# Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The judo competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 3 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

## Qualification

Qualification was based on the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation on 1 May 2012.

## Medal table

Russia topped the medal table with three golds and five in total.
* Host nation (Great Britain)
| 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 |
| 8 | North Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Romania | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | China | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Great Britain* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Arsen Galstyan Russia | Hiroaki Hiraoka Japan | Felipe Kitadai Brazil |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Arsen Galstyan Russia | Hiroaki Hiraoka Japan | Rishod Sobirov Uzbekistan |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Lasha Shavdatuashvili Georgia | Miklós Ungvári Hungary | Masashi Ebinuma Japan |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Lasha Shavdatuashvili Georgia | Miklós Ungvári Hungary | Cho Jun-ho South Korea |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Mansur Isaev Russia | Riki Nakaya Japan | Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir Mongolia |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Mansur Isaev Russia | Riki Nakaya Japan | Ugo Legrand France |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Kim Jae-bum South Korea | Ole Bischof Germany | Ivan Nifontov Russia |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Kim Jae-bum South Korea | Ole Bischof Germany | Antoine Valois-Fortier Canada |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Song Dae-nam South Korea | Asley González Cuba | Ilias Iliadis Greece |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Song Dae-nam South Korea | Asley González Cuba | Masashi Nishiyama Japan |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Tagir Khaibulaev Russia | Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Mongolia | Dimitri Peters Germany |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Tagir Khaibulaev Russia | Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Mongolia | Henk Grol Netherlands |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Teddy Riner France | Aleksandr Mikhailine Russia | Rafael Silva Brazil |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Teddy Riner France | Aleksandr Mikhailine Russia | Andreas Tölzer Germany |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Sarah Menezes Brazil | Alina Dumitru Romania | Éva Csernoviczki Hungary |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Sarah Menezes Brazil | Alina Dumitru Romania | Charline Van Snick Belgium |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | An Kum-ae North Korea | Yanet Bermoy Cuba | Rosalba Forciniti Italy |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | An Kum-ae North Korea | Yanet Bermoy Cuba | Priscilla Gneto France |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Kaori Matsumoto Japan | Corina Căprioriu Romania | Marti Malloy United States |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Kaori Matsumoto Japan | Corina Căprioriu Romania | Automne Pavia France |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Urška Žolnir Slovenia | Xu Lili China | Yoshie Ueno Japan |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Urška Žolnir Slovenia | Xu Lili China | Gévrise Émane France |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Lucie Décosse France | Kerstin Thiele Germany | Yuri Alvear Colombia |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Lucie Décosse France | Kerstin Thiele Germany | Edith Bosch Netherlands |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Kayla Harrison United States | Gemma Gibbons Great Britain | Audrey Tcheuméo France |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Kayla Harrison United States | Gemma Gibbons Great Britain | Mayra Aguiar Brazil |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Mika Sugimoto Japan | Karina Bryant Great Britain |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Mika Sugimoto Japan | Tong Wen China |