This article details the qualifying phase for judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 386 athletes coming from their respective NOCs; each has been allowed to enter a maximum of 14 (seven each for both men and women per division). Host nation Brazil has reserved a spot in each of all 14 events, while twenty are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Commission Invitation.

The remaining judoka must undergo a qualifying process to earn a spot for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by International Judo Federation that begins on May 30, 2014, and then concludes two years later on the same date.

The top 22 men and top 14 women from the world rankings in each division must directly qualify, ensuring that the NOC is subjected to a limit of 1 judoka per division. If an NOC contains more than a single male athlete ranked in the top 22 and a single female in the top 14 of the world ranking list, the NOC can decide which of their athletes obtain the quota places. Further continental quotas (Europe 25, Africa 24, Pan America 21, Asia 20 and Oceania 10 across both sexes and all divisions) are also subjected to an overall limit to one judoka per NOC and two judoka per division from each continent.

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Men's events

Extra-lightweight (60 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Felipe Kitadai IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 22 Kim Won-jin Orkhan Safarov Yeldos Smetov Naohisa Takato Amiran Papinashvili Diyorbek Urozboev Beslan Mudranov Hovhannes Davtyan Walide Khyar Ashley McKenzie Bekir Özlü Jeroen Mooren Tsogtbaataryn Tsend-Ochir Joshua Katz Lenin Preciado Pavel Petříkov Ludovic Chammartin Ludwig Paischer Francisco Garrigós Tobias Englmaier Elios Manzi Sérgio Pessoa Additional places (Europe) 2 Yanislav Gerchev Juho Reinvall Additional places (Africa) 2 Ahmed Abelrahman Mohamed El-Kawisah Additional places (America) 2 José Ramos Juan Postigos Additional places (Asia) 2 Otar Bestaev Tsai Ming-yen Additional places (Oceania) 0 — — Invitational 4 Gavin Mogopa Soukphaxay Sithisane Yann Siccardi Simon Yacoub Total 35

Half-lightweight (66 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Charles Chibana IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 22 An Ba-ul Davaadorjiin Tömörkhüleg Mikhail Pulyaev Georgii Zantaraia Masashi Ebinuma Golan Pollack Nijat Shikhalizade Vazha Margvelashvili Rishod Sobirov Dzmitry Shershan Sebastian Seidl Colin Oates Sugoi Uriarte Zhansay Smagulov Antoine Bouchard Sergiu Oleinic Nathan Katz Kilian Le Blouch Ma Duanbin Houd Zourdani Fabio Basile Imad Bassou Additional places (Europe) 2 Adrian Gomboc Jasper Lefevere Additional places (Africa) 2 Siyabulela Mabulu Mathews Punza Rodrick Kuku Additional places (America) 2 Wander Mateo Jayme Mata Additional places (Asia) 21 Alireza Khojasteh Sulaiman Hamad Additional places (Oceania) 2 Raymond Ovinou Joe Mahit Invitational 2 Anass Houssein Yigal Kopinsky Total 34

Lightweight (73 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Alex Pombo IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 22 An Chang-rim Rustam Orujov Sagi Muki Lasha Shavdatuashvili Shohei Ono Denis Iartcev Ganbaataryn Odbayar Mirali Sharipov Miklós Ungvári Arthur Margelidon Igor Wandtke Dirk van Tichelt Rok Drakšič Hong Kuk-hyon Dex Elmont Pierre Duprat Victor Scvortov Mohamed Mohy Eldin Sai Yinjirigala Jake Bensted Magdiel Estrada Nicholas Delpopolo Additional places (Europe) 2 Jaromír Ježek Nuno Saraiva Additional places (Africa) 2 Faye Njie Ahmed Goumar Additional places (America) 2 Miguel Murillo Josue Deprez Additional places (Asia) 1 Morad Zemouri Additional places (Oceania) 1 Benjamin Waterhouse Invitational 4 Chamara Repiyallage Mohamad Kasem Andrew Thomas Mlugu Zeyad Mater Total 35

