2017 World Judo Championships

Not to be confused with 2017 World Judo Open Championships.

The 2017 World Judo Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, between 28 August and 3 September 2017 at László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary.^[2] The announcement of the host city took place on 23 March 2015.^[3][4]

Judo 2017 World Judo Championships
Venue	László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Dates	28 August – 3 September 2017
Competitors	728 from 126 nations
Total prize money	998,000$[1]
Website	Official website
Champions
Mixed team	Japan (1st title)
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • EJU • JudoInside
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Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	8	4	1	13
2	France (FRA)	2	0	2	4
3	Brazil (BRA)	1	2	2	5
4	Mongolia (MGL)	1	1	4	6
5	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
	Serbia (SRB)	1	0	0	1
8	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	2	2	4
9	Slovenia (SVN)	0	2	0	2
10	Russia (RUS)	0	1	3	4
11	Georgia (GEO)	0	1	2	3
12	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	0	1
14	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	4	4
15	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	2	2
16	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	0	1	1
	Iran (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		15	15	30	60

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg) details	Naohisa Takato  Japan	Orkhan Safarov  Azerbaijan	Boldbaatar Ganbat  Mongolia
			Diyorbek Urozboev  Uzbekistan
Half-lightweight (66 kg) details	Hifumi Abe  Japan	Mikhail Pulyaev  Russia	Vazha Margvelashvili  Georgia
			Tal Flicker  Israel
Lightweight (73 kg) details	Soichi Hashimoto  Japan	Rustam Orujov  Azerbaijan	An Chang-rim  South Korea
			Odbayar Ganbaatar  Mongolia
Half-middleweight (81 kg) details	Alexander Wieczerzak  Germany	Matteo Marconcini  Italy	Saeid Mollaei  Iran
			Khasan Khalmurzaev  Russia
Middleweight (90 kg) details	Nemanja Majdov  Serbia	Mihael Žgank  Slovenia	Gwak Dong-han  South Korea
			Ushangi Margiani  Georgia
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details	Aaron Wolf  Japan	Varlam Liparteliani  Georgia	Elmar Gasimov  Azerbaijan
			Kirill Denisov  Russia
Heavyweight (+100 kg) details	Teddy Riner  France	David Moura  Brazil	Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar  Mongolia
			Rafael Silva  Brazil

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details	Funa Tonaki  Japan	Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg  Mongolia	Ami Kondo  Japan
			Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg  Kazakhstan
Half-lightweight (52 kg) details	Ai Shishime  Japan	Natsumi Tsunoda  Japan	Natalia Kuziutina  Russia
			Érika Miranda  Brazil
Lightweight (57 kg) details	Sumiya Dorjsuren  Mongolia	Tsukasa Yoshida  Japan	Hélène Receveaux  France
			Nekoda Smythe-Davis  Great Britain
Half-middleweight (63 kg) details	Clarisse Agbegnenou  France	Tina Trstenjak  Slovenia	Agata Ozdoba-Błach  Poland
			Baldorjyn Möngönchimeg  Mongolia
Middleweight (70 kg) details	Chizuru Arai  Japan	María Pérez  Puerto Rico	Yuri Alvear  Colombia
			María Bernabéu  Spain
Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details	Mayra Aguiar  Brazil	Mami Umeki  Japan	Kaliema Antomarchi  Cuba
			Natalie Powell  Great Britain
Heavyweight (+78 kg) details	Yu Song  China	Sarah Asahina  Japan	Kim Min-jeong  South Korea
			Iryna Kindzerska  Azerbaijan

Mixed events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Team details	Japan Chizuru Arai Sarah Asahina Hisayoshi Harasawa Soichi Hashimoto Kenta Nagasawa Takanori Nagase Riki Nakaya Saki Niizoe Takeshi Ojitani Akira Sone Nae Udaka Tsukasa Yoshida	Brazil Maria Suelen Altheman Eduardo Barbosa Eduardo Bettoni Marcelo Contini Érika Miranda David Moura Victor Penalber Maria Portela Ketleyn Quadros Rafael Silva Rafaela Silva Beatriz Souza	France Clarisse Agbegnenou Émilie Andéol Benjamin Axus Axel Clerget Romane Dicko Pierre Duprat Marie-Eve Gahié Priscilla Gneto Cyrille Maret Loïc Pietri Hélène Receveaux Teddy Riner
			South Korea An Baul An Chang-rim Gwak Dong-han Jeong Hye-jin Ji Yun-seo Kim Min-jeong Kim Sung-min Kim Seong-yeon Kwon You-jeong Lee Jae-yong Park Yu-jin Won Jong-hoon

Notable attendees

Besides Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orbán, the tournament was visited by President of Russia Vladimir Putin, holder of the eight dan (black belt), and President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga, World Sambo champion and President of the Mongolian Judo Association.^[5]

Prize money

The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to 798,000$ for the individual events and 200,000$ for the team event.^[1] (retrieved from: ^[2])

Medal		Individual				Mixed team
		Total	Judoka	Coach		Total	Judoka	Coach
Gold		26,000$	20,800$	5,200$		90,000$	72,000$	18,000$
Silver		15,000$	12,000$	3,000$		60,000$	48,000$	12,000$
Bronze		8,000$	6,400$	1,600$		25,000$	20,000$	5,000$