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Judo Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

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Judo Qualification for Summer Olympic Games 2016

 

Qualifying Timeline

EVENT DATE STATUS
Host Quota   -  Completed
  2016 Final IJF Olympic Ranking 30.05.2016  Completed
Additional Continental Places 30.05.2016 Completed

 

EVENTS

14 (7+7+0)

Men's 7

  • Men's -60kg
  • Men's -66kg
  • Men's -73kg
  • Men's -81kg
  • Men's -90kg
  • Men's -100kg
  • Men's +100kg

Women's 7

  • Women's -48kg
  • Women's -52kg
  • Women's -57kg
  • Women's -63kg
  • Women's -70kg
  • Women's -78kg
  • Women's +78kg

Mixed 0

 

QUALIFICATION SYSTEM

http://www.intjudo.eu/upload/2014_02/06/139168400889764938/2014_02___rio_2016___qualification_system___final___judo___en_1.pdf

 

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honestly i am trying to figure it out myself.....    If the athlete qualified through continental qualification, the quota place will be reallocated to the next best ranked athlete of that

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These are the first three:   Valentina Moscatt (ITA) - 832 points in women's -48 Ilse Heylen (BEL) - 831 points in women's -52 Liu Yang (CHN) - 795 points in women's -57  

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Kazakhstan received the reallocation in men's -73kg, following the withdrawal of Canada.   https://www.judobase.org/#/competition/profile/1339/countries/3

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Men's -60kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :ARM Armenia - Hovhannes Davtyan.
  2. :AUS Australia - Joshua Katz.
  3. :AUT Austria - Ludwig Paischer.
  4. :AZE Azerbaijan - Orkhan Safarov.
  5. :BOT Botswana - Gavin Mogopa.
  6. :BRA Brazil - Felipe Kitadai.
  7. :BUL Bulgaria - Yanislav Gerchev.
  8. :CAN Canada - Sergio Pessoa.
  9. :TPE Chinese Taipei - Tsai Ming-Yen.
  10. :CZE Czech Republic - Pavel Petrikov.
  11. :ECU Ecuador - Lenin Preciado.
  12. :EGY Egypt - Ahmed Abelrahman.
  13. :FIN Finland - Juho Reinvall.
  14. :FRA France - Walide Khyar.
  15. :GEO Georgia - Amiran Papinashvili.
  16. :GER Germany - Tobias Englmaier.
  17. :GBR Great Britain - Ashley McKenzie.
  18. :GUA Guatemala - Jose Ramos.
  19. :ITA Italy - Elios Manzi.
  20. :JPN Japan - Naohisa Takato.
  21. :KAZ Kazakhstan - Yeldos Smetov.
  22. :KGZ Kyrgyzstan - Otar Bestaev.
  23. :LAO Laos - Soukphaxay Sithisane.
  24. :LBA Libya - Mohamed El-Kawisah.
  25. :MON Monaco - Yann Siccardi.
  26. :MGL Mongolia - Tsogtbaataryn Tsend-Ochir.
  27. :NED Netherlands - Jeroen Mooren.
  28. :PLE Palestine - Simon Yacoub.
  29. :PER Peru - Juan Postigos.
  30. :RUS Russia - Beslan Mudranov.
  31. :KOR South Korea - Kim Won-Jin.
  32. :ESP Spain - Francisco Garrigos.
  33. :SUI Switzerland - Ludovic Chammartin.
  34. :TUR Turkey - Bekir Ozlu.
  35. :UZB Uzbekistan - Dyorbek Urozboev.

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  35

Total Nations Qualified  35

 

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Men's -66kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :ALG Algeria - Houd Zourdani
  2. :ARU Aruba - Jayme Mata
  3. :AUS Australia - Nathan Katz
  4. :AZE Azerbaijan - Nijat Shikhalizade
  5. :BLR Belarus - Dzmitry Shershan
  6. :BEL Belgium - Jasper Lefevere
  7. :BRA Brazil - Charles Chibana
  8. :CAN Canada - Antoine Bouchard
  9. :CHN China - Ma Duanbin
  10. :COD Congo DR - Rodrick Kuku
  11. :DJI Djibouti - Anass Houssein
  12. :DOM Dominican Republic - Wander Mateo
  13. :FRA France - Kilian Le Blouch
  14. :GEO Georgia - Vasha Margvelashvili
  15. :GER Germany - Sebastian Seidl
  16. :GBR Great Britain - Colin Oates
  17. :IRI Iran - Alireza Khojasteh
  18. :ISR Israel - Golan Pollack
  19. :ITA Italy - Fabio Basile
  20. :JPN Japan - Masashi Ebinuma
  21. :KAZ Kazakhstan - Zhansay Smagulov
  22. :MAR Morocco - Imad Bassou
  23. :MGL Mongolia - Davaadorjiin Tomorkhuleg
  24. :PNG Papua New Guinea - Raymond Ovinou
  25. :POR Portugal - Sergiu Oleinic
  26. :RUS Russia - Mikhail Pulyev
  27. :KSA Saudi Arabia - Sulaiman Hamad
  28. :SLO Slovenia - Adrian Gomboc
  29. :KOR South Korea - An Ba-Ul
  30. :ESP Spain - Sugoi Uriarte
  31. :SUR Suriname - Yigal Kopinsky
  32. :UKR Ukraine - Georgii Zantaraia
  33. :UZB Uzbekistan - Rishod Sobirov
  34. :VAN Vanuatu - Joe Mahit
  35. :ZAM Zambia - Matthews Punza

