Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics was based on the IJF 1999 World Judo Championships in June 1999. The top 8 men and women from each division qualify, subject to a limit of 1 judoka per National Olympic Committee ("NOC") per division. Further continental quotas (Europe 98, Africa 35, Pan-America 63, Asia 56 and Oceania 14 across both sexes and all divisions) also qualify subject to an overall limit of 1 judoka per NOC. The qualification is allocated to the athlete.

Qualification timeline +List of tournamentsAfricaEventDateVenue1998 African Judo ChampionshipsJuly 23–26, 1998 Dakar1999 Kano Cup10 January 9–10, 1999 Tokyo1999 Women's International Tournament10 January 9–10, 1999 Fukuoka1999 International TournamentFebruary 11–14, 1999 Paris1999 International TournamentFebruary 20–21, 1999 Leonding1999 International TournamentFebruary 27–28, 1999 München1999 International TournamentMarch 27–28, 1999 Rome1999 International TournamentMarch 26–28, 1999 Tunis1999 International TournamentApril 3–5, 1999 Yaoundé1999 International TournamentMay 13–16, 1999 Tananarive1999 International TournamentMay 22–24, 1999 Mauritius1999 International TournamentJune 12–13, 1999 Abidjan1999 All-Africa GamesSeptember 11–14, 1999 Johannesburg1999 Sungkop TournamentDecember 20–21, 1999 Seoul1999 Women's International TournamentDecember 11–12, 1999 Fukuoka2000 International TournamentFebruary 19–20, 2000 Leonding2000 International TournamentMarch 24–26, 2000 Tunis2000 International TournamentApril, 2000 Yaoundé2000 International TournamentMay, 2000 Tananarive2000 International TournamentMay, 2000 Mauritius2000 International TournamentJune, 2000 Abidjan2000 African Judo ChampionshipsMay 9–12, 2000 AlgiersAsia Event Date Venue 1998 Asian Games December 7–10, 1998 Bangkok1999 Kano Cup10 January 9–10, 1999 Tokyo 1999 Women's International Tournament 10 January 9–10, 1999 Fukuoka 1999 International Tournament January 23–24, 1999 Moscow 1999 International Tournament February 11–14, 1999 Paris1999 International TournamentFebruary 20–21, 1999 Leonding 1999 International TournamentFebruary 27–28, 1999 München1999 International TournamentMarch 6–7, 1999 Budapest1999 Pacific Rim Judo ChampionshipsJuly 17–18, 1999 Taoyuan 1999 Asian Judo ChampionshipsJune 25–26, 1999 Wenzhou 1999 World Judo Championships October 7–10, 1999 Birmingham 1999 Sungkop TournamentDecember 20–21, 1999 Seoul 1999 Women's International TournamentDecember 11–12, 1999 Fukuoka2000 Matsutaro Shoriki Cup Tokyo January, 2000 Tokyo2000 International TournamentJanuary 22–23, 2000 Moscow 2000 International Tournament February 12–13, 2000 Paris2000 International TournamentFebruary 19–20, 2000 Leonding 2000 International Tournament February 26–27, 2000 München2000 International TournamentMarch 3–5, 2000 Budapest 2000 Asian Judo Championships May 26–28, 2000 OsakaEuropeEventDateVenue1999 World Judo ChampionshipsOctober 7–10, 1999 Birmingham2000 International TournamentJanuary 22–23, 2000 Moscow2000 International TournamentFebruary 5–6, 2000 Sofia2000 International TournamentFebruary 12–13, 2000 Paris2000 International TournamentFebruary 19–20, 2000 Leonding2000 International TournamentFebruary 26–27, 2000 München2000 International TournamentMarch 3–5, 2000 Budapest2000 International TournamentMarch 11–12, 2000 Prague2000 International TournamentMarch 18–19, 2000 Warsaw2000 International TournamentMarch 25–26, 2000 Rome2000 International TournamentMarch 31, - April 2, 2000 Rotterdam2000 European Judo ChampionshipsMay 18–21, 2000 WroclawOceaniaEventDateVenue1999 World Judo ChampionshipsOctober 7–10, 1999 Birmingham1999 USA Invitational OpenOctober 22–23, 1999 Colorado Springs2000 Oceania Judo ChampionshipsMarch 11–13, 2000 SydneyPan AmericaEventDateVenue1997 Pan American Judo ChampionshipsAugust 29, 1997 Guadalajara1997 World Judo ChampionshipsOctober 9–12, 1997 Paris1997 Central American GamesDecember 5–15, 1997 San Pedro Sula1998 Central American and Caribbean GamesAugust 18–21, 1998Maracaibo1998 South American GamesOctober 28–31, 1998 Cuenca1998 Pan American Judo ChampionshipsNovember 29–30, 1998 Santo Domingo1999 Pan American GamesAugust 2–5, 1999 Winnipeg1999 World Judo ChampionshipsOctober 7–10, 1999 Birmingham1999 Pan American Judo ChampionshipsNovember 12, 1999 MontevideoTournament

