World Judo Championships

Sport Judo
Competition Category World Championships
Years 1956—2024
Editions 53
Competitors 1444
Countries 70

Editions

Edition Host City Country Held Events Competitors Countries
1956 World Judo Championships Tokyo JPN 3 May 1956 1 4 3
1958 World Judo Championships Tokyo JPN 30 November 1958 1 4 2
1961 World Judo Championships Paris FRA 2 December 1961 1 4 3
1965 World Judo Championships Rio de Janeiro BRA 14 – 17 October 1965 4 16 6
1967 World Judo Championships Salt Lake City USA 9 – 11 August 1967 6 23 6
1969 World Judo Championships Mexico City MEX 23 – 25 October 1969 6 24 5
1971 World Judo Championships Ludwigshafen GER 2 – 4 September 1971 6 23 10
1973 World Judo Championships Lausanne SUI 22 – 24 June 1973 6 24 7
1975 World Judo Championships Vienna AUT 23 – 25 October 1975 6 24 7
1979 World Judo Championships Paris FRA 6 – 9 December 1979 8 31 14
1980 World Judo Championships New York USA 29 – 30 November 1980 8 29 9
1981 World Judo Championships Maastricht NED 3 – 6 September 1981 8 30 16
1982 World Judo Championships Paris FRA 4 – 5 December 1982 8 30 11
1983 World Judo Championships Moscow URS 13 – 16 October 1983 8 31 14
1984 World Judo Championships Vienna AUT 10 – 11 November 1984 8 29 13
1985 World Judo Championships Seoul KOR 26 – 29 September 1985 8 32 15
1986 World Judo Championships Maastricht NED 24 – 26 October 1986 8 31 12
1987 World Judo Championships Essen GER 19 – 22 November 1987 16 62 21
1989 World Judo Championships Belgrade YUG 10 – 15 October 1989 16 62 18
1991 World Judo Championships Barcelona ESP 25 – 28 July 1991 16 62 17
1993 World Judo Championships Hamilton CAN 30 September – 3 October 1993 16 63 22
1994 World Judo Championships Paris FRA 25 September 1994 1 32 4
1995 World Judo Championships Chiba JPN 28 September – 1 October 1995 16 63 23
1997 World Judo Championships Osaka JPN 19 January 1997 1 28 4
1997 World Judo Championships Paris FRA 9 – 12 October 1997 16 63 22
1998 World Judo Championships Minsk BLR 12 – 13 September 1998 0 0 0
1999 World Judo Championships Birmingham GBR 7 – 10 October 1999 18 111 26
2001 World Judo Championships Munich GER 26 – 29 July 2001 16 62 26
2002 World Judo Championships Basel SUI 31 August – 1 September 2002 2 61 6
2003 World Judo Championships Osaka JPN 11 – 14 September 2003 16 63 27
2005 World Judo Championships Cairo EGY 8 – 11 September 2005 16 62 27
2006 World Judo Championships Paris FRA 16 – 17 September 2006 2 66 7
2007 World Judo Championships Rio de Janeiro BRA 13 – 16 September 2007 16 63 26
2007 World Judo Championships Beijing CHN 17 – 18 November 2007 2 66 6
2008 World Judo Championships Tokyo JPN 4 – 5 October 2008 2 67 8
2008 World Judo Championships Levallois-Perret FRA 20 – 21 December 2008 2 8 5
2009 World Judo Championships Rotterdam NED 27 – 30 August 2009 14 56 27
2010 World Judo Championships Tokyo JPN 9 – 13 September 2010 16 61 22
2010 World Judo Championships Antalya TUR 30 – 31 October 2010 2 56 7
2011 World Judo Championships Paris FRA 23 – 28 August 2011 16 87 23
2011 World Judo Championships Tyumen RUS 29 – 30 October 2011 2 40 6
2012 World Judo Championships Salvador de Bahia BRA 27 – 28 October 2012 2 40 6
2013 World Judo Championships Rio de Janeiro BRA 26 August – 1 September 2013 16 95 23
2014 World Judo Championships Chelyabinsk RUS 25 – 31 August 2014 16 86 25
2015 World Judo Championships Astana KAZ 24 – 30 August 2015 16 109 24
2017 World Judo Championships Budapest HUN 28 August – 3 September 2017 15 91 23
2017 World Judo Championships Marrakech MAR 11 – 12 November 2017 2 8 6
2018 World Judo Championships Baku AZE 20 – 27 September 2018 15 97 23
2019 World Judo Championships Tokyo JPN 25 August – 1 September 2019 15 93 25
2021 World Judo Championships Budapest HUN 6 – 13 June 2021 15 96 27
2022 World Judo Championships Tashkent UZB 6 – 13 October 2022 15 95 26
2023 World Judo Championships Doha QAT 7 – 14 May 2023 15 91 23
2024 World Judo Championships Abu Dhabi UAE 19 – 24 May 2024 15 93 25

