2018 World Judo Championships

The 2018 World Judo Championships was held between 20 and 27 September 2018 at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[2][3]

Judo 2018 World Judo Championships
Venue	National Gymnastics Arena
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates	20–27 September 2018
Competitors	755 from 124 nations
Total prize money	998,000€[1]
Champions
Mixed team	Japan (2nd title)
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • EJU • JudoInside
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Schedule

All times are local (UTC+4).

Date	Starting time	Event
20 September	10:00	Men −60 kg
		Women −48 kg
21 September	10:00	Men −66 kg
		Women −52 kg
22 September	10:00	Men −73 kg
		Women −57 kg
23 September	10:00	Men −81 kg
		Women −63 kg
24 September	10:00	Men −90 kg
		Women −70 kg
25 September	10:00	Men −100 kg
		Women −78 kg
26 September	10:00	Men +100 kg
		Women +78 kg
27 September	10:00	Mixed team

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Azerbaijan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	8	5	4	17
2	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	1	3
3	France (FRA)	1	2	2	5
4	Georgia (GEO)	1	1	1	3
5	Iran (IRN)	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	1	2
7	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
8	Cuba (CUB)	0	2	0	2
9	Russia (RUS)	0	1	3	4
10	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	2	3
11	Azerbaijan (AZE)*	0	1	1	2
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	0	1	1	2
13	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
14	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	3	3
15	Turkey (TUR)	0	0	2	2
16	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	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	Robert Mshvidobadze  Russia	Ryuju Nagayama  Japan
			Amiran Papinashvili  Georgia
Half-lightweight (66 kg) details	Hifumi Abe  Japan	Yerlan Serikzhanov  Kazakhstan	An Baul  South Korea
			Georgii Zantaraia  Ukraine
Lightweight (73 kg) details	An Chang-rim  South Korea	Soichi Hashimoto  Japan	Mohammad Mohammadi  Iran
			Hidayat Heydarov  Azerbaijan
Half-middleweight (81 kg) details	Saeid Mollaei  Iran	Sotaro Fujiwara  Japan	Alexander Wieczerzak  Germany
			Vedat Albayrak  Turkey
Middleweight (90 kg) details	Nikoloz Sherazadishvili  Spain	Iván Felipe Silva Morales  Cuba	Kenta Nagasawa  Japan
			Axel Clerget  France
Half-heavyweight (100 kg) details	Cho Gu-ham  South Korea	Varlam Liparteliani  Georgia	Niyaz Ilyasov  Russia
			Lkhagvasürengiin Otgonbaatar  Mongolia
Heavyweight (+100 kg) details	Guram Tushishvili  Georgia	Ushangi Kokauri  Azerbaijan	Hisayoshi Harasawa  Japan
			Ölziibayaryn Düürenbayar  Mongolia

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg) details	Daria Bilodid  Ukraine	Funa Tonaki  Japan	Paula Pareto  Argentina
			Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg  Kazakhstan
Half-lightweight (52 kg) details	Uta Abe  Japan	Ai Shishime  Japan	Érika Miranda  Brazil
			Amandine Buchard  France
Lightweight (57 kg) details	Tsukasa Yoshida  Japan	Nekoda Smythe-Davis  Great Britain	Christa Deguchi  Canada
			Sumiya Dorjsuren  Mongolia
Half-middleweight (63 kg) details	Clarisse Agbegnenou  France	Miku Tashiro  Japan	Tina Trstenjak  Slovenia
			Juul Franssen  Netherlands
Middleweight (70 kg) details	Chizuru Arai  Japan	Marie-Ève Gahié  France	Yoko Ono  Japan
			Yuri Alvear  Colombia
Half-heavyweight (78 kg) details	Shori Hamada  Japan	Guusje Steenhuis  Netherlands	Marhinde Verkerk  Netherlands
			Aleksandra Babintseva  Russia
Heavyweight (+78 kg) details	Sarah Asahina  Japan	Idalys Ortiz  Cuba	Larisa Cerić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
			Kayra Sayit  Turkey

Mixed events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mixed team details	Japan Chizuru Arai Sarah Asahina Hisayoshi Harasawa Soichi Hashimoto Shoichiro Mukai Kenta Nagasawa Yusei Ogawa Yoko Ono Akira Sone Momo Tamaoki Arata Tatsukawa Tsukasa Yoshida	France Clarisse Agbegnenou Benjamin Axus Guillaume Chaine Axel Clerget Aurelien Diesse Marie-Ève Gahié Priscilla Gneto Alexandre Iddir Anne Fatoumata M'Bairo Cyrille Maret Hélène Receveaux Audrey Tcheuméo	Russia Kamila Badurova Ksenia Chibisova Anzhela Gasparian Natalia Golomidova Mikhail Igolnikov Khusen Khalmurzaev Anastasiia Konkina Musa Mogushkov Alena Prokopenko Inal Tasoev Denis Yartsev Kazbek Zankishiev
			Korea An Ba-ul An Chang-rim Ahn Joon-sung Cho Gu-ham Choi In-hyuk Gwak Dong-han Han Mi-jin Jeong Hye-jin Kim Chol-gwang Kim Ji-jeong Kim Ji-su Kim Jin-a Kim Min-jeong Kim Min-jong Kwon Sun-yong Kwon You-jeong Lee Seung-soo Ri Hyo-sun

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€