Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Together with 366 directly qualified athletes, there were 20 invitational places from a Tripartite Commission (genders and categories are yet to be decided), making up a total athlete quota of 386 athletes—217 men, 147 women and 22 places not yet allocated to a gender.

An NOC may enter up to one athlete per weight category. The qualifying places were allocated as follows:

Event/Union	Date	Location	Men	Women	Totals
World Championships	September 13–16, 2007	Rio de Janeiro	6	6	84
African Judo Union	May 2006 – May 2008	—	3	2	35
Judo Union of Asia	Nov 2006 – Apr 2008	—	5	3	58[a]
European Judo Union	Apr 2007 – Apr 2008	—	9	5	98
Oceania Judo Union	Sep 2007 – Mar 2008	—	1	1	14
Pan American Judo Union	May 2006 – May 2008	—	6	3	63
Host Nation (CHN)	—	—	1	1	14[b]
TOTAL			31	21	366

^a Two additional places are awarded to this union, but gender and weight categories are to be defined.

^b If the host nation qualified athletes directly through the world championships or Asian continental qualification system, the reserved entry places were reallocated as part of the Asian continental qualification.

Continental qualification places were allocated through the ranking system based on the major tournaments on the continent (continental championships, qualification tournaments). More important tournaments and tournaments closer to the Olympics carried more points. Deadline for the unions to confirm the places was May 21, 2008.

• Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

• judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the International Judo Federation
• judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at the European Judo Union
• judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics at JudoInside.com
• European Judo Union Olympic Classification
• 2008 Olympic Qualification System
• Judo – Official Results Book