Tajikistan 0 0 2 2
  United Arab Emirates 0 0 2 2
65   Armenia 0 0 1 1
  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1
  Latvia 0 0 1 1
  Lithuania 0 0 1 1
  New Zealand 0 0 1 1
  Serbia and Montenegro 0 0 1 1
Total 468 466 934 1868

World Team Judo Championships

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The first World Team Judo Championships was held in 1994 as separate event and only for men's national teams. The first World Team Judo Championships for women's national team was held as separate event in 1997.[95] Since 1998, World Team Judo Championships for men's and women's national teams have been held at the same time and venue. It were held every four years until 2006 (although promotional team events were held during 2003 and 2005 World Judo Championships) and every year from 2007 to 2015 (except 2009). Since 2011 men's and women's team competitions became the part of World Judo Championships. Starting from 2017, it were merged into mixed team competition. Judokas who participates in the individual events at the World Championships often do not participate in the team competition.

Year Competitions Location Men Women
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
1994 M Paris, France   France   Germany   Japan
  Russia
no women's competition
1997 W Osaka, Japan no men's competition   Cuba   South Korea   France
  Japan
1998 M W Minsk, Belarus   Japan   Brazil   France
  Russia
  Cuba   France   Belgium
  China
2002 M W Basel, Switzerland   Japan   Georgia   France
  Italy
  Japan   Cuba   China
  Italy
2003 M W Osaka, Japan   France   Japan   Iran
  Russia
  Japan   China   Cuba
  France
2005 M W Cairo, Egypt   South Korea   Japan   Brazil
  Georgia
  France   South Korea   Algeria
  Japan
2006 M W Paris, France   Georgia   Russia   France
  South Korea
  France   Cuba   China
  Japan
2007 M W Beijing, China   Japan   Brazil   China
  South Korea
  China   Cuba   Japan
  Mongolia
2008 M W Tokyo, Japan   Georgia   Uzbekistan   Brazil
  Russia
  Japan   France   China
  Germany
2010 M W Antalya, Turkey   Japan   Brazil   Russia
  South Korea
  Netherlands   Germany   Japan
  Turkey
2011 M W Paris, France   France   Brazil   Japan
  South Korea
  France   Japan   Cuba
  Germany
2012 M W Salvador, Brazil   Russia   Japan   Brazil
  Georgia
  Japan   China   Brazil
  Cuba
2013 M W Rio de Janeiro, Brazil   Georgia   Russia   Germany
  Japan
  Japan   Brazil   Cuba
  France
2014 M W Chelyabinsk, Russia   Japan   Russia   Georgia
  Germany
  France   Mongolia   Germany
  Japan
2015 M W Astana, Kazakhstan   Japan   South Korea   Georgia
  Mongolia
  Japan   Poland   Germany
  Russia

World Team Judo Championships — Mixed team

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze
2017 Budapest, Hungary   Japan   Brazil   France
  South Korea
2018 Baku, Azerbaijan   Japan   France   Korea
  Russia
2019 Tokyo, Japan   Japan   France   Brazil
  Russia
2021 Budapest, Hungary   Japan   France   Brazil
  Uzbekistan
2022 Tashkent, Uzbekistan   Japan   France   Germany
  Israel
2023 Doha, Qatar   Japan   France   Georgia
  Netherlands
2024 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates   Japan   France   Georgia
  Italy

Medal tables

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The results of promotional team events which were held during 2003 and 2005 World Judo Championships are not included into overall statistics.

All-time medal count

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List of World Judo Championships medalists

Updated after the 2024 World Judo Championships.

This table include all medals in the individual and team competitions won at the World Judo Championships as well as at the separate World Team Judo Championships and separate World Judo Open Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Japan180110127417
2  France644689199
3  South Korea311169111
4  Cuba21254187
5  China21142257
6  Netherlands17225695
7  Great Britain16193368
8  Georgia13142956
9  Soviet Union11133357
10  Brazil9193866
11  Belgium9172147
12  Germany9153559
13  Russia8204472
14  Italy6122442
15  Poland652536
16  Mongolia652334
17  Spain5101429
18  Uzbekistan571123
19  North Korea55818
20  United States481729
21  Austria421117
22  Azerbaijan361726
23  Canada361120
24  Ukraine341118
25  Israel34815
26  East Germany331420
27  Greece3227
28  Iran3058
29  Colombia3036
30  West Germany2102537
31  Hungary271726
32  Kazakhstan25815
33  Portugal25714
34  Argentina2215
35  Czech Republic2136
Individual Neutral Athletes [a]2125
36  Croatia2114
37  Slovenia16815
38  Switzerland1247
39  Serbia1225
40  Russian Judo Federation [b]1113
41  Kosovo1067
42  Tunisia1045
43  Yugoslavia1023
44International Judo Federation [c]1001
  Venezuela1001
46  Turkey041014
47  Romania04913
48  Australia0336
49  Estonia0314
50  Belarus0279
51  Egypt0235
  Sweden0235
53  Czechoslovakia0224
54  Moldova0145
55  Bulgaria0134
56  Chinese Taipei0123
57  Algeria0112
  Bosnia and Herzegovina0112
  Norway0112
  Puerto Rico0112
61  Montenegro0101
62  Finland0022
  Tajikistan0022
  United Arab Emirates0022
65  Armenia0011
  Korea [d]0011
  Kyrgyzstan0011
  Latvia0011
  Lithuania0011
  New Zealand0011
  Serbia and Montenegro0011
Totals (71 entries)4994979961,992

