List of Olympic venues in judo

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Nippon Budokan hosted the first Olympic judo events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It hosted the judo events again when the Olympics returned to Tokyo in 2020.
The Georgia World Congress Center hosted the judo competitions for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 15 venues that have been or will be used for judo.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venue for those games Capacity Ref.
1964 Tokyo Nippon BudokanNone14,100[1][2]
1972 Munich BasketballhalleBasketball6,635 [3]
Boxhalle (final)Boxing7,360 [4]
Messegelände, Judo- und RingerhalleWrestling5,750 [5]
1976 Montreal Olympic VelodromeCycling (track)2,600 [6]
1980 Moscow Sports PalaceGymnastics11,500 [7]
1984 Los Angeles Eagle's Nest ArenaNone4,200 [8]
1988 Seoul Jangchung GymnasiumTaekwondo (demonstration)7,000 [9]
1992 Barcelona Palau BlaugranaRoller hockey (demonstration final), Taekwondo (demonstration)6,400 [10]
1996 Atlanta Georgia World Congress CenterFencing, Handball, Modern pentathlon (fencing, shooting), Table tennis, Weightlifting, Wrestling3,900 (fencing)
7,300 (handball)
7,300 (judo)
4,700 (table tennis)
5,000 (weightlifting)
7,300 (wrestling)		 [11][12]
2000 Sydney Sydney Convention and Exhibition CentreBoxing, Fencing, Weightlifting, Wrestling7,500 (weightlifting),
9,000 (judo & wrestling),
10,000 (boxing & fencing)		 [13]
2004 Athens Ano Liosia Olympic HallWrestling10,000 [14]
2008 Beijing Beijing Science and Technology University GymnasiumTaekwondo8,024 [15]
2012 London ExCeLBoxing, Fencing, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, WrestlingNot listed. [16]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Carioca Arena 2Wrestling10,000[17]
2020 Tokyo Nippon BudokanKarate11,000
2024 Paris Grand Palais ÉphémèreWrestling8,000
2028 Los Angeles Los Angeles Convention CenterFencing, Table tennis, Taekwondo, WrestlingNot listed.
2032 Brisbane Gold Coast Sports and Leisure CentreWrestling7,500

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