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22-528: The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe and Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Since 2009, IJF has organized yearly World Championships and the World Judo Tour consisting of five Grand Prix, four Grand Slams, a master tournament, and a Continental open tournament. In March 2009 it replaced the Pan American Judo Union with

44-577: A gold medal at the 1958 World Judo Championships in Tokyo against teammate and 4th dan Akio Kaminaga . Sone was surprisingly eliminated in the second round of the 1960 All-Japan Judo Championships, a contemporary report by the martial artist Donn F. Draeger calling his performance there a "pitiful sight" and mentioning that he was aging. Sone won a silver medal at the 1961 World Judo Championships in Paris, behind Anton Geesink . His loss against Geesink, 5th dan,

66-624: The International Judo Federation annually, except the calendar years of the Summer Olympics. Qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their home countries. Team fixtures have also been held since 1994. The men's championships first took place in 1956 , though the format and periodicity of the competition have changed over time. The last edition of the World Judo Championships (2024)

88-772: The Pan American Judo Confederation . In September 2021, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef were suspended for 10 years by the IJF after Nourine refused to fight an Israeli athlete during the 2020 Summer Olympics . Nourine said his political support for the Palestinians in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict made it impossible for him to compete against Israeli athletes. The IJF initially named Russian President Vladimir Putin its honorary president and IJF Ambassador in 2008. However, that status

110-651: The IOC's suggestion to deny participation of athletes who are contracted to the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies. In protest, the Ukrainian team withdrew from the championships. World Judo Championships The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, next to the quadrennial judo events at the Summer Olympic Games . The world championships are held by

132-474: The World Championships often do not participate in the team competition. The results of promotional team events which were held during 2003 and 2005 World Judo Championships are not included into overall statistics. List of World Judo Championships medalists Updated after the 2024 World Judo Championships . This table include all medals in the individual and team competitions won at

154-486: The World Judo Championships as well as at the separate World Team Judo Championships and separate World Judo Open Championships. Boldface denotes active judokas and highest medal count among all judokas (including these who not included in these tables) per type. # including one medal of the World Team Championships won as reserve * including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in

176-415: The World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only **# including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and one won as reserve **## including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and two won as reserve ****# including four medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in

198-547: The first time with the addition of the −68 kg, −80 kg, and +80 kg categories. Judo had become an Olympic sport at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo initially for men, and a permanent sport after a brief absence at the 1968 Summer Olympics . Despite this progressive enlargement, it took until 1980 for women to participate in the world championships. The first women's world championships were held in New York City in 1980, and were held in alternating years as

220-594: The invasion of Ukraine and subsequent Ukrainian pressure to suspend them entirely. Ultimately, both national federations withdrew on their own accord, until June 2022 when they returned. Ukraine boycotted IJF events beginning in June 2022 because the Russian team was allowed to compete in and entered competitions. Judo is one of the few Olympic sports which goes against the recommendation of the International Olympic Committee . The IJF announced on 29 April 2023,

242-485: The last World Championship without a division into weight classes. After the loss against Geesink, Sone became coach of the Japanese judo team. Sone was accused by Geesink's teammates in the 1965 World Judo Championships of having Seiji Sakaguchi lose against the more rested Matsunaga to have Matsunaga take on the weary Geesink in the final round. Matsunaga still lost, Geesink winning the heavy-weight title by decision. But

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264-477: The last day of event registration for the 2023 World Championships , that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to participate as individual neutral athletes following background checks. Following the announcement, twenty Russian and Belarusian athletes were registered and entered into the championships. Of the twenty, at least five were reported to have ties with the Russian Armed Forces , despite

286-607: The men's championships until the 1987 World Judo Championships in Essen , where the two competitions were merged into one world championship. The mixed championships have been held biannually since 1987. On the Commonwealth Games side, Judo was added to the Commonwealth Games programme, initially as an optional sport for the first three editions in 1990, 2002 and 2014 but it is now a core sport from 2022 onwards. The women’s judo

308-452: The qualifying only ** including two medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only *## including one medal of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only and two won as reserve *** including three medals of the World Team Championships won for participation in the qualifying only # including one medal of the World Team Championships won as reserve * including one medal of

330-545: The qualifying only and one won as reserve Koji Sone Koji Sone ( 曽根 康治 , Sone Kōji , November 14, 1928 – April 27, 1981) was a Japanese judoka and world champion. He was born in the city Chichibu, Saitama and started judo in his childhood. His father was a 6th Dan in judo and his uncle a 9th Dan. Sone is a university-trained judoka from Meiji University . After that he belonged to Fuji Iron & Steel . As fifth dan, measuring 5 feet and 10 1/2 inches in height and weighing 215 pounds, he received

352-419: The same time and venue. It were held every four years until 2006 (although promotional team events were held during 2003 and 2005 World Judo Championships) and every year from 2007 to 2015 (except 2009). Since 2011 men's and women's team competitions became the part of World Judo Championships. Starting from 2017, it were merged into mixed team competition. Judokas who participates in the individual events at

374-491: The top two spots in the competition for the second time. In 1961, the championship was held outside Japan for the first time, and Dutch judoka Anton Geesink defeated the prior world champion, Koji Sone , in Paris , France , to become the first non-Japanese world champion. The 1965 World Judo Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , and weight classes were implemented for

396-474: The world championships, with 8 weight classes for each gender. The world championships have been held in every continent except Oceania and Antarctica. The first World Team Judo Championships was held in 1994 as separate event and only for men's national teams. The first World Team Judo Championships for women's national team was held as separate event in 1997. Since 1998, World Team Judo Championships for men's and women's national teams have been held at

418-517: Was held in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates . The first edition of the world championships took place in Tokyo , Japan in 1956. There were no weight classes at the time and Japanese judoka Shokichi Natsui became the first world champion in history, defeating fellow countryman Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu in the final. The second world championship was also held in Tokyo two years later, with the Japanese winning

440-405: Was heralded as the end of the era in which the best Japanese judokas could not be defeated by foreigners. Within nine minutes of the 20-minute contest, a foot sweep forced Sone onto the ground where he was held for the necessary 30 seconds with a Mune-gatame. Despite that, many believed that Sone was the technically better judoka. At the age of 33 Sone was relatively old for a judoka. It would be

462-543: Was included at the 1992 Summer Olympics . In 2005, the world championships made its debut on the African continent in Cairo , Egypt . In the International Judo Federation meeting held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007 (during the 2007 World Judo Championships ), it was decided that France would host the world championships for the fifth time in 2011. There are currently 16 tournaments in

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484-509: Was suspended and then stripped in 2022, in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine . The IJF also cancelled all competitions in Russia, but allowed their athletes to compete as neutrals in individual and team competitions. IJF President Marius Vizer , a long-time close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin, wanted to let Russians and Belarusians continue to compete as neutral athletes despite

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