| Event: | Judo |
| Competition: | 1997 Mediterranean Games |
| Location: | Bari, Italy |
| Dates: | 24 June 1997 |
| Previous: | 1993 |
| Next: | 2001 |
The Judo competition at the 1997 Mediterranean Games was held in Bari, Italy from 24 June 1997.
| 60 kg |  Girolamo Giovinazzo |  Makrem Ayed |  Eric Despezelle  Óscar Peñas | |
| 65 kg |  Hüseyin Özkan | Amar Meridja | Ludovic Delacotte Marino Cattedra | |
| 71 kg | Christophe Gagliano | Samuel Salvador |  Abdellatif Zaouia Giuseppe Maddaloni | |
| 78 kg | Dario Romano | Sergio Doménech | Djamel Bouras Adil Belgaïd | |
| 86 kg | Michele Monti | Stéphane Nomis | Fernando González Iskander Hachicha | |
| 95 kg | Luigi Guido | Damjan Petek | Stéphane Traineau Dano Pantić | |
| +95 kg | David Douillet | Selim Tataroğlu | Denis Braidotti Ernesto Pérez |
| 48 kg | Frédérique Jossinet | Leposava Marković | Yolanda Soler Gülnigar Gülsaran | |
| 52 kg | Marie-Claire Restoux | Salima Souakri | Giuseppina Macrì Almudena Muñoz | |
| 56 kg | Isabelle Magnien | Francesca Campanini | Lynda Mekzine Raoudha Chaari | |
| 61 kg | Sara Álvarez | Karine Petit | Nesria Traki Neşe Yazıcı | |
| 66 kg | Emanuela Pierantozzi | Isabelle Beauruelle | Gamze Sakızlıgil Nada Ognjenović | |
| 72 kg | Estha Essombe | Ylenia Scapin | Zarife Yıldırım Beatriz Martin | |
| +72 kg | Céline Lebrun |  Heba Hefny | Donata Burgatta Mara Kovačević |