 

Total Athletes Qualified  35

Total Nations Qualified  35

 

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Men's -73kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :ASA American Samoa - Benjamin Waterhouse
  2. :AUS Australia - Jake Bensted
  3. :AZE Azerbaijan - Rustam Orujov
  4. :BEL Belgium - Dirk van Tichelt
  5. :BRA Brazil - Alex Pombo
  6. :CHN China - Sai Yinjirigala
  7. :CRC Costa Rica - Miguel Murrillo
  8. :CUB Cuba - Magdiel Estrada
  9. :CZE Czech Republic - Jaromir Jezek
  10. :EGY Egypt - Mohamed Mohy Eldin
  11. :FRA France - Pierre Duprat
  12. :GAM Gambia - Faye Njie
  13. :GEO Georgia - Lasha Shavdatuashvili
  14. :GER Germany - Igor Wandtke
  15. :HAI Haiti - Josue Deprez
  16. :HUN Hungary - Miklos Ungvari
  17. :ISR Israel - Sagi Muki
  18. :JPN Japan - Shohei Ono
  19. :KAZ Kazakhstan - Didar Khamza
  20. :MGL Mongolia - Ganbaataryn Odbayar
  21. :NED Netherlands - Dex Elmont
  22. :NIG Niger - Ahmed Goumar
  23. :PRK North Korea - Hong Kuk-Hyon
  24. :POR Portugal - Nuno Saraiva
  25. :QAT Qatar - Morad Zemouri
  26. :RUS Russia - Denis Iartcev
  27. :SLO Slovenia - Rok Draksic
  28. :KOR South Korea - An Chang-Rim
  29. :SRI Sri Lanka - Chamara Dharmawardhana
  30. :SYR Syria - Mohamad Kasem
  31. :TAN Tanzania - Andrew Thomas Mlugu
  32. :UAE United Arab Emirates - Victor Scvortov
  33. :USA United States - Nick Delpopolo
  34. :UZB Uzbekistan - Mirali Sharipov
  35. :YEM Yemen - Zeyad Mater

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  35

Total Nations Qualified  35

 

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Men's -81kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :ARG Argentina - Emmanuel Lucenti.
  2. :AUS Australia - Eoin Coughlan.
  3. :BEL Belgium - Joachim Bottieau.
  4. :BRA Brazil - Victor Penalber.
  5. :BUL Bulgaria - Ivaylo Ivanov.
  6. :CAN Canada - Antoine Valois-Fortier.
  7. :CUB Cuba - Ivan Felipe Silva.
  8. :EGY Egypt - Mohamed Abdelaal.
  9. :ESA El Salvador - Juan Diego Turcios.
  10. :FIJ Fiji - Josateki Naulu.
  11. :FRA France - Loic Pietri.
  12. :GAB Gabon - Paul Kibikai.
  13. :GEO Georgia - Avtandili Tchrikishvili.
  14. :GER Germany - Sven Maresch.
  15. :GRE Greece - Roman Moustopoulos.
  16. :HUN Hungary - Laszlo Csoknyai.
  17. :IRI Iran - Saeid Mollaei.
  18. :IRQ Iraq - Hussein Al-Aameri.
  19. :ITA Italy - Matteo Marconcini.
  20. :JPN Japan - Takanori Nagase.
  21. :LIB Lebanon - Nacif Elias.
  22. :MDA Moldova - Valeriu Duminica.
  23. :MGL Mongolia - Uuganbaataryn Otgonbaatar.
  24. :MNE Montenegro - Srdjan Mrvaljevic.
  25. :MOZ Mozambique - Marlon Acacio.
  26. :NED Netherlands - Frank de Wit.
  27. :RUS Russia - Khasan Khalmurzaev.
  28. :KOR South Korea - Lee Seung-Soo.
  29. :SWE Sweden - Robin Pacek.
  30. :UAE United Arab Emirates - Sergiu Toma.
  31. :USA United States - Travis Stevens.
  32. :UZB Uzbekistan - Shakhzodbek Sabirov.

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  32

Total Nations Qualified  32

 

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Men's -90kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :ALG Algeria - Abderahmane Benamadi.
  2. :AZE Azerbaijan - Mammadali Mehdiyev.
  3. :BIZ Belize - Renick James.
  4. :BEN Benin - Celtus Dossou Yovo.
  5. :BOL Bolivia - Martin Michel.
  6. :BRA Brazil - Tiago Camilo.
  7. :CHI Chile - Thomas Briceno.
  8. :CHN China - Cheng Xunzhao.
  9. :CUB Cuba - Asley Gonzalez.
  10. :FRA France - Alexandre Iddir.
  11. :GEO Georgia - Varlam Liparteliani.
  12. :GER Germany - Marc Odenthal.
  13. :GRE Greece - Ilias Iliadis.
  14. :HUN Hungary - Krisztian Toth.
  15. :IND India - Avtar Singh.
  16. :JPN Japan - Mashu Baker.
  17. :JOR Jordan - Ibrahim Khalaf.
  18. :KEN Kenya - Kiplangat Sang.
  19. :MGL Mongolia - Otgonbaataryn Lkhagvasuren.
  20. :NRU Nauru - Ovini Uera.
  21. :NED Netherlands - Noel van´t End.
  22. :POR Portugal - Celio Dias.
  23. :WHT Refugee Olympic Athlete - Popole Misenga.
  24. :RUS Russia - Kirill Denisov.
  25. :SRB Serbia - Aleksandar Kukolj.
  26. :SLO Slovenia - Mihael Zgank.
  27. :RSA South Africa - Zack Piontek.
  28. :KOR South Korea - Gwak Dong-Han.
  29. :SUD Sudan - Iszlam Monier Suliman.
  30. :SWE Sweden - Marcus Nyman.
  31. :SUI Switzerland - Ciril Grossklaus.
  32. :TJK Tajikistan - Komronshokh Ustopiriyon.
  33. :UKR Ukraine - Quedjau Nhabali.
  34. :USA United States - Colton Brown.
  35. :UZB Uzbekistan - Sherali Juraev.

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  35

Total Nations Qualified  35

 

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Men's -100kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :AFG Afghanistan - Mohammad Tawfiq Bakhshi.
  2. :ALG Algeria - Lyes Bouyacoub.
  3. :AZE Azerbaijan - Elmar Gasimov.
  4. :BEL Belgium - Toma Nikiforov.
  5. :BRA Brazil - Rafael Buzacarini.
  6. :CAN Canada - Kyle Reyes.
  7. :CUB Cuba - Jose Armenteros.
  8. :CZE Czech Republic - Lukas Krpalek.
  9. :EGY Egypt - Ramadan Darwish.
  10. :EST Estonia - Grigori Minaskin.
  11. :FRA France - Cyrille Maret.
  12. :GEO Georgia - Beka Gviniashvili.
  13. :GER Germany - Karl-Richard Frey.
  14. :GBR Great Britain - Benjamin Fletcher.
  15. :HUN Hungary - Miklos Cirjenics.
  16. :IRI Iran - Javad Mahjoub.
  17. :JPN Japan - Ryunosuke Haga.
  18. :KAZ Kazakhstan - Maxim Rakov.
  19. :LAT Latvia - Jevgenijs Borodavko.
  20. :MLI Mali - Ayouba Traore.
  21. :MGL Mongolia - Naidangiin Tuvshinbayar.
  22. :MYA Myanmar - Yang Naing Soe.
  23. :NED Netherlands - Henk Grol.
  24. :PAK Pakistan - Hussain Shah.
  25. :POR Portugal - Jose Fonseca.
  26. :RUS Russia - Tagir Khaibulaev.
  27. :SMR San Marino - Karim Gharbi.
  28. :SEY Seychelles - Dominic Dugasse.
  29. :KOR South Korea - Cho Gu-Ham.
  30. :SWE Sweden - Martin Pacek.
  31. :TTO Trinidad and Tobago - Christopher George.
  32. :UKR Ukraine - Artem Bloshenko.
  33. :UAE United Arab Emirates - Ivan Remarenco.
  34. :URU Uruguay - Pablo Aprahamian.
  35. :UZB Uzbekistan - Soyib Kurbonov.

