Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games explained

Event:Judo
Games:2022
Venue:Coventry Arena
Dates:1–3 August 2022
Competitors:160
Nations:36
Num Events:14 (7 men, 7 women)
Prev:2014

Judo competitions at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, were held from 1 to 3 August 2022. After the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, This was the fifth time the sport has been on the program, since it was introduced as a demonstration sport in 1986, and made official at the next edition in 1990. Its second appearance within England specifically, spread across fourteen weight categories. Unlike other international competitions where each country can only enter one athlete per weight. Each participating country can enter up to 2 participants per weight. The sport will give two bronze medals, one for the winner from repechage and another for the athlete who won the third place event.[1]

It will be the only time that Judo will become a core sport at the Commonwealth Games, previously classified as an optional sport in three previous editions.

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows:[1]

Preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals & repechagesMedal matches
Men
Mon 1 Tue 2 Wed 3
Session → M E M E M E
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Women
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Venue

The judo competitions was held at the Coventry Arena in Coventry.[2] The wrestling competitions will also take place there, whilst the adjacent Coventry Stadium will play host to rugby sevens.[3]

Medal summary

Men

60 kg
66 kg
73 kg
81 kg
90 kg
100 kg
+100 kg

Women

48 kg
52 kg
57 kg
63 kg
70 kg
78 kg
+78 kg

Participating nations

There were 36 participating Commonwealth Games Associations (CGA's) in judo with a total of 160 (97 men and 63 women) athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Competition Schedule. https://web.archive.org/web/20220302111234/https://www.birmingham2022.com/schedule/overview. BOCCG. 18 June 2022. 2 March 2022. live.
  2. Web site: Wasps to host Rugby Sevens, Judo and Wrestling at 2022 Commonwealth Games . . 18 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220303111042/https://www.wasps.co.uk/news/wasps-to-host-rugby-sevens-judo-and-wrestling-at-2022-commonwealth-games/ . 3 March 2022 . 3 September 2019 . live.
  3. Web site: Venues COVENTRY ARENA. BOCCG. 18 June 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220529183446/https://www.birmingham2022.com/venues/coventry-arena. 29 May 2022. live.
  4. Web site: Judo Number of Entries by CGA. 30 July 2022. www.results.birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organizing Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. 31 July 2022.