Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra Lightweight 60 kg	Tadahiro Nomura  Japan	Girolamo Giovinazzo  Italy	Richard Trautmann  Germany Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh  Mongolia
Half Lightweight 65 kg	Udo Quellmalz  Germany	Yukimasa Nakamura  Japan	Israel Hernández  Cuba Henrique Guimarães  Brazil
Lightweight 71 kg	Kenzo Nakamura  Japan	Kwak Dae-Sung  South Korea	Christophe Gagliano  France Jimmy Pedro  United States
Half Middleweight 78 kg	Djamel Bouras  France	Toshihiko Koga  Japan	Soso Liparteliani 23x15px Georgia Cho In-Chul  South Korea
Middleweight 86 kg	Jeon Ki-Young  South Korea	Armen Bagdasarov  Uzbekistan	Marko Spittka  Germany Mark Huizinga  Netherlands
Half Heavyweight 95 kg	Paweł Nastula  Poland	Min Soo Kim  South Korea	Stéphane Traineau  France Aurélio Miguel  Brazil
Heavyweight +95 kg	David Douillet  France	Ernesto Pérez  Spain	Frank Möller  Germany Harry Van Barneveld  Belgium

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra Lightweight 48 kg	Kye Sun-Hi  North Korea	Ryoko Tamura  Japan	Yolanda Soler  Spain Amarilis Savon  Cuba
Half Lightweight 52 kg	Marie-Claire Restoux  France	Hyun Sook-Hee  South Korea	Noriko Sugawara  Japan Legna Verdecia  Cuba
Lightweight 56 kg	Driulis González  Cuba	Jung Sun-Yong  South Korea	Isabel Fernández  Spain Marisbel Lomba  Belgium
Half Middleweight 61 kg	Yuko Emoto  Japan	Gella Vandecaveye  Belgium	Jenny Gal  Netherlands Jung Sung-Sook  South Korea
Middleweight 66 kg	Cho Min-Sun  South Korea	Aneta Szczepańska  Poland	Wang Xianbo  China Claudia Zwiers  Netherlands
Half Heavyweight 72 kg	Ulla Werbrouck  Belgium	Yoko Tanabe  Japan	Ylenia Scapin  Italy Diadenis Luna  Cuba
Heavyweight +72 kg	Sun Fuming  China	Estela Rodríguez  Cuba	Johanna Hagn  Germany Christine Cicot  France

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	3	4	1	8
2	France	3	0	3	6
3	South Korea	2	4	2	8
4	Cuba	1	1	4	6
5	Belgium	1	1	2	4
6	Poland	1	1	0	2
7	Germany	1	0	4	5
8	China	1	0	1	2
9	North Korea	1	0	0	1
10	Spain	0	1	2	3
11	Italy	0	1	1	2
12	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
13	Netherlands	0	0	3	3
14	Brazil	0	0	2	2
15	23x15px Georgia	0	0	1	1
—	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
—	United States	0	0	1	1
Total		14	14	28	56

References

• International Olympic Committee results database
• Videos of the 1996 Judo Summer Olympics