Half-middleweight (81 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Victor Penalber IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 22 Avtandili Tchrikishvili Takanori Nagase Antoine Valois-Fortier Ivaylo Ivanov Travis Stevens Khasan Khalmurzaev Joachim Bottieau Roman Moustopoulos Sergiu Toma Mohamed Abdelaal Lee Seung-soo Uuganbaataryn Otgonbaatar Iván Felipe Silva Loïc Pietri László Csoknyai Shakhzodbek Sabirov Sven Maresch Eoin Coughlan Nacif Elias Robin Pacek Frank de Wit Saeid Mollaei Additional places (Europe) 2 Matteo Marconcini Valeriu Duminică Additional places (Africa) 2 Marlon Acácio Paul Kibikai Additional places (America) 2 Emmanuel Lucenti Juan Diego Turcios Additional places (Asia) 1 Hussein Al-Aameri Additional places (Oceania) 1 Josateki Naulu Invitational 2 Srđan Mrvaljević Kodo Nakano Total 33

Middleweight (90 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Tiago Camilo IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 22 Mashu Baker Gwak Dong-han Varlam Liparteliani Krisztián Tóth Marcus Nyman Noël van 't End Kirill Denisov Alexandre Iddir Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar Komronshokh Ustopiriyon Asley González Aleksandar Kukolj Ilias Iliadis Abderahmane Benamadi Mihael Žgank Célio Dias Ciril Grossklaus Zack Piontek Cheng Xunzhao Mammadali Mehdiyev Colton Brown Sherali Juraev Additional places (Europe) 2 Marc Odenthal Quedjau Nhabali Additional places (Africa) 2 Kiplangat Sang Celtus Dossou Yovo Additional places (America) 2 Thomas Briceño Martín Michel Additional places (Asia) 2 Ibrahim Khalaf Avtar Singh Additional places (Oceania) 1 Ovini Uera Invitational 3 Popole Misenga Renick James Iszlam Monier Suliman Total 35

Half-heavyweight (100 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Rafael Buzacarini IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 22 Elmar Gasimov Cyrille Maret Lukáš Krpálek Martin Pacek Karl-Richard Frey Ryunosuke Haga Toma Nikiforov Ramadan Darwish José Armenteros Cho Gu-ham Henk Grol Beka Gviniashvili Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar Lyès Bouyacoub Kyle Reyes Tagir Khaibulaev Maxim Rakov Artem Bloshenko Miklós Cirjenics Jorge Fonseca Javad Mahjoub Jevgeņijs Borodavko Additional places (Europe) 2 Benjamin Fletcher Grigori Minaskin Additional places (Africa) 2 Dominic Dugasse Ayouba Traoré Additional places (America) 2 Christopher George Pablo Aprahamian Additional places (Asia) 2 Ivan Remarenco Shah Hussain Shah Invitational 3 Mohammad Tawfiq Bakhshi Yan Naing Soe Karim Gharbi Re-allocation of unused quota 1 Soyib Kurbonov Total 35

Heavyweight (+100 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Rafael Silva IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 22 Teddy Riner Hisayoshi Harasawa Yakiv Khammo Roy Meyer Or Sasson Daniel Natea Barna Bor Faicel Jaballah Adam Okruashvili Renat Saidov Kim Sung-min André Breitbarth Maciej Sarnacki Mohamed-Amine Tayeb Abdullo Tangriev Temuulen Battulga Iurii Krakovetskii Ushangi Kokauri Islam El Shehaby Daniel Allerstorfer Alex García Mendoza Freddy Figueroa Additional places (Europe) 2 Thormodur Jonsson Artūrs Ņikiforenko Additional places (Africa) 2 Rachid Sidibe Deo Gracia Ngokaba Additional places (America) 1 Ramón Pileta Additional places (Asia) 2 Mukhamadmurod Abdurakhmonov Kunathip Yea-on Additional places (Oceania) 1 Derek Sua Invitational 0 — — Total 31

