# Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics was based on the IJF 2007 World Judo Championships in September 2007. The top 6 men and women from each division qualify, subject to a limit of 1 judoka per National Olympic Committee ("NOC") per division. Further continental quotas (Europe 98, Africa 35, Pan-America 63, Asia 58 and Oceania 14 across both sexes and all divisions) also qualify subject to an overall limit of 1 judoka per NOC. The qualification is allocated to the athlete.

## Qualification summary

| NOC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| NOC | -60kg | -66kg | -73kg | -81kg | -90kg | -100kg | +100kg | -48kg | -52kg | -57kg | -63kg | -70kg | -78kg | +78kg | Total |
| Albania | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Algeria | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | | 10 |
| American Samoa | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Andorra | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Argentina | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | X | | X | | 9 |
| Armenia | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Aruba | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Australia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | 13 |
| Austria | X | | | | | | | | | X | X | | | | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | | X | X | X | X | X | | | | X | | | | | 6 |
| Belarus | | | X | X | X | | X | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Belgium | | | X | | | | | | X | | | X | | | 3 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Brazil | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | 13 |
| Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 |
| Cameroon | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Canada | X | X | X | | | X | | | | | | | X | | 5 |
| Chile | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| China | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | 2 |
| Colombia | | | | X | | | | | | | | X | | | 2 |
| Cuba | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Czech Republic | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | | X | | | | X | | | X | | | | | | 3 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Ecuador | | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | X | 3 |
| Egypt | | X | | | X | | X | | | | | | | X | 4 |
| El Salvador | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Equatorial Guinea | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Estonia | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Fiji | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Finland | | | | | | | | | | X | X | | | | 2 |
| France | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 13 |
| Gabon | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 |
| Georgia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | | | | 7 |
| Germany | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Great Britain | X | | | X | X | X | | | | | X | | X | X | 7 |
| Greece | X | X | | | X | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Guam | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Haiti | | | | | | | X | | | X | | | | | 2 |
| Hungary | | X | | | | X | X | X | | X | | X | | | 6 |
| Iceland | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| India | | | | | | | | X | | | | | X | | 2 |
| Iran | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | | | | | | | 6 |
| Israel | X | | | | | X | | | | | X | | | | 3 |
| Italy | | X | | X | X | | X | | | X | | X | X | X | 8 |
| Japan | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Kazakhstan | X | | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | 10 |
| Kuwait | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | | | | X | | | | | | X | | 2 |
| Latvia | | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Lebanon | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Libya | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Lithuania | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Luxembourg | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 |
| Madagascar | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Malta | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | X | 2 |
| Moldova | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Monaco | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mongolia | X | | X | X | | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | X | 10 |
| Montenegro | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Morocco | X | X | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Mozambique | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Nepal | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Netherlands | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | | X | 10 |
| Nigeria | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | 1 |
| North Korea | X | X | X | | | | | X | X | X | X | | | | 7 |
| Peru | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Poland | | X | X | X | | X | X | | | | | X | | X | 7 |
| Portugal | | X | X | X | | | | X | X | | | | | | 5 |
| Puerto Rico | | | | X | X | | X | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Romania | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | | | 2 |
| Russia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | 13 |
| Senegal | | | | | | | X | | X | | X | X | | | 4 |
| Slovakia | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Slovenia | X | | | X | | | X | | | | X | | | X | 5 |
| South Africa | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| South Korea | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Spain | | X | | | X | | | | X | X | | X | X | | 6 |
| Switzerland | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Tajikistan | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Togo | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Tunisia | | | | X | | | X | X | | X | | | X | X | 6 |
| Turkey | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Turkmenistan | | X | | | | | | | | | | X | | | 2 |
| Ukraine | X | | X | X | X | | X | X | | | | X | X | X | 9 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | X | | | 10 |
| Uzbekistan | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | X | | | | | X | 8 |
| Venezuela | X | X | X | | X | X | | | X | | X | | | | 7 |
| Yemen | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Total: 92 NOCs | 33 | 33 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 32 | 34 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 385 |

