The following is the list of World Judo Championships medalists in the sport of judo.
Men Extra Lightweight 60 kg Year Gold Silver Bronze 1979 Thierry Rey Gwak U-jong Felice Mariani Yasuhiko Moriwaki 1981 Yasuhiko Moriwaki Pavel Petřikov Phil Takahashi 1983 Khazret Tletseri Tamás Bujkó Kenichi Haraguchi Klaus-Peter Stollberg 1985 Shinji Hosokawa Peter Jupke Tamás Bujkó Khazret Tletseri 1987 Kim Jae-yup Shinji Hosokawa Kevin Asano Patrick Roux 1989 Amiran Totikashvili Tadanori Koshino Dashgombyn Battulga Yoon Hyun 1991 Tadanori Koshino Yoon Hyun Nazim Huseynov Philippe Pradayrol 1993 Ryuji Sonoda Nazim Huseynov Richard Trautmann Giorgi Vazagashvili 1995 Nikolay Ozhegin Giorgi Vazagashvili Ryuji Sonoda Natik Bagirov 1997 Tadahiro Nomura Giorgi Revazishvili Fúlvio Miyata Cédric Taymans 1999 Manolo Poulot Kazuhiko Tokuno Natik Bagirov Nestor Khergiani 2001 Anis Lounifi Cédric Taymans Kazuhiko Tokuno John Buchanan 2003 Choi Min-ho Craig Fallon Tadahiro Nomura Anis Lounifi 2005 Craig Fallon Ludwig Paischer Nijat Shikhalizada Cho Nam-suk 2007 Ruben Houkes Nestor Khergiani Ludwig Paischer Choi Min-Ho 2009 Georgii Zantaraia Hiroaki Hiraoka Hovhannes Davtyan Elio Verde 2010 Rishod Sobirov Georgii Zantaraia Hiroaki Hiraoka Arsen Galstyan 2011 Hiroaki Hiraoka Ilgar Mushkiyev Georgii Zantaraia 2013 Naohisa Takatō Dashdavaagiin Amartüvshin Kim Won-jin Orkhan Safarov 2014 Ganbatyn Boldbaatar Beslan Mudranov Amiran Papinashvili Naohisa Takatō 2015 Yeldos Smetov Rustam Ibrayev Toru Shishime Kim Won-jin 2017 Naohisa Takatō Orkhan Safarov Ganbatyn Boldbaatar Diyorbek Urozboev 2018 Robert Mshvidobadze Amiran Papinashvili Ryuju Nagayama 2019 Lukhumi Chkhvimiani Sharafuddin Lutfillaev Yeldos Smetov 2021 Yago Abuladze Gusman Kyrgyzbayev Karamat Huseynov Francisco Garrigós 2022 Naohisa Takatō Enkhtaivany Ariunbold Yeldos Smetov Yang Yung-wei 2023 Francisco Garrigós Dilshodbek Baratov Giorgi Sardalashvili Lee Ha-rim 2024 Giorgi Sardalashvili Yang Yung-wei 2025 Ryuju Nagayama Romain Valadier-Picard Kazirbekiin Yolk Ayub Bliev
Half Lightweight 65 kg (1979–1997) 66 kg (1999–) Year Gold Silver Bronze 1979 Nikolay Solodukhin Yves Delvingt Janusz Pawłowski Kyosuke Sahara 1981 Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki Constantin Niculae Hwang Jung-oh Petr Ponomarev 1983 Nikolay Solodukhin Yoshiyuki Matsuoka Janusz Pawłowski Sandro Rosati 1985 Yury Sokolov Lee Kyung-keun Yoshiyuki Matsuoka Stephen Gawthorpe 1987 Yōsuke Yamamoto Yury Sokolov Janusz Pawłowski Tamás Bujkó 1989 Dragomir Bečanović Udo Quellmalz Sergei Kosmynin Bruno Carabetta 1991 Udo Quellmalz Masahiko Okuma Jimmy Pedro 1993 Yukimasa Nakamura Eric Born Sergei Kosmynin Udo