# Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

The Para Judo competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in Beijing Workers' Gymnasium from September 7 to September 9. There were 13 events, corresponding to seven weight classes for men and six for women. At the Paralympics, judo is contested by visually impaired athletes.

## Events

These were the 13 judo events, followed by the date they were contested.
| Q | Elimination & Quarterfinal | F | Repechage, Semifinal, Bronze medal & Gold medal |
| Event↓/Date → | Wen 7 | Wen 7 | Thu 8 | Thu 8 | Fri 9 | Fri 9 |
| Men's |||||||
| Men's 60 kg | Q | F | | | | |
| Men's 66 kg | Q | F | | | | |
| Men's 73 kg | | | Q | F | | |
| Men's 81 kg | | | Q | F | | |
| Men's 90 kg | | | | | Q | F |
| Men's 100 kg | | | | | Q | F |
| Men's +100 kg | | | | | Q | F |
| Women's |||||||
| Women's 48 kg | Q | F | | | | |
| Women's 52 kg | Q | F | | | | |
| Women's 57 kg | | | Q | F | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | Q | F | | |
| Women's 70 kg | | | | | Q | F |
| Women's +70 kg | | | | | Q | F |

## Competitors

There were 129 judoka (82 male, 47 female) taking part.
* Algeria (5)
* Argentina (2)
* Australia (1)
* Azerbaijan (7)
* Brazil (8)
* Canada (1)
* China (8)
* Colombia (1)
* Cuba (7)
* Finland (2)
* France (9)
* Germany (5)
* Great Britain (4)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (3)
* Iran (5)
* Italy (1)
* Japan (9)
* Latvia (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Mexico (2)
* Mongolia (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Russia (11)
* South Korea (1)
* Spain (10)
* Sweden (2)
* Thailand (1)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (7)
* United States (5)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (3)
* Vietnam (1)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their judoka (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Algeria (ALG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Cuba (CUB) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Mouloud Noura Algeria | Saeid Rahmati Iran | Ramin Ibrahimov Azerbaijan |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Mouloud Noura Algeria | Saeid Rahmati Iran | Li Xiaodong China |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Sidali Lamri Algeria | Satoshi Fujimoto Japan | Jani Kallunki Finland |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Sidali Lamri Algeria | Satoshi Fujimoto Japan | Victor Sanchez Cuba |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez Mexico | Xu Zhilin China | Fabian Ramirez Argentina |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Eduardo Ávila Sánchez Mexico | Xu Zhilin China | Sergii Sydorenko Ukraine |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Isao Cruz Alonso Cuba | Cyril Jonard France | Jorge Lencina Argentina |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Isao Cruz Alonso Cuba | Cyril Jonard France | Reinaldo Carvallo Venezuela |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Oleg Kretsul Russia | Tofig Mammadov Azerbaijan | Olivier Cugnon de Sévricourt France |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Oleg Kretsul Russia | Tofig Mammadov Azerbaijan | Samuel Ingram Great Britain |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Antonio Tenorio Silva Brazil | Karim Sardarov Azerbaijan | Juan Carlos Cortada Cuba |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Antonio Tenorio Silva Brazil | Karim Sardarov Azerbaijan | Mykola Lyivytskyi Ukraine |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Ilham Zakiyev Azerbaijan | Wang Song China | Julien Taurines France |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Ilham Zakiyev Azerbaijan | Wang Song China | Greg DeWall United States |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Guo Huaping China | Karla Cardoso Brazil | Victoria Potapova Russia |
| 48 kg details | Guo Huaping China | Karla Cardoso Brazil | Carmen Brussig Germany |
| 52 kg details | Cui Na China | Sandrine Aurières-Martinet France | Alesya Stepanyuk Russia |
| 52 kg details | Cui Na China | Sandrine Aurières-Martinet France | Michelle Ferreira Brazil |
| 57 kg details | Wang Lijing China | Ramona Brussig Germany | Daniele Silva Brazil |
| 57 kg details | Wang Lijing China | Ramona Brussig Germany | Maria Monica Merenciano Spain |
| 63 kg details | Naomi Soazo Venezuela | Marta Arce Spain | Angelique Quessandier France |
| 63 kg details | Naomi Soazo Venezuela | Marta Arce Spain | Madina Kazakova Russia |
| 70 kg details | Carmen Herrera Spain | Lenia Ruvalcaba Mexico | Tatiana Savostyanova Russia |
| 70 kg details | Carmen Herrera Spain | Lenia Ruvalcaba Mexico | Sanneke Vermeulen Netherlands |
| +70 kg details | Yuan Yanping China | Deanne Silva Brazil | Irina Kalyanova Russia |
| +70 kg details | Yuan Yanping China | Deanne Silva Brazil | Zoubida Bouazoug Algeria |