Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.^[1]

Medal summary 1
- Men's events 1.1
- Women's events 1.2
Medal table 2
References 3

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra Lightweight 60 kg	Tadahiro Nomura Japan (JPN)	Girolamo Giovinazzo Italy (ITA)	Richard Trautmann Germany (GER) Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh Mongolia (MGL)
Half Lightweight 65 kg	Udo Quellmalz Germany (GER)	Yukimasa Nakamura Japan (JPN)	Israel Hernández Cuba (CUB) Henrique Guimarães Brazil (BRA)
Lightweight 71 kg	Kenzo Nakamura Japan (JPN)	Kwak Dae-Sung South Korea (KOR)	Christophe Gagliano France (FRA) Jimmy Pedro United States (USA)
Half Middleweight 78 kg	Djamel Bouras France (FRA)	Toshihiko Koga Japan (JPN)	Soso Liparteliani (KOR) South Korea Cho In-Chul (GEO)
Middleweight 86 kg	Jeon Ki-Young South Korea (KOR)	Armen Bagdasarov Uzbekistan (UZB)	Marko Spittka Germany (GER) Mark Huizinga Netherlands (NED)
Half Heavyweight 95 kg	Paweł Nastula Poland (POL)	Min Soo Kim South Korea (KOR)	Stéphane Traineau France (FRA) Aurélio Miguel Brazil (BRA)
Heavyweight +95 kg	David Douillet France (FRA)	Ernesto Pérez Spain (ESP)	Frank Möller Germany (GER) Harry Van Barneveld Belgium (BEL)

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra Lightweight 48 kg	Kye Sun-Hi North Korea (PRK)	Ryoko Tamura Japan (JPN)	Yolanda Soler Spain (ESP) Amarilis Savon Cuba (CUB)
Half Lightweight 52 kg	Marie-Claire Restoux France (FRA)	Hyun Sook-Hee South Korea (KOR)	Noriko Sugawara Japan (JPN) Legna Verdecia Cuba (CUB)
Lightweight 56 kg	Driulis González Cuba (CUB)	Jung Sun-Yong South Korea (KOR)	Isabel Fernández Spain (ESP) Marisbel Lomba Belgium (BEL)
Half Middleweight 61 kg	Yuko Emoto Japan (JPN)	Gella Vandecaveye Belgium (BEL)	Jenny Gal Netherlands (NED) Jung Sung-Sook South Korea (KOR)
Middleweight 66 kg	Cho Min-Sun South Korea (KOR)	Aneta Szczepańska Poland (POL)	Wang Xianbo China (CHN) Claudia Zwiers Netherlands (NED)
Half Heavyweight 72 kg	Ulla Werbrouck Belgium (BEL)	Yoko Tanabe Japan (JPN)	Ylenia Scapin Italy (ITA) Diadenis Luna Cuba (CUB)
Heavyweight +72 kg	Sun Fuming China (CHN)	Estela Rodríguez Cuba (CUB)	Johanna Hagn Germany (GER) Christine Cicot France (FRA)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	4	1	8
2	France	3	0	3	6
3	South Korea	2	4	2	8
4	Cuba	1	1	4	6
5	Belgium	1	1	2	4
6	Poland	1	1	0	2
7	Germany	1	0	4	5
8	China	1	0	1	2
9	North Korea	1	0	0	1
10	Spain	0	1	2	3
11	Italy	0	1	1	2
12	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
13	Netherlands	0	0	3	3
14	Brazil	0	0	2	2
15	Georgia	0	0	1	1
—	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
—	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		14	14	28	56

References

^ Official website of the Beijing Olympic Games

International Olympic Committee results database
Videos of the 1996 Judo Summer Olympics

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