# Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Judo events at the 2000 Summer Olympics:

## Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| 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 |
| 6 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 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 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Australia* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra lightweight 60 kg details | Tadahiro Nomura Japan | Jung Bu-kyung South Korea | Manolo Poulot Cuba |
| Extra lightweight 60 kg details | Tadahiro Nomura Japan | Jung Bu-kyung South Korea | Aidyn Smagulov Kyrgyzstan |
| Half lightweight 66 kg details | Hüseyin Özkan Turkey | Larbi Benboudaoud France | Girolamo Giovinazzo Italy |
| Half lightweight 66 kg details | Hüseyin Özkan Turkey | Larbi Benboudaoud France | Giorgi Vazagashvili Georgia |
| Lightweight 73 kg details | Giuseppe Maddaloni Italy | Tiago Camilo Brazil | Anatoly Laryukov Belarus |
| Lightweight 73 kg details | Giuseppe Maddaloni Italy | Tiago Camilo Brazil | Vsevolods Zeļonijs Latvia |
| Half middleweight 81 kg details | Makoto Takimoto Japan | Cho In-chul South Korea | Nuno Delgado Portugal |
| Half middleweight 81 kg details | Makoto Takimoto Japan | Cho In-chul South Korea | Aleksei Budõlin Estonia |
| Middleweight 90 kg details | Mark Huizinga Netherlands | Carlos Honorato Brazil | Frédéric Demontfaucon France |
| Middleweight 90 kg details | Mark Huizinga Netherlands | Carlos Honorato Brazil | Ruslan Mashurenko Ukraine |
| Half heavyweight 100 kg details | Kosei Inoue Japan | Nicolas Gill Canada | Yuri Stepkine Russia |
| Half heavyweight 100 kg details | Kosei Inoue Japan | Nicolas Gill Canada | Stéphane Traineau France |
| Heavyweight +100 kg details | David Douillet France | Shinichi Shinohara Japan | Indrek Pertelson Estonia |
| Heavyweight +100 kg details | David Douillet France | Shinichi Shinohara Japan | Tamerlan Tmenov Russia |

### Women's events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra lightweight 48 kg details | Ryoko Tamura Japan | Lioubov Brouletova Russia | Anna-Maria Gradante Germany |
| Extra lightweight 48 kg details | Ryoko Tamura Japan | Lioubov Brouletova Russia | Ann Simons Belgium |
| Half lightweight 52 kg details | Legna Verdecia Cuba | Noriko Narazaki Japan | Kye Sun-Hi North Korea |
| Half lightweight 52 kg details | Legna Verdecia Cuba | Noriko Narazaki Japan | Liu Yuxiang China |
| Lightweight 57 kg details | Isabel Fernández Spain | Driulis González Cuba | Kie Kusakabe Japan |
| Lightweight 57 kg details | Isabel Fernández Spain | Driulis González Cuba | Maria Pekli Australia |
| Half middleweight 63 kg details | Séverine Vandenhende France | Li Shufang China | Gella Vandecaveye Belgium |
| Half middleweight 63 kg details | Séverine Vandenhende France | Li Shufang China | Jung Sung-sook South Korea |
| Middleweight 70 kg details | Sibelis Veranes Cuba | Kate Howey Great Britain | Cho Min-sun South Korea |
| Middleweight 70 kg details | Sibelis Veranes Cuba | Kate Howey Great Britain | Ylenia Scapin Italy |
| Half heavyweight 78 kg details | Tang Lin China | Céline Lebrun France | Simona Richter Romania |
| Half heavyweight 78 kg details | Tang Lin China | Céline Lebrun France | Emanuela Pierantozzi Italy |
| Heavyweight +78 kg details | Yuan Hua China | Daima Beltrán Cuba | Kim Seon-young South Korea |
| Heavyweight +78 kg details | Yuan Hua China | Daima Beltrán Cuba | Mayumi Yamashita Japan |

## Participating nations

A total of 386 Judokas from 89 countries competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
* Algeria (7)
* Argentina (9)
* Armenia (1)
* Aruba (1)
* Australia (14)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (3)
* Barbados (1)
* Belarus (5)
* Belgium (9)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
* Brazil (12)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Cameroon (3)
* Canada (6)
* Chile (1)
* China (11)
* Chinese Taipei (6)
* Republic of the Congo (1)
* Cuba (14)
* Czech Republic (3)
* Ivory Coast (3)
* Dominican Republic (5)
* North Korea (5)
* Ecuador (2)
* Egypt (3)
* El Salvador (1)
* Estonia (2)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (1)
* France (14)
* Gabon (2)
* Georgia (6)
* Germany (11)
* Great Britain (9)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Haiti (1)
* Hungary (6)
* India (1)
* Indonesia (2)
* Iran (3)
* Israel (3)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (14)
* Kazakhstan (8)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Madagascar (1)
* Mali (1)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Mongolia (8)
* Morocco (2)
* Moldova (4)
* Netherlands (10)
* New Zealand (3)
* Nigeria (1)
* Panama (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (6)
* Puerto Rico (4)
* Romania (7)
* Russia (10)
* Samoa (1)
* Senegal (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (12)
* Spain (12)
* Sweden (2)
* Switzerland (4)
* Togo (1)
* Tunisia (9)
* Turkey (3)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Ukraine (6)
* United States (13)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (6)
* Venezuela (9)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)

## Qualification

An NOC may enter up to one athlete per weight category. The qualifying places were allocated as follows:
| Event/Union | Event/Union | Location | Men | Women | Totals |
| World Championships | World Championships | Birmingham | 8 | 8 | 112 |
| Unions | African Judo Union | — | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| Unions | Judo Union of Asia | — | 5 | 3 | 56 |
| Unions | European Judo Union | — | 9 | 5 | 98 |
| Unions | Oceania Judo Union | — | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Unions | Pan American Judo Union | — | 6 | 3 | 63 |
| Host Nation (AUS) | Host Nation (AUS) | — | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Tripartite Commission Invitation places | Tripartite Commission Invitation places | — | — | — | 15 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | | | | 400 |