Women's events

Extra-lightweight (48 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Sarah Menezes IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 14 Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg Paula Pareto Ami Kondo Julia Figueroa Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg Éva Csernoviczki Jeong Bo-kyeong Charline van Snick Taciana Lima Monica Ungureanu Irina Dolgova Dilara Lokmanhekim Maryna Cherniak Dayaris Mestre Additional places (Europe) 2 Laëtitia Payet Shira Rishony Additional places (Africa) 1 Asaramanitra Ratiarison Additional places (America) 1 Edna Carrillo Additional places (Asia) 2 Kim Sol-mi Văn Ngọc Tú Additional places (Oceania) 1 Chloe Rayner Invitational 0 — —Re-allocation of unused quota 1 Valentina Moscatt Total 23

Half-lightweight (52 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Érika Miranda IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 14 Andreea Chițu Majlinda Kelmendi Misato Nakamura Ma Yingnan Natalia Kuziutina Odette Giuffrida Gili Cohen Priscilla Gneto Mareen Kräh Gulbadam Babamuratova Joana Ramos Adiyaasambuugiin Tsolmon Hela Ayari Evelyne Tschopp Additional places (Europe) 2 Darya Skrypnik Laura Gómez Additional places (Africa) 1 Christianne Legentil Additional places (America) 2 Ecaterina Guica Angelica Delgado Additional places (Asia) 0 — — Additional places (Oceania) 0 — — Invitational 1 Antoinette Gasongo Total 21

Lightweight (57 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Rafaela Silva IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 14 Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa Kim Jan-di Marti Malloy Kaori Matsumoto Automne Pavia Corina Căprioriu Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Telma Monteiro Nekoda Smythe-Davis Lien Chen-ling Hedvig Karakas Sabrina Filzmoser Miryam Roper Nora Gjakova Additional places (Europe) 2 Sanne Verhagen Arleta Podolak Additional places (Africa) 2 Hortense Diédhiou Zouleiha Abzetta Dabonne Additional places (America) 1 Yadinis Amaris Additional places (Asia) 1 Rushana Nurjavova Additional places (Oceania) 1 Darcina Manuel Invitational 0 — — Total 22

Half-middleweight (63 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Mariana Silva IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 14 Tina Trstenjak Clarisse Agbegnenou Yarden Gerbi Martyna Trajdos Kathrin Unterwurzacher Tsedevsürengiin Mönkhzayaa Miku Tashiro Alice Schlesinger Anicka van Emden Edwige Gwend Yang Junxia Ekaterina Valkova Maricet Espinosa Katharina Haecker Additional places (Europe) 2 Mia Hermansson Büşra Katipoğlu Additional places (Africa) 2 Szandra Szögedi Rizlen Zouak Additional places (America) 1 Estefania García Additional places (Asia) 2 Bak Ji-yun Marian Urdabayeva Additional places (Oceania) 0 — — Invitational 4 Laura Sallés Mamadama Bangoura Katerina Nikoloska Phupu Lhamu Khatri Total 26

Middleweight (70 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Maria Portela IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 14 Kim Polling Gévrise Émane Laura Vargas Koch Yuri Alvear María Bernabéu Bernadette Graf Kim Seong-yeon Kelita Zupancic Linda Bolder Haruka Tachimoto Sally Conway Assmaa Niang Katarzyna Kłys Tsend-Ayuushiin Naranjargal Additional places (Europe) 2 Barbara Matić Esther Stam Additional places (Africa) 2 Antonia Moreira Houda Miled Additional places (America) 2 María Pérez Elvismar Rodríguez Additional places (Asia) 2 Zhou Chao Gulnoza Matniyazova Additional places (Oceania) 0 — — Invitational 1 Yolande Mabika Total 24

Half-heavyweight (78 kg)

Section Places NOC Qualified judoka Host nation 1 Mayra Aguiar IJF World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 14 Kayla Harrison Audrey Tcheumeo Marhinde Verkerk Luise Malzahn Anamari Velenšek Natalie Powell Mami Umeki Abigél Joó Sol Kyong Viktoriya Turks Zhang Zhehui Daria Pogorzelec Miranda Giambelli Sarah Myriam Mazouz Additional places (Europe) 0 — — Additional places (Africa) 1 Hortence Atangana Additional places (America) 1 Yalennis Castillo Additional places (Asia) 1 Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd Additional places (Oceania) 0 — — Invitational 0 — — Total 18

Heavyweight (+78 kg)