Judo at the Summer Olympics

Judo at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeJUD
Governing bodyIJF
Events15 (men: 7; women: 7; mixed: 1)
Summer Olympics
  • 1896
  • 1900
  • 1904
  • 1908
  • 1912
  • 1920
  • 1924
  • 1928
  • 1932
  • 1936
  • 1948
  • 1952

Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan.[1] After not being included in 1968,[2] judo has been an Olympic sport in each Olympiad since then. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics, when women's judo was organized as a demonstration sport. Women judoka were first awarded medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3]

  1. ^ Grant, T.P. "History of Jiu Jitsu: Judo Grows Into An Olympic Sport". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  2. ^ Japan Shocked By IOC, Pacific Stars And Stripes, October 20, 1963, p. 19.
  3. ^ "Olympic Judo". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 September 2024.