Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 16 to 22 September 2000 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan |
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  France |
2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Cuba |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  China |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Italy |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Netherlands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkey |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  South Korea |
0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 |  Brazil |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 |  Russia |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Canada |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Estonia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Australia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Belarus |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Georgia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Germany |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Kyrgyzstan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 North Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Portugal |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 kg | Tadahiro Nomura
|
Jung Bu-kyung
|
Manolo Poulot
|
Aidyn Smagulov
|
| 66 kg | Huseyin Ozkan
|
Larbi Benboudaoud
|
Giorgi Vazagashvili
|
Girolamo Giovinazzo
|
| 73 kg | Giuseppe Maddaloni
|
Tiago Camilo
|
Anataloy Laryukov
|
Vsevolods Zelonijs
|
| 81 kg | Makoto Takimoto
|
Cho In-chul
|
Nuno Delgado
|
Aleksei Budolin
|
| 90 kg | Mark Huizinga
|
Carlos Honorato
|
Frederic Demontfaucon
|
Ruslan Mashurenko
|
| 100 kg | Kosei Inoue
|
Nicolas Gill
|
Iouri Stepkine
|
Stephane Traineau
|
| 100+ kg | David Douillet
|
Shinichi Shinohara
|
Indrek Pertelson
|
Tamerlan Tmenov
|
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Ryoko Tamura
|
Lioubov Brouletova
|
Ann Simons
|
Anna-Maria Gradante
|
| 52 kg | Legna Verdicia
|
Noriko Narazaki
|
Kye Sun Hui
|
Liu Yuxiang
|
| 57 kg | Isabel Fernandez
|
Driulys Gonzalez
|
Kie Kusakabe
|
Maria Pekli
|
| 63 kg | Severine Vandenhende
|
Li Shufang
|
Gella Vandecaveye
|
Jung Sung-sook
|
| 70 kg | Sibelis Veranes
|
Kate Howey
|
Cho Min-sun
|
Ylenia Scapin
|
| 78 kg | Tang Lin
|
Celine Lebrun
|
Simona Marcela Richter
|
Emanuela Pierantozzi
|
| 78+ kg | Yuan Hua
|
Daima Mayelis Beltran
|
Kim Seon-young
|
Mayumi Yamashita
|
Statistics[]
- There were 400 total athletes from 90 countries.
- Ludmila Cristea was the youngest participant with 14 years and 175 days.
- Caroline Curren was the oldest participant with 37 years and 327 days.
- 10 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Japan won 8 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Estonia won 2 medals, more than in any other sport and its first-ever medals in the sport.
- Belarus, Latvia, Portugal, Russia, and Ukraine won their first-ever medal in the sport.
- Kyrgyzstan won its first-ever Olympic medal.
- Australia won its first medal in the sport since Tokyo 1964.
- Romania won its first medal in the sport since Los Angeles 1984.
- Netherlands won its first gold medal in the sport since Munich 1972.
- Italy won its first gold medal in the sport since Moscow 1980.