Men's events

Extra-lightweight (60 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Manolo Poulot 2 Kazuhiko Tokuno 3 Natig Bahirov 4 Nestor Khergiani 5 John Buchanan 6 Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh 7 Vardan Voskanyan 8 Evguani Stanev ContinentalquotaAfrica 31 TUN Makrem Ayed 2 MAR Abdelouahed Idrissi Chorfi3 ALG Omar RebahiAsia51 KGZ Aidyn Smagulov2 KOR Jung Bu-kyung3 CHN Jia Yunbing4 UZB Alisher Mukhtarov5 KAZ Bazarbek DonbayNurbolo SULEYMENOVEurope 91 Elchin Ismayilov1502 Óscar Peñas 1203Eric Despezelle 1204Cédric Taymans805Oliver Gussenberg806Marek Matuszek 807Giorgi Kurdgelashvili608David Moret609Ruslan Mirzaliyev41Oceania11Brendon Crooks9America61BRADenílson Lourenço2ARGJorge Lencina 3DOMJuan Carlos Jacinto4USABrandan Greczkowski5VENReiver Alvarenga6ECUJuan BarahonaInvitations Host nation 1—Adrian RobertsonI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Half-lightweight (66 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Larbi Benboudaoud 2 Hüseyin Özkan 3 Patrick van Kalken 4 Yordanis Arencibia 5 Ludwig Ortíz 6 Han Ji-hwan 7 Kiyoshi Uematsu 8 Pürevdorjiin Nyamlkhagva ContinentalquotaAfrica 31 ALG Amar Meridja2 CMR Jean Claude Cameroun3 TUN Anis LounifiAsia51 JPN Yukimasa Nakamura2 UZB Mansur Zhumayev3 IRI Arash Miresmaeili4 CHN Zhang Guangjun5 KAZ Ivan BaglayevEurope 91 Islam Matsiev1502 Giorgi Vazagashvili853József Csák 804Girolamo Giovinazzo805Victor Bivol706Georgi Georgiev657David Somerville608Gabriel Bengtsson589Pedro Caravana46Oceania11America61ARGMartín Ríos2USAAlex Ottiano3BRAHenrique Guimaraes4PURMelvin Méndez5ESAMiguel Angel Moreno6GUAJorge QuintanalInvitations Host nation 1—Andrew CollettI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Lightweight (73 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Jimmy Pedro 2 Vitaliy Makarov 3 Sebastian Pereira 4 Georgi Revazichvili 5 Rafał Kozielewski 6 Miklós Illyés 7 Carlos Méndez 8 Anatoly Laryukov ContinentalquotaAfrica 31 ALG Noureddine Yagoubi2 TUN Hassen Moussa3 EGY Haitham AwadAsia51 JPN Kenzo Nakamura 2 KAZ Askhat Shakharov3 KOR Choi Yong-sin4 UZB Andrey Shturbabin5 KGZ Sagdat SadykovEurope 91 Michel Almeida1532 Ferrid Kheder1403Gennadiy Bilodid904Gil Offer715Martin Schmidt 706Vsevolods Zeļonijs707Giuseppe Maddaloni668Claudiu Baștea609Christoph Stangl39Oceania11America61VENEduardo Manglés2HAIErnst Laraque3CUBHector Lombard4ARGSebastian Alquati5PERGermán Velasco6BARAndrew PayneInvitations Host nation 1—Thomas HillI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Half-middleweight (81 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Graeme Randall 2 Farkhod Turaev 3 Kwak Ok-chol 4 Cho In-chul 5 Nuno Delgado 6 Djamel Bouras 7 Maarten Arens 8 Patrick Reiter ContinentalquotaAfrica 31 MAR Adil Belgaïd2 TUN Abdessalem Arous 3 NGR Majemite OmagbaluwajeAsia51 IRI Kazem Sarikhani2 KAZ Ruslan Seilkhanov3 MGL Tsend-Ayuushiin Ochirbat4 JPN Makoto Takimoto5 TPE Chen Chun-chingEurope 91 Sergei Aschwanden1502 Robert Krawczyk1103Mehman Azizov1064Aleksei Budõlin805Ricardo Echarte706Krisztián Tölgyesi537Florian Wanner 508Siarhei Kukharenka319Francesco Lepre31Oceania11Timothy Slyfield America61BRAMarcel Aragão2CUBGabriel Arteaga3ARGDario García4USAJason Morris5PUR José Figueroa6VENHermágoras ManglésInvitations Host nation 1—Daniel KellyI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Middleweight (90 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Hidehiko Yoshida 2 Victor Florescu 3 Yoo Sung-yeon 4 Adrian Croitoru 5 Carlos Honorato 6 Sergey Shakimov 7 Keith Morgan 8 Yosvany Despaigne ContinentalquotaAfrica 