Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.

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Judo at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium
Dates	9 – 15 August 2008
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This was the fifth Olympics for Driulys González (Cuba), Mária Pekli (Australia), Ryoko Tamura-Tani (Japan). The only other judokas to compete at five Olympics are Robert Van de Walle (Belgium), the judoka-bobsledder Jorge Bonnet (Puerto Rico) and Telma Monteiro (Portugal).

  *   Host nation (China)

More information Rank, Nation ...

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	4	1	2	7
2	China*	3	0	1	4
3	South Korea	1	2	1	4
4	Azerbaijan	1	0	1	2
5	Georgia	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
	Mongolia	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
10	Cuba	0	3	3	6
11	France	0	2	2	4
12	Netherlands	0	1	4	5
13	North Korea	0	1	2	3
14	Algeria	0	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
16	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
18	Brazil	0	0	3	3
19	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		14	14	28	56

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Together with 366 directly qualified athletes, there will be 20 invitational places from a Tripartite Commission (genders and categories are yet to be decided), making up a total athlete quota of 386 athletes—217 men, 147 women and 22 places not yet allocated to a gender.

An NOC may enter up to one athlete per weight category. The qualifying places will be allocated as follows:

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Event/Union	Date	Location	Men	Women	Totals
World Championships	September 13–16, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	6	6	84
African Judo Union	May 2006 – May 2008	—	3	2	35
Judo Union of Asia	Nov 2006 – Apr 2008	—	5	3	58[a]
European Judo Union	Apr 2007 – Apr 2008	—	9	5	98
Oceania Judo Union	Sep 2007 – Mar 2008	—	1	1	14
Pan-American Judo Union	May 2006 – May 2008	—	6	3	63
Host Nation (CHN)	—	—	1	1	14[b]
TOTAL			31	21	366

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^a Two additional places will be awarded to this union, but gender and weight categories are to be defined.

^b If the host nation qualifies athletes directly through the world championships or Asian continental qualification system, the reserved entry places will be reallocated as part of the Asian continental qualification.

Continental qualification places will be allocated through the ranking system based on the major tournaments on the continent (continental championships, qualification tournaments). More important tournaments and tournaments closer to the Olympics will carry more points. Deadline for the unions to confirm the places was May 21, 2008.

• Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

• judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the International Judo Federation
• judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com
• judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the European Judo Union
• European Judo Union Olympic Classification
• 2008 Olympic Qualification System
• Judo – Official Results Book