Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Judo at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Judo
Venue	Beijing Workers' Gymnasium
Dates	7–9 September 2008

Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Men			Women
	60 kg			48 kg
	66 kg			52 kg
	73 kg			57 kg
	81 kg			63 kg
	90 kg			70 kg
	100 kg			+70 kg
	+100 kg

The Judo competition of the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in Beijing Workers' Gymnasium from September 7 to September 9. There were 13 events, corresponding to seven weight classes for men and six for women. At the Paralympics, judo is contested by visually impaired athletes.

Events

These were the 13 judo events, followed by the date they were contested.

• Men's 60 kg - September 7
• Men's 66 kg - September 7
• Men's 73 kg - September 8
• Men's 81 kg - September 8
• Men's 90 kg - September 9
• Men's 100 kg - September 9
• Men's +100 kg - September 9
• Women's 48 kg - September 7
• Women's 52 kg - September 7
• Women's 57 kg - September 8
• Women's 63 kg - September 8
• Women's 70 kg - September 9
• Women's +70 kg - September 9

Competitors

There were 132 athletes (84 male, 48 female) taking part.

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their judoka (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	4	2	1	7
2	Algeria (ALG)	2	0	1	3
3	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	2	5
4	Azerbaijan (AZE)	1	2	1	4
5	Spain (ESP)	1	1	1	3
6	Mexico (MEX)	1	1	0	2
7	Russia (RUS)	1	0	5	6
8	Cuba (CUB)	1	0	2	3
9	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	1	2
10	France (FRA)	0	2	3	5
11	Germany (GER)	0	1	1	2
12	Iran (IRI)	0	1	0	1
12	Japan (JPN)	0	1	0	1
14	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	2	2
14	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	2	2
16	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
16	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
16	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
16	United States (USA)	0	0	1	1
Total		13	13	26	52

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)	Mouloud Noura Algeria (ALG)	Saeid Rahmati Iran (IRI)	Ramin Ibrahimov Azerbaijan (AZE)
			Li Xiaodong China (CHN)
Half-lightweight (66 kg)	Sidali Lamri Algeria (ALG)	Satoshi Fujimoto Japan (JPN)	Jani Kallunki Finland (FIN)
			Victor Sanchez Cuba (CUB)
Lightweight (73 kg)	Eduardo Avila Mexico (MEX)	Xu Zhilin China (CHN)	Fabian Ramirez Argentina (ARG)
			Sergii Sydorenko Ukraine (UKR)
Half-middleweight (81 kg)	Isao Cruz Cuba (CUB)	Cyril Jonard France (FRA)	Jorge Lencina Argentina (ARG)
			Reinaldo Carvallo Venezuela (VEN)
Middleweight (90 kg)	Oleg Kretsul Russia (RUS)	Tofig Mammadov Azerbaijan (AZE)	Olivier Cugnon de Sevricourt France (FRA)
			Samuel Ingram Great Britain (GBR)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)	Antonio Tenorio Silva Brazil (BRA)	Karim Sardarov Azerbaijan (AZE)	Juan Carlos Cortada Cuba (CUB)
			Mykola Lyivytskyi Ukraine (UKR)
Heavyweight (+100 kg)	Ilham Zakiyev Azerbaijan (AZE)	Wang Song China (CHN)	Julien Taurines France (FRA)
			Greg Dewall United States (USA)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Guo Huaping China (CHN)	Karla Cardoso Brazil (BRA)	Victoria Potapova Russia (RUS)
			Carmen Brussig Germany (GER)
52 kg	Cui Na China (CHN)	Sandrine Aurieres-Martinet France (FRA)	Alesya Stepanyuk Russia (RUS)
			Michelle Ferreira Brazil (BRA)
57 kg	Wang Lijing China (CHN)	Ramona Brussig Germany (GER)	Daniele Silva Brazil (BRA)
			Maria Monica Merenciano Spain (ESP)
63 kg	Naomi Soazo Venezuela (VEN)	Marta Arce Spain (ESP)	Angelique Quessandier France (FRA)
			Madina Kazakova Russia (RUS)
70 kg	Maria del Carmen Herrera Spain (ESP)	Lenia Ruvalcaba Mexico (MEX)	Tatiana Savostyanova Russia (RUS)
			Sanneke Vermeulen Netherlands (NED)
+70 kg	Yuan Yanping China (CHN)	Deanne Silva Brazil (BRA)	Irina Kalyanova Russia (RUS)
			Zoubida Bouazoug Algeria (ALG)

External links

• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics