Judo at the Summer Paralympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Judo at the Summer Paralympics
Governing body	IBSA
Events	13 (men: 7; women: 6)
Games
1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Medalists

Paralympic judo has been contested at the Summer Paralympic Games since 1988. The sport is restricted to visually impaired competitors. Men's and women's events are held in various weight classes, just like judo at the Summer Olympics. More than 130 visually impaired judokas, including some from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Spain and Sweden, competed in the Rio 2016 games, making it the biggest yet staged.

Summary

Source:

Games	Year	Events	Best Nation	Ref
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7
8	1988	6	Japan
9	1992	7	Japan
10	1996	7	Japan
11	2000	7	United States
12	2004	13	Germany
13	2008	13	China
14	2012	13	Ukraine
15	2016	13	Uzbekistan
16	2020	13	Azerbaijan
17	2024	16

Medal table

Updated to 2020 Summer Paralympics:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	12	9	11	32
2	Azerbaijan (AZE)	11	3	5	19
3	China (CHN)	8	10	7	25
4	Cuba (CUB)	6	0	7	13
5	Brazil (BRA)	5	9	11	25
6	Uzbekistan (UZB)	5	4	8	17
7	Spain (ESP)	4	9	7	20
8	France (FRA)	4	6	12	22
9	Ukraine (UKR)	4	4	12	20
10	Great Britain (GBR)	4	4	9	17
11	Germany (GER)	4	4	8	16
12	South Korea (KOR)	4	2	8	14
13	Algeria (ALG)	4	0	5	9
14	Mexico (MEX)	3	1	3	7
15	United States (USA)	2	7	13	22
16	Russia (RUS)	2	5	16	23
17	Iran (IRI)	2	1	1	4
18	Austria (AUT)	2	0	0	2
19	Georgia (GEO)	1	2	0	3
20	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	2	4
21	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	3	4
22	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
23	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	3	0	3
24	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	3	5
25	Turkey (TUR)	0	1	5	6
26	Canada (CAN)	0	1	4	5
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	4	5
28	Unified Team (EUN)	0	1	1	2
29	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	5	5
30	Lithuania (LTU)	0	0	4	4
31	RPC (RPC)	0	0	3	3
32	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	2	2
34	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (36 entries)		90	90	184	364

• 92 , 92 , 184 : Table need to correct

Nations

Algeria (ALG)																	5
Argentina (ARG)																	5
Australia (AUS)																	5
Austria (AUT)																	2
Azerbaijan (AZE)																	4
Belarus (BLR)																	2
Brazil (BRA)																	8
Bulgaria (BUL)																	1
Burkina Faso (BUR)																	1
Canada (CAN)																	8
China (CHN)																	5
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																	6
Colombia (COL)																	2
Croatia (CRO)																	1
Cuba (CUB)																	6
Fiji (FIJ)																	1
Finland (FIN)																	3
France (FRA)																	8
Georgia (GEO)																	1
Germany (GER)																	7
Great Britain (GBR)																	8
Greece (GRE)																	4
Hong Kong (HKG)																	1
Hungary (HUN)																	5
Iran (IRI)																	4
Iraq (IRQ)																	1
Ireland (IRL)																	4
Italy (ITA)																	6
Japan (JPN)																	9
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																	1
Latvia (LAT)																	1
Libya (LBA)																	1
Lithuania (LTU)																	5
Malaysia (MAS)																	1
Mexico (MEX)																	3
Mongolia (MGL)																	3
Netherlands (NED)																	1
Portugal (POR)																	1
Puerto Rico (PUR)																	1
Romania (ROU)																	1
Russia (RUS)																	5
South Korea (KOR)																	8
Spain (ESP)																	7
Sweden (SWE)																	4
Thailand (THA)																	5
Turkey (TUR)																	3
Ukraine (UKR)																	5
Unified Team (EUN)																	1
United States (USA)																	8
Uruguay (URU)																	3
Uzbekistan (UZB)																	2
Venezuela (VEN)																	4
Vietnam (VIE)																	1
Nations								9	16	19	24	30	34	30	36
Competitors								33	52	67	83	118	129	128	129
Year	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20

See also

In Spanish: Judo en los Juegos Paralímpicos para niños

• Judo at the Summer Olympics