# Judo at the 2023 Pan American Games

Judo competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile will be held at the Centro de Entrenamiento de los Deportes de Contacto, which will also host the Taekwondo and Karate events, from 28 to 31 October 2023.
15 medal events were contested: seven weight categories each for men and women and one event for mixed teams. The mixed teams was held for the first time ever.

## Qualification system

A total of up to 154 judokas will qualify to compete at the games. One quota per each weight category were directly allocated to the gold medal winners in the Cali 2021 Junior Pan American Games. The top nine athletes (one per NOC) in each weight category's ranking after the four best results among eleven qualification tournaments will qualify along with one spot per category for the host nation, Chile. Each nation can enter a maximum of 14 athletes (seven men and seven women), except for NOCs whose athletes qualified by quota for Cali 2021 and may have a maximum of two athletes in one weight category.

## Participating nations

A total of 20 countries/teams qualified judokas. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country or team.
* Argentina (10)
* Brazil (19)
* Canada (7)
* Chile (14)
* Colombia (10)
* Costa Rica (1)
* Cuba (11)
* Dominican Republic (10)
* Ecuador (11)
* El Salvador (2)
* Haiti (1)
* Independent Athletes Team (2)
* Mexico (12)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Panama (2)
* Peru (7)
* Puerto Rico (3)
* United States (14)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (9)

## Medal table

* Host nation (Chile)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Brazil | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | Cuba | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Chile* | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Mexico | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | United States | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Panama | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 15 | 15 | 30 | 60 |

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 60 kg details | Michel Augusto Brazil | Johan Rojas Colombia | Arath Juárez Mexico |
| 60 kg details | Michel Augusto Brazil | Johan Rojas Colombia | Juan Ayala Ecuador |
| 66 kg details | Willis García Venezuela | Julien Frascadore Canada | Orlando Polanco Cuba |
| 66 kg details | Willis García Venezuela | Julien Frascadore Canada | Willian Lima Brazil |
| 73 kg details | Gabriel Falcão Brazil | Daniel Cargnin Brazil | Antoine Bouchard Canada |
| 73 kg details | Gabriel Falcão Brazil | Daniel Cargnin Brazil | Gilberto Cardoso Mexico |
| 81 kg details | Guilherme Schimidt Brazil | Jorge Pérez Chile | David Popovici Canada |
| 81 kg details | Guilherme Schimidt Brazil | Jorge Pérez Chile | Medickson del Orbe Dominican Republic |
| 90 kg details | Iván Felipe Silva Morales Cuba | Rafael Macedo Brazil | Alexander Knauf United States |
| 90 kg details | Iván Felipe Silva Morales Cuba | Rafael Macedo Brazil | Robert Florentino Dominican Republic |
| 100 kg details | Shady El Nahas Canada | Thomas Briceño Chile | Kayo Santos Brazil |
| 100 kg details | Shady El Nahas Canada | Thomas Briceño Chile | Francisco Balanta Colombia |
| +100 kg details | Andy Granda Cuba | Francisco Solis Chile | Rafael Silva Brazil |
| +100 kg details | Andy Granda Cuba | Francisco Solis Chile | José Nova Dominican Republic |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Alexia Nascimento Brazil | Edna Carrillo Mexico | Maria Celia Laborde United States |
| 48 kg details | Alexia Nascimento Brazil | Edna Carrillo Mexico | Amanda Lima Brazil |
| 52 kg details | Larissa Pimenta Brazil | Paulina Martínez Mexico | Angelica Delgado United States |
| 52 kg details | Larissa Pimenta Brazil | Paulina Martínez Mexico | Lilian Cordones Panama |
| 57 kg details | Rafaela Silva Brazil | Brisa Gómez Argentina | Kristine Jiménez Panama |
| 57 kg details | Rafaela Silva Brazil | Brisa Gómez Argentina | María Villalba Colombia |
| 63 kg details | Maylín del Toro Carvajal Cuba | Isabelle Harris Canada | Prisca Awiti Alcaraz Mexico |
| 63 kg details | Maylín del Toro Carvajal Cuba | Isabelle Harris Canada | Ketleyn Quadros Brazil |
| 70 kg details | Idelannis Gómez Cuba | María Pérez Puerto Rico | Elvismar Rodríguez Venezuela |
| 70 kg details | Idelannis Gómez Cuba | María Pérez Puerto Rico | Celinda Corozo Ecuador |
| 78 kg details | Samanta Soares Brazil | Sairy Colón Puerto Rico | Camila Figueroa Peru |
| 78 kg details | Samanta Soares Brazil | Sairy Colón Puerto Rico | Eiraima Silvestre Dominican Republic |
| +78 kg details | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Brigitte Carabalí Colombia | Moira Morillo Dominican Republic |
| +78 kg details | Idalys Ortiz Cuba | Brigitte Carabalí Colombia | Beatriz Souza Brazil |

### Mixed

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed team details | Cuba Lianet Cardona Liester Cardona Omar Cruz Magdiel Estrada Andy Granda Idelannis Gómez Maikel McKenzie Idalys Ortíz Orlando Polanco Iván Felipe Silva Morales Maylín del Toro Carvajal | Brazil Daniel Cargnin Luana Carvalho Aléxia Castilhos Gabriel Falcão Leonardo Gonçalves Willian Lima Rafael Macedo Larissa Pimenta Guilherme Schimidt Rafael Silva Rafaela Silva Samanta Soares Beatriz Souza | Dominican Republic Robert Florentino Moira Morillo Medickson del Orbe Elmert Ramírez Ana Rosa García Ariela Sánchez Eiraima Silvestre Estefanía Soriano Antonio Tornal |
| Mixed team details | Cuba Lianet Cardona Liester Cardona Omar Cruz Magdiel Estrada Andy Granda Idelannis Gómez Maikel McKenzie Idalys Ortíz Orlando Polanco Iván Felipe Silva Morales Maylín del Toro Carvajal | Brazil Daniel Cargnin Luana Carvalho Aléxia Castilhos Gabriel Falcão Leonardo Gonçalves Willian Lima Rafael Macedo Larissa Pimenta Guilherme Schimidt Rafael Silva Rafaela Silva Samanta Soares Beatriz Souza | Colombia Francisco Balanta Luisa Bonilla Brigitte Carabalí Daniel Paz Andrés Sandoval María Villalba |
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