# Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games

Judo competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto were held from July 11 to 14 at the Hershey Centre (Mississauga Sports Centre) in Mississauga. Due to naming rights the arena was known as the latter for the duration of the games. A total of fourteen judo events were held: seven each for men and women.

## Competition schedule

The following was the competition schedule for the judo competitions:
| E | Eliminations | R | Repechage | SF | Semifinals | F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 11 | Sat 11 | Sat 11 | Sat 11 | Sun 12 | Sun 12 | Sun 12 | Sun 12 | Mon 13 | Mon 13 | Mon 13 | Mon 13 | Tue 14 | Tue 14 | Tue 14 | Tue 14 |
| Men's 60 kg | E | R | SF | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 66 kg | | | | | E | R | SF | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 73 kg | | | | | E | R | SF | F | | | | | | | | |
| Men's 81 kg | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F | | | | |
| Men's 90 kg | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F | | | | |
| Men's 100 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F |
| Men's +100 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F |
| Women's 48 kg | E | R | SF | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 52 kg | E | R | SF | F | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 57 kg | | | | | E | R | SF | F | | | | | | | | |
| Women's 63 kg | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F | | | | |
| Women's 70 kg | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F | | | | |
| Women's 78 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F |
| Women'ss +78 kg | | | | | | | | | | | | | E | R | SF | F |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Cuba | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Canada* | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Lenin Preciado Ecuador | Felipe Kitadai Brazil | John Futtinico Colombia |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Lenin Preciado Ecuador | Felipe Kitadai Brazil | Yandry Torres Cuba |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Charles Chibana Brazil | Antoine Bouchard Canada | Carlos Tondique Cuba |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | Charles Chibana Brazil | Antoine Bouchard Canada | Fernando González Argentina |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Magdiel Estrada Cuba | Alejandro Clara Argentina | Augusto Miranda Puerto Rico |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Magdiel Estrada Cuba | Alejandro Clara Argentina | Arthur Margelidon Canada |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Travis Stevens United States | Iván Felipe Silva Morales Cuba | Pedro Castro Colombia |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Travis Stevens United States | Iván Felipe Silva Morales Cuba | Victor Penalber Brazil |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Tiago Camilo Brazil | Asley González Cuba | Jacob Larsen United States |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Tiago Camilo Brazil | Asley González Cuba | Isao Cárdenas Mexico |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Luciano Corrêa Brazil | Marc Deschenes Canada | Hector Campos Argentina |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Luciano Corrêa Brazil | Marc Deschenes Canada | José Armenteros Cuba |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | David Moura Brazil | Freddy Figueroa Ecuador | Alex García Mendoza Cuba |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | David Moura Brazil | Freddy Figueroa Ecuador | José Cuevas Mexico |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Dayaris Mestre Alvarez Cuba | Paula Pareto Argentina | Edna Carrillo Mexico |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Dayaris Mestre Alvarez Cuba | Paula Pareto Argentina | Nathalia Brigida Brazil |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Érika Miranda Brazil | Ecaterina Guica Canada | Angelica Delgado United States |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Érika Miranda Brazil | Ecaterina Guica Canada | Gretter Romero Cuba |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Marti Malloy United States | Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Canada | Rafaela Silva Brazil |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Marti Malloy United States | Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Canada | Aliuska Ojeda Cuba |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Estefania Garcia Ecuador | Stéfanie Tremblay Canada | Maylín del Toro Carvajal Cuba |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Estefania Garcia Ecuador | Stéfanie Tremblay Canada | Mariana Silva Brazil |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Kelita Zupancic Canada | Onix Cortés Cuba | Maria Portela Brazil |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Kelita Zupancic Canada | Onix Cortés Cuba | Yuri Alvear Colombia |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Kayla Harrison United States | Mayra Aguiar Brazil | Yalennis Castillo Cuba |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Kayla Harrison United States | Mayra Aguiar Brazil | Catherine Roberge Canada |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Vanessa Zambotti Mexico | Maria Suelen Altheman Brazil |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Vanessa Zambotti Mexico | Nina Cutro-Kelly United States |

## Participating nations

A total of 19 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Argentina (11)
* Brazil (14)
* Canada (13)
* Chile (4)
* Colombia (8)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (14)
* Dominican Republic (8)
* Ecuador (10)
* El Salvador (3)
* Guatemala (3)
* Honduras (1)
* Mexico (12)
* Peru (4)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* United States (11)
* Uruguay (2)
* Venezuela (12)

## Qualification

A total of 140 judokas (ten per weight category) will qualify to compete at the games. There will be six qualification events for athletes to earn ranking points, and the top nine nations qualify per event. The host nation (Canada) is automatically qualified in each event, for a total of ten per event. If the host nations is not ranked in the top ten places, Canada will take the place of the tenth ranked nation. If Canada is ranked in the top nine nations, the tenth ranked nation will qualify instead. A nation may enter a maximum of one athlete per weight category.