Para judo has been part of the Paralympic Games program since 1988 where only male judoka participated, women began to compete at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. B1, B2 and B3 judoka have all competed against each other since the sport was introduced in the Summer Paralympics, the J1 (B1) and J2 (B2) classifications will be competed separately in the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Men Extra lightweight This weightclass was split into two classifications - J1 and J2 - in 2024. 60 kg (1988-2020) 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 AthensNone2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
60 kg J1 (2024-) 2024 Paris
60 kg J2 (2024-) 2024 Paris
Half lightweight This weightclass was paused in 2024. 65 kg (1988-1996) 66 kg (2000-) 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Lightweight This weightclass was amended in 2000 from 71 kg to 73 kg, and then split into two classifications - J1 and J2 - in 2024. 71 kg (1988-1996) 73 kg (2000-2020) 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
73 kg J1 (2024-) 2024 Paris
73 kg J2 (2024-) 2024 Paris
Half middleweight This weightclass was amended from 78 kg to 81 kg in 2000. The weightclass was paused in 2024. 78 kg (1988-1996) 81 kg (2000-) 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Middleweight This weightclass was amended from 86 kg to 90 kg in 2000, and split into two classifications - J1 and J2 - in 2024. 86 kg (1988-1996) 90 kg (2000-2020) 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona 1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
90 kg J1 (2024-) 2024 Paris
90 kg J2 (2024-) 2024 Paris
Half heavyweight This weightclass was amended from 95 kg to 100 kg in 2000. The weightclass was subsumed into the +90kg 'open' classes, both J1 and J2, in 2024. 95 kg (1992-1996) 100 kg (2000-) 1992 Barcelona1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Heavyweight This weightclass, the 'open' weightclass, was set at +95 kg in 1988, amended to +100 kg in 2000, before being subsumed in the +90 kg J1 and J2 classifications in 2024.
The 'open' +90 kg class is considered the 'heavyweight' class despite being partially within the previous 'half-heavyweight' limits. +95 kg (1988-1996) +100 kg (2000-) 1988 Seoul1992 BarcelonaNone1996 Atlanta2000 Sydney2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
+90 kg J1 (2024-)
2024 Paris
+90 kg J2 (2024-)
2024 Paris
Women Extra lightweight 48kg (2004-) 2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Half lightweight 52kg (2004-) 2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Lightweight 57kg (2004-) 2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Half middleweight 63kg (2004-) 2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Middleweight 70kg (2004-) 2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Heavyweight +70kg (2004-) 2004 Athens2008 Beijing2012 London2016 Rio de Janeiro2020 Tokyo
Multiple medalists This is a list of multiple Paralympic judo medalists, listing people who have won two or more Paralympic gold medals or more than five medals.
Updated to Tokyo 2024.
This list may not be complete, as the information from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) website is based on sources which does not present all information from earlier Paralympic Games (1960–1984).Multi-Medallists, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
No. Athlete NationCategory Sex Total 1 Antônio TenórioMiddleweight, Half-heavyweight M 4 1 1 62Satoshi FujimotoHalf-lightweight M 3 1 1 53Simon Jackson Half-lightweight, Lightweight, Half-middleweightM3014 4 Carmen HerreraMiddleweight F 3 0 0 3Yuan YanpingHeavyweight F 3 0 0 3 6 Ramona BrussigHalf-lightweight, Lightweight F 2 2 0 4 7 Ilham ZakiyevHeavyweight M 2 0 3 58An-Yu SungM2024 9 Choi Gwan GeunHalf-heavyweight, Heavyweight M 2 0 1 3Takio UshikuboM2013 10 Masakazu SaitoHeavyweight M 2 0 0 2Dalidaivis RodríguezHalf-middleweight F 2 0 0 2Sherzod NamozovExtra-lightweightM2002
See also List of Olympic medalists in judo
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