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  35

Total Nations Qualified  35

 

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Men's +100kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :ALG Algeria - Mohamed-Amine Tayeb.
  2. :AUT Austria - Daniel Allerstorfer.
  3. :AZE Azerbaijan - Ushangi Kokauri.
  4. :BRA Brazil - Rafael Silva.
  5. :BUR Burkina Faso - Rachid Sidibe.
  6. :CGO Congo - Deo Gracia Ngokaba.
  7. :CUB Cuba - Alex Garcia Mendoza.
  8. :ECU Ecuador - Freddy Figueroa.
  9. :EGY Egypt - Islam El Shehaby.
  10. :FRA France - Teddy Riner.
  11. :GEO Georgia - Adam Okruashvili.
  12. :GER Germany - Andre Breitbarth.
  13. :HON Honduras - Ramon Pileta.
  14. :HUN Hungary - Barna Bor.
  15. :ISL Iceland - Thormodur Jonsson.
  16. :ISR Israel - Or Sasson.
  17. :JPN Japan - Hisayoshi Harasawa.
  18. :KGZ Kyrgyzstan - Iurii Krakovetskii.
  19. :LAT Latvia - Arturs Nikiforenko.
  20. :MGL Mongolia - Temuulen Battulga.
  21. :NED Netherlands - Roy Meyer.
  22. :POL Poland - Maciej Sarnacki.
  23. :ROU Romania - Daniel Natea.
  24. :RUS Russia - Renat Saidov.
  25. :SAM Samoa - Derek Sua.
  26. :KOR South Korea - Kim Sung-Min.
  27. :TJK Tajikistan - Mukhamadmurod Abdurakhmonov.
  28. :THA Thailand - Kunathip Yea-On.
  29. :TUN Tunisia - Faicel Jaballah.
  30. :UKR Ukraine - Yakiv Khammo.
  31. :UZB Uzbekistan - Abdullo Tangriev.

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  31

Total Nations Qualified  31

 

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Women's -48kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :ARG Argentina - Paula Pareto.
  2. :AUS Australia - Chloe Rayner.
  3. :BEL Belgium - Charline van Snick.
  4. :BRA Brazil - Sarah Menezes.
  5. :CUB Cuba - Dayaris Mestre.
  6. :FRA France - Laetitia Payet.
  7. :GBS Guinea Bissau - Taciana Lima.
  8. :HUN Hungary - Eva Csernoviczki.
  9. :ISR Israel - Shira Rishony.
  10. :ITA Italy - Valentina Moscatt.
  11. :JPN Japan - Ami Kondo.
  12. :KAZ Kazakhstan - Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg.
  13. :MAD Madagascar - Asaramanitra Ratiarison.
  14. :MEX Mexico - Edna Carrillo.
  15. :MGL Mongolia - Monkhbatyn Urantsetseg.
  16. :PRK North Korea - Kim Sol-Mi.
  17. :ROU Romania - Monica Ungureanu.
  18. :RUS Russia - Irina Dolgova.
  19. :KOR South Korea - Jeong Bo-Kyeong.
  20. :ESP Spain - Julia Figueroa.
  21. :TUR Turkey - Dilara Lokmanhekim.
  22. :UKR Ukraine - Maryna Cherniak.
  23. :VIE Vietnam - Van Ngoc Tu.

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  23

Total Nations Qualified  23

 

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Women's -52kg

Qualified Nations:

  1. :BLR Belarus - Darya Skrypnik.
  2. :BRA Brazil - Erika Miranda.
  3. :BDI Burundi - Antoinette Gasongo.
  4. :CAN Canada - Ecaterina Guica.
  5. :CHN China - Ma Yingnan.
  6. :FRA France - Priscilla Gneto.
  7. :GER Germany - Mareen Krah.
  8. :ISR Israel - Gili Cohen.
  9. :ITA Italy - Odette Giuffrida.
  10. :JPN Japan - Misato Nakamura.
  11. :KOS Kosovo - Majlinda Kelmendi.
  12. :MRI Mauritius - Christianne Legentil.
  13. :MGL Mongolia - Adyaasambuugiin Tsolmon.
  14. :POR Portugal - Joana Ramos.
  15. :ROU Romania - Andreea Chitu.
  16. :RUS Russia - Natalia Kuziutina.
  17. :ESP Spain - Laura Gomez.
  18. :SUI Switzerland - Evelyne Tschopp.
  19. :TUN Tunisia - Hela Ayari.
  20. :TKM Turkmenistan - Gulbadam Babamuratova.
  21. :USA United States - Angelica Delgado.

 

 

Total Athletes Qualified  23

Total Nations Qualified  23

 

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