Quellmalz 1995 Udo Quellmalz Yukimasa Nakamura Kim Dae-ik Bektaş Demirel 1997 Kim Hyuk Larbi Benboudaoud Giorgi Vazagashvili Victor Bivol 1999 Larbi Benboudaoud Hüseyin Özkan Patrick van Kalken Yordanis Arencibia 2001 Arash Miresmaeili Musa Nastuyev Kim Hyung-ju 2003 Larbi Benboudaoud Magomed Dzhafarov 2005 João Derly Masato Uchishiba Arash Miresmaeili Miklós Ungvári 2007 Yordanis Arencibia 2009 Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Sugoi Uriarte An Jeong-hwan 2010 Junpei Morishita Leandro Cunha Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Loïc Korval 2011 Masashi Ebinuma Cho Jun-ho Musa Mogushkov 2013 Azamat Mukanov Masaaki Fukuoka Georgii Zantaraia 2014 Mikhail Pulyaev Kamal Khan-Magomedov 2015 An Ba-ul Golan Pollack Rishod Sobirov 2017 Hifumi Abe Tal Flicker Vazha Margvelashvili 2018 Yerlan Serikzhanov An Ba-ul Georgii Zantaraia 2019 Joshiro Maruyama Kim Lim-hwan Hifumi Abe Denis Vieru 2021 Manuel Lombardo Yakub Shamilov Yondonperenlein Baskhüü 2022 Hifumi Abe Joshiro Maruyama An Ba-ul Denis Vieru 2023 Walide Khyar Yondonperenlein Baskhüü 2024 Ryoma Tanaka Takeshi Takeoka Luukas Saha Vazha Margvelashvili 2025 Takeshi Takeoka Nurali Emomali Hifumi Abe Obid Dzhebov
Lightweight 68 kg (1965) 63 kg (1967–1975) 71 kg (1979–1997) 73 kg (1999–) Year Gold Silver Bronze 1965 Hirofumi Matsuda Hiroshi Minatoya Oleg Stepanov Park Keil-soon 1967 Takafumi Shigeoka Hirofumi Matsuda Sergey Suslin Kim Byung-sik 1969 Yoshio Sonoda Toyokazu Nomura Kim Sang-chul 1971 Takao Kawaguchi Choi Jong-sam 1973 Yoshiharu Minami Takao Kawaguchi Shengeli Pitskhelauri Héctor Rodríguez 1975 Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki Felice Mariani Torsten Reißmann 1979 Kiyoto Katsuki Ezio Gamba Neil Adams Tamaz Namgalauri 1981 Park Chong-hak Serge Dyot Karl-Heinz Lehmann Vojislav Vujević 1983 Hidetoshi Nakanishi Ezio Gamba Tamaz Namgalauri Steffen Stranz 1985 Ahn Byeong-keun Mike Swain Wiesław Błach 1987 Mike Swain Marc Alexandre Kerrith Brown Toshihiko Koga 1989 Toshihiko Koga Mike Swain Giorgi Tenadze Li Chang-su 1991 Joaquín Ruiz Vladimeri Dgebuadze Chung Hoon 1993 Chung Hoon Bertalan Hajtós Rogério Sampaio Daisuke Hideshima 1995 Daisuke Hideshima Kwak Dae-sung Diego Brambilla Jimmy Pedro 1997 Kenzo Nakamura Christophe Gagliano Guilherme Bentes Vsevolods Zeļonijs 1999 Jimmy Pedro Vitaly Makarov Sebastian Pereira Giorgi Revazishvili 2001 Vitaly Makarov Yusuke Kanamaru Askhat Shakharov Krzysztof Wiłkomirski 2003 Lee Won-hee Daniel Fernandes João Neto Vitaly Makarov 2005 Ákos Braun Francesco Bruyere Kiyoshi Uematsu Gennadiy Bilodid 2007 Wang Ki-chun Elnur Mammadli Yusuke Kanamaru Rasul Boqiev 2009 Kim Chol-su Mansur