31 TUN Iskander Hachicha2 MRI Jean Claude Raphael 3 ALG Khaled MeddahAsia51 UZB Kamol Muradov2 CHN Xu Zhiming3 MGL Batjargalyn Odkhüü4 TPE Lee Chih-feng5 INA Krisna BayuEurope 91 Mark Huizinga1602 Frédéric Demontfaucon1003Dmitri Morozov1004Ruslan Mashurenko1005Rasul Salimov906Georgi Gugava907Michele Monti808Marko Spittka669Fernando González60Oceania11America61USABrian Olson2ARGEduardo Costa3DOMVicbart Geraldino4VENLuis René López5PURCarlos Santiago6CHIGabriel LamaInvitations Host nation 1—Robert IversI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Half-heavyweight (100 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 2 Jang Sung-ho 3 Alexandre Mikhaylin 4 Nicolas Gill 5 Stéphane Traineau 6 Ariel Ze'evi 7 Ben Sonnemans 8 Leonid Svirid ContinentalquotaAfrica 31 EGY Bassel El Gharbawy2 ALG Sami Belgroun3 TUN Sadok KhalkiAsia51 UZB Armen Bagdasarov2 TPE Yen Kuo-che3 KAZ Askhat Zhitkeyev4 CHN Song Qitao5 KGZ Vadim SergeevEurope 91 Iveri Jikurauli1402 Antal Kovács1003Marius Paškevičius1004Paweł Nastula1005Pedro Soares906Daniel Gürschner857Luigi Guido808Franz Birkfellner559Radu Ivan50Oceania11Daniel GowingAmerica61CUBYosvani Kessel2BRAMário Sabino3USAAto Hand4ARGAlejandro Bender5DOMJosé Augusto Geraldino6VENLuís Gregorio LópezInvitations Host nation 1—Daniel RusitovicI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Heavyweight (+100 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Shinichi Shinohara 2 Indrek Pertelson 3 Pan Song 4 Selim Tataroğlu 5 Jérôme Dreyfus 6 Frank Möller 7 Tamerlan Tmenov 8 Rafał Kubacki ContinentalquotaAfrica 31 ALG Mohamed Bouaichaoui2 GAB Steeve Nguema Ndong3 EGY Ahmed BalyAsia51 KAZ Vyacheslav Berduta2 KOR Ko Kyung-doo3 IRI Mahmoud Miran4 MGL Badmaanyambuugiin Bat-Erdene5 UZB Abdullo TangrievEurope 91 Dennis van der Geest 1502 Ernesto Pérez1403Gabriel Munteanu904Alexander Davitashvili 805Harry van Barneveld656Imre Csösz507Petr Jákl408Valentyn Ruslyakov409Ruslan Sharapov35Oceania11Nacanieli QerewaqaAmerica61CUBÁngel Sánchez2BRADaniel Hernandes3ARGOrlando Baccino4USAMartin Boonzaayer5VENCARDOZO Douglas6DOMJosé VásquezInvitations Host nation 1—Robert BallI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Women's events Extra-lightweight (48 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Ryoko Tamura 2 Amarilis Savón 3 Sarah Nichilo-Rosso 4 Anna-Maria Gradante 5 Vanesa Arenas 6 Park Sung-ja 7 8 Victoria Dunn ContinentalquotaAfrica 21 TUN Hayet Rouini2 RSA Tania TallieAsia31 PRK Cha Hyon-Hyang2 TKM Galina Atayeva3 KGZ Natalya KuliginaEurope 51 Laura Moise1402 Lyubov Bruletova1403Ann Simons1204Neşe Şensoy Yıldız805Lyudmyla Lusnikova60Oceania11no applicant = IJFAmerica31USALauren Meece2BRAMariana Martins3MEX Adriana Angeles LozadaCAN NOC declineInvitations Host nation 1—Jenny HillI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOC

Half-lightweight (52 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World Championship 8 1 Noriko Narazaki 2 Legna Verdecia 3 Kye Sun-hui 4 Marie-Claire Restoux 5 Liu Yuxiang 6 Salima Souakri 7 Luce Baillargeon 8 Deborah Allan ContinentalquotaAfrica 21 MAD Naina Ravaoarisoa2 CMR Judith Aline Esseng AbolloAsia31 KOR Jang Jae-Sim2 TPE Shih Pei-Chun3 IND Lourembam Brojeshori DeviEurope 51 Deborah Gravenstijn1002 Inge Clement903Miren León904Isabelle Schmutz905Ioana Maria Aluaş65Oceania11America31VENJackelin Díaz2ARGCarolina Mariani3USAHillary WolfInvitations Host nation 1—Rebecca SullivanI.O.C./.I.J.F./ ANOCUlrike Kaiser

Lightweight (57 kg) Qualificationmethod Places Rank NOC Qualified judoka Rankingpoints Qualified* World