This article details the qualifying phase for judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprised a total of 372 athletes coming from their respective National Olympic Committees (NOCs); each could enter a maximum of fourteen judokas, seven each for both men and women, per bodyweight category. The host country France received a spot in all fourteen individual events, while fifteen places were reserved for the eligible NOCs through universality quotas awarded by the Tripartite Commission.
The remaining judokas were required to undergo a qualifying process to secure a spot in their respective weight category for the Games through the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation (IJF). The qualification window had commenced on 24 June 2022, and concluded two years later (23 June 2024), with the final eligibility list published two days after the deadline.
The top 17 judokas in each bodyweight category from the world ranking list qualified directly for the Games, with each NOC subjected to a limit of one judoka per division. If an NOC had more than one judoka ranked among the top 17 in a weight class, it was for the NOC to decide which athlete obtained the quota place.
Further continental quotas (13 men and 12 women for Europe, 12 of each gender for Africa, ten men and 11 women for the Americas, ten of each gender for Asia, and five of each gender for Oceania) were also available. The International Judo Federation publishes a list of all judokas for each continent across all gender-based bodyweight categories to assign these quota places according to their world ranking points. Eligible judokas with the highest number of points on the ranking list will secure a continental quota for their respective NOC at the Games regardless of their gender and weight category. Each NOC may only enter a single judoka through the continental qualification rules.
The mixed-team tournament will offer five invitational places (one for each continent) to the highest-ranked NOCs that have qualified judokas in only five of the six mixed-team weight classes. Among these NOCs, the highest-ranked judoka vying for qualification will fill the remaining quota place to complete the team.
The International Olympic Committee also invited 6 (3 men and 3 women) athletes to participate for Refugee Olympic Team. These athletes will also participate in the mixed-team tournament.
Timeline Date Milestone 24 June 2022 Start of qualification period. 23 June 2024 End of qualification period. 25 June 2024 Publication of IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification period. IJF confirms in writing to the NOCs the quota places obtained. The Tripartite Commission to confirm in writing the allocation of Universality Places to the NOCs 2 July 2024 The NOCs to confirm to the IJF the use of the allocated quota places. 3 July 2024 IJF to reallocate all unused quota places 6 July 2024 The NOCs to confirm to the IJF the use of the reallocated quota places. 8 July 2024 Paris 2024 Sport Entries deadline.
Qualification summary
NOC Men Women Mixed Total 60 kg 66 kg 73 kg 81 kg 90 kg 100 kg +100 kg 48 kg 52 kg 57 kg 63 kg 70 kg 78 kg +78 kg Team 3 1 1 3 6 9 1 4 1 2 13 2 1 1 1 7 1 2 6 3 1 1 3 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 14 1 1 10 10 5 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 12 13 1 1 14 8 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 2 3 10 2 1 1 10 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 7 2 1 1 1 6 1 6 1 11 9 2 3 6 1 2 8 2 5 6 4 1 12 1 1 1 1 Total: 107 24 25 27 28 28 24 22 30 26 26 28 23 22 23 18 356 References
