Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Judo
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jangchung Gymnasium
Dates 25th September to 1st October 1988
Competitors 119 from 62 nations

The Judo competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. The open division was eliminated from the competition. Women's judo made its first appearance at the Olympic Games, as a demonstration sport. Japan failed to claim the top of the medal count for the first time in an Olympics in which they participated, coming in third behind South Korea and Poland.[1]

Peter Seisenbacher from Austria and Hitoshi Saito from Japan won the gold medal in their weight classes, defending their titles from 1984, and becoming the first judoka to win gold at two Olympics.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra Lightweight
60 kg
Kim Jae-yup
 South Korea
Kevin Asano
 United States
Shinji Hosokawa
 Japan
Amiran Totikashvili
 Soviet Union
Half Lightweight
65 kg
Lee Kyung-keun
 South Korea
Janusz Pawłowski
 Poland
Bruno Carabetta
 France
Yosuke Yamamoto
 Japan
Lightweight
71 kg
Marc Alexandre
 France
Sven Loll
 East Germany
Mike Swain
 United States
Georgy Tenadze
 Soviet Union
Half Middleweight
78 kg
Waldemar Legień
 Poland
Frank Wieneke
 West Germany
Torsten Bréchôt
 East Germany
Bashir Varaev
 Soviet Union
Middleweight
86 kg
Peter Seisenbacher
 Austria
Vladimir Shestakov
 Soviet Union
Akinobu Osako
 Japan
Ben Spijkers
 Netherlands
Half Heavyweight
95 kg
Aurélio Miguel
 Brazil
Marc Meiling
 West Germany
Dennis Stewart
 Great Britain
Robert Van de Walle
 Belgium
Heavyweight
+95 kg
Hitoshi Saito
 Japan
Henry Stöhr
 East Germany
Cho Yong-chul
 South Korea
Grigory Verichev
 Soviet Union

Participating nations

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea2013
2 Poland1102
3 Japan1034
4 France1012
5 Austria1001
 Brazil1001
7 East Germany0213
8 West Germany0202
9 Soviet Union0145
10 United States0112
11 Belgium0011
 Great Britain0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (13 nations)771428


Women's demonstration games

Women's judo made its first appearance at the Olympic Games, as a demonstration sport. The following were the results of the women's competition. Women's Judo became an official part of the Olympic games from the 1992 Barcelona games and has been an integral part of the games since.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
−48 kg Li Zhongyun
 China
Fumiko Ezaki
 Japan
Cho Min-sun
 South Korea
Julie Reardon
 Australia
−52 kg Sharon Rendle
 United Kingdom
Dominique Brun
 France
Alessandra Giungi
 Italy
Kaori Yamaguchi
 Japan
−56 kg Suzanne Williams
 Australia
Liu Guizhu
 China
Catherine Arnaud
 France
Regina Philips
 West Germany
−61 kg Diane Bell
 United Kingdom
Lynn Roethke
 United States
Boguslawa Olechnowicz
 Poland
Noriko Mochida
 Japan
−66 kg Hikari Sasaki
 Japan
Brigitte Deydier
 France
Park Ji-young
 South Korea
Roswitha Hartl
 Austria
−72 kg Ingrid Berghmans
 Belgium
Kim Mi-jung
 South Korea
Yoko Tanabe
 Japan
Barbara Claßen
 West Germany
+72 kg Angelique Seriese
 Netherlands
Gao Fenglian
 China
Regina Sigmund
 West Germany
Margaret Castro
 United States

References

  1. "Judo at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  • Sports123.com
  • Videos of the 1988 Judo Summer Olympics
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