The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Judo - Lightweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

JAPAN - 14 Medals

SOUTH KOREA - 9 Medals

FRANCE - 8 Medals

Medal Table
Heavyweight
Half-Heavyweight
Middleweight
Half-Middleweight
Lightweight
Half-Lightweight
Extra Lightweight
Mixed Team
Open

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1964
Takehide Nakatani - Japan
Eric Hänni - Switzerland
Ārons Bogoļubovs - Soviet Union
Oleg Stepanov - Soviet Union
1972
Takao Kawaguchi - Japan
NONE
Kim Younk-Ik - North Korea
Jean-Jacques Mounier -France
1976
Hector Rodriguez - Cuba
Chang Eun-Kyung - South Korea
Felice Mariani - Italy
József Tuncsik - Hungary
1980
Ezio Gamba - Italy
Neil Adams - Great Britain
Ravdangiin Davaadalai - Mongolia
Karl-Heinz Lehmann - East Germany
1984
Ahn Byeong-Keun - South Korea
Ezio Gamba - Italy
Kerrith Brown - Great Britain
Luís Onmura - Brazil
1988
Marc Alexandra - France
Sven Loll - East Germany
Mike Swain - United States
Georgy Tenadze - Soviet Union
1992
Toshihiko Koga - Japan
Bertalan Hajtós - Hungary
Hoon Chung - South Korea
Oren Smadja - Isreal
1996
Kenzo Nakamura - Japan
Kwak Dae-Sung - South Korea
Christophe Gagliano - France
Jimmy Pedro - United States
2000
Guiseppe Maddaloni - Italy
Tiago Camilo - Brazil
Anatoly Laryukov - Belarus
Vsevolods Zeļonijs - Latvia
2004
Lee Won-Hee - South Korea
Vitaliy Makarov - Russia
Leandro Guilheiro - Brazil
Jimmy Pedro - United States
2008
Elnur Mammadli - Azerbaijan
Wang Ki-Chun - South Korea
Rasul Boqiev - Tajikistan
Leandro Guilheiro - Brazil
2012
Mansur Isaev - Russia
Riki Nakaya - Japan
Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal - Mongolia
Ugo Legrand - France
2016
Shohei Ono - Japan
Rustam Orujov - Azerbaijan
Lasha Shavdatuashvili - Georgia
Dirk Van Tichelt - Belgium
2020
Shohei Ono - Japan Lasha Shavdatuashvili - Georgia An Changrim - South Korea
Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar - Mongolia
2024
Hidayet Heydarov - Azerbaijan Joan-Benjamin Gaba - France Adil Osmanov - Moldova
Soichi Hashimoto - Japan

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1992
Miriam Blasco Soto - Spain
Nicola Fairbrother - Great Britain
Driulis González - Cuba
Chiyori Tateno - Japan
1996
Driulis González - Cuba Jung Sun-Yong - South Korea
Isabel Fernández - Spain
Marisabel Lomba - Belgium
2000
Isabel Fernández - Spain Driulis González - Cuba Kie Kusakabe - Japan
Maria Pekli - Australia
2004
Yvonne Bönisch - Germany
Kye Sun-Hui - North Korea
Deborah Gravenstijn - Netherlands
Yurisleidy Lupetey - Cuba
2008
Giulia Quintavalle - Italy
Deborah Gravenstijn - Netherlands Ketleyn Quadros - Brazil
Xu Yan - China
2012
Kaori Matsumoto - Japan
Corina Căprioriu - Romania
Marti Malloy - United States
Automne Pavia - France
2016
Rafaela Silva - Brazil
Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa - Mongolia
Kaori Matsumoto - Japan
Telma Monteiro - Portugal
2020
Nora Gjakova - Kosovo Sarah-Léonie Cysique - France Tsukasa Yoshida - Japan
Jessica Klimkait - Canada
2024
Christa Deguchi - Canada Huh Mi-mi - South Korea Haruka Funakubo - Japan
Sarah-Léonie Cysique - France

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Japan
7
1
6
14
2
South Korea
2
5
2
9
3
France 1
2
5
8
4
Brazil
1
1
4
6
5
Italy
3
1
1
5
6
Cuba
2
1
2
5
7
Mongolia 0
1
3
4
8
United States
0
0
4
4
9
Azerbaijan 2
1
0
3
10
Spain
2
0
1
3
11
Great Britain
0
2
1
3
12
Soviet Union
0
0
3
3
13
Russia
1
1
0
2
14
North Korea
0
1
1
2
15
Hungary
0
1
1
2
16
Netherlands
0
1
1
2
17
Georgia 0
1
1
2
18
East Germany
0
1
1
2
19
Belgium
0
0
2
2
20
Germany
1
0
0
1
21
Kosovo
1
0
0
1
22
Canada
1
0
0
1
23
Switzerland
0
1
0
1
24
Romania
0
1
0
1
25
Israel
0
0
1
1
26
Belarus
0
0
1
1
27
Latvia
0
0
1
1
28
Tajikistan
0
0
1
1
29
Australia
0
0
1
1
30
China
0
0
1
1
31
Portugal
0
0
1
1
32
Canada
0
0
1
1
33
Moldova
0
0
1
1