# 2018 World Judo Championships

The 2018 World Judo Championships was held between 20 and 27 September 2018 at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+4).
| Date | Starting time | Event |
| 20 September | 10:00 | Men −60 kg |
| 20 September | 10:00 | Women −48 kg |
| 21 September | 10:00 | Men −66 kg |
| 21 September | 10:00 | Women −52 kg |
| 22 September | 10:00 | Men −73 kg |
| 22 September | 10:00 | Women −57 kg |
| 23 September | 10:00 | Men −81 kg |
| 23 September | 10:00 | Women −63 kg |
| 24 September | 10:00 | Men −90 kg |
| 24 September | 10:00 | Women −70 kg |
| 25 September | 10:00 | Men −100 kg |
| 25 September | 10:00 | Women −78 kg |
| 26 September | 10:00 | Men +100 kg |
| 26 September | 10:00 | Women +78 kg |
| 27 September | 10:00 | Mixed team |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Azerbaijan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 8 | 5 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Georgia (GEO) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Iran (IRN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan (AZE)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 15 | 15 | 30 | 60 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Naohisa Takato Japan | Robert Mshvidobadze Russia | Ryuju Nagayama Japan |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Naohisa Takato Japan | Robert Mshvidobadze Russia | Amiran Papinashvili Georgia |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Hifumi Abe Japan | Yerlan Serikzhanov Kazakhstan | An Baul South Korea |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Hifumi Abe Japan | Yerlan Serikzhanov Kazakhstan | Georgii Zantaraia Ukraine |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | An Chang-rim South Korea | Soichi Hashimoto Japan | Mohammad Mohammadi Iran |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | An Chang-rim South Korea | Soichi Hashimoto Japan | Hidayat Heydarov Azerbaijan |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Saeid Mollaei Iran | Sotaro Fujiwara Japan | Alexander Wieczerzak Germany |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Saeid Mollaei Iran | Sotaro Fujiwara Japan | Vedat Albayrak Turkey |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Nikoloz Sherazadishvili Spain | Iván Felipe Silva Morales Cuba | Kenta Nagasawa Japan |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Nikoloz Sherazadishvili Spain | Iván Felipe Silva Morales Cuba | Axel Clerget France |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Cho Gu-ham South Korea | Varlam Liparteliani Georgia | Niyaz Ilyasov Russia |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Cho Gu-ham South Korea | Varlam Liparteliani Georgia | Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar Mongolia |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Guram Tushishvili Georgia | Ushangi Kokauri Azerbaijan | Hisayoshi Harasawa Japan |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Guram Tushishvili Georgia | Ushangi Kokauri Azerbaijan | Ölziibayaryn Düürenbayar Mongolia |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Daria Bilodid Ukraine | Funa Tonaki Japan | Paula Pareto Argentina |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Daria Bilodid Ukraine | Funa Tonaki Japan | Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg Kazakhstan |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Uta Abe Japan | Ai Shishime Japan | Érika Miranda Brazil |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Uta Abe Japan | Ai Shishime Japan | Amandine Buchard France |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Tsukasa Yoshida Japan | Nekoda Smythe-Davis Great Britain | Christa Deguchi Canada |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Tsukasa Yoshida Japan | Nekoda Smythe-Davis Great Britain | Sumiya Dorjsuren Mongolia |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Clarisse Agbegnenou France | Miku Tashiro Japan | Tina Trstenjak Slovenia |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Clarisse Agbegnenou France | Miku Tashiro Japan | Juul Franssen Netherlands |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Chizuru Arai Japan | Marie-Ève Gahié France | Yoko Ono Japan |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Chizuru Arai Japan | Marie-Ève Gahié France | Yuri Alvear Colombia |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Shori Hamada Japan | Guusje Steenhuis Netherlands | Marhinde Verkerk Netherlands |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Shori Hamada Japan | Guusje Steenhuis Netherlands | Aleksandra Babintseva Russia |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Sarah Asahina Japan | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Larisa Cerić Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Sarah Asahina Japan | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Kayra Sayit Turkey |

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed team details | Japan Chizuru Arai Sarah Asahina Hisayoshi Harasawa Soichi Hashimoto Shoichiro Mukai Kenta Nagasawa Yusei Ogawa Yoko Ono Akira Sone Momo Tamaoki Arata Tatsukawa Tsukasa Yoshida | France Clarisse Agbegnenou Benjamin Axus Guillaume Chaine Axel Clerget Aurelien Diesse Marie-Ève Gahié Priscilla Gneto Alexandre Iddir Anne Fatoumata M'Bairo Cyrille Maret Hélène Receveaux Audrey Tcheuméo | Russia Kamila Badurova Ksenia Chibisova Anzhela Gasparian Natalia Golomidova Mikhail Igolnikov Khusen Khalmurzaev Anastasiia Konkina Musa Mogushkov Alena Prokopenko Inal Tasoev Denis Yartsev Kazbek Zankishiev |
| Mixed team details | Japan Chizuru Arai Sarah Asahina Hisayoshi Harasawa Soichi Hashimoto Shoichiro Mukai Kenta Nagasawa Yusei Ogawa Yoko Ono Akira Sone Momo Tamaoki Arata Tatsukawa Tsukasa Yoshida | France Clarisse Agbegnenou Benjamin Axus Guillaume Chaine Axel Clerget Aurelien Diesse Marie-Ève Gahié Priscilla Gneto Alexandre Iddir Anne Fatoumata M'Bairo Cyrille Maret Hélène Receveaux Audrey Tcheuméo | Korea An Ba-ul An Chang-rim Ahn Joon-sung Cho Gu-ham Choi In-hyuk Gwak Dong-han Han Mi-jin Jeong Hye-jin Kim Chol-gwang Kim Ji-jeong Kim Ji-su Kim Jin-a Kim Min-jeong Kim Min-jong Kwon Sun-yong Kwon You-jeong Lee Seung-soo Ri Hyo-sun |

## Prize money

The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to 798,000€ for the individual events and 200,000€ for the team event. (retrieved from:)
| Medal | Individual | Individual | Individual | Mixed team | Mixed team | Mixed team |
| Medal | Total | Judoka | Coach | Total | Judoka | Coach |
| Gold | 26,000€ | 20,800€ | 5,200€ | 90,000€ | 72,000€ | 18,000€ |
| Silver | 15,000€ | 12,000€ | 3,000€ | 60,000€ | 48,000€ | 12,000€ |
| Bronze | 8,000€ | 6,400€ | 1,600€ | 25,000€ | 20,000€ | 5,000€ |