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Japan JPN 180 110 127 417
2 France FRA 64 46 89 199
3 South Korea KOR 31 11 69 111
4 Cuba CUB 21 25 41 87
5 China CHN 21 14 22 57
6 Netherlands NED 17 22 56 95
7 Great Britain GBR 16 19 33 68
8 Georgia GEO 13 14 29 56
9 Germany GER 11 25 60 96
10 Soviet Union URS 11 13 33 57
11 Brazil BRA 9 19 38 66
12 Belgium BEL 9 17 21 47
13 Russia RUS 8 20 44 72
14 Italy ITA 6 12 24 42
15 Poland POL 6 5 25 36
16 Mongolia MGL 6 5 23 34
17 Spain ESP 5 10 14 29
18 Uzbekistan UZB 5 7 11 23
19 North Korea PRK 5 5 8 18
20 United States USA 4 8 17 29
21 Austria AUT 4 2 11 17
22 Azerbaijan AZE 3 6 17 26
23 Canada CAN 3 6 11 20
24 Ukraine UKR 3 4 11 18
25 Israel ISR 3 4 8 15
26 East Germany GDR 3 3 14 20
27 Greece GRE 3 2 2 7
28 Iran IRI 3 0 5 8
29 Colombia COL 3 0 3 6
30 Hungary HUN 2 7 17 26
31 Kazakhstan KAZ 2 5 8 15
32 Portugal POR 2 5 7 14
33 Neutral Participant NEU 2 3 3 8
34 Argentina ARG 2 2 1 5
35 Czech Republic CZE 2 1 4 7
36 Croatia CRO 2 1 1 4
37 Slovenia SLO 1 6 8 15
38 Switzerland SUI 1 2 4 7
39 Serbia SRB 1 2 2 5
40 Kosovo KOS 1 0 6 7
41 Tunisia TUN 1 0 4 5
42 Yugoslavia YUG 1 0 2 3
43 Refugee Team REF 1 0 0 1
= Venezuela VEN 1 0 0 1
45 Turkey TUR 0 4 10 14
46 Romania ROU 0 4 9 13
47 Australia AUS 0 3 3 6
48 Estonia EST 0 3 1 4
49 Belarus BLR 0 2 7 9
50 Egypt EGY 0 2 3 5
= Sweden SWE 0 2 3 5
52 Czechoslovakia TCH 0 2 1 3
53 Republic of Moldova MDA 0 1 4 5
54 Bulgaria BUL 0 1 3 4
55 Chinese Taipei TPE 0 1 2 3
56 Algeria ALG 0 1 1 2
= Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH 0 1 1 2
= Norway NOR 0 1 1 2
= Puerto Rico PUR 0 1 1 2
60 Montenegro MNE 0 1 0 1
61 Finland FIN 0 0 2 2
= Tajikistan TJK 0 0 2 2
= United Arab Emirates UAE 0 0 2 2
64 Armenia ARM 0 0 1 1
= Kyrgyzstan KGZ 0 0 1 1
= Latvia LAT 0 0 1 1
= Lithuania LTU 0 0 1 1
= New Zealand NZL 0 0 1 1
= Serbia and Montenegro SCG 0 0 1 1
= Unified Korea COR 0 0 1 1