Multiple gold medalists

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Boldface denotes active judokas and highest medal count among all judokas (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Individual events

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Rank Judoka Country Weights From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Teddy Riner   France +100 kg / Open 2007 2023 11 1 12
2 Naoya Ogawa   Japan +95 kg / Open 1987 1995 4 3 7
3 Hifumi Abe   Japan −66 kg 2017 2023 4 1 5
Naohisa Takatō   Japan −60 kg 2013 2022 4 1 5
5 David Douillet   France +95 kg / Open 1993 1997 4 4
Shōzō Fujii   Japan −80 kg / −78 kg 1971 1979 4 4
Yasuhiro Yamashita   Japan +95 kg / Open 1979 1983 4 4
8 Ilias Iliadis   Greece −90 kg 2005 2014 3 2 1 6
9 Alexander Mikhaylin   Russia −100 kg / +100 kg / Open 1999 2011 3 1 3 7
10 Tato Grigalashvili   Georgia −81 kg 2021 2024 3 1 4

All events

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Rank Judoka Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Teddy Riner   France +100 kg / Open / Team 2007 2023 12 1 # 1 # # 14 #
2 Soichi Hashimoto   Japan −73 kg / Team 2017 2023 *## 7 *## 2 2 *## 11 *##
3 Shōhei Ōno   Japan −73 kg / Team 2013 2019 * 6 * 1 * 7 *
4 Masashi Ebinuma   Japan −66 kg / Team 2011 2015 5 1 1 7
Riki Nakaya   Japan −73 kg / Team 2011 2017 ** 5 ** 1 * 1 * *** 7 ***
6 David Douillet   France +95 kg / Open / Team 1993 1997 * 5 * * 5 *
7 Alexander Mikhaylin   Russia −100 kg / +100 kg / Open / Team 1998 2013 4 * 3 * 5 * 12 *
8 Naoya Ogawa   Japan +95 kg / Open 1987 1995 4 3 7
9 Takanori Nagase   Japan −81 kg / Team 2014 2023 # 4 # 2 # 6 #
10 Hifumi Abe   Japan −66 kg 2017 2023 4 1 5
Naohisa Takatō   Japan −60 kg 2013 2022 4 1 5

# including one medal of the World Team Championships won as reserve
* including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only
** including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only
*## including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and two won as reserve
*** including three medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only

Women

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Individual events

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Rank Judoka Country Weights From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ryōko Tani (Tamura)   Japan −48 kg 1991 2007 7 1 8
Tong Wen   China +78 kg / Open 2001 2011 7 1 8
3 Ingrid Berghmans   Belgium +72 kg / −72 kg / Open 1980 1989 6 4 1 11
4 Clarisse Agbegnenou   France −63 kg 2013 2024 6 2 1 9
5 Gao Fenglian   China +72 kg / Open 1984 1989 4 1 1 6
Kye Sun-hui   North Korea −52 kg / −57 kg 1997 2007 4 1 1 6
7 Noriko Anno   Japan +72 kg / −72 kg / −78 kg 1993 2003 4 1 5
Karen Briggs   Great Britain −48 kg 1982 1991 4 1 5
9 Uta Abe   Japan −52 kg 2018 2023 4 4
10 Driulis González   Cuba −56 kg / −57 kg / −63 kg 1993 2007 3 2 2 7

All events

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Rank Judoka Country Events From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Clarisse Agbegnenou   France −63 kg / Team 2011 2024 # 8 # * 3 * * 3 * **# 14 **#
2 Tong Wen   China +78 kg / Open / Team 2001 2011 8 2 10
3 Ryōko Tani (Tamura)   Japan −48 kg 1991 2007 7 1 8
4 Ingrid Berghmans   Belgium +72 kg / −72 kg / Open 1980 1989 6 4 1 11
5 Momo Tamaoki   Japan −57 kg / Team 2018 2024 ****# 6 ****# 1 1 ****# 8 ****#
6 Chizuru Arai   Japan −70 kg / Team 2015 2019 # 6 # # 6 #
Akira Sone   Japan +78 kg / Team 2017 2023 **## 6 **## **## 6 **##
8 Driulis González   Cuba −56 kg / −57 kg / −63 kg / Team 1993 2007 5 4 2 11
9 Misato Nakamura   Japan −52 kg / Team 2006 2015 5 2 1 8
10 Gévrise Émane   France −70 kg / −63 kg / Team 2005 2015 * 5 * 1 2 * 8 *

# including one medal of the World Team Championships won as reserve
* including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only
**# including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and one won as reserve
**## including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and two won as reserve
****# including four medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and one won as reserve

Records

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Category Men Women
Youngest world champion
Oldest world champion

Video footage

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d At the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, in accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, judokas from Russia were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.
  2. ^ a b c At the 2021 World Championships, in accordance with a ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), judokas from Russia were not permitted to use the Russian name, flag, or anthem. They instead participated as "the team of the Russian Judo Federation (RJF)", and used the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.
  3. ^ a b c Unlike in 2013, Majlinda Kelmendi did not compete at the 2014 World Championships under the Kosovo flag but under the International Judo Federation flag, as Russia does not recognise Kosovo's independence.
  4. ^ a b c At the 2018 World Championships, judokas from North Korea and South Korea completed for unified Korean team and won bronze medals in the Mixed team competition.

References

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