# 2015 World Judo Championships

The 2015 World Judo Championships were held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from 24–30 August 2015. The competition was held at the Alau Ice Palace.

## Schedule

All times are local (UTC+6).
| Event Date | Starting Time | Event Details |
| 24 August | 11:00 | Men −60 kg |
| 24 August | 11:00 | Women −48 kg |
| 25 August | 11:00 | Men −66 kg |
| 25 August | 11:00 | Women −52 kg |
| 26 August | 11:00 | Men −73 kg |
| 26 August | 11:00 | Women −57 kg |
| 27 August | 11:00 | Men −81 kg |
| 27 August | 11:00 | Women −63 kg |
| 28 August | 11:00 | Men −90 kg |
| 28 August | 11:00 | Women −70 kg |
| 28 August | 11:00 | Women −78 kg |
| 29 August | 11:00 | Men −100 kg |
| 29 August | 11:00 | Men +100 kg |
| 29 August | 11:00 | Women +78 kg |
| 30 August | 10:00 | Men team |
| 30 August | 10:00 | Women team |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Kazakhstan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 8 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Slovenia (SLO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (24 entries) | Totals (24 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Yeldos Smetov Kazakhstan | Rustam Ibrayev Kazakhstan | Toru Shishime Japan |
| Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details | Yeldos Smetov Kazakhstan | Rustam Ibrayev Kazakhstan | Kim Won-jin South Korea |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | An Ba-ul South Korea | Mikhail Pulyaev Russia | Golan Pollack Israel |
| Half-lightweight (66 kg) details | An Ba-ul South Korea | Mikhail Pulyaev Russia | Rishod Sobirov Uzbekistan |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Shohei Ono Japan | Riki Nakaya Japan | Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir Mongolia |
| Lightweight (73 kg) details | Shohei Ono Japan | Riki Nakaya Japan | An Chang-rim South Korea |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Takanori Nagase Japan | Loïc Pietri France | Antoine Valois-Fortier Canada |
| Half-middleweight (81 kg) details | Takanori Nagase Japan | Loïc Pietri France | Victor Penalber Brazil |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Gwak Dong-han South Korea | Kirill Denisov Russia | Varlam Liparteliani Georgia |
| Middleweight (90 kg) details | Gwak Dong-han South Korea | Kirill Denisov Russia | Mashu Baker Japan |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Ryunosuke Haga Japan | Karl-Richard Frey Germany | Toma Nikiforov Belgium |
| Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details | Ryunosuke Haga Japan | Karl-Richard Frey Germany | Dimitri Peters Germany |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Teddy Riner France | Ryu Shichinohe Japan | Adam Okruashvili Georgia |
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) details | Teddy Riner France | Ryu Shichinohe Japan | Iakiv Khammo Ukraine |
| Team details | Japan | South Korea | Georgia |
| Team details | Japan | South Korea | Mongolia |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Paula Pareto Argentina | Haruna Asami Japan | Jeong Bo-kyeong South Korea |
| Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details | Paula Pareto Argentina | Haruna Asami Japan | Ami Kondo Japan |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Misato Nakamura Japan | Andreea Chițu Romania | Érika Miranda Brazil |
| Half-lightweight (52 kg) details | Misato Nakamura Japan | Andreea Chițu Romania | Darya Skrypnik Belarus |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Kaori Matsumoto Japan | Corina Căprioriu Romania | Automne Pavia France |
| Lightweight (57 kg) details | Kaori Matsumoto Japan | Corina Căprioriu Romania | Sumiya Dorjsuren Mongolia |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Tina Trstenjak Slovenia | Clarisse Agbegnenou France | Tsedevsürengiin Mönkhzayaa Mongolia |
| Half-middleweight (63 kg) details | Tina Trstenjak Slovenia | Clarisse Agbegnenou France | Miku Tashiro Japan |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Gévrise Émane France | María Bernabéu Spain | Fanny Estelle Posvite France |
| Middleweight (70 kg) details | Gévrise Émane France | María Bernabéu Spain | Yuri Alvear Colombia |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Mami Umeki Japan | Anamari Velenšek Slovenia | Luise Malzahn Germany |
| Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details | Mami Umeki Japan | Anamari Velenšek Slovenia | Marhinde Verkerk Netherlands |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Yu Song China | Megumi Tachimoto Japan | Kanae Yamabe Japan |
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) details | Yu Song China | Megumi Tachimoto Japan | Idalys Ortiz Cuba |
| Team details | Japan | Poland | Germany |
| Team details | Japan | Poland | Russia |

## Prize money

The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to 200,000$ for the individual events and 100,000$ for the team events.
| Medal | Individual | Individual | Individual | Team | Team | Team |
| Medal | Total | Judoka | Coach | Total | Judoka | Coach |
| Gold | 6,000$ | 4,800$ | 1,200$ | 25,000$ | 20,000$ | 5,000$ |
| Silver | 4,000$ | 3,200$ | 800$ | 15,000$ | 12,000$ | 3,000$ |
| Bronze | 2,000$ | 1,600$ | 400$ | 5,000$ | 4,000$ | 1,000$ |