Olympic Games - Judo
Judo first appeared in the Olympics in 1964. It was dropped in 1968, but has been ever present since its return in 1972. Women first competed in 1988 as a demonstration sport, before medals were awarded from 1992 onwards.
Competition is based upon weight. Gold and silver medals are awarded after a knockout tournament in each class. After the semi-finals there is a repechage involving all those knocked out by the finalists. Two players from this progress to meet the losing semi-finalists in contests for the two bronze medals awarded.
Weight classes
The venue used in 2008 was the Science and Technology University Gymnasium, Beijing, China
2008 Medallists
| Class | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| M 60 | CHOI MIN-HO (Kor) | L'wig Paischer (Aut) | Rishod Sobirov (Uzb) Ruben Hoakes (Nld) |
| M 66 | MASATO UCHISHIBA (Jap) | Ben Darbelet (Fra) | Y'is Arencibia (Cub) Pak Chol Min (Nko) |
| M 73 | ELNAR MAMMADLI (Azb) | Wang Ki-Chun (Kor) | Rasul Boqiev (Tjk) L'dro Guilheiro (Bra) |
| M 81 | OLE BISCHOF (Ger) | Kim Jae-Bum (Kor) | Tiago Camilo (Bra) Roman Gontiuk (Ukr) |
| M 90 | IRAKLI TSIREKIDZE (Geo) | Amar Benikhlef (Alg) | H'ham Mesbah (Egy) S'ei Ashwanden (Swi) |
| M 100 | NAIDANGIIN TUVSHINBAYAR (Mon) | A't Zhitkeyev (Kaz) | M'lud Miraliyev (Azb) Henk Grol (Nld) |
| M 100+ | SATOSHI ISHII (Jap) | A'llo Tangriev (Uzb) | Teddy Riner (Fra) Oscar Braison (Cub) |
| W 48 | ALINA DUMITRU (Rom) | Yanet Bermoy (Cub) | Paula Bareto (Arg) Ryoko Tani (Jap) |
| W 52 | XIAN DONGMEI (Chn) | An Kum-Ae (Nko) | Soraya Haddad (Alg) M'to Nakamura (Jap) |
| W 57 | GIULIA QUINTAVALLE (Ita) | D Gravenstijn (Nld) | Xu Yan (Chn) K'layn Quadros (Bra) |
| W 63 | AYUMI TANIMOTO (Jap) | Lucie Decosse (Fra) | E Willeboordse (Nld) Won Ok-Im (Nko) |
| W 70 | MASAE UENO (Jap) | A'si Hernandez (Cub) | Ronda Rousey (Usa) Edith Bosch (Nld) |
| W 78 | YANG XIULI (Chn) | Y'nnis Castillo (Cub) | J'g Gyeong-Mi (Kor) S'nie Possamai (Fra) |
| W 78+ | TONG WEN (Chn) | Maki Tsukada (Jap) | Idalis Ortiz (Cub) Lucija Polavda (Svn) |
| M = Men's W = Women's Figures referred to in `Class` column are kilograms Links to other Olympics |