# 1996 World Judo Juniors Championships

The 1996 World Judo Juniors Championships was an edition of the World Judo Juniors Championships. It was held in Porto, Portugal from 3 to 6 October 1996.

## Medal summary
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) | Kenji Uematsu (ESP) | Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS) | Baptiste Leroy (FRA) |
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) | Kenji Uematsu (ESP) | Magomed Dzhafarov (RUS) | Won-Yen Dong (KOR) |
| Half-lightweight (−65 kg) | Jozef Krnáč (SVK) | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | Bektaş Demirel (TUR) |
| Half-lightweight (−65 kg) | Jozef Krnáč (SVK) | Kiyoshi Uematsu (ESP) | Ryohei Tanaka (JPN) |
| Lightweight (−71 kg) | Sebastian Pereira (BRA) | Giuseppe Maddaloni (ITA) | Marcel Bosse (NED) |
| Lightweight (−71 kg) | Sebastian Pereira (BRA) | Giuseppe Maddaloni (ITA) | Yong-Shin Choi (KOR) |
| Half-middleweight (−78 kg) | Cédric Claverie (FRA) | Ryuichi Murata (JPN) | Gennadiy Bilodid (UKR) |
| Half-middleweight (−78 kg) | Cédric Claverie (FRA) | Ryuichi Murata (JPN) | Aboumedan El Sayed (EGY) |
| Middleweight (−86 kg) | David Alarza (ESP) | Przemysław Matyjaszek (POL) | Hiroomi Fujita (JPN) |
| Middleweight (−86 kg) | David Alarza (ESP) | Przemysław Matyjaszek (POL) | Martin van den Berg (NED) |
| Half-heavyweight (−95 kg) | Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS) | Sung-Keun Park (KOR) | Masatoshi Tobitsuka (JPN) |
| Half-heavyweight (−95 kg) | Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS) | Sung-Keun Park (KOR) | Iveri Jikurauli (GEO) |
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) | Sung-Ho Jang (KOR) | Aythami Ruano (ESP) | Tatsuhiro Muramoto (JPN) |
| Heavyweight (+95 kg) | Sung-Ho Jang (KOR) | Aythami Ruano (ESP) | Larbi Kamel (ALG) |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Tamara Meijer (NED) | Emi Tasaka (CAN) | Wang Jing-Ling (CHN) |
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Tamara Meijer (NED) | Emi Tasaka (CAN) | Yu Shu-chen (TPE) |
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Mihoko Nakaya (JPN) | Kristel Taelman (BEL) | Tamara Dzalaeva (RUS) |
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Mihoko Nakaya (JPN) | Kristel Taelman (BEL) | Barbara Till (HUN) |
| Lightweight (−56 kg) | Emmy Schapendonk (NED) | Danielle Zangrando (BRA) | Olga Fedoseenko (RUS) |
| Lightweight (−56 kg) | Emmy Schapendonk (NED) | Danielle Zangrando (BRA) | Hiromi Kaji (JPN) |
| Half-middleweight (−61 kg) | Kie Kusakabe (JPN) | Shufang Li (CHN) | Cristiane Parmigiano (BRA) |
| Half-middleweight (−61 kg) | Kie Kusakabe (JPN) | Shufang Li (CHN) | Nicky Boontje (NED) |
| Middleweight (−66 kg) | Edith Bosch (NED) | Leire Iglesias (ESP) | Risa Kazumi (JPN) |
| Middleweight (−66 kg) | Edith Bosch (NED) | Leire Iglesias (ESP) | Silvia Schlagnitweit (AUT) |
| Half-heavyweight (−72 kg) | Young-Hee Choi (KOR) | Hannah Ertel (GER) | Amanda Costello (GBR) |
| Half-heavyweight (−72 kg) | Young-Hee Choi (KOR) | Hannah Ertel (GER) | Cathérine Jacques (BEL) |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | Shin-Soon Yeon (KOR) | Sandra Borderieux (FRA) |
| Heavyweight (+72 kg) | Karina Bryant (GBR) | Shin-Soon Yeon (KOR) | Svetlana Panteleeva (RUS) |
Source Results

### Medal table

* Host nation (Portugal)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 5 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Slovakia (SVK) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | China (CHN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (23 entries) | Totals (23 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 |
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