# Judo at the 2002 Asian Games

The Judo competition at the 2002 Asian Games was contested in sixteen weight classes, eight each for men and women at the Gudeok Gymnasium.

## Schedule

| P | Preliminary rounds & Repechage | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 30th Mon | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 3rd Thu |
| Men's 60 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Men's 66 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's 73 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Men's 81 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Men's 90 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Men's 100 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's +100 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Men's open | | | | | | | P | F |
| Women's 48 kg | | | | | | | P | F |
| Women's 52 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Women's 57 kg | | | | | P | F | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Women's 70 kg | | | P | F | | | | |
| Women's 78 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Women's +78 kg | P | F | | | | | | |
| Women's open | | | | | | | P | F |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra lightweight (−60 kg) details | Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh Iran | Bazarbek Donbay Kazakhstan | Choi Min-ho South Korea |
| Extra lightweight (−60 kg) details | Masoud Haji Akhondzadeh Iran | Bazarbek Donbay Kazakhstan | Masato Uchishiba Japan |
| Half lightweight (−66 kg) details | Kim Hyung-ju South Korea | Guwanç Nurmuhammedow Turkmenistan | Gantömöriin Dashdavaa Mongolia |
| Half lightweight (−66 kg) details | Kim Hyung-ju South Korea | Guwanç Nurmuhammedow Turkmenistan | Michihiro Omigawa Japan |
| Lightweight (−73 kg) details | Choi Yong-sin South Korea | Yusuke Kanamaru Japan | Hamed Malekmohammadi Iran |
| Lightweight (−73 kg) details | Choi Yong-sin South Korea | Yusuke Kanamaru Japan | Egamnazar Akbarov Uzbekistan |
| Half middleweight (−81 kg) details | Yoshihiro Akiyama Japan | Ahn Dong-jin South Korea | Farkhod Turayev Uzbekistan |
| Half middleweight (−81 kg) details | Yoshihiro Akiyama Japan | Ahn Dong-jin South Korea | Damdinsürengiin Nyamkhüü Mongolia |
| Middleweight (−90 kg) details | Yuta Yazaki Japan | Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat Mongolia | Vyacheslav Pereteyko Uzbekistan |
| Middleweight (−90 kg) details | Yuta Yazaki Japan | Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat Mongolia | Park Sung-keun South Korea |
| Half heavyweight (−100 kg) details | Keiji Suzuki Japan | Jang Sung-ho South Korea | Abbas Fallah Iran |
| Half heavyweight (−100 kg) details | Keiji Suzuki Japan | Jang Sung-ho South Korea | Askhat Zhitkeyev Kazakhstan |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Yasuyuki Muneta Japan | Mahmoud Miran Iran | Kang Byung-jin South Korea |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Yasuyuki Muneta Japan | Mahmoud Miran Iran | Vyacheslav Berduta Kazakhstan |
| Openweight details | Kosei Inoue Japan | Abdullo Tangriev Uzbekistan | Mahmoud Miran Iran |
| Openweight details | Kosei Inoue Japan | Abdullo Tangriev Uzbekistan | Liu Shenggang China |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra lightweight (−48 kg) details | Kayo Kitada Japan | Kim Young-ran South Korea | Ri Kyong-ok North Korea |
| Extra lightweight (−48 kg) details | Kayo Kitada Japan | Kim Young-ran South Korea | Shao Dan China |
| Half lightweight (−52 kg) details | Lee Eun-hee South Korea | Xian Dongmei China | Kye Sun-hui North Korea |
| Half lightweight (−52 kg) details | Lee Eun-hee South Korea | Xian Dongmei China | Sholpan Kaliyeva Kazakhstan |
| Lightweight (−57 kg) details | Hong Ok-song North Korea | Kie Kusakabe Japan | Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od Mongolia |
| Lightweight (−57 kg) details | Hong Ok-song North Korea | Kie Kusakabe Japan | Kim Hwa-soo South Korea |
| Half middleweight (−63 kg) details | Ayumi Tanimoto Japan | Ji Kyong-sun North Korea | Wang Chin-fang Chinese Taipei |
| Half middleweight (−63 kg) details | Ayumi Tanimoto Japan | Ji Kyong-sun North Korea | Li Shufang China |
| Middleweight (−70 kg) details | Qin Dongya China | Bae Eun-hye South Korea | Masae Ueno Japan |
| Middleweight (−70 kg) details | Qin Dongya China | Bae Eun-hye South Korea | Liu Shu-yun Chinese Taipei |
| Half heavyweight (−78 kg) details | Jo Su-hee South Korea | Mizuho Matsuzaki Japan | Nasiba Salaýewa Turkmenistan |
| Half heavyweight (−78 kg) details | Jo Su-hee South Korea | Mizuho Matsuzaki Japan | Pan Yuqing China |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Sun Fuming China | Choi Sook-ie South Korea | Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa Mongolia |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Sun Fuming China | Choi Sook-ie South Korea | Paradawdee Pestonyee Thailand |
| Openweight details | Tong Wen China | Maki Tsukada Japan | Erdene-Ochiryn Dolgormaa Mongolia |
| Openweight details | Tong Wen China | Maki Tsukada Japan | Jo Su-hee South Korea |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
| 3 | China (CHN) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating nations

A total of 165 athletes from 30 nations competed in judo at the 2002 Asian Games:
* China (14)
* Chinese Taipei (9)
* Hong Kong (4)
* India (3)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (7)
* Japan (16)
* Kazakhstan (13)
* Kuwait (3)
* Kyrgyzstan (7)
* Laos (2)
* Lebanon (1)
* Macau (3)
* Mongolia (14)
* Myanmar (3)
* Nepal (3)
* North Korea (5)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Philippines (8)
* Qatar (3)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* South Korea (14)
* Sri Lanka (2)
* Tajikistan (4)
* Thailand (3)
* Turkmenistan (5)
* Uzbekistan (10)
* Vietnam (2)
* Yemen (2)