## Qualification timeline

Africa :
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
| 2006 African Judo Championships | May 29 - Jun 6, 2006 | Port Louis | |
| 2007 All-Africa Games | July 12–14, 2007 | Algiers | |
| 2007 Madagascar Tournament | March 17–18, 2007 | Madagascar | |
| 2007 Morocco International Tournament | April 7–8, 2007 | Morocco | |
| 2007 South Africa International Tournament | May 17–18, 2007 | Vanderbijlpark | |
| 2007 Kano Cup | December 7–9, 2007 | Tokyo | |
| 2007 Women's International Tournament | December 22, 2007 | Fukuoka | |
| 2008 Mauritius International Tournament | January 28–29, 2008 | Port Louis | |
| 2008 Super World Cup | February 9–11, 2008 | Paris | |
| 2008 World Cup Men | February 16–17, 2008 | Leonding | |
| 2008 World Cup Women | February 16–17, 2008 | Budapest | |
| 2008 Super World Cup | February 22–24, 2008 | Hamburg | |
| 2008 Tunisia International Tournament | March 28–29, 2008 | Tunis | |
| 2008 Cameroon International Tournament | April 26–27, 2008 | Yaoundé | |
| 2008 African Judo Championships | May 15–18, 2008 | Agadir | |
| Asia ||||
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
| 2006 Qingdao International Tournament | November 13–14, 2006 | Qingdao | |
| 2006 KRA Open | November 17–18, 2006 | Seoul | |
| 2006 Asian Games | December 2–5, 2006 | Doha | |
| 2006 Women's International Tournament | December 16–17, 2006 | Fukuoka | |
| 2007 Kazakhstan International Tournament | March 17–18, 2007 | Almaty | |
| 2007 Asian Judo Championships | May 16–17, 2007 | Kuwait City | |
| 2007 Fajr International Tournament | June 20–22, 2007 | Tehran | |
| 2007 World Judo Championships | September 13–16, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 2007 Qingdao International Tournament | November 24–25, 2007 | Qingdao | |
| 2007 KRA Open | Nov 30 - Dec 1, 2007 | Seoul | |
| 2007 Kano Cup | December 7–9, 2007 | Tokyo | |
| 2008 Kazakhstan International Tournament | March 16–18, 2008 | Almaty | |
| 2008 Asian Judo Championships | April 26–27, 2008 | Jeju City | |
| Europe ||||
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
| 2007 European Judo Championships | April 6–8, 2007 | Belgrade | |
| 2007 World Cup Men | April 28–29, 2007 | Rome | |
| 2007 World Cup Women | April 28–29, 2007 | Vejen | |
| 2007 Super World Cup | May 5–6, 2007 | Moscow | |
| 2007 World Cup Men | May 19–20, 2007 | Bucharest | |
| 2007 World Cup Women | May 19–20, 2007 | Lisbon | |
| 2007 World Judo Championships | September 13–16, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 2007 World Cup Men | September 22–23, 2007 | Birmingham | |
| 2007 World Cup Women | September 22–23, 2007 | Tallinn | |
| 2007 Super World Cup | September 28–30, 2007 | Rotterdam | |
| 2007 World Cup Men | October 13–14, 2008 | Baku | |
| 2007 World Cup Women | October 13–14, 2008 | Minsk | |
| 2008 World Cup Men | January 26–27, 2008 | Tbilisi | |
| 2008 World Cup Women | January 26–27, 2008 | Sofia | |
| 2008 Super World Cup | February 9–11, 2008 | Paris | |
| 2008 World Cup Men | February 16–17, 2008 | Leonding | |
| 2008 World Cup Women | February 16–17, 2008 | Budapest | |
| 2008 Super World Cup | February 22–24, 2008 | Hamburg | |
| 2008 World Cup Men | March 1–2, 2008 | Prague | |
| 2008 World Cup Women | March 1–2, 2008 | Warsaw | |
| 2008 European Judo Championships | April 11–13, 2008 | Lisbon | |
| Oceania ||||
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
| 2007 World Judo Championships | September 13–16, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 2007 OJU Open World Cup | November 10–14, 2007 | Perth | |
| 2008 Oceania Judo Championships | March 21–23, 2008 | Christchurch | |
| Pan America ||||
| Event | Date | Venue | Ref. |
| 2006 Pan American Judo Championships | May 23–28, 2006 | Buenos Aires | |
| 2007 Pan American Judo Championships | May 24–27, 2007 | Montreal | |
| 2007 Pan-American Games | July 19–22, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| 2007 World Judo Championships | September 13–16, 2007 | Rio de Janeiro | |
| Zone II Qualification Tournament | March 27–30, 2008 | Isla de Margarita | |
| Zone III Qualification Tournament | April 7–10, 2008 | Buenos Aires | |
| 2008 Pan American Judo Championships | May 7–10, 2008 | Miami | |
| Zone I Qualification Tournament | May 11, 2008 | Miami | |

