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

• 60 kg

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 13 June 2025.

Half Lightweight

• 65 kg (1979–1997)
• 66 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 14 June 2025.

Lightweight

• 68 kg (1965)
• 63 kg (1967–1975)
• 71 kg (1979–1997)
• 73 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 15 June 2025.

Half Middleweight

• 70 kg (1967–1975)
• 78 kg (1979–1997)
• 81 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 16 June 2025.

Middleweight

• 80 kg (1965–1975)
• 86 kg (1979–1997)
• 90 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 17 June 2025.

Half Heavyweight

• 93 kg (1967–1975)
• 95 kg (1979–1997)
• 100 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 18 June 2025.

Heavyweight

• 80+ kg (1965)
• 93+ kg (1967–1975)
• 95+ kg (1979–1997)
• 100+ kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 19 June 2025.

Openweight

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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

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

Women

Extra Lightweight

• 48 kg

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 13 June 2025.

Half Lightweight

• 52 kg

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 14 June 2025.

Lightweight

• 56 kg (1980–1997)
• 57 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 15 June 2025.

Half Middleweight

• 61 kg (1980–1997)
• 63 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 16 June 2025.

Middleweight

• 66 kg (1980–1997)
• 70 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 17 June 2025.

Half Heavyweight

• 72 kg (1980–1997)
• 78 kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 18 June 2025.

Heavyweight

• 72+ kg (1980–1997)
• 78+ kg (1999–)

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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
2025	Scheduled for 19 June 2025.

Openweight

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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

Year	bgcolor=gold width=220	Gold	bgcolor=silver width=220	Silver	bgcolor=cc9966 colspan=2 width=440	Bronze
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

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

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in judo

External links

• Judo Union
• European Judo Union
• JudoInside Statsgen
• Judo Base

Video footage

• World Championship 2013 in Rio de Janeiro
• World Championships 2012 in Salvador