Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics explained

Event:Judo
Games:2004 Summer
Venue:Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Dates:14–20 August 2004
Prev:2000
Next:2008

Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 judoka competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.

Gold and silver medals in each weight class were determined by a single-elimination bracket. There was a repechage for those who are eliminated by one of the eventual semifinalists. Since there are four semifinalists, this means that four of the losers of the round of 32 (i.e., 25%) faced four of the losers from the round of 16 (50%). The winners of these matches faced the four judokas who have lost in the quarterfinals. The winners, then, of these four matches faced each other to narrow the repechage field down to two judokas. Until this stage, the repechage has been segregated into two distinct halves, with each successive competitor facing another one from the same half of the original bracket; but each of the two judokas who emerge from the repechage challenged the loser of the other bracket's semifinal. (Since these two always come from opposite halves of the original bracket, they could not have faced each other already.) The winners of these two matches were each awarded a bronze medal, making judo unusual among Olympic events in not determining a single third-place finisher.

There was controversy in the men's competition, when Iranian competitor and two-times world champion Arash Miresmaeili weighed in overweight and was disqualified before a match in which he would have faced Israeli judoka Ehud Vaks. Miresmaeili's comments strongly suggested that he had intentionally disqualified himself so as not to compete against an Israeli.[1] [2]

Medal summary

Men's events

Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
Lightweight (73 kg)
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
Middleweight (90 kg)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
Heavyweight (+100 kg)

Women's events

Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
Lightweight (57 kg)
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
Middleweight (70 kg)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
Heavyweight (+78 kg)

Qualification

See main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Together with 366 directly qualified athletes, there were 18 invitational places, making up a total athlete quota of 386 athletes—229 men, 157 women.

An NOC may enter up to one athlete per weight category. The qualifying places were allocated as follows:[3] [4]

Event/UnionLocationMenWomenTotals
World Championships6684
UnionsAfrican Judo Union3235
Judo Union of Asia5356
European Judo Union9598
Oceania Judo Union1114
Pan American Judo Union6363
Host Nation (GRE)1114
Tripartite Commission Invitation places15
Final Qualification places7
TOTAL386
If the host nation qualified athletes directly through the world championships or European continental qualification system, the reserved entry places were reallocated as part of the European continental qualification.

Continental qualification places is 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 carried more points.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3562808.stm "Mystery over Iran judo 'protest'"
  2. Web site: Confusion Surrounds Iranian Judo Boycott – DW – 09/02/2004 . 2024-05-29 . dw.com . en.
  3. Web site: OFFICIAL RESULTS BOOK BROCHURE DES RESULTATS OFFICIELS .
  4. Web site: 2005-06-15 . 2004 Athens Olympics Judo Qualifications - Wednesday 02.06.2004 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050615015436/http://ausjudo.com.au/html/news-more.cfm?id=150 . 2005-06-15 . 2024-06-23 . Judo Federation of Australia Ltd.