## -60kg Men

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | Netherlands Georgia Austria South Korea Slovenia Mongolia |
| African Judo Union | - | 3 | Morocco Madagascar Algeria |
| Judo Union of Asia* | - | 6 | Japan Iran Kazakhstan Uzbekistan North Korea Yemen |
| European Judo Union | - | 9 | Ukraine Armenia Great Britain Russia Greece Czech Republic Israel France Lithuania |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 6 | Argentina Venezuela Canada Brazil Cuba United States |
| Invitational** | - | 1 | Monaco |
| TOTAL | | 33 | |

## 60-66kg Men

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | Brazil Cuba Iran Hungary Armenia Italy |
| African Judo Union | - | 3 | Egypt Algeria Morocco |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 5 | South Korea Turkmenistan Japan Uzbekistan North Korea |
| European Judo Union | - | 9 | Georgia Netherlands France Russia Spain Greece Azerbaijan Poland Portugal |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 6 | Ecuador Venezuela Canada Dominican Republic United States Chile |
| Invitational** | - | 2 | Mozambique Andorra |
| TOTAL | | 33 | |

## 66-73kg Men

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | South Korea Azerbaijan Japan Tajikistan Turkey Georgia |
| African Judo Union | - | 3 | Algeria South Africa Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 5 | Iran North Korea Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Mongolia |
| European Judo Union | - | 9 | Belgium Czech Republic Ukraine Portugal Poland Russia Moldova Belarus Latvia |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 6 | Brazil United States Cuba Canada Venezuela Argentina |
| Invitational** | - | 1 | United Arab Emirates |
| TOTAL | | 32 | |

## 73-81kg Men

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | Brazil France Great Britain Netherlands Italy Poland |
| African Judo Union | - | 3 | Morocco South Africa Tunisia |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 5 | South Korea Mongolia Japan Iran Tajikistan |
| European Judo Union | - | 9 | Portugal Germany Ukraine Georgia Belarus Russia Azerbaijan Slovenia Montenegro |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 6 | United States Cuba Colombia Argentina El Salvador Puerto Rico |
| Invitational** | - | 4 | Equatorial Guinea Togo Aruba Albania |
| TOTAL | | 35 | |

## 81-90kg Men

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | Georgia Greece Italy Russia Egypt Netherlands |
| African Judo Union | - | 3 | Algeria Morocco South Africa |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 5 | Japan South Korea Uzbekistan Iran Tajikistan |
| European Judo Union | - | 9 | Azerbaijan Belarus Ukraine Germany Switzerland Spain France Great Britain Latvia |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 6 | Brazil Cuba Venezuela Argentina United States Puerto Rico |
| Invitational** | - | 0 | |
| TOTAL | | 31 | |

## 90-100kg Men

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | Brazil Great Britain Hungary Cuba Georgia Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| African Judo Union | - | 3 | Algeria Cameroon Libya |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 5 | Kazakhstan South Korea Japan Uzbekistan Mongolia |
| European Judo Union | - | 9 | Netherlands Israel Russia Poland Azerbaijan France Germany Slovakia Romania |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 6 | Canada Dominican Republic Venezuela Argentina United States Mexico |
| Invitational** | - | 1 | Kuwait |
| TOTAL | | 32 | |

