List of World Judo Championships medalists explained

World Judo Championships
Current Event:2024 World Judo Championships
Discipline:Judo
Type:Annual
Organiser:IJF
First: Tokyo 1956
Number:36 Men's, 27 Women's, 3 Open
Mostrecent: 2024

The following is the list of World Judo Championships medalists in the sport of judo.

Men

Extra Lightweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1979 Yasuhiko Moriwaki
1981 Phil Takahashi
1983 Klaus-Peter Stolberg
1985 Khazret Tletseri
1987 Patrick Roux
1989 Yoon Hyun
1991 Philippe Pradayrol
1993 Giorgi Vazagashvili
1995 Natik Bagirov
1997 Cédric Taymans
1999 Nestor Khergiani
2001 John Buchanan
2003 Anis Lounifi
2005 Cho Nam-suk
2007 Choi Min-Ho
2009 Elio Verde
2010 Arsen Galstyan
2011 Georgii Zantaraia
2013 Orkhan Safarov
2014 Naohisa Takatō
2015 Kim Won-jin
2017 Diyorbek Urozboev
2018 Ryuju Nagayama
2019 Yeldos Smetov
2021 Francisco Garrigós
2022 Yang Yung-wei
2023 Lee Ha-rim
2024
2025Scheduled for 13 June 2025.

Half Lightweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1979 Kyosuke Sahara
1981 Petr Ponomarev
1983 Sandro Rosati
1985 Stephen Gawthorpe
1987 Tamás Bujkó
1989 Bruno Carabetta
1991 Jimmy Pedro
1993 Udo Quellmalz
1995 Bektaş Demirel
1997 Victor Bivol
1999 Yordanis Arencibia
2001 Kim Hyung-ju
2003 Magomed Dzhafarov
2005 Miklós Ungvári
2007 Yordanis Arencibia
2009 An Jeong-hwan
2010 Loïc Korval
2011 Musa Mogushkov
2013 Georgii Zantaraia
2014 Kamal Khan-Magomedov
2015 Rishod Sobirov
2017 Vazha Margvelashvili
2018 Georgii Zantaraia
2019 Denis Vieru
2021 Yondonperenlein Baskhüü
2022 Denis Vieru
2023 Yondonperenlein Baskhüü
2024 Vazha Margvelashvili
2025Scheduled for 14 June 2025.

Lightweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1965 Park Keil-soon
1967 Kim Byung-sik
1969 Kim Sang-chul
1971 Choi Jong-sam
1973 Héctor Rodríguez
1975 Torsten Reißmann
1979 Tamaz Namgalauri
1981 Vojislav Vujević
1983 Steffen Stranz
1985 Wiesław Błach
1987 Toshihiko Koga
1989 Li Chang-su
1991 Chung Hoon
1993 Daisuke Hideshima
1995 Jimmy Pedro
1997 Vsevolods Zeļonijs
1999 Giorgi Revazishvili
2001 Krzysztof Wiłkomirski
2003 Vitaly Makarov
2005 Gennadiy Bilodid
2007 Rasul Boqiev
2009 Dirk Van Tichelt
2010 Yasuhiro Awano
2011 Navruz Jurakobilov
2013 Dirk Van Tichelt
2014 Victor Scvortov
2015 An Chang-rim
2017 Ganbaataryn Odbayar
2018 Mohammad Mohammadi
2019 Denis Iartsev
2021 Bilal Çiloğlu
2022 Daniel Cargnin
2023 Murodjon Yuldoshev
2024 Lavjargalyn Ankhzayaa
2025Scheduled for 15 June 2025.

Half Middleweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1967 Park Cheong-sam
1969 Kim Chil-bok
1971 Antoni Zajkowski
1973 Kazuo Yoshimura
1975 Koji Kuramoto
1979 Park Young-chul
1981 Georgi Petrov
1983 Shota Khabareli
1985 Vladimir Shestakov
1987 Waldemar Legień
1989 Bashir Varaev
1991 Hidehiko Yoshida
1993 Darcel Yandzi
1995 Djamel Bouras
1997 Kwak Ok-chol
1999 Cho In-chul
2001 Elkhan Rajabli
2003 Robert Krawczyk
2005 Roman Hontyuk
2007 Euan Burton
2009 Kim Jae-bum
2010 Euan Burton
2011 Sergiu Toma
2013 Alain Schmitt
2014 Loïc Pietri
2015 Victor Penalber
2017 Khasan Khalmurzaev
2018 Vedat Albayrak
2019 Luka Maisuradze
2021 Anri Egutidze
2022 Shamil Borchashvili
2023 Lee Joon-hwan
2024 Somon Makhmadbekov
2025Scheduled for 16 June 2025.

Middleweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1965 Kim Eui-tae
1967 Brian Jacks
1969 Oh Seung-lip
1971 David Starbrook
1973 Antoni Reiner
1975 Adam Adamczik
1979 Walter Carmona
1981 David Bodaveli
1983 Seiki Nose
1985 Vitali Pesniak
1987 Densign White
1989 Axel Lobenstein
1991 Giorgio Vismara
1993 León Villar
1995 Oleg Maltsev
1997 Michele Monti
1999 Adrian Croitoru
2001 Rasul Salimov
2003 Carlos Honorato
2005 Andrei Kazusenok
2007 Ivan Pershin
2009 Dilshod Choriev
2010 Elkhan Mammadov
2011 Asley González
2013 Kirill Denisov
2014 Kirill Voprosov
2015 Mashu Baker
2017 Ushangi Margiani
2018 Axel Clerget
2019 Nemanja Majdov
2021 Marcus Nyman
2022 Lasha Bekauri
2023 Sanshiro Murao
2024 Tristani Mosakhlishvili
2025Scheduled for 17 June 2025.

Half Heavyweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1967 Ernst Eugster
1969 Vladimir Pokatayev
1971 Nobuyuki Sato Chiaki Ishii
1973 David Starbrook
1975 Ramaz Kharshiladze
1979 Henk Numan
1981 Roger Vachon
1983 Robert Van de Walle
1985 Ha Hyung-joo
1987 Aurélio Miguel
1989 Robert Van de Walle
1991 Jiří Sosna
1993 Stéphane Traineau
1995 Shigeru Okaizumi
1997 Ghislain Lemaire
1999 Nicolas Gill
2001 Askhat Zhitkeyev
2003 Mário Sabino
2005 Luciano Corrêa
2007 Oreidis Despaigne
2009 Takamasa Anai
2010 Thierry Fabre
2011 Lukáš Krpálek
2013 Dimitri Peters
2014 Karl-Richard Frey
2015 Dimitri Peters
2017 Kirill Denisov
2018 Niyaz Ilyasov
2019 Aaron Wolf
2021 Ilia Sulamanidze
2022 Zelym Kotsoiev
2023 Peter Paltchik
2024 Nikoloz Sherazadishvili
2025Scheduled for 18 June 2025.

Heavyweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1965 Doug Rogers
1967 Anzor Kiknadze
1969 Givi Onashvili
1971 Keith Remfry
1973 Sergei Novikov
1975 Pak Gil-jong
1979 Imre Varga
1981 Juha Salonen
1983 Henry Stöhr
1985 Dimitar Zapryanov
1987 Xu Guoqing
1989 Rafał Kubacki
1991 Kim Geon-su
1993 Frank Möller
1995 Naoya Ogawa
1997 Pan Song
1999 Selim Tataroğlu
2001 Mahmoud Miran
2003 Yevgen Sotnikov
2005 Lasha Gujejiani
2007 João Schlittler
2009 Marius Paškevičius
2010 Islam El Shehaby
2011 Kim Sung-min
2013 Faïcel Jaballah
2014 Renat Saidov
2015 Iakiv Khammo
2017 Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar
2018 Ölziibayaryn Düürenbayar
2019 Roy Meyer
2021 Iakiv Khammo
2022 Kim Min-jong
Not awarded Alisher Yusupov
2024 Tamerlan Bashaev
2025Scheduled for 19 June 2025.

Openweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1956 Henri Courtine
1958 Bernard Pariset
1961 Kim Eui-tae
1965 Anzor Kiknadze
1967 Masatoshi Shinomaki
1969 Nobuyuki Sato
1971 Shinobu Sekine
1973 Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt
1975 Dietmar Lorenz
1979 Jean-Luc Rougé
1981 Robert Van de Walle
1983 Vladimír Kocman
1985 Willy Wilhelm
1987 Henry Stöhr
1989 Kim Kun-Soo Alexander von der Groeben
1991 Georges Mathonnet
1993 Naoya Ogawa
1995 Shinichi Shinohara
1997 Harry Van Barneveld
1999 Selim Tataroğlu
2001 Frank Möller
2003 Movlud Miraliyev
2005 Yury Rybak
2007 Abdullo Tangriev
2008 Grzegorz Eitel
2010 Keiji Suzuki
2011 Alexander Mikhaylin
2017 Takeshi Ōjitani

Team

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1994
1998 France
2002 Italy
2006
2007 China
2008
2010
2011 Japan
2012 Georgia
2013 Japan
2014 Georgia
2015 Mongolia

Women

Extra Lightweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Marie Lewis
1982 Hitomi Nakahara
1984 Julie Reardon
1986 Li Zhongyun
1987 Chou Yu-ping
1989 Cécile Nowak
1991 Legna Verdecia
1993 Giovanna Tortora
1995 Małgorzata Roszkowska
1997 Pae Dong-suk
1999 Anna-Maria Gradante
2001 Giuseppina Macrì
2003 Neşe Şensoy
2005 Soraya Haddad
2007 Frédérique Jossinet
2009 Chung Jung-yeon
2010 Sarah Menezes
2011 Éva Csernoviczki
2013 Charline Van Snick
2014 Maria Celia Laborde
2015 Jeong Bo-kyeong
2017 Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh
2018 Paula Pareto
2019 Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg
2021 Julia Figueroa
2022 Abiba Abuzhakynova
2023 Wakana Koga
2024 Abiba Abuzhakynova
2025Scheduled for 13 June 2025.

Half Lightweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Kaori Yamaguchi Bridge MacCarth
1982 Pascale Doger
1984 Joanna Majdan
1986 Sharon Rendle
1987 Alessandra Giungi
1989 Cho Min-sun
1991 Matsumi Ueda
1993 Wakaba Suzuki
1995 Legna Verdecia
1997 Nicole Flagothier
1999 Marie-Claire Restoux
2001 Liu Yuxiang
2003 Yuki Yokosawa
2005 Telma Monteiro
2007 Yuka Nishida
2009 Romy Tarangul
2010 Mönkhbaataryn Bundmaa
2011 Andreea Chițu
2013 Mareen Kräh
2014 Natalia Kuziutina
2015 Darya Skrypnik
2017 Natalia Kuziutina
2018 Amandine Buchard
2019 Majlinda Kelmendi
2021 Gefen Primo
2022 Distria Krasniqi
2023 Odette Giuffrida
2024 Mascha Ballhaus
2025Scheduled for 14 June 2025.

Lightweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Marie-Paule Panza Jeannine Meulemans
1982 Diane Bell
1984 Gerda Winklbauer
1986 Béatrice Rodriguez
1987 Regina Philips
1989 Jung Sun-yong
1991 Li Zhongyun
1993 Driulis González
1995 Filipa Cavalleri
1997 Magali Baton
1999 Michaela Vernerová
2001 Kie Kusakabe
2003 Yurisleidy Lupetey
2005 Khishigbatyn Erdenet-Od
2007 Bernadett Baczkó
2009 Hedvig Karakas
2010 Ioulietta Boukouvala
2011 Kaori Matsumoto
2013 Miryam Roper
2014 Automne Pavia
2015 Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa
2017 Hélène Receveaux
2018 Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa
2019 Rafaela Silva
2021 Theresa Stoll
2022 Lkhagvatogoogiin Enkhriilen
2023 Christa Deguchi
2024 Momo Tamaoki
2025Scheduled for 15 June 2025.

Half Middleweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Martine Rottier
1982 Gabriele Ritschel
1984 Martine Rottier
1986 Donna Guy
1987 Bogusława Olechnowicz
1989 Gabriele Ritschel
1991 Catherine Fleury-Vachon
1993 Ileana Beltrán
1995 Catherine Fleury-Vachon
1997 Jung Sung-sook
1999 Karen Roberts
2001 Ayumi Tanimoto
2003 Ylenia Scapin
2005 Urška Žolnir
2007 Elisabeth Willeboordse
2009 Claudia Malzahn
2010 Ramila Yusubova
2011 Urška Žolnir
2013 Anicka van Emden
2014 Tina Trstenjak
2015 Tsedevsürengiin Mönkhzayaa
2017 Baldorjyn Möngönchimeg
2018 Juul Franssen
2019 Martyna Trajdos
2021 Sanne Vermeer
2022 Bárbara Timo
2023 Joanne van Lieshout
2024 Laura Fazliu
2025Scheduled for 16 June 2025.

Middleweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Catherine Pierre
1982 Anita Staps
1984 Dawn Netherwood
1986 Anita Staps
1987 Hikari Sasaki
1989 Odalis Revé
1991 Kate Howey
1993 Di Zhang
1995 Aneta Szczepańska
1997 Cho Min-sun
1999 Kate Howey
2001 Regla Leyén
2003 Annett Böhm
2005 Raša Sraka
2007 Anett Mészáros
2009 Houda Miled
2010 Raša Sraka
2011 Anett Mészáros
2013 Kim Seong-yeon
2014 Katarzyna Kłys
2015 Fanny Estelle Posvite
2017 María Bernabéu
2018 Yoko Ono
2019 Sally Conway
2021 Michaela Polleres
2022 Saki Niizoe
2023 Michaela Polleres
2024 Madina Taimazova
2025Scheduled for 17 June 2025.

Half Heavyweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Jolanda van Meggelen
1982 Jocelyne Triadou
1984 Véronique Vigneron
1986 Liu Aixiang
1987 Yoko Tanabe
1989 Wu Weifeng
1991 Marion van Dorssen
1993 Kim Mi-jung
1995 Yoko Tanabe
1997 Edinanci Silva
1999 Céline Lebrun
2001 Lee So-yeon
2003 Esther San Miguel
2005 Céline Lebrun
2007 Stéphanie Possamaï
2009 Yi Sun
2010 Yang Xiuli
2011 Mayra Aguiar
2013 Audrey Tcheuméo
2014 Anamari Velenšek
2015 Marhinde Verkerk
2017 Natalie Powell
2018 Marhinde Verkerk
2019 Mayra Aguiar
2021 Guusje Steenhuis
2022 Beata Pacut-Kloczko
2023 Guusje Steenhuis
2024 Emma Reid
2025Scheduled for 18 June 2025.

Heavyweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Christiane Kieburg
1982 Marjolein van Unen
1984 Margaret Castro
1986 Nilmaris Santini
1987 Angelique Seriese
1989 Beata Maksymow
1991 Monique van der Lee
1993 Svetlana Goundarenko
1995 Son Hyeon-mi
1997 Beata Maksymow
1999 Karina Bryant
2001 Sandra Köppen
2003 Karina Bryant
2005 Maki Tsukada
2007 Carola Uilenhoed
2009 Idalys Ortiz
2010 Qin Qian
2011 Elena Ivashchenko
2013 Lee Jung-eun
2014 Émilie Andéol
2015 Kanae Yamabe
2017 Iryna Kindzerska
2018 Kayra Sayit
2019 Sarah Asahina
2021 Maria Suelen Altheman
2022 Julia Tolofua
2023 Raz Hershko
2024 Kim Ha-yun
2025Scheduled for 19 June 2025.

Openweight

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1980 Barbara Fest
1982 Jocelyne Triadou
1984 Nathalie Lupino
1986 Laetitia Meignan
1987 Isabelle Paque
1989 Zhang Ying
1991 Claudia Weber
1993 Ying Zhang
1995 Estela Rodríguez
1997 Miho Ninomiya
1999 Choi Sook-ie
2001 Tong Wen
2003 Daima Beltrán
2005 Anne-Sophie Mondière
2007 Elena Ivashchenko
2008 Mika Sugimoto
2010 Tea Donguzashvili
2011 Nanami Hashiguchi
2017 Nihel Cheikh Rouhou

Team

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
1997 Japan
1998 Belgium
2002 Italy
2006 Japan
2007 Mongolia
2008 Germany
2010 Turkey
2011 Germany
2012 Brazil
2013 France
2014 Japan
2015

Mixed

Team

Yearbgcolor=gold width=220Gold bgcolor=silver width=220Silver bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440Bronze
2017
2018
2019 Brazil
2021 Uzbekistan
2022 Israel
2023 Georgia
2024 Italy
2025Scheduled for 20 June 2025.

See also

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