Men's events Extra-lightweight (60 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Luka Mkheidze 5228 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Yang Yung-wei 6510 2 Giorgi Sardalashvili 5674 3 Lee Ha-rim 5206 4 Francisco Garrigós 5119 5 Ryuju Nagayama 4950 6 Balabay Aghayev 4720 8 Salih Yıldız 3712 9 Dilshot Khalmatov 3639 10 Enkhtaivany Ariunbold 3494 11 Dilshodbek Baratov 3424 12 Nurkanat Serikbayev 3401 13 Jorre Verstraeten 2972 14 Tornike Tsjakadoea 2922 15 Michel Augusto 2796 16 Yam Wolczak 2521 17 Youssry Samy 2382 Continentalquota Africa Simon Zulu 1130 Arnold Kisoka 705 Oceania Josh Katz 1630 America Ashley McKenzie 939 Jairo Moreno 519 Sebastián Sancho 431 Returned direct quota Andrea Carlino 1863
Half-lightweight (66 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Walide Khyar 3348 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Denis Vieru 4860 2 Vazha Margvelashvili 4850 3 Battogtokhyn Erkhembayar 4768 4 Ryoma Tanaka 4760 5 Nurali Emomali 4463 6 Willian Lima 4280 7 David García Torné 4088 8 Matteo Piras 3899 9 Yashar Najafov 3842 10 Sardor Nurillaev 3634 11 An Ba-ul 3442 12 Bayanmönkhiin Narmandakh 3375 13 Bogdan Iadov 3366 14 Luukas Saha 2889 15 Baruch Shmailov 2827 16 Gusman Kyrgyzbayev 2562 Continentalquota Africa Abderrahmane Boushita 2456 Edmilson Pedro 991 Asia Serdar Rahymow 2324 Kubanychbek Aibek Uulu 2049 Europe Strahinja Bunčić 2300 America Juan Postigos 1259 Returned team invitation Bence Pongrácz 1157 Returned direct quota Muhammed Demirel 2177
Lightweight (73 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Joan-Benjamin Gaba 1710 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Hidayat Heydarov 8798 2 Soichi Hashimoto 5190 3 Nils Stump 5098 4 Manuel Lombardo 4850 5 Shakhram Ahadov 4748 6 Daniel Cargnin 4585 7 Lasha Shavdatuashvili 4402 8 Arthur Margelidon 4050 10 Behruzi Khojazoda 3945 11 Adil Osmanov 3595 12 Messaoud Dris 3420 13 Salvador Cases 3300 14 Akil Gjakova 3154 15 Daniyar Shamshayev 2928 16 Jack Yonezuka 2900 17 Tohar Butbul 2812 Continentalquota Africa Faye Njie 1261 Aden-Alexandre Houssein 725 Asia Batzayaagiin Erdenebayar 2550 Masayuki Terada 968 Europe Mark Hristov 2338 Oceania William Tai Tin 136 America Philippe Metellus 207 Returned team invitation Samuel Gassner 712 Returned quota Igor Wandtke 2702 Returned direct quota Adam Stodolski 2008
Half-middleweight (81 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Alpha Oumar Djalo 2356 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Matthias Casse 7932 2 Tato Grigalashvili 7665 3 Lee Joon-hwan 5980 4 Guilherme Schimidt 5056 5 François Gauthier-Drapeau 4560 6 Zelim Tckaev 4321 7 Somon Makhmadbekov 4240 8 Takanori Nagase 4160 9 Abylaikhan Zhubanazar 3718 10 Vedat Albayrak 3662 11 Sharofiddin Boltaboev 3656 12 Antonio Esposito 3594 14 Frank de Wit 3517 15 Nugzar Tatalashvili 3268 16 Sagi Muki 3248 17 Wachid Borchashvili 3240 Continentalquota Africa Abdelrahman Abdelghany 1647 Valentin Houinato 504 Asia Askerbii Gerbekov 2428 Europe Attila Ungvári 3186 Timo Cavelius 2938 João Fernando 2501 Mihail Latișev 2311 Oceania Hugo Cumbo 57 America Adrián Gandía 1738 Alain Mikael Aprahamian 731