Isaev Dirk Van Tichelt 2010 Hiroyuki Akimoto Dex Elmont Wang Ki-chun Yasuhiro Awano 2011 Riki Nakaya Ugo Legrand Navruz Jurakobilov 2013 Shohei Ono Ugo Legrand Dex Elmont Dirk Van Tichelt 2014 Riki Nakaya Hong Kuk-hyon Musa Mogushkov Victor Scvortov 2015 Shohei Ono Riki Nakaya Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir An Chang-rim 2017 Soichi Hashimoto Rustam Orujov Ganbaataryn Odbayar 2018 An Chang-rim Soichi Hashimoto Hidayat Heydarov Mohammad Mohammadi 2019 Shohei Ono Rustam Orujov Denis Iartsev 2021 Lasha Shavdatuashvili Tommy Macias Soichi Hashimoto Bilal Çiloğlu 2022 Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar Soichi Hashimoto Hidayat Heydarov Daniel Cargnin 2023 Nils Stump Manuel Lombardo Soichi Hashimoto Murodjon Yuldoshev 2024 Hidayat Heydarov Nils Stump Lavjargalyn Ankhzayaa 2025 Joan-Benjamin Gaba Daniel Cargnin Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov
Half Middleweight 70 kg (1967–1975) 78 kg (1979–1997) 81 kg (1999–) Year Gold Silver Bronze 1967 Hiroshi Minatoya Park Kil-sun Takehide Nakatani Park Cheong-sam 1969 Yoshimitsu Kono David Rudman Kim Chil-bok 1971 Hideki Tsuzawa Hiroshi Minatoya Dietmar Hötger Antoni Zajkowski 1973 Toyokazu Nomura Dietmar Hötger Anatoliy Novikov Kazuo Yoshimura 1975 Vladimir Nevzorov Valeriy Dvoynikov Katsunori Akimoto Koji Kuramoto 1979 Shōzō Fujii Bernard Tchoullouyan Harald Heinke Park Young-chul 1981 Neil Adams Jiro Kase Kevin Doherty Georgi Petrov 1983 Nobutoshi Hikage Neil Adams Mircea Frățică Shota Khabareli 1985 Torsten Bréchôt Neil Adams Vladimir Shestakov 1987 Hirotaka Okada Bashir Varaev Lee Koai-hwa Waldemar Legień 1989 Kim Byung-joo Tatsuto Mochida Bashir Varaev 1991 Daniel Lascau Johan Laats Hidehiko Yoshida 1993 Jeon Ki-young Hidehiko Yoshida Jason Morris Darcel Yandzi 1995 Toshihiko Koga Oren Smadja Patrick Reiter Djamel Bouras 1997 Cho In-chul Djamel Bouras Kwak Ok-chol 1999 Graeme Randall Farkhod Turayev Cho In-chul 2001 Cho In-chul Aleksei Budõlin Sergei Aschwanden Elkhan Rajabli 2003 Florian Wanner Sergei Aschwanden Aleksei Budõlin Robert Krawczyk 2005 Guillaume Elmont Abderrahmane Benamadi Takashi Ono Roman Hontyuk 2007 Tiago Camilo Anthony Rodriguez Guillaume Elmont Euan Burton 2009 Ivan Nifontov Siarhei Shundzikau Ole Bischof Kim Jae-bum 2010 Kim Jae-bum Leandro Guilheiro Masahiro Takamatsu Euan Burton 2011 Srđan Mrvaljević Leandro Guilheiro Sergiu Toma 2013 Loïc Pietri Avtandili Tchrikishvili Ivan Vorobev Alain Schmitt 2014 Avtandili Tchrikishvili Antoine Valois-Fortier Ivan Nifontov Loïc Pietri 2015 Takanori Nagase Loïc Pietri Antoine Valois-Fortier Victor Penalber 2017 Alexander Wieczerzak Matteo Marconcini Saeid Mollaei Khasan Khalmurzaev 2018 Saeid Mollaei Sotaro Fujiwara Alexander Wieczerzak Vedat Albayrak 2019 Sagi Muki Matthias Casse Antoine Valois-Fortier Luka Maisuradze 2021 Matthias Casse Tato Grigalashvili Frank de Wit Anri Egutidze 2022 Tato Grigalashvili Matthias Casse Takanori Nagase Shamil Borchashvili 2023 Lee Joon-hwan 2024 Timur Arbuzov Somon Makhmadbekov 2025 Timur Arbuzov Tato Grigalashvili Zelim Tckaev
Middleweight 80 kg (1965–1975) 86 kg (1979–1997) 90 kg (1999–) Year Gold Silver Bronze 1965 Isao Okano Kenichi Yamanaka Jim Bregman Kim Eui-tae 1967 Eiji Maruki Martin Poglajen Shinichi Enshu Brian Jacks 1969 Isamu Sonoda Katsuya Hirao Martin Poglajen Oh Seung-lip 1971 Shōzō Fujii Yoshinari Shigematsu Guy Auffray David Starbrook 1973 Isamu Sonoda Bernd Look Antoni Reiner 1975 Yoshimi Hara Jean-Paul Coche Adam Adamczyk 1979 Detlef Ultsch Michel Sanchis Masao Takahashi Walter Carmona 1981 Bernard Tchoullouyan Seiki Nose Detlef Ultsch David Bodaveli 1983 Detlef Ultsch Fabien Canu Robert Berland Seiki Nose 1985 Peter Seisenbacher Georgi Petrov Fabien Canu Vitali Pesniak 1987 Fabien Canu Pak Jong-chol Masao Murata Densign White 1989 Ben Spijkers Stefan Freudenberg Axel Lobenstein 1991 Hirotaka Okada Joseph Wanag Waldemar Legień Giorgio Vismara 1993 Yoshio Nakamura Nicolas Gill Adrian Croitoru León Villar 1995 Jeon Ki-young Hidehiko Yoshida Nicolas Gill Oleg Maltsev 1997 Marko Spittka Brian Olson Michele Monti 1999 Hidehiko Yoshida Victor Florescu Yoo Sung-yeon Adrian Croitoru 2001 Frédéric Demontfaucon Zurab Zviadauri Yoon Dong-sik Rasul Salimov 2003 Hwang Hee-tae Siarhei Kukharenka Carlos Honorato 2005 Hiroshi Izumi Ilias Iliadis Mark Huizinga Andrei Kazusenok 2007 Irakli Tsirekidze Roberto Meloni Ivan Pershin 2009 Lee Kyu-won Kirill Denisov Hesham Mesbah Dilshod Choriev 2010 Ilias Iliadis Daiki Nishiyama Kirill Denisov Elkhan Mammadov 2011 Takashi Ono Asley González 2013 Asley González Varlam Liparteliani Ilias Iliadis Kirill Denisov 2014 Ilias Iliadis Krisztián Tóth Varlam Liparteliani Kirill Voprosov 2015 Gwak Dong-han Kirill Denisov Mashu Baker 2017 Nemanja Majdov Mihael Žgank Gwak Dong-han Ushangi Margiani 2018 Nikoloz Sherazadishvili Iván Felipe Silva Morales Kenta Nagasawa Axel Clerget 2019 Noël van 't End Shoichiro Mukai Nemanja Majdov 2021 Davlat Bobonov Krisztián Tóth Marcus Nyman 2022 Davlat Bobonov Christian Parlati Luka Maisuradze Lasha Bekauri 2023 Luka Maisuradze Lasha Bekauri Marcus Nyman Sanshiro Murao 2024 Goki Tajima Nemanja Majdov Erlan Sherov Tristani Mosakhlishvili 2025 Sanshiro Murao Goki Tajima Luka Maisuradze Eljan Hajiyev
Half Heavyweight 93 kg (1967–1975) 95 kg (1979–1997) 100 kg (1999–)