The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called Arena Multiuso, that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 13 to September 16, 2007.
The competition gathered the sport's top athletes in Rio de Janeiro, with only a few exceptions, due to injuries. Among the high-profile injured judokas that were unable to participate were Brazil's Flávio Canto, bronze medallist in the -81 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, who tore a ligament in his right elbow during the 2007 Pan American Games (during the event, Canto participated as a commentator for the Brazilian paid sports channel, SporTV); and Japan's Tadahiro Nomura, the three-time Olympic champion and heavy favorite in the -60 kg category was forced to withdraw only a few weeks before the event due to injury (his replacement was able to place 7th in the competition).
In the leadup to the event, Rio de Janeiro also hosted the IJF's International Congress, congregating the heads of all the national confederations affiliated to the IJF. The meeting took place on September 12, eve of the first day of competition, and in it, some important decisions were made. The first was the election of the new IJF president. Marius Vizer was elected by the attending representatives to replace Yung Sang Park, the current president. In addition, the Congress voted and approved unanimously, the extension of the IJF's president term from 2 years to 6 years. Another decision made in the meeting was the selection of the city that would host the 2011 World Championship. The contenders were the cities of Paris, France and Hamburg, Germany, and the French capital was selected as the host city for the 2011 event. Finally, the Congress also voted on the new presidency of the European Judo Union, with Russia's Sergei Soloveychik being elected president and Jean-Luc Rougé and Vladimír Bárta being elected as first vice president and vice president respectively. Newly appointed IJF president, Marius Vizer, was made honorary president of the European Judo Federation as well.
After the conclusion of competition in the last day of the event, the IJF members voted on the best athletes of the World Championship. In the men's side, Brazil's Tiago Camilo, who won in the -81 kg category by defeating all opponents by ippon (the perfect score, which ends the match automatically), was selected; and in the women's side, North Korea's Kye Sun-hui, who won in the -57 kg category, was chosen as best female athlete in the competition. Both athletes were presented with an obelisk-shaped, acrylic trophy for the achievement.
Medal overview
Men 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)Openweight
Women 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)Openweight
Medal table
Results overview
Men
60 kg 16 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. Ruben Houkes 2. Nestor Khergiani 3. Ludwig Paischer 3. Choi Min-Ho 5. Rok Drakšič 5. Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar 7. Tatsuaki Egusa 7. Cemal Oğuz
66 kg 15 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. João Derly 2. Yordanis Arencibia 3. Arash Miresmaeili 3. Miklós Ungvári 5. Giovanni Casale 5. Armen Nazaryan 7. Andreas Mitterfellner 7. Sasha Mehmedovic
73 kg 15 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. Wang Ki-chun 2. Elnur Mammadli 3. Yusuke Kanamaru 3. Rasul Bokiev 5. Sezer Huysuz 5. David Kevkhishvili 7. Konstantin Semenov 7. Robert Gess
81 kg 14 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Tiago Camilo 2. Anthony Rodriguez 3.Guillaume Elmont 3. Euan Burton5. Robert Krawczyk5. Giuseppe Maddaloni7. Kwon Young Woo7. Tomislav Marijanović
90 kg 14 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Irakli Tsirekidze 2 Ilias Iliadis 3.Roberto Meloni 3. Ivan Pershin5. Mark Huizinga 5. Hesham Mesbah7. Winston Gordon 7. Elkhan Mammadov
100 kg 13 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Luciano Corrêa 2. Peter Cousins 3.Dániel Hadfi 3.Oreidis Despaigne 5. Amel Mekić 5. Levan Zhorzholiani 7. Vitaliy Bubon 7. Utkir Kurbanov
+100 kg 13 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Teddy Riner 2. Tamerlan Tmenov 3.Lasha Gujejiani 3. João Gabriel Schlittler 5. Kosei Inoue 5. Xiangjun Wei 7. Abdullo Tangriev 7. Óscar Brayson
Open class 16 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. Yasuyuki Muneta 2. Juri Rybak 3. Matthieu Bataille 3. Abdullo Tangriev 5. Daniel Hernandes 5. Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar 7. Franz Birkfellner 7. Moulud Miraliev
Women
48 kg 16 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. Ryoko Tani 2. Yanet Bermoit 3. Frédérique Jossinet 3. Alina Dumitru 5. Paula Pareto 5. Kim Yong-Ram 7. Éva Csernoviczki 7. Tatiana Moskvina
52 kg 15 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. Shi Junjie 2. Telma Monteiro 3. An Kum-ae 3. Yuka Nishida 5. Kim Kyung-Ok 5. Érika Miranda 7. Soraya Haddad 7. Georgina Singleton
57 kg 15 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. Kye Sun-hui 2. Isabel Fernández 3. Aiko Sato 3. Bernadett Baczkó 5. Nina Koivumäki 5. Giulia Quintavalle 7. Yvonne Bönisch 7. Faith Pitman
63 kg 14 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Driulis González 2. Lucie Décosse 3.Elisabeth Willeboordse 3. Ayumi Tanimoto5. Anna von Harnier 5. Urška Žolnir 7. Claudia Heill 7. Ja-Young Kong
70 kg 14 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Gévrise Émane 2. Ronda Rousey 3.Ylenia Scapin 3. Anett Mészáros5. Edith Bosch 5. Maryna Pryshchepa 7. Leire Iglesias7. Yalennis Castillo
78 kg 13 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Yurisel Laborde 2. Sae Nakazawa 3. Stéphanie Possamaï 3. Kyung-Mi Jung 5. Lucia Morico 5. Yang Xiuli 7. Edinanci Silva 7. Houda Miled
+78 kg 13 September – Final
PositionJudokaCountry 1. Tong Wen 2. Maki Tsukada 3. Sandra Köppen 3. Carola Uilenhoed 5. Karina Bryant 5. Anne-Sophie Mondière 7. Urszula Sadkowska7. Nihel Chikhrouhou
Open class 16 September – Final
Position Judoka Country 1. Maki Tsukada 2. Lucija Polavder 3. Anne-Sophie Mondière 3. Elena Ivashchenko 5. Yuliya Barysik 5. Idalys Ortiz 7. Liu Huanyuan 7. Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand
External links
Official site
USA Judo World Championships 2007 Video material