## +100kg Men

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 5 | France Russia Brazil Georgia Japan |
| African Judo Union | - | 3 | Tunisia Egypt Senegal |
| Judo Union of Asia* | - | 6 | Uzbekistan Iran South Korea Kazakhstan Mongolia Kyrgyzstan |
| European Judo Union | - | 9 | Estonia Belarus Germany Italy Poland Netherlands Ukraine Hungary Slovenia |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 6 | Cuba Peru Haiti Puerto Rico United States Argentina |
| Invitational** | - | 3 | Guam Iceland Lebanon |
| TOTAL | | 34 | |

## -48kg Women

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | Japan Cuba France Romania Argentina South Korea |
| African Judo Union | - | 2 | Tunisia Algeria |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 3 | North Korea Kazakhstan India |
| European Judo Union | - | 5 | Russia Hungary Germany Portugal Ukraine |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 3 | Brazil Ecuador United States |
| Invitational** | - | 2 | Burkina Faso Gabon |
| TOTAL | | 23 | |

## 48-52kg Women

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 5 | Portugal North Korea Japan South Korea Brazil |
| African Judo Union | - | 2 | Algeria Senegal |
| Judo Union of Asia* | - | 4 | Mongolia Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei Uzbekistan |
| European Judo Union | - | 5 | Spain France Belgium Germany Russia |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 3 | Venezuela Cuba Dominican Republic |
| Invitational** | - | 1 | Luxembourg |
| TOTAL | | 22 | |

## 52-57kg Women

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | North Korea Spain Hungary Japan Finland Italy |
| African Judo Union | - | 2 | Algeria Tunisia |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 3 | South Korea Mongolia Kazakhstan |
| European Judo Union | - | 5 | Austria France Germany Azerbaijan Netherlands |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 3 | Brazil United States Cuba |
| Invitational** | - | 1 | Haiti |
| TOTAL | | 22 | |

## 57-63kg Women

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | Cuba France Japan Netherlands Germany Slovenia |
| African Judo Union | - | 2 | Algeria Senegal |
| Judo Union of Asia* | - | 4 | South Korea North Korea Mongolia Chinese Taipei |
| European Judo Union | - | 5 | Great Britain Austria Russia Finland Israel |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 3 | Argentina Brazil Venezuela |
| Invitational** | - | 3 | Nepal Malta American Samoa |
| TOTAL | | 25 | |

## 63-70kg Women

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 6 | France United States Hungary Italy Ukraine Netherlands |
| African Judo Union | - | 2 | Algeria Senegal |
| Judo Union of Asia | - | 3 | Japan South Korea Kazakhstan |
| European Judo Union | - | 5 | Spain Germany Russia Belgium Poland |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Fiji |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 3 | Brazil Cuba Colombia |
| Invitational** | - | 1 | Turkmenistan |
| TOTAL | | 22 | |

## 70-78kg Women

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 5 | Cuba Japan South Korea France Italy |
| African Judo Union | - | 2 | Tunisia Nigeria |
| Judo Union of Asia* | - | 4 | Mongolia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan India |
| European Judo Union | - | 5 | Great Britain Russia Germany Spain Ukraine |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 3 | Brazil Canada Argentina |
| Invitational** | - | 0 | |
| TOTAL | | 21 | |

## +78kg Women

| Competition | Venue | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | 1 | China |
| World Championships | Rio de Janeiro | 5 | Japan Germany Netherlands France Great Britain |
| African Judo Union | - | 2 | Tunisia Egypt |
| Judo Union of Asia* | - | 4 | Mongolia Uzbekistan South Korea Kazakhstan |
| European Judo Union | - | 5 | Russia Slovenia Poland Ukraine Italy |
| Oceania Judo Union | - | 1 | Australia |
| Pan-American Judo Union | - | 3 | Cuba Ecuador Mexico |
| Invitational** | - | 0 | |
| TOTAL | | 21 | |
* That if an athlete from China finishes in the top 6 at the worlds, their qualification place will go to the Judo union of Asia. also two additional places will be awarded to this union, but gender and weight categories are to be defined.
** 20 invitational places in total.