Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held from 28 July to 3 August 2012 at the ExCeL London.
Medal Table[]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 |  France |
2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 |  South Korea |
2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |  Japan |
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 |  Cuba |
1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 |  Brazil |
1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Georgia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 North Korea |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Slovenia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 |  Germany |
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 |  Romania |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 |  China |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Great Britain |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Hungary |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Mongolia |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 |  Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canada |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Colombia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Greece |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 kg | Arsen Galstyan
|
Hiroaki Hiraoka
|
Felipe Kitadai
|
Rishod Sobirov
|
| 66 kg | Lasha Shavdatuashvili
|
Miklos Ungvari
|
Masashi Ebinuma
|
Cho Jun-ho
|
| 73 kg | Mansur Isaev
|
Riki Nakaya
|
Ugo Legrand
|
Nyam-Ochir Sainjargal
|
| 81 kg | Kim Jae-bum
|
Ole Bischof
|
Antoine Valois-Fortier
|
Ivan Nifontov
|
| 90 kg | Song Dae-nam
|
Asley Gonzalez
|
Ilias Iliadis
|
Masashi Nishiyama
|
| 100 kg | Tagir Khaibulaev
|
Tuvshinbayar Naidan
|
Dimitri Peters
|
Henk Grol
|
| 100+ kg | Teddy Riner
|
Alexander Mikhaylin
|
Rafael Silva
|
Andreas Toelzer
|
Women[]
| Event |
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 kg | Sarah Menezes
|
Alina Dumitru
|
Charline van Snick
|
Eva Csernoviczki
|
| 52 kg | An Kum-ae
|
Yanet Bermoy Acosta
|
Priscilla Gneto
|
Rosalba Forciniti
|
| 57 kg | Kaori Matsumoto
|
Corina Caprioriu
|
Automne Pavia
|
Marti Malloy
|
| 63 kg | Urska Zolnir
|
Xu Lili
|
Gevrise Emane
|
Yoshie Ueno
|
| 70 kg | Lucie Decosse
|
Kerstin Thiele
|
Yuri Alvear
|
Edith Bosch
|
| 78 kg | Kayla Harrison
|
Gemma Gibbons
|
Mayra Aguiar
|
Audrey Tcheumeo
|
| 78+ kg | Idalys Ortiz
|
Mika Sugimoto
|
Tong Wen
|
Karina Bryant
|
Statistics[]
- There were 384 total athletes from 132 countries.
- Wojdan Shaherkani was the youngest participant with 16 years and 184 days.
- Winston Gordon was the oldest participant with 35 years and 265 days.
- 20 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Russia won its first-ever gold medals in the sport since the dissolution from the Soviet Union.