Middleweight (90 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Alexis Mathieu 3574 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Lasha Bekauri 5740 2 Nemanja Majdov 5402 3 Sanshiro Murao 5210 4 Erlan Sherov 4818 5 Krisztián Tóth 4795 6 Davlat Bobonov 4714 7 Mihael Žgank 4480 8 Christian Parlati 4472 9 Iván Felipe Silva Morales 4260 10 Rafael Macedo 3863 11 Murad Fatiyev 3822 12 Ivaylo Ivanov 3800 13 Tristani Mosakhlishvili 3722 14 Theodoros Tselidis 3578 16 Noël van 't End 3124 17 Komronshokh Ustopiriyon 2746 Continentalquota Africa Rémi Feuillet 1294 Asia Han Ju-yeop 2537 Caramnob Sagaipov 2132 Aram Grigorian 1968 Europe David Klammert 2650 Klen-Kristofer Kaljulaid 2472 Marcus Nyman 2378 Alex Creţ 2324 America Robert Florentino 2274 John Jayne 2124 Returned direct quota Eduard Trippel 2274
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Aurélien Diesse 1050 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Zelym Kotsoiev 7022 2 Ilia Sulamanidze 6350 3 Shady Elnahas 6288 4 Muzaffarbek Turoboyev 5749 6 Michael Korrel 4802 7 Nikoloz Sherazadishvili 4730 8 Jorge Fonseca 4260 9 Batkhuyagiin Gonchigsüren 4245 10 Peter Paltchik 4142 11 Leonardo Gonçalves 4070 12 Aaron Wolf 3900 13 Daniel Eich 3865 14 Aleksandar Kukolj 3682 15 Gennaro Pirelli 3474 16 Dzhafar Kostoev 3434 17 Aaron Fara 2956 Continentalquota Asia Nurlykhan Sharkhan 2722 Europe Toma Nikiforov 2904 Zlatko Kumrić 2637 Piotr Kuczera 2467 America Thomas Briceño 1170 Returned direct quota Zsombor Vég 2607 Returned continental quota Dzhakhongir Madzhidov 1850
Heavyweight (+100 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Teddy Riner 5200 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Kim Min-jong 6405 3 Temur Rakhimov 6220 4 Guram Tushishvili 5748 5 Andy Granda 5554 6 Tatsuru Saito 5270 7 Alisher Yusupov 4530 8 Martti Puumalainen 4294 9 Lukáš Krpálek 4067 10 Jelle Snippe 3501 11 Rafael Silva 3415 12 Magomedomar Magomedomarov 3375 13 Márius Fízeľ 3313 14 Ushangi Kokauri 3209 15 Erik Abramov 3146 16 Odkhüügiin Tsetsentsengel 3144 17 İbrahim Tataroğlu 2522 Continentalquota Africa Mbagnick Ndiaye 2176 Mohamed El Mehdi Lili 1530 Bubacar Mane 875 Oceania Gerard Takayawa 162 Returned direct quota Enej Marinič 2153
Women's events Extra-lightweight (48 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Shirine Boukli 5010 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Assunta Scutto 7335 2 Bavuudorjiin Baasankhüü 6502 3 Abiba Abuzhakynova 5576 4 Natsumi Tsunoda 5200 5 Milica Nikolić 4678 6 Catarina Costa 4634 8 Lee Hye-kyeong 3970 9 Maria Celia Laborde 3956 10 Tuğçe Beder 3923 11 Laura Martínez 3668 12 Tara Babulfath 3324 13 Maruša Štangar 3156 14 Guo Zongying 3030 15 Mary Dee Vargas 2980 16 Leyla Aliyeva 2914 17 Shira Rishony 2766 Continentalquota Africa Geronay Whitebooi 1712 Virginia Aymard 1108 Asia Khalimajon Kurbonova 2652 Lin Chen-hao 1996 Wong Ka Lee 743 Hoàng Thị Tình 313 Europe Katharina Tanzer 1643 America Erika Lasso 1955 Gabriela Narváez 707 Jacqueline Solís 619 Returned quota Katharina Menz 2722 Natasha Ferreira 2694 Returned direct quota Oumaima Bedioui 1760
Half-lightweight (52 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification. Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* Host nation 1 — Amandine Buchard 7184 IJFWorldRankingList 17 1 Diyora Keldiyorova 8100 2 Distria Krasniqi 7260 3 Odette Giuffrida 7252 4 Chelsie Giles 5788 5 Réka Pupp 5380 6 Gefen Primo 5374 7 Mascha Ballhaus 4982 8 Uta Abe 4850 9 Larissa Pimenta 4802 10 Bishreltiin Khorloodoi 3759 11 Ariane Toro 3672 12 Lkhagvasürengiin Sosorbaram 3265 13 Zhu Yeqing 3229 14 Soumiya Iraoui 3164 15 Binta Ndiaye 3089 16 Angelica Delgado 2621 17 Jung Ye-rin 2533 Continentalquota Africa Djamila Silva 1190 Jacira Ferreira 481 Asia Maryam March Maharani 827 Europe Gultaj Mammadaliyeva 2446 Sofia Asvesta 2052 America Paulina Martínez 1872 Kelly Deguchi 1762 Sofía Fiora 1453
Lightweight (57 kg) Provisional list. Updated to 13 July